(NIV)
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
(ESV)
When I
bring clouds over the
earth and the
bow is
seen in the
clouds,
(NIV)
But Laban said to him, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the
Lord has blessed me because of you.’
(ESV)
But
Laban said to him, “
If I have
found favor in your
sight, I have learned by
divination that the
Lord has
blessed me because of
you.
(NIV)
Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.”’
(ESV)
Is it
not from
this that my
lord drinks, and by this that he
practices divination? You have
done evil in doing this.’”
(NIV)
Joseph said to them, ‘What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?’
(ESV)
Joseph said to them, “
What deed is
this that you have
done? Do you
not know that a
man like me
can indeed practice
divination?”
(NIV)
‘“Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.
‘“Do not practise divination or seek omens.
(ESV)
“You shall not
eat any flesh with the
blood in it. You shall not
interpret omens or
tell fortunes.
(NIV)
The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them the fee for divination. When they came to Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.
(ESV)
So the
elders of
Moab and the
elders of
Midian departed with the fees for
divination in their
hand. And they
came to
Balaam and
gave him
Balak’s message.
(NIV)
There is no divination against Jacob,
no evil omens against Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
and of Israel, “See what God has done!”
(ESV)
For there is
no enchantment against
Jacob,
no divination against
Israel;
now it shall be
said of
Jacob and
Israel,
‘
What has
God wrought!’
(NIV)
Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the
Lord to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face towards the wilderness.
(ESV)
When
Balaam saw that it
pleased the
Lord to
bless Israel, he did
not go,
as at other
times, to
look for
omens, but
set his
face toward the
wilderness.
(NIV)
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practises divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
(ESV)
There shall
not be
found among you anyone who
burns his
son or his
daughter as an
offering, anyone who
practices divination or
tells fortunes or
interprets omens, or a
sorcerer
(NIV)
The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practise sorcery or divination. But as for you, the
Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.
(ESV)
for these nations,
which you are about to
dispossess,
listen to
fortune-tellers and to
diviners. But as for you, the
Lord your
God has
not allowed you to do
this.
(NIV)
In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practised divination.
(ESV)
Balaam also, the
son of
Beor, the one who
practiced divination, was
killed with the
sword by the
people of
Israel among the rest of their
slain.
(NIV)
But Gaal spoke up again: ‘Look, people are coming down from the central hill, and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners’ tree.’
(ESV)
Gaal spoke again and
said, “
Look,
people are
coming down from the
center of the
land, and
one company is
coming from the
direction of the
Diviners’
Oak.”
(NIV)
the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, ‘What shall we do with the ark of the
Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.’
(ESV)
And the
Philistines called for the
priests and the
diviners and
said, “What shall we
do with the
ark of the
Lord?
Tell us with what we shall
send it to its
place.”
(NIV)
For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the
Lord,
he has rejected you as king.’
(ESV)
For rebellion is as the
sin of
divination,
and
presumption is as
iniquity and
idolatry.
Because you have
rejected the
word of the
Lord,
he has also
rejected you from being
king.”
(NIV)
So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. ‘Consult a spirit for me,’ he said, ‘and bring up for me the one I name.’
(ESV)
So
Saul disguised himself and
put on other garments and
went, he and
two men with him. And they
came to the
woman by
night. And he
said, “
Divine for me by a
spirit and
bring up for me
whomever I shall
name to you.”
(NIV)
The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. ‘Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!’ they said.
‘Go and get him,’ the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab brought him up into his chariot.
(ESV)
Now the
men were
watching for a sign, and they
quickly took it up
from him and
said, “Yes, your
brother Ben-hadad.” Then he
said, “
Go and
bring him.” Then
Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to
come up into the
chariot.
(NIV)
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practised divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the
Lord, arousing his anger.
(ESV)
And they
burned their
sons and their
daughters as offerings and
used divination and
omens and
sold themselves to
do evil in the
sight of the
Lord,
provoking him to anger.
(NIV)
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practised divination, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the
Lord, arousing his anger.
(ESV)
And he
burned his
son as an
offering and used
fortune-telling and omens and
dealt with
mediums and with
necromancers. He
did much evil in the
sight of the
Lord, provoking him to
anger.
(NIV)
He sacrificed his children in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practised divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the
Lord, arousing his anger.
(ESV)
And he
burned his
sons as an
offering in the
Valley of the
Son of
Hinnom, and used
fortune-telling and
omens and
sorcery, and
dealt with
mediums and with
necromancers. He
did much evil in the
sight of the
Lord, provoking him to
anger.
(NIV)
The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and his mouth does not betray justice.
(ESV)
An
oracle is
on the
lips of a
king;
his
mouth does
not sin in
judgment.
(NIV)
You,
Lord, have abandoned your people,
the descendants of Jacob.
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practise divination like the Philistines
and embrace pagan customs.
(ESV)
For you have
rejected your
people,
the
house of
Jacob,
because they are
full of things
from the
east and of
fortune-tellers like the
Philistines,
and they
strike hands with the
children of
foreigners.
(NIV)
the hero and the warrior,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
(ESV)
the
mighty man and the
soldier,
the
judge and the
prophet,
the
diviner and the
elder,
(NIV)
who foils the signs of false prophets
and makes fools of diviners,
who overthrows the learning of the wise
and turns it into nonsense,
(ESV)
who
frustrates the
signs of
liars and
makes fools of
diviners,
who
turns wise men
back and makes their
knowledge foolish,
(NIV)
‘But you – come here, you children of a sorceress,
you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
(ESV)
But you, draw
near,
sons of the
sorceress,
offspring of the
adulterer and the
loose woman.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to me, ‘The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.
(ESV)
And the
Lord said to me: “The
prophets are
prophesying lies in my
name. I did
not send them,
nor did I
command them
or speak to them. They are
prophesying to you a
lying vision,
worthless divination, and the
deceit of their own
minds.
(NIV)
So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums or your sorcerers who tell you, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.”
(ESV)
So do
not listen to your
prophets, your
diviners, your
dreamers, your
fortune-tellers, or your
sorcerers,
who are
saying to you, ‘You shall
not serve the
king of
Babylon.’
(NIV)
Yes, this is what the
Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
(ESV)
For thus says the
Lord of
hosts, the
God of
Israel: Do
not let your
prophets and your
diviners who are
among you
deceive you, and do
not listen to the
dreams that they
dream
(NIV)
For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations among the people of Israel.
(ESV)
For there shall be
no more any false vision or
flattering divination within the
house of
Israel.
(NIV)
Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the
Lord has not sent them, they say, ‘The
Lord declares’, and expect him to fulfil their words.
(ESV)
They have
seen false visions and
lying divinations. They
say, ‘
Declares the
Lord,’ when the
Lord has
not sent them, and yet they
expect him to
fulfill their
word.
(NIV)
Have you not seen false visions and uttered lying divinations when you say, ‘The
Lord declares’, though I have not spoken?
(ESV)
Have you
not seen a
false vision and
uttered a
lying divination, whenever you have
said, ‘
Declares the
Lord,’ although
I have
not spoken?”
(NIV)
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people or be listed in the records of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign
Lord.
(ESV)
My
hand will be against the
prophets who
see false visions and who give
lying divinations. They shall
not be in the
council of my
people,
nor be
enrolled in the
register of the
house of
Israel,
nor shall they
enter the
land of
Israel. And you shall
know that I am the
Lord God.
(NIV)
therefore you will no longer see false visions or practise divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then you will know that I am the
Lord.”’
(ESV)
therefore you shall
no more
see false visions
nor practice divination. I will
deliver my
people out of your
hand. And you shall
know that I am the
Lord.”
(NIV)
For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: he will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.
(ESV)
For the
king of
Babylon stands at the
parting of the
way, at the
head of the
two ways, to
use divination. He
shakes the
arrows; he
consults the
teraphim; he
looks at the
liver.
(NIV)
Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering-rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering-rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works.
(ESV)
Into his
right hand comes the
divination for
Jerusalem, to
set battering rams, to
open the
mouth with
murder, to lift
up the
voice with
shouting, to
set battering rams against the
gates, to
cast up
mounds, to
build siege towers.
(NIV)
It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind them of their guilt and take them captive.
(ESV)
But
to them it will seem like a
false divination. They have
sworn solemn oaths, but he brings their
guilt to
remembrance, that they may be
taken.
(NIV)
Despite false visions concerning you
and lying divinations about you,
it will be laid on the necks
of the wicked who are to be slain,
whose day has come,
whose time of punishment has reached its climax.
(ESV)
while they
see for you
false visions, while they
divine lies for you—to
place you on the
necks of the
profane wicked,
whose day has
come, the
time of their
final punishment.
(NIV)
Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, “This is what the Sovereign
Lord says” – when the
Lord has not spoken.
(ESV)
And her
prophets have
smeared whitewash for them,
seeing false visions and
divining lies for them,
saying, ‘
Thus says the
Lord God,’ when the
Lord has
not spoken.
(NIV)
Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.
The sun will set for the prophets,
and the day will go dark for them.
(ESV)
Therefore it shall be
night to you,
without vision,
and
darkness to you,
without divination.
The
sun shall
go down on the
prophets,
and the
day shall be
black over them;
(NIV)
The seers will be ashamed
and the diviners disgraced.
They will all cover their faces
because there is no answer from God.’
(ESV)
the
seers shall be
disgraced,
and the
diviners put to
shame;
they shall all
cover their
lips,
for there is
no answer from
God.
(NIV)
Her leaders judge for a bribe,
her priests teach for a price,
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.
Yet they look for the
Lord’s support and say,
‘Is not the
Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.’
(ESV)
Its
heads give
judgment for a
bribe;
its
priests teach for a
price;
its
prophets practice
divination for
money;
yet they
lean on the
Lord and
say,
“Is
not the
Lord in the
midst of us?
No disaster shall
come upon us.”
(NIV)
I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.
(ESV)
and I will
cut off
sorceries from your
hand,
and you shall have no more tellers of
fortunes;
(NIV)
The idols speak deceitfully,
diviners see visions that lie;
they tell dreams that are false,
they give comfort in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
(ESV)
For the
household gods utter nonsense,
and the
diviners see lies;
they
tell false dreams and give
empty consolation.
Therefore the
people wander like sheep;
they are
afflicted for
lack of a
shepherd.
(NIV)
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.
(ESV)
As we were going to the place of
prayer,
we were
met by a slave
girl who
had a
spirit of
divination and brought her owners much gain by
fortune-telling.
(NIV)
‘Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by human design and skill.
(ESV)
Being then God’s offspring we
ought not to
think that the
divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an
image formed by the
art and imagination of
man.
(NIV)
For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
(ESV)
For his invisible attributes,
namely,
his eternal power and divine nature have been
clearly perceived, ever
since the
creation of the
world in the things that have been
made.
So they are without excuse.
(NIV)
Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
(ESV)
Now concerning brotherly love you
have no need for anyone to
write to
you,
for you yourselves have
been taught by
God to love one another,
(NIV)
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
(ESV)
His divine power has
granted to
us all
things that pertain
to life and godliness,
through the
knowledge of him who
called us to his
own glory and excellence
(NIV)
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
(ESV)
by
which he has
granted to
us his
precious and very
great promises, so
that through them you may
become partakers of the
divine nature, having
escaped from the
corruption that is
in the
world because of
sinful desire.
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