(NIV)
‘As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.’
While the
earth remains,
seedtime and
harvest,
cold and
heat,
summer and
winter,
day and
night, shall
not cease.”
(NIV)
When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,
When
Noah awoke from his
wine and
knew what his
youngest son had
done to him,
(NIV)
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘Surely the
Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.’
Then
Jacob awoke from his
sleep and
said, “
Surely the
Lord is in this
place, and
I did
not know it.”
(NIV)
And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
And the
ugly,
thin cows ate up the
seven attractive,
plump cows. And
Pharaoh awoke.
(NIV)
The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
And the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven plump,
full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a
dream.
(NIV)
But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
but
when they had
eaten them
no one would have
known that they
had eaten them,
for they were still as
ugly as at the
beginning. Then I
awoke.
(NIV)
like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them on its pinions.
Like an
eagle that
stirs up its
nest,
that
flutters over its
young,
spreading out its
wings,
catching them,
bearing them
on its
pinions,
(NIV)
“Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, Barak!
Take captive your captives, son of Abinoam.”
“
Awake,
awake,
Deborah!
Awake,
awake,
break out in a
song!
Arise,
Barak,
lead away your
captives,
O
son of
Abinoam.
(NIV)
and tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’ He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
So while
he slept, Delilah took the
seven locks of
his head and
wove them
into the
web. And she made them
tight with the
pin and
said to him, “The
Philistines are
upon you,
Samson!” But he
awoke from his
sleep and
pulled away the
pin, the
loom, and the
web.
(NIV)
Then she called, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’
He awoke from his sleep and thought, ‘I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.’ But he did not know that the
Lord had left him.
And she
said, “The
Philistines are
upon you,
Samson!” And he
awoke from his
sleep and
said, “I will
go out as at other
times and
shake myself free.” But he did
not know that the
Lord had
left him.
(NIV)
So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the
Lord had put them into a deep sleep.
So
David took the
spear and the
jar of
water from
Saul’s head, and they
went away.
No man
saw it
or knew it,
nor did any
awake,
for they were
all asleep,
because a
deep sleep from the
Lord had
fallen upon them.
(NIV)
When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.
When
David had
passed a
little beyond the
summit,
Ziba the
servant of
Mephibosheth met him, with a
couple of
donkeys saddled, bearing
two hundred loaves of bread,
a
hundred bunches of
raisins, a
hundred of
summer fruits, and a
skin of
wine.
(NIV)
The king asked Ziba, ‘Why have you brought these?’
Ziba answered, ‘The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on, the bread and fruit are for the men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.’
And the
king said to Ziba, “
Why have you brought
these?”
Ziba answered,
“The
donkeys are for the
king’s household to
ride on, the
bread and
summer fruit for the
young men to
eat, and the
wine for those who
faint in the
wilderness to
drink.”
(NIV)
Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.
Now
Abishai, the
brother of
Joab, the
son of
Zeruiah, was
chief of the
thirty. And
he wielded his
spear against three hundred men and
killed them and won a
name beside the
three.
(NIV)
Then Solomon awoke – and he realised it had been a dream.
He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the
Lord’s covenant and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he gave a feast for all his court.
And
Solomon awoke, and
behold, it was a
dream. Then he
came to
Jerusalem and
stood before the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord, and
offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and
made a
feast for
all his servants.
(NIV)
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.’
And at
noon Elijah mocked them,
saying, “
Cry aloud,
for he is a
god.
Either he is
musing, or he is
relieving himself,
or he is on a
journey, or
perhaps he is
asleep and must be
awakened.”
(NIV)
Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, ‘The boy has not awakened.’
Gehazi went on ahead and
laid the
staff on the
face of the
child, but there was
no sound or sign of
life. Therefore he
returned to
meet him and
told him, “The
child has
not awakened.”
(NIV)
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.
So the
God of
Israel stirred up the
spirit of
Pul king of
Assyria, the
spirit of
Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, and he took them into
exile, namely, the
Reubenites, the
Gadites, and the
half-tribe of
Manasseh, and
brought them
to Halah,
Habor,
Hara, and the
river Gozan, to
this day.
(NIV)
this is the list of David’s mighty warriors:
Jashobeam, a Hakmonite, was chief of the officers; he raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed in one encounter.
This is an
account of
David’s mighty men:
Jashobeam, a
Hachmonite, was
chief of the
three.
He wielded his
spear against 300 whom he
killed at
one time.
(NIV)
Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.
Now
Abishai, the
brother of
Joab,
was chief of the
thirty. And
he wielded his
spear against 300 men and
killed them and won a
name beside the
three.
(NIV)
The
Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
And the
Lord stirred up against Jehoram the
anger of the
Philistines and of the
Arabians who are
near the
Ethiopians.
(NIV)
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the
Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the
Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
Now in the
first year of
Cyrus king of
Persia,
that the
word of the
Lord by the
mouth of
Jeremiah might be
fulfilled,
the
Lord stirred up the
spirit of
Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he
made a
proclamation throughout
all his
kingdom and also
put it in
writing:
(NIV)
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the
Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the
Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
In the
first year of
Cyrus king of
Persia,
that the
word of the
Lord by the
mouth of
Jeremiah might be
fulfilled, the
Lord stirred up the
spirit of
Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he
made a proclamation throughout
all his
kingdom and also
put it in
writing:
(NIV)
Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites – everyone whose heart God had moved – prepared to go up and build the house of the
Lord in Jerusalem.
Then
rose up the
heads of the
fathers’ houses of
Judah and
Benjamin, and the
priests and the
Levites,
everyone whose
spirit God had
stirred to
go up to
rebuild the
house of the
Lord that is in
Jerusalem.
(NIV)
Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the
Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.’
Guard them and
keep them
until you
weigh them
before the
chief priests and the
Levites and the
heads of
fathers’ houses in
Israel at
Jerusalem,
within the
chambers of the
house of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
May those who curse days curse that day,
those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
Let those
curse it who
curse the
day,
who are
ready to
rouse up Leviathan.
(NIV)
if you are pure and upright,
even now he will rouse himself on your behalf
and restore you to your prosperous state.
if you are
pure and
upright,
surely then he will
rouse himself
for you
and
restore your rightful habitation.
(NIV)
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
so a
man lies down and
rises not again;
till the
heavens are no
more he will
not awakeor be
roused out of
his sleep.
(NIV)
The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
The
upright are
appalled at this,
and the
innocent stirs himself up
against the
godless.
(NIV)
They are carried to the grave,
and watch is kept over their tombs.
When he is
carried to the
grave,
watch is
kept over his
tomb.
(NIV)
‘If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune
or gloated over the trouble that came to him –
“
If I have
rejoiced at the
ruin of him who
hated me,
or
exulted when
evil overtook him
(NIV)
No one is fierce enough to rouse it.
Who then is able to stand against me?
No
one is so
fierce that he dares to
stir him up.
Who then is he who can
stand before me?
(NIV)
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the
Lord sustains me.
I lay down and
slept;
I
woke again, for the
Lord sustained me.
(NIV)
Arise,
Lord, in your anger;
rise up against the rage of my enemies.
Awake, my God; decree justice.
Arise, O
Lord, in your
anger;
lift yourself up against the
fury of my
enemies;
awake for me; you have
appointed a
judgment.
(NIV)
As for me, I shall be vindicated and shall see your face;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
As for
me, I shall
behold your
face in
righteousness;
when I
awake, I shall be
satisfied with
your likeness.
(NIV)
For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.
For day and
night your
hand was
heavy upon me;
my
strength was
dried up as by the
heat of
summer.
Selah
(NIV)
Awake, and rise to my defence!
Contend for me, my God and Lord.
Awake and
rouse yourself for my
vindication,
for my
cause, my
God and my
Lord!
(NIV)
Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us for ever.
Awake!
Why are you
sleeping, O
Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do
not reject us
forever!
(NIV)
Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
Awake,
my
glory!
Awake,
O
harp and
lyre!
I will
awake the
dawn!
(NIV)
I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
Arise to help me; look on my plight!
for
no fault of mine, they
run and make
ready.
Awake, come to
meet me, and
see!
(NIV)
You,
Lord God Almighty,
you who are the God of Israel,
rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
show no mercy to wicked traitors.
You,
Lord God of
hosts, are
God of
Israel.
Rouse yourself to
punish all the
nations;
spare none of those who
treacherously plot
evil.
Selah
(NIV)
They are like a dream when one awakes;
when you arise, Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.
Like a
dream when
one awakes,
O
Lord, when you
rouse yourself, you
despise them as
phantoms.
(NIV)
It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.
You have
fixed all the
boundaries of the
earth;
you have
made summer and
winter.
(NIV)
Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
Yet
he, being
compassionate,
atoned for their
iniquityand did
not destroy them;
he
restrained his
anger oftenand did
not stir up all his wrath.
(NIV)
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
Then the
Lord awoke as from
sleep,
like a
strong man shouting because
of wine.
(NIV)
before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh.
Awaken your might;
come and save us.
Before Ephraim and
Benjamin and
Manasseh,
stir up your
mightand
come to
save us!
(NIV)
I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
I
lie awake;
I am like a
lonely sparrow on the
housetop.
(NIV)
Awake, harp and lyre!
I will awaken the dawn.
Awake, O
harp and
lyre!
I will
awake the
dawn!
(NIV)
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
(ESV)
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
(NIV)
Unless the
Lord builds the house,
the builders labour in vain.
Unless the
Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
Unless the
Lord builds the
house,
those who
build it
labor in
vain.
Unless the
Lord watches over the
city,
the
watchman stays awake in
vain.
(NIV)
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand –
when I awake, I am still with you.
If I would
count them, they are
more than the
sand.
I
awake, and I am
still with you.
(NIV)
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
she
prepares her
bread in summerand
gathers her food in
harvest.
(NIV)
When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
When you
walk, they will
lead you;
when you
lie down, they will
watch over you;
and when you
awake,
they will
talk with
you.
(NIV)
Blessed are those who listen to me,
watching daily at my doors,
waiting at my doorway.
Blessed is the
one who
listens to me,
watching daily at my
gates,
waiting beside my doors.
(NIV)
He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
He who
gathers in
summer is a
prudent son,
but he who
sleeps in
harvest is a
son who brings
shame.
(NIV)
Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.
Hatred stirs up strife,
but
love covers all offenses.
(NIV)
‘They hit me,’ you will say, ‘but I’m not hurt!
They beat me, but I don’t feel it!
When will I wake up
so I can find another drink?’
“They
struck me,” you will say, “but I was
not hurt;
they
beat me, but I did
not feel it.
When shall I
awake?
I
must have another drink.”
(NIV)
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
honour is not fitting for a fool.
Like snow in
summer or
rain in
harvest,
so
honor is
not fitting for a
fool.
(NIV)
ants are creatures of little strength,
yet they store up their food in the summer;
the
ants are a
people not strong,
yet they
provide their food in the
summer;
(NIV)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
I
adjure you, O
daughters of
Jerusalem,
by the
gazelles or the
does of the
field,
that you
not stir up or
awaken loveuntil it
pleases.
(NIV)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
I
adjure you, O
daughters of
Jerusalem,
by the
gazelles or the
does of the
field,
that you
not stir up or
awaken loveuntil it
pleases.
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