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The
Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
The
Lord God took the
man and
put him in the
garden of
Eden to
work it and
keep it.
(NIV)
He named him Noah and said, ‘He will comfort us in the labour and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the
Lord has cursed.’
and
called his
name Noah,
saying, “
Out of the
ground that the
Lord has
cursed, this
one shall bring us
relief from our
work and from the
painful toil of our
hands.”
(NIV)
The
Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.
And the
Lord regretted that he had
made man on the
earth, and it
grieved him
to his heart.
(NIV)
So the
Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created – and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground – for I regret that I have made them.’
So the
Lord said, “I will
blot out man whom I have
created from the
face of the
land,
man and animals and
creeping things and
birds of the
heavens,
for I am
sorry that I have
made them.”
(NIV)
and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
and in the
seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the
month, the
ark came to
rest on the
mountains of
Ararat.
(NIV)
Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
Let a
little water be
brought, and
wash your
feet, and
rest yourselves under the
tree,
(NIV)
Let me get you something to eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way – now that you have come to your servant.’
‘Very well,’ they answered, ‘do as you say.’
while I
bring a
morsel of
bread, that you may
refresh yourselves, and
after that you may
pass on— since you have
come to your
servant.” So they
said, “
Do as you have
said.”
(NIV)
When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the
Lord was merciful to them.
But he
lingered. So the
men seized him and his
wife and his
two daughters by the
hand,
the
Lord being
merciful to him, and they
brought him out and
set him outside the
city.
(NIV)
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Then
Isaac brought her into the
tent of
Sarah his
mother and
took Rebekah, and she
became his
wife, and he
loved her. So
Isaac was
comforted after his mother’s death.
(NIV)
When Rebekah was told what her elder son Esau had said, she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him, ‘Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.
But the
words of
Esau her
older son were
told to
Rebekah. So she
sent and
called Jacob her
younger son and
said to him, “
Behold, your
brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to
kill you.
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All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.’ So his father wept for him.
All his
sons and
all his
daughters rose up to
comfort him, but he
refused to be
comforted and
said, “
No,
I shall
go down to
Sheol to my
son,
mourning.” Thus his
father wept for him.
(NIV)
After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.
In the
course of
time the
wife of
Judah,
Shua’s daughter,
died. When
Judah was
comforted, he
went up to
Timnah to his
sheepshearers, he and his
friend Hirah the
Adullamite.
(NIV)
She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.
Then she
laid up his
garment by her until his
master came home,
(NIV)
‘Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, “This is how I will know whether you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.
Then the
man, the
lord of the
land,
said to us, ‘
By this I shall
know that you are
honest men:
leave one of
your brothers with me, and
take grain for the
famine of your
households, and
go your way.
(NIV)
So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.’ And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
So do
not fear;
I will
provide for you and your
little ones.” Thus he
comforted them and
spoke kindly to them.
(NIV)
they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.
The
locusts came up over all the
land of
Egypt and
settled on the
whole country of
Egypt,
such a
dense swarm of
locusts as had
never been
before,
nor ever
will be again.
(NIV)
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, ‘If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.’
When
Pharaoh let the
people go,
God did
not lead them by
way of the
land of the
Philistines,
although that was
near. For
God said, “
Lest the
people change their
minds when they
see war and
return to
Egypt.”
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘This is what the
Lord commanded: “Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the
Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.”’
he
said to them, “
This is
what the
Lord has
commanded: ‘
Tomorrow is a day of
solemn rest, a
holy Sabbath to the
Lord;
bake what you will
bake and
boil what you will
boil, and
all that is
left over lay aside to be
kept till the
morning.’”
(NIV)
So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it.
So they laid it
aside till the
morning, as
Moses commanded them, and it did
not stink, and there
were no worms in
it.
(NIV)
So Moses said to Aaron, ‘Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the
Lord to be kept for the generations to come.’
And
Moses said to Aaron, “
Take a jar, and
put an omer of
manna in it, and
place it
before the
Lord to be
kept throughout
your generations.”
(NIV)
As the
Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, that it might be preserved.
As the
Lord commanded Moses, so
Aaron placed it
before the
testimony to be
kept.
(NIV)
As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.
Whenever Moses held
up his
hand,
Israel prevailed, and
whenever he
lowered his
hand,
Amalek prevailed.
(NIV)
For in six days the
Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the
Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
For in
six days the
Lord made heaven and
earth, the
sea, and
all that is in them, and
rested on the
seventh day.
Therefore the
Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and made it
holy.
(NIV)
‘Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.
“
Six days you shall
do your
work, but on the
seventh day you shall
rest; that your
ox and your
donkey may have
rest, and the
son of your servant
woman, and the
alien, may be
refreshed.
(NIV)
Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.’
Now therefore let me
alone, that my
wrath may
burn hot against them and
I may
consume them, in order that I may
make a
great nation of you.”
(NIV)
Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people.
Why should the
Egyptians say, ‘
With evil intent did he
bring them out, to
kill them in the
mountains and to
consume them
from the
face of the
earth’?
Turn from your
burning anger and
relent from this
disaster against
your people.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
And the
Lord relented from the
disaster that he had
spoken of
bringing on his people.
(NIV)
The
Lord replied, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’
And he
said,
“My
presence will
go with you, and I will give
you rest.”
(NIV)
The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.
And the
flesh of the
sacrifice of his
peace offerings for
thanksgiving shall be
eaten on the
day of his
offering. He shall
not leave
any of it
until the
morning.
(NIV)
‘Then Aaron is to go into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments he put on before he entered the Most Holy Place, and he is to leave them there.
“Then
Aaron shall come
into the
tent of
meeting and shall
take off the
linen garments that he
put on when he went
into the
Holy Place and shall
leave them there.
(NIV)
They put him in custody until the will of the
Lord should be made clear to them.
And they
put him in
custody,
till the
will of the
Lord should be
clear to them.
(NIV)
Whenever it came to rest, he said,
‘Return,
Lord,
to the countless thousands of Israel.’
And when it
rested, he
said, “
Return, O
Lord, to the ten
thousand thousands of
Israel.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied – but did not do so again.
Then the
Lord came
down in the
cloud and
spoke to him, and
took some of the
Spirit that was
on him and
put it
on the
seventy elders. And as soon as the
Spirit rested on them, they
prophesied. But they did
not continue doing it.
(NIV)
However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.
Now
two men remained in the
camp,
one named Eldad, and the
other named Medad, and the
Spirit rested on them. They were among those
registered, but they had
not gone out to the
tent, and so they
prophesied in the
camp.
(NIV)
and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
They
put him in
custody,
because it had
not been made
clear what should be
done to
him.
(NIV)
Place them in the tent of meeting in front of the ark of the covenant law, where I meet with you.
Then you shall
deposit them in the
tent of
meeting before the
testimony,
where I
meet with
you.
(NIV)
Moses placed the staffs before the
Lord in the tent of the covenant law.
And
Moses deposited the
staffs before the
Lord in the
tent of the
testimony.
(NIV)
‘A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.
And a
man who is
clean shall
gather up the
ashes of the
heifer and
deposit them
outside the
camp in a
clean place. And they shall be
kept for the
water for
impurity for the
congregation of the
people of
Israel;
it is a
sin offering.
(NIV)
and the slopes of the ravines
that lead to the settlement of Ar
and lie along the border of Moab.’
and the
slope of the
valleysthat extends to the
seat of
Ar,
and
leans to the
border of
Moab.”
(NIV)
God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfil?
God is
not man, that he should
lie,
or a
son of
man, that he should change his
mind.
Has
he said, and will he
not do it?
Or has he
spoken, and will he
not fulfill it?
(NIV)
If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.’
For
if you
turn away from
following him, he will
again abandon them in the
wilderness, and you will
destroy all this people.”
(NIV)
until the
Lord gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the
Lord your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.’
until the
Lord gives rest to your
brothers, as to you, and they
also occupy the
land that the
Lord your
God gives them
beyond the
Jordan. Then
each of you may
return to his
possession which I have
given you.’
(NIV)
but the seventh day is a sabbath to the
Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.
but the
seventh day is a
Sabbath to the
Lord your
God. On it you shall
not do any work,
you or your
son or your
daughter or your
male servant or your
female servant, or your
ox or your
donkey or
any of your
livestock, or the
sojourner who is within your
gates,
that your
male servant and
your female servant may
rest as well
as you.
(NIV)
But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the
Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.
But when you
go over the
Jordan and
live in the
land that the
Lord your
God is giving you to
inherit,
and when he gives you
rest from all your
enemies around, so that you
live in
safety,
(NIV)
At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year’s produce and store it in your towns,
“At the
end of every
three years you shall
bring out all the
tithe of your
produce in the same
year and lay
it up within
your towns.
(NIV)
When the
Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
Therefore when the
Lord your
God has given you
rest from all your
enemies around you, in the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving you for an
inheritance to
possess, you shall
blot out the
memory of
Amalek from under heaven; you shall
not forget.
(NIV)
The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the
Lord your God.
Then the
priest shall
take the
basket from your
hand and set it
down before the
altar of the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you,
Lord, have given me.’ Place the basket before the
Lord your God and bow down before him.
And
behold,
now I
bring the
first of the
fruit of the
ground,
which you, O
Lord, have
given me.’ And you shall set it
down before the
Lord your
God and
worship before the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
The
Lord will vindicate his people
and relent concerning his servants
when he sees their strength is gone
and no one is left, slave or free.
For the
Lord will
vindicate his
people and have
compassion on his
servants,
when he
sees that their
power is
goneand there is
none remaining,
bond or
free.
(NIV)
‘Remember the command that Moses the servant of the
Lord gave you after he said, “The
Lord your God will give you rest by giving you this land.”
“
Remember the
word that
Moses the
servant of the
Lord commanded you,
saying, ‘The
Lord your
God is providing you a place of
rest and will
give you
this land.’
(NIV)
until the
Lord gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the
Lord your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the
Lord gave you east of the Jordan towards the sunrise.’
until the
Lord gives
rest to your
brothers as he has to you, and they
also take possession of the
land that the
Lord your
God is
giving them. Then you shall
return to the
land of your
possession and shall
possess it, the land that
Moses the
servant of the
Lord gave you
beyond the
Jordan toward the sunrise.”
(NIV)
And as soon as the priests who carry the ark of the
Lord – the
Lord of all the earth – set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.’
And when the
soles of the
feet of the
priests bearing the
ark of the
Lord,
the
Lord of
all the
earth, shall
rest in the
waters of the
Jordan, the
waters of the
Jordan shall be
cut off from flowing, and the
waters coming down from
above shall
stand in
one heap.”
(NIV)
and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.’
and
command them,
saying, ‘
Take twelve stones from
here out of the
midst of the
Jordan, from the very
place where the
priests’
feet stood firmly, and
bring them over with you and
lay them down in the
place where you
lodge tonight.’”
(NIV)
So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the
Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.
And the
people of
Israel did just as
Joshua commanded and took
up twelve stones out of the
midst of the
Jordan, according to the
number of the
tribes of the
people of
Israel, just as the
Lord told Joshua. And they
carried them over with them
to the place where they
lodged and
laid them down there.
(NIV)
So the young men who had done the spying went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brothers and sisters and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and put them in a place outside the camp of Israel.
So the
young men who had been
spies went in and
brought out Rahab and her
father and
mother and
brothers and
all who belonged to her. And they
brought all her
relatives and
put them
outside the
camp of
Israel.
(NIV)
The
Lord gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the
Lord gave all their enemies into their hands.
And the
Lord gave them
rest on every
side just as he had
sworn to their
fathers.
Not
one of
all their
enemies had
withstood them, for the
Lord had
given all their
enemies into
their hands.
(NIV)
Now that the
Lord your God has given them rest as he promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the
Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
And now the
Lord your
God has given
rest to your
brothers, as he
promised them. Therefore
turn and
go to your
tents in the
land where your
possession lies, which
Moses the
servant of the
Lord gave you on the other
side of the
Jordan.
(NIV)
After a long time had passed and the
Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,
A
long time afterward, when the
Lord had given
rest to
Israel from all their
surrounding enemies, and
Joshua was
old and well
advanced in
years,
(NIV)
Whenever the
Lord raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them out of the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived; for the
Lord relented because of their groaning under those who oppressed and afflicted them.
Whenever the
Lord raised up judges for them, the
Lord was with the
judge, and he
saved them from the
hand of their
enemies all the
days of the
judge.
For the
Lord was moved to
pity by their
groaning because of those who
afflicted and
oppressed them.
(NIV)
The
Lord had allowed those nations to remain; he did not drive them out at once by giving them into the hands of Joshua.
So the
Lord left those nations,
not driving them out quickly, and he did
not give them into the
hand of
Joshua.
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