(NIV)
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
When I
bring clouds over the
earth and the
bow is
seen in the
clouds,
(NIV)
She gave this name to the
Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me.’
So she
called the
name of the
Lord who
spoke to her, “You are a
God of
seeing,” for she
said,
“
Truly here I have
seen him who
looks after me.”
(NIV)
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the
Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
When
Abram was
ninety-nine years old the
Lord appeared to
Abram and
said to him, “I am
God Almighty;
walk before me, and be
blameless,
(NIV)
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the
Lord, the Eternal God.
Abraham
planted a
tamarisk tree in
Beersheba and
called there on the
name of the
Lord,
the
Everlasting God.
(NIV)
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples.
God Almighty bless you and make you
fruitful and
multiply you, that you may become a
company of
peoples.
(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.’
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)
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.”’
I am the
God of
Bethel,
where you
anointed a
pillar and
made a
vow to me. Now
arise,
go out from this
land and
return to the
land of your
kindred.’”
(NIV)
Then God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.’
God said to
Jacob, “
Arise,
go up to
Bethel and
dwell there.
Make an
altar there to the
God who
appeared to you when you
fled from your
brother Esau.”
(NIV)
Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.’
Then let us
arise and
go up to
Bethel, so that I may
make there an
altar to the
God who
answers me in the
day of my
distress and has been with me
wherever I have
gone.”
(NIV)
And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
And
God said to him, “I am
God Almighty: be
fruitful and
multiply.
A
nation and a
company of
nations shall come from you, and
kings shall
come from your own
body.
(NIV)
And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.’
May
God Almighty grant you
mercy before the
man, and may he
send back your
other brother and
Benjamin. And as for me,
if I am
bereaved of my children, I am
bereaved.”
(NIV)
Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.”’
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?’
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)
‘I am God, the God of your father,’ he said. ‘Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
Then he
said, “I am
God,
the
God of your
father. Do
not be
afraid to
go down to
Egypt,
for there I will
make you into a
great nation.
(NIV)
Jacob said to Joseph, ‘God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there he blessed me
And
Jacob said to
Joseph,
“
God Almighty appeared to me at
Luz in the
land of
Canaan and
blessed me,
(NIV)
because of your father’s God, who helps you,
because of the Almighty, who blesses you
with blessings of the skies above,
blessings of the deep springs below,
blessings of the breast and womb.
by the
God of your
father who will
help you,
by the
Almighty who will
bless you
with
blessings of
heaven above,
blessings of the
deep that
crouches beneath,
blessings of the
breasts and of the
womb.
(NIV)
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
I
appeared to
Abraham, to
Isaac, and to
Jacob, as
God Almighty, but by my
name the
Lord I did not make myself
known to them.
(NIV)
‘The
Lord is my strength and my defence ;
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
The
Lord is my
strength and my
song,
and he has become my
salvation;
this is my
God, and I will
praise him,
my
father’s God, and I will
exalt him.
(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You shall
not bow down to them or
serve them, for
I the
Lord your
God am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and the
fourth generation of those who
hate me,
(NIV)
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, ‘The
Lord, the
Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
The
Lord passed before him and
proclaimed,
“The
Lord, the
Lord, a
God merciful and
gracious,
slow to
anger, and
abounding in
steadfast love and
faithfulness,
(NIV)
Do not worship any other god, for the
Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
(
for you shall
worship no other god, for the
Lord, whose
name is
Jealous, is a
jealous God),
(NIV)
‘“Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.
‘“Do not practise divination or seek omens.
“You shall not
eat any flesh with the
blood in it. You shall not
interpret omens or
tell fortunes.
(NIV)
So Moses cried out to the
Lord, ‘Please, God, heal her!’
And
Moses cried to the
Lord, “O
God,
please heal her—
please.”
(NIV)
But Moses and Aaron fell face down and cried out, ‘O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?’
And they
fell on their
faces and
said, “O
God,
the
God of the
spirits of
all flesh,
shall
one man sin, and will you be
angry with all the
congregation?”
(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.
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)
How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce
those whom the
Lord has not denounced?
How can I
curse whom
God has
not cursed?
How can I
denounce whom the
Lord has
not denounced?
(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)
God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
God brings them out of
Egypt and is for them like the
horns of the
wild ox.
(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!”
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.
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)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
‘God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
and break their bones in pieces;
with their arrows they pierce them.
God brings him out of
Egypt and is for him like the
horns of the wild
ox;
he shall
eat up the
nations, his
adversaries,
and shall
break their
bones in pieces
and
pierce them through with his
arrows.
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
and
knows the
knowledge of the
Most High,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
Then he spoke his message:
‘Alas! Who can live when God does this?
And he
took up his
discourse and
said,
“
Alas,
who shall
live when
God does this?
(NIV)
‘Sovereign
Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
‘O
Lord God, you have
only begun to
show your
servant your
greatness and your
mighty hand.
For what god is there in
heaven or on
earth who can
do such
works and
mighty acts as yours?
(NIV)
For the
Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
For the
Lord your
God is a
consuming fire,
a
jealous God.
(NIV)
For the
Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
For the
Lord your
God is a
merciful God.
He will
not leave you or
destroy you or
forget the
covenant with your
fathers that he
swore to them.
(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You shall
not bow down to them
or serve them;
for I the
Lord your
God am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and fourth generation of those who
hate me,
(NIV)
for the
Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land.
for the
Lord your
God in your
midst is a
jealous God—
lest the
anger of the
Lord your
God be
kindled against you, and he
destroy you
from off the
face of the
earth.
(NIV)
Know therefore that the
Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
Know therefore that the
Lord your
God is
God,
the
faithful God who
keeps covenant and
steadfast love with those who
love him and
keep his
commandments, to a
thousand generations,
(NIV)
Do not be terrified by them, for the
Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
You shall not be in
dread of them, for the
Lord your
God is in your
midst,
a
great and
awesome God.
(NIV)
For the
Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes.
For the
Lord your
God is
God of
gods and
Lord of
lords,
the
great, the
mighty, and the
awesome God,
who is
not partial and
takes no bribe.
(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,
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.
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)
For I command you today to love the
Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the
Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
If you obey the
commandments of the
Lord your God that I
command you
today,
by
loving the
Lord your
God, by
walking in his
ways, and by
keeping his
commandments and his
statutes and his
rules then you shall
live and
multiply, and the
Lord your
God will
bless you in the
land that you are
entering to take
possession of it.
(NIV)
He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
“The
Rock,
his
work is
perfect,
for
all his
ways are
justice.
A
God of
faithfulness and
without iniquity,
just and
upright is he.
(NIV)
You deserted the Rock, who fathered you;
you forgot the God who gave you birth.
You were
unmindful of
the Rock that
bore you,
and you
forgot the God who gave you
birth.
(NIV)
‘There is no one like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides across the heavens to help you
and on the clouds in his majesty.
“There is
none like
God, O
Jeshurun,
who
rides through the
heavens to your
help,
through the
skies in his
majesty.
(NIV)
This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.
And
Joshua said, “
Here is how you shall
know that the
living God is
among you and that he will
without fail drive out from
before you the
Canaanites, the
Hittites, the
Hivites, the
Perizzites, the
Girgashites, the
Amorites, and the
Jebusites.
(NIV)
In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practised divination.
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)
‘The Mighty One, God, the
Lord! The Mighty One, God, the
Lord! He knows! And let Israel know! If this has been in rebellion or disobedience to the
Lord, do not spare us this day.
“The
Mighty One,
God, the
Lord! The
Mighty One,
God, the
Lord!
He
knows; and let
Israel itself
know!
If it was in
rebellion or in
breach of faith against the
Lord, do not
spare us
today
(NIV)
Joshua said to the people, ‘You are not able to serve the
Lord. He is a holy God; he is a jealous God. He will not forgive your rebellion and your sins.
But
Joshua said to the
people, “You are not
able to serve the
Lord, for he is a
holy God. He is a
jealous God;
he will not
forgive your
transgressions or your
sins.
(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.’
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)
‘Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
for the
Lord is a God who knows,
and by him deeds are weighed.
Talk no
more so
very proudly,
let not
arrogance come from your
mouth;
for the
Lord is a
God of
knowledge,
and by him
actions are
weighed.
(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.’
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)
Then Saul prayed to the
Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim.’ Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.
Therefore
Saul said, “O
Lord God of
Israel,
why have you
not answered your servant this day?
If this
guilt is
in me or in Jonathan
my son, O
Lord,
God of
Israel,
give Urim.
But if this guilt is
in your people Israel,
give Thummim.” And
Jonathan and
Saul were
taken, but the
people escaped.
(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.’
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.’
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)
‘As for God, his way is perfect:
the
Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
This
God— his
way is
perfect;
the
word of the
Lord proves true;
he is a
shield for
all those who
take refuge in him.
(NIV)
For who is God besides the
Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
“
For who is
God,
but the
Lord?
And
who is a
rock,
except our
God?
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