(NIV)
Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, ‘Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.’ So he was named Levi.
(ESV)
Again she
conceived and
bore a
son, and
said, “
Now this
time my
husband will be
attached to me, because I have
borne him
three sons.”
Therefore his
name was
called Levi.
(NIV)
‘If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.
(ESV)
“
If you
lend money to any of my
people with you who is
poor, you shall
not be like a
moneylender to him, and you shall not
exact interest from him.
(NIV)
Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law.
(ESV)
And with you
bring your
brothers also, the
tribe of
Levi, the
tribe of your
father, that they may
join you and
minister to you while you and your
sons with you are
before the
tent of the
testimony.
(NIV)
They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting – all the work at the tent – and no one else may come near where you are.
(ESV)
They shall
join you and
keep guard over the
tent of
meeting for all the
service of the
tent, and no
outsider shall
come near you.
(NIV)
The
Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
(ESV)
The
Lord will
open to you his
good treasury, the
heavens, to
give the
rain to your
land in its
season and to
bless all the
work of your
hands. And you shall
lend to
many nations, but you shall
not borrow.
(NIV)
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
(ESV)
He shall
lend to you, and you shall
not lend to him. He shall be the
head, and you shall be the
tail.
(NIV)
Still others were saying, ‘We have had to borrow money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
(ESV)
And there
were those
who said, “We have
borrowed money for the
king’s tax on our
fields and our
vineyards.
(NIV)
the Jews took it on themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should without fail observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed.
(ESV)
the
Jews firmly
obligated themselves and their
offspring and
all who
joined them, that
without fail they would
keep these
two days according to what was
written and at the
time appointed every year,
(NIV)
The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;
(ESV)
The
wicked borrows but does not
pay back,
but the
righteous is
generous and
gives;
(NIV)
They are always generous and lend freely;
their children will be a blessing.
(ESV)
He is
ever lending generously,
and his
children become a
blessing.
(NIV)
Even Assyria has joined them
to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
(ESV)
Asshur also has
joined them;
they are the strong
arm of the
children of
Lot.
Selah
(NIV)
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
who conduct their affairs with justice.
(ESV)
It is
well with the
man who
deals generously and
lends;
who
conducts his
affairs with
justice.
(NIV)
Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the
Lord,
and he will reward them for what they have done.
(ESV)
Whoever is
generous to the
poor lends to the
Lord,
and he will repay him for his
deed.
(NIV)
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
(ESV)
The
rich rules over the
poor,
and the
borrower is the
slave of the
lender.
(NIV)
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
(ESV)
And
I commend joy,
for man has
nothing better under the
sun but to
eat and
drink and be
joyful, for this will
go with him in his
toil through the
days of his
life that
God has
given him
under the
sun.
(NIV)
The
Lord will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Foreigners will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
(ESV)
For the
Lord will have
compassion on
Jacob and will
again choose Israel, and will
set them in their own
land, and
sojourners will
join them and will
attach themselves to the
house of
Jacob.
(NIV)
it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
(ESV)
And it shall be, as with the
people, so with the
priest;
as with the
slave, so with his
master;
as with the
maid, so with her
mistress;
as with the
buyer, so with the
seller;
as with the
lender, so with the
borrower;
as with the
creditor,
so with the
debtor.
(NIV)
Let no foreigner who is bound to the
Lord say,
‘The
Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’
And let no eunuch complain,
‘I am only a dry tree.’
(ESV)
Let
not the
foreigner who has
joined himself to the
Lord say,
“The
Lord will
surely separate me
from his
people”;
and let
not the
eunuch say,
“
Behold, I am a
dry tree.”
(NIV)
And foreigners who bind themselves to the
Lord to minister to him,
to love the name of the
Lord,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold fast to my covenant –
(ESV)
“And the
foreigners who
join themselves
to the
Lord,
to
minister to him, to
love the
name of the
Lord,
and to be his
servants,
everyone who
keeps the
Sabbath and does
not profane it,
and holds
fast my
covenant—
(NIV)
They will ask the way to Zion
and turn their faces towards it.
They will come and bind themselves to the
Lord in an everlasting covenant
that will not be forgotten.
(ESV)
They shall
ask the
way to
Zion, with
faces turned toward
it saying, ‘
Come, let us
join ourselves to the
Lord in an
everlasting covenant that will
never be
forgotten.’
(NIV)
When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them.
(ESV)
When they
stumble, they shall
receive a
little help. And
many shall
join themselves to them with
flattery,
(NIV)
‘Many nations will be joined with the
Lord in that day and will become my people. I will live among you and you will know that the
Lord Almighty has sent me to you.
(ESV)
And
many nations shall
join themselves
to the
Lord in that
day, and shall be my
people. And I will
dwell in your
midst, and you shall
know that the
Lord of
hosts has
sent me to you.
(NIV)
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. (ESV)
Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
(NIV)
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. (ESV)
And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
(NIV)
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. (ESV)
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
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