(NIV)
The
Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
(ESV)
And
out of the
ground the
Lord God made to
spring up every
tree that is
pleasant to the
sight and
good for
food. The
tree of
life was in the
midst of the
garden, and the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and
evil.
(NIV)
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
(ESV)
So when the
woman saw that the
tree was
good for
food, and that
it was a
delight to the
eyes, and that the
tree was to be
desired to make
one wise, she
took of its
fruit and
ate, and she
also gave some to her
husband who was with her, and he
ate.
(NIV)
To the woman he said,
‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.’
(ESV)
To the
woman he
said,
“I will
surely multiply your
pain in
childbearing;
in
pain you shall
bring forth children.
Your
desire shall be for your
husband,
and he shall
rule over you.”
(NIV)
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’
(ESV)
If you do
well, will you not be
accepted? And
if you do
not do
well,
sin is
crouching at the
door. Its
desire is for you, but you must
rule over it.”
(NIV)
Then Rebekah took the best clothes of her elder son Esau, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.
(ESV)
Then
Rebekah took the
best garments of
Esau her
older son,
which were with her in the
house, and put them
on Jacob her
younger son.
(NIV)
But Hamor said to them, ‘My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
(ESV)
But
Hamor spoke with them,
saying, “The
soul of my
son Shechem longs for your
daughter.
Please give her to him to be his
wife.
(NIV)
‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’
(ESV)
“You shall not
covet your
neighbor’s house; you shall not
covet your
neighbor’s wife, or his male
servant, or his
female servant, or his
ox, or his
donkey, or
anything that is your
neighbor’s.”
(NIV)
All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases.
(ESV)
All the
pillars around the
court shall be
filleted with
silver. Their
hooks shall be of
silver, and their
bases of
bronze.
(NIV)
I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the
Lord your God.
(ESV)
For I will cast
out nations before you and
enlarge your
borders;
no one shall
covet your
land, when you
go up to
appear before the
Lord your
God three times in the
year.
(NIV)
The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.
(ESV)
And the
bases for the
pillars were of
bronze, but the
hooks of the
pillars and their
fillets were of
silver. The
overlaying of their
capitals was also of
silver, and
all the
pillars of the
court were
filleted with
silver.
(NIV)
They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.
(ESV)
And of the
1,775 shekels he
made hooks for the
pillars and
overlaid their
capitals and
made fillets for them.
(NIV)
The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, ‘If only we had meat to eat!
(ESV)
Now the
rabble that was
among them
had a strong
craving. And the
people of
Israel also wept again and
said, “Oh
that we had
meat to
eat!
(NIV)
Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
(ESV)
Therefore the
name of that
place was
called Kibroth-hattaavah,
because there they
buried the
people who had the
craving.
(NIV)
‘You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbour’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.’
(ESV)
“‘And you shall
not covet your
neighbor’s wife. And you shall
not desire your
neighbor’s house, his
field, or his
male servant, or his
female servant, his
ox, or his
donkey, or
anything that is your
neighbor’s.’
(NIV)
The
Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
(ESV)
It was
not because you were
more in number than any other
people that the
Lord set his
love on you and
chose you, for you were the
fewest of
all peoples,
(NIV)
The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the
Lord your God.
(ESV)
The
carved images of their
gods you shall
burn with
fire. You shall not
covet the
silver or the
gold that is on them or
take it for yourselves, lest you be
ensnared by it, for it is an
abomination to the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
Yet the
Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved them, and he chose you, their descendants, above all the nations – as it is today.
(ESV)
Yet the
Lord set his
heart in
love on your
fathers and
chose their
offspring after them, you
above all peoples, as you are
this day.
(NIV)
Nevertheless, you may slaughter your animals in any of your towns and eat as much of the meat as you want, as if it were gazelle or deer, according to the blessing the
Lord your God gives you. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
(ESV)
“
However, you may
slaughter and
eat meat within
any of your
towns, as much as
you desire according to the
blessing of the
Lord your
God that he has
given you. The
unclean and the
clean may
eat of it, as of the
gazelle and as of the
deer.
(NIV)
When the
Lord your God has enlarged your territory as he promised you, and you crave meat and say, ‘I would like some meat,’ then you may eat as much of it as you want.
(ESV)
“
When the
Lord your
God enlarges your
territory as he has
promised you, and you
say, ‘I will
eat meat,’
because you
crave meat, you may
eat meat whenever you desire.
(NIV)
If the place where the
Lord your God chooses to put his Name is too far away from you, you may slaughter animals from the herds and flocks the
Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and in your own towns you may eat as much of them as you want.
(ESV)
If the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose to
put his
name there is too
far from you, then you may
kill any of your
herd or your
flock,
which the
Lord has
given you,
as I have
commanded you, and you may
eat within your
towns whenever you desire.
(NIV)
Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the
Lord your God and rejoice.
(ESV)
and
spend the
money for
whatever you desire—
oxen or
sheep or
wine or
strong drink,
whatever your
appetite craves. And you shall
eat there before the
Lord your
God and
rejoice, you and your
household.
(NIV)
If a Levite moves from one of your towns anywhere in Israel where he is living, and comes in all earnestness to the place the
Lord will choose,
(ESV)
“And
if a
Levite comes from any of your
towns out
of all Israel where he
lives—and he may
come when he
desires — to the
place that the
Lord will
choose,
(NIV)
if you notice among the captives a beautiful woman and are attracted to her, you may take her as your wife.
(ESV)
and you
see among the
captives a
beautiful woman, and you
desire to
take her to be your
wife,
(NIV)
when I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.’
(ESV)
when I
saw among the
spoil a beautiful cloak from
Shinar, and
200 shekels of
silver,
and a bar of
gold weighing 50 shekels, then I
coveted them and
took them. And
see, they are
hidden in the
earth inside my
tent, with the
silver underneath.”
(NIV)
If the person said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would answer, ‘No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’
(ESV)
And
if the
man said to him, “
Let them
burn the
fat first, and then
take as much as
you wish,” he would
say, “
No, you must
give it
now, and if not, I will
take it by
force.”
(NIV)
As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line?’
(ESV)
As for your
donkeys that were
lost three days ago, do
not set your
mind on them,
for they have been
found. And for
whom is
all that is
desirable in
Israel? Is it
not for you and for
all your
father’s house?”
(NIV)
But Samuel replied:
‘Does the
Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the
Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
(ESV)
And
Samuel said,
“Has the
Lord as
great delight in
burnt offerings and
sacrifices,
as in
obeying the
voice of the
Lord?
Behold, to
obey is
better than sacrifice,
and to
listen than the
fat of
rams.
(NIV)
Saul replied, ‘Say to David, “The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.”’ Saul’s plan was for David to fall by the hands of the Philistines.
(ESV)
Then
Saul said, “
Thus shall you
say to
David, ‘The
king desires no bride-price except a
hundred foreskins of the
Philistines, that he may be
avenged of the
king’s enemies.’” Now
Saul thought to make
David fall by the
hand of the
Philistines.
(NIV)
Now, Your Majesty, come down whenever it pleases you to do so, and we will be responsible for giving him into your hands.’
(ESV)
Now come down, O
king, according to
all your
heart’s desire to
come down and our part shall be to
surrender him into the
king’s hand.”
(NIV)
Then Abner said to David, ‘Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.’ So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
(ESV)
And
Abner said to
David, “I will
arise and
go and will
gather all Israel to my
lord the
king, that they may
make a
covenant with you, and that you may
reign over all that your
heart desires.” So
David sent Abner away, and he
went in
peace.
(NIV)
‘If my house were not right with God,
surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,
arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
and grant me my every desire.
(ESV)
“
For does
not my
house stand
so with God?
For he has
made with me an
everlasting covenant,
ordered in
all things and
secure.
For will he
not cause to
prosper all my
help and my
desire?
(NIV)
David longed for water and said, ‘Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!’
(ESV)
And
David said longingly, “
Oh, that someone would give me
water to
drink from the
well of
Bethlehem that is by the
gate!”
(NIV)
So Hiram sent word to Solomon:
‘I have received the message you sent me and will do all you want in providing the cedar and juniper logs.
(ESV)
And
Hiram sent to
Solomon,
saying, “I have
heard the message that you have
sent to me. I am ready to
do all you
desire in the
matter of
cedar and
cypress timber.
(NIV)
My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.’
(ESV)
My
servants shall
bring it down to the
sea from Lebanon, and I will
make it into
rafts to go by
sea to the
place you
direct. And I will have them
broken up there, and you shall
receive it. And you shall
meet my
wishes by
providing food for my
household.”
(NIV)
In this way Hiram kept Solomon supplied with all the cedar and juniper logs he wanted,
(ESV)
So
Hiram supplied Solomon with all the
timber of
cedar and
cypress that he
desired,
(NIV)
When Solomon had finished building the temple of the
Lord and the royal palace, and had achieved all he had desired to do,
(ESV)
As soon as
Solomon had
finished building the
house of the
Lord and the
king’s house and
all that
Solomon desired to
build,
(NIV)
King Solomon gave twenty towns in Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, because Hiram had supplied him with all the cedar and juniper and gold he wanted.
(ESV)
and
Hiram king of
Tyre had
supplied Solomon with
cedar and
cypress timber and
gold, as
much as he
desired,
King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the
land of
Galilee.
(NIV)
as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses – whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
(ESV)
and
all the
store cities that
Solomon had, and the
cities for his
chariots, and the
cities for his
horsemen, and
whatever Solomon desired to
build in
Jerusalem, in
Lebanon, and in
all the
land of his
dominion.
(NIV)
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
(ESV)
And
King Solomon gave to the
queen of
Sheba all that she
desired,
whatever she
asked besides what was
given her by the
bounty of
King Solomon. So she
turned and
went back to her own
land with her
servants.
(NIV)
However, as for you, I will take you, and you will rule over all that your heart desires; you will be king over Israel.
(ESV)
And I will
take you, and you shall
reign over
all that your
soul desires, and you shall be
king over Israel.
(NIV)
But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.”’
(ESV)
Nevertheless I will
send my
servants to you
tomorrow about this
time,
and they shall search your
house and the
houses of your
servants and lay hands on
whatever pleases you and
take it away.’”
(NIV)
David longed for water and said, ‘Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!’
(ESV)
And
David said longingly, “Oh that
someone would give me
water to
drink from the
well of
Bethlehem that is by the
gate!”
(NIV)
as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses – whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory that he ruled.
(ESV)
and
Baalath, and
all the
store cities that Solomon had and
all the
cities for his
chariots and the
cities for his
horsemen, and
whatever Solomon desired to
build in
Jerusalem, in
Lebanon, and in
all the
land of his
dominion.
(NIV)
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
(ESV)
And
King Solomon gave to the
queen of
Sheba all that she
desired,
whatever she
asked besides what she had
brought to the
king. So she
turned and
went back to her own
land with her
servants.
(NIV)
So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing and also articles of value – more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.
(ESV)
When
Jehoshaphat and his
people came to
take their
spoil, they
found among them, in
great numbers,
goods,
clothing, and
precious things, which they
took for themselves until they
could carry no
more. They were
three days in
taking the
spoil, it was so
much.
(NIV)
Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
(ESV)
He was
thirty-two years
old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned eight years in
Jerusalem. And he
departed with
no one’s regret. They
buried him in the
city of
David, but
not in the
tombs of the
kings.
(NIV)
Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.
(ESV)
And
Hezekiah had
very great riches and
honor, and he
made for himself
treasuries for
silver, for
gold, for
precious stones, for
spices, for
shields, and for all kinds of
costly vessels;
(NIV)
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the
Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
(ESV)
In the
spring of the
year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and
brought him to
Babylon, with the
precious vessels of the
house of the
Lord, and made his
brother Zedekiah king over Judah and
Jerusalem.
(NIV)
They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.
(ESV)
And they
burned the
house of
God and broke
down the
wall of
Jerusalem and
burned all its
palaces with
fire and
destroyed all its
precious vessels.
(NIV)
20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
(ESV)
20 bowls of
gold worth
1,000 darics and two
vessels of
fine bright bronze as
precious as
gold.
(NIV)
‘If only my anguish could be weighed
and all my misery be placed on the scales!
(ESV)
“Oh
that my
vexation were
weighed,
and all my
calamity laid in the
balances!
(NIV)
Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern malice?
(ESV)
Is
there any
injustice on my
tongue?
Cannot my
palate discern the cause of
calamity?
(NIV)
‘Surely he will have no respite from his craving;
he cannot save himself by his treasure.
(ESV)
“
Because he
knew no contentment in his
belly,
he will
not let anything in which he
delights escape him.
(NIV)
For what do they care about the families they leave behind
when their allotted months come to an end?
(ESV)
For what do they
care for their
houses after them,
when the
number of their
months is
cut off?
(NIV)
What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous?
What would he gain if your ways were blameless?
(ESV)
Is it any
pleasure to the
Almighty if you are in the
right,
or is it
gain to him
if you make your
ways blameless?
(NIV)
‘But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?
He does whatever he pleases.
(ESV)
But he is
unchangeable and
who can
turn him back?
What
he desires, that he
does.
(NIV)
They break up my road;
they succeed in destroying me.
“No one can help him,” they say.
(ESV)
They
break up my
path;
they
promote my
calamity;
they need
no one to
help them.
(NIV)
‘If I have denied the desires of the poor
or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
(ESV)
“
If I have
withheld anything that the
poor desired,
or have caused the
eyes of the
widow to
fail,
(NIV)
so that their body finds food repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
(ESV)
so that his
life loathes bread,
and his
appetite the
choicest food.
(NIV)
Oh, that Job might be tested to the utmost
for answering like a wicked man!
(ESV)
Would that
Job were
tried to the
end,
because he
answers like
wicked men.
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