(NIV)
If I say, “I will forget my complaint,
I will change my expression, and smile,”
(ESV)
If I
say ‘I will
forget my
complaint,
I will
put off my sad
face, and be of
good cheer,’
(NIV)
Are not my few days almost over?
Turn away from me so that I can have a moment’s joy
(ESV)
Are not my
days few?
Then
cease, and leave me
alone that I may
find a
little cheer
(NIV)
Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
before I depart and am no more.’
(ESV)
Look away from me, that I may
smile again,
before I
depart and am no
more!”
(NIV)
You who are my Comforter in sorrow,
my heart is faint within me.
(ESV)
My
joy is gone;
grief is
upon me;
my
heart is
sick within me.
(NIV)
With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.
(ESV)
who makes
destruction flash forth
against the
strong,
so that
destruction comes upon the
fortress.
(NIV)
When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: ‘I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defence.
(ESV)
And when the
governor had
nodded to
him to
speak,
Paul replied:
“
Knowing that
for many years you have
been a
judge over
this nation, I
cheerfully make
my defense.
(NIV)
But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed.
(ESV)
Yet now I
urge you to
take heart,
for there will
be no loss of
life among you,
but only of the
ship.
(NIV)
So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me.
(ESV)
So take heart,
men,
for I have
faith in God that it will
be exactly as I have been
told.
(NIV)
They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves.
(ESV)
Then they
all were encouraged and ate some
food themselves.
(NIV)
if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.
(ESV)
the one who
exhorts,
in his
exhortation; the one who
contributes,
in generosity; the one who
leads with zeal; the one who does acts of
mercy,
with cheerfulness.
(NIV)
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
(ESV)
Each one must give
as he has
decided in his
heart not reluctantly or under compulsion,
for God loves a
cheerful giver.
(NIV)
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.
(ESV)
Is
anyone among you suffering? Let him
pray. Is
anyone cheerful? Let him
sing praise.
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