(NIV)
Lamech said to his wives,
‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
(ESV)
Lamech said to his
wives:
“
Adah and
Zillah,
hear my
voice;
you
wives of
Lamech,
listen to what I
say:
I have
killed a
man for
wounding me,
a
young man for
striking me.
(NIV)
Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.
(ESV)
So
Abimelech rose
early in the
morning and
called all his
servants and
told them all these
things. And the
men were very
much afraid.
(NIV)
Ephron the Hittite was sitting among his people and he replied to Abraham in the hearing of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
(ESV)
Now
Ephron was
sitting among the
Hittites, and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the
hearing of the
Hittites, of all who
went in at the
gate of his
city,
(NIV)
and he said to Ephron in their hearing, ‘Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so that I can bury my dead there.’
(ESV)
And he
said to
Ephron in the
hearing of the
people of the
land, “But
if you will,
hear me: I
give the
price of the
field.
Accept it from me, that I may
bury my
dead there.”
(NIV)
Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weight current among the merchants.
(ESV)
Abraham listened to
Ephron, and
Abraham weighed out for
Ephron the
silver that he had
named in the
hearing of the
Hittites,
four hundred shekels of
silver, according to the
weights current among the
merchants.
(NIV)
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.
(ESV)
When the
camels had
finished drinking, the
man took a
gold ring weighing a
half shekel, and
two bracelets for her
arms weighing ten gold shekels,
(NIV)
As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.
(ESV)
As soon as he
saw the
ring and the
bracelets on his
sister’s arms, and
heard the
words of
Rebekah his
sister, “
Thus the
man spoke to me,” he
went to the
man. And
behold, he was
standing by the
camels at the
spring.
(NIV)
‘I asked her, “Whose daughter are you?”
‘She said, “The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milkah bore to him.”
‘Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,
(ESV)
Then I
asked her, ‘
Whose daughter are you?’ She
said, ‘The
daughter of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s son, whom
Milcah bore to him.’ So I
put the
ring on her
nose and the
bracelets on her
arms.
(NIV)
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.
(ESV)
So they
gave to
Jacob all the
foreign gods that they
had, and the
rings that were in their
ears.
Jacob hid them under the
terebinth tree that was near
Shechem.
(NIV)
He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
(ESV)
And he
fell asleep and
dreamed a
second time. And
behold,
seven ears of grain,
plump and
good, were
growing on
one stalk.
(NIV)
After them, seven other ears of corn sprouted – thin and scorched by the east wind.
(ESV)
And
behold,
after them sprouted seven ears,
thin and
blighted by the
east wind.
(NIV)
The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven healthy, full ears. Then Pharaoh woke up; it had been a dream.
(ESV)
And the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven plump,
full ears. And
Pharaoh awoke, and
behold, it was a
dream.
(NIV)
‘In my dream I saw seven ears of corn, full and good, growing on a single stalk.
(ESV)
I also
saw in my
dream seven ears growing on
one stalk,
full and
good.
(NIV)
After them, seven other ears sprouted – withered and thin and scorched by the east wind.
(ESV)
Seven ears,
withered,
thin, and
blighted by the
east wind,
sprouted after them,
(NIV)
The thin ears of corn swallowed up the seven good ears. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.’
(ESV)
and the
thin ears swallowed up the
seven good ears. And I
told it to the
magicians, but there was no
one who
could explain it to me.”
(NIV)
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears of corn are seven years; it is one and the same dream.
(ESV)
The
seven good cows are
seven years, and the
seven good ears are
seven years; the
dreams are
one.
(NIV)
The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterwards are seven years, and so are the seven worthless ears of corn scorched by the east wind: they are seven years of famine.
(ESV)
The
seven lean and
ugly cows that
came up after them are
seven years, and the
seven empty ears blighted by the
east wind are also
seven years of
famine.
(NIV)
Then Judah went up to him and said: ‘Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
(ESV)
Then
Judah went up
to him and
said, “Oh, my
lord,
please let your
servant speak a
word in my
lord’s ears, and let
not your
anger burn against your
servant,
for you are like
Pharaoh himself.
(NIV)
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, ‘If I have found favour in your eyes, speak to Pharaoh for me. Tell him,
(ESV)
And when the
days of
weeping for him were
past,
Joseph spoke to the
household of
Pharaoh,
saying, “
If now I have
found favor in your
eyes,
please speak in the
ears of
Pharaoh,
saying,
(NIV)
that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the
Lord.’
(ESV)
and
that you may
tell in the
hearing of your
son and of your
grandson how I have
dealt harshly with the
Egyptians and what
signs I have
done among them, that you may
know that I am the
Lord.”
(NIV)
Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbours for articles of silver and gold.’
(ESV)
Speak now in the
hearing of the
people, that they
ask, every
man of his
neighbor and every
woman of her
neighbor, for
silver and gold jewelry.”
(NIV)
He said, ‘If you listen carefully to the
Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the
Lord, who heals you.’
(ESV)
saying “
If you will
diligently listen to the
voice of the
Lord your
God, and
do that which is
right in his
eyes, and
give ear to his
commandments and
keep all his
statutes, I will
put none of the
diseases on you that I
put on the
Egyptians,
for I am the
Lord your
healer.”
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said to Moses, ‘Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.’
(ESV)
Then the
Lord said to
Moses, “
Write this as a
memorial in a
book and
recite it in the
ears of
Joshua, that I will
utterly blot out the
memory of
Amalek from
under heaven.”
(NIV)
then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the door-post and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
(ESV)
then his
master shall
bring him to
God, and he shall
bring him to the
door or the
doorpost. And his
master shall
bore his
ear through with an
awl, and he shall be his
slave forever.
(NIV)
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, ‘We will do everything the
Lord has said; we will obey.’
(ESV)
Then he
took the
Book of the
Covenant and
read it in the
hearing of the
people. And they
said, “
All that the
Lord has
spoken we will
do, and we will be
obedient.”
(NIV)
Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash blood against the sides of the altar.
(ESV)
and you shall
kill the
ram and
take part of its
blood and
put it on the
tip of the right
ear of
Aaron and on the
tips of the
right ears of his
sons, and on the
thumbs of their
right hands and on the
great toes of their
right feet, and
throw the rest of the
blood against the
sides of the
altar.
(NIV)
Aaron answered them, ‘Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.’
(ESV)
So
Aaron said to them, “Take
off the
rings of
gold that are in the
ears of your
wives, your
sons, and your
daughters, and
bring them to me.”
(NIV)
So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron.
(ESV)
So
all the
people took off the
rings of
gold that were in their
ears and
brought them to
Aaron.
(NIV)
All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewellery of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the
Lord.
(ESV)
So they
came,
both men and
women.
All who were of a
willing heart brought brooches and
earrings and
signet rings and
armlets, all
sorts of
gold objects, every
man dedicating an
offering of
gold to the
Lord.
(NIV)
Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
(ESV)
And he
killed it, and
Moses took some of its
blood and
put it on the
lobe of
Aaron’s right ear and on the
thumb of his
right hand and on the
big toe of his
right foot.
(NIV)
Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splashed blood against the sides of the altar.
(ESV)
Then he
presented Aaron’s sons, and
Moses put some of the
blood on the
lobes of their
right ears and on the
thumbs of their
right hands and on the
big toes of their
right feet. And
Moses threw the
blood against the
sides of the
altar.
(NIV)
The priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.
(ESV)
The
priest shall
take some of the
blood of the
guilt offering, and the
priest shall
put it on the
lobe of the
right ear of him who is to be
cleansed and on the
thumb of his
right hand and on the
big toe of his
right foot.
(NIV)
The priest is to put some of the oil remaining in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.
(ESV)
And some of the
oil that
remains in his
hand the
priest shall
put on the
lobe of the
right ear of him who is to be
cleansed and on the
thumb of his
right hand and on the
big toe of his
right foot, on top of the
blood of the
guilt offering.
(NIV)
He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.
(ESV)
And he shall
kill the
lamb of the
guilt offering. And the
priest shall
take some of the
blood of the
guilt offering and
put it on the
lobe of the
right ear of him who is to be
cleansed, and on the
thumb of his
right hand and on the
big toe of his
right foot.
(NIV)
Some of the oil in his palm he is to put on the same places he put the blood of the guilt offering – on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.
(ESV)
And the
priest shall
put some of the
oil that is in his
hand on the
lobe of the
right ear of him who is to be
cleansed and on the
thumb of his
right hand and on the
big toe of his
right foot, in the
place where the
blood of the
guilt offering was put.
(NIV)
Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the
Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the
Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
(ESV)
And the
people complained in the
hearing of the
Lord about their
misfortunes, and when the
Lord heard it, his
anger was
kindled, and the
fire of the
Lord burned among them and
consumed some
outlying parts of the
camp.
(NIV)
‘Tell the people: “Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The
Lord heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!’ Now the
Lord will give you meat, and you will eat it.
(ESV)
And
say to the
people, ‘
Consecrate yourselves for
tomorrow, and you shall
eat meat,
for you have
wept in the
hearing of the
Lord,
saying, “
Who will give us
meat to
eat?
For it was
better for us in
Egypt.” Therefore the
Lord will
give you
meat, and you shall
eat.
(NIV)
So tell them, “As surely as I live, declares the
Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
(ESV)
Say to them, ‘As I
live,
declares the
Lord what you have
said in my
hearing I will
do to you:
(NIV)
Then he spoke his message:
‘Arise, Balak, and listen;
hear me, son of Zippor.
(ESV)
And Balaam
took up his
discourse and
said,
“
Rise,
Balak, and
hear;
give ear to me, O
son of
Zippor:
(NIV)
You came back and wept before the
Lord, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you.
(ESV)
And you
returned and
wept before the
Lord, but the
Lord did
not listen to your
voice or give ear to you.
(NIV)
Moses summoned all Israel and said:
Hear, Israel, the decrees and the laws I declare in your hearing today. Learn them and be sure to follow them.
(ESV)
And
Moses summoned all Israel and
said to them, “
Hear, O
Israel, the
statutes and the
rules that I
speak in your
hearing today, and you shall
learn them and be
careful to
do them.
(NIV)
then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.
(ESV)
then you shall
take an
awl, and
put it through his
ear into the
door, and he shall be your
slave forever. And to your
female slave you shall
do the
same.
(NIV)
If you enter your neighbour’s cornfield, you may pick the ears with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing corn.
(ESV)
If you
go into your
neighbor’s standing grain, you may
pluck the
ears with your
hand, but you shall not
put a
sickle to your
neighbor’s standing grain.
(NIV)
But to this day the
Lord has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.
(ESV)
But to
this day the
Lord has
not given you a
heart to
understand or
eyes to
see or
ears to
hear.
(NIV)
when all Israel comes to appear before the
Lord your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before them in their hearing.
(ESV)
when
all Israel comes to
appear before the
Lord your
God at the
place that he will
choose, you shall
read this law before all Israel in their
hearing.
(NIV)
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to testify against them.
(ESV)
Assemble to me
all the
elders of your
tribes and your
officers, that I may
speak these words in their
ears and call
heaven and
earth to
witness against them.
(NIV)
And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel:
(ESV)
Then
Moses spoke the
words of
this song until they were
finished, in the
ears of
all the
assembly of
Israel:
(NIV)
Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
(ESV)
“Give
ear O
heavens, and I will
speak,
and let the
earth hear the
words of my
mouth.
(NIV)
Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
(ESV)
Moses came and
recited all the
words of
this song in the
hearing of the
people, he and
Joshua the
son of
Nun.
(NIV)
When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate and state their case before the elders of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them.
(ESV)
He shall
flee to
one of these
cities and shall
stand at the
entrance of the
gate of the
city and
explain his
case to the
elders of that
city. Then they shall
take him into the
city and
give him a
place, and he shall
remain with them.
(NIV)
‘Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I, even I, will sing to the
Lord;
I will praise the
Lord, the God of Israel, in song.
(ESV)
“
Hear, O
kings;
give ear, O
princes;
to the
Lord I will
sing;
I will
make melody to the
Lord, the
God of
Israel.
(NIV)
Now announce to the army, “Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.”’ So twenty-two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.
(ESV)
Now therefore
proclaim in the
ears of the
people,
saying ‘
Whoever is
fearful and
trembling, let him
return home and
hurry away from
Mount Gilead.’” Then
22,000 of the
people returned, and
10,000 remained.
(NIV)
And he said, ‘I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.’ (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
(ESV)
And
Gideon said to them, “Let me
make a
request of you: every
one of you
give me the
earrings from his
spoil.” (For they had
golden earrings,
because they were
Ishmaelites.)
(NIV)
They answered, ‘We’ll be glad to give them.’ So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it.
(ESV)
And they
answered, “We will
willingly give them.” And they
spread a
cloak, and every
man threw in it the
earrings of his
spoil.
(NIV)
The weight of the gold rings he asked for came to seventeen hundred shekels, not counting the ornaments, the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian or the chains that were on their camels’ necks.
(ESV)
And the
weight of the
golden earrings that he
requested was
1,700 shekels of gold,
besides the
crescent ornaments and the
pendants and the
purple garments worn by the
kings of
Midian, and
besides the
collars that were around the
necks of their
camels.
(NIV)
‘Ask all the citizens of Shechem, “Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?” Remember, I am your flesh and blood.’
(ESV)
“
Say in the
ears of all the
leaders of
Shechem, ‘Which is
better for you, that all
seventy of the
sons of
Jerubbaal rule over you, or that
one rule over you?’
Remember also that I am your
bone and your
flesh.”
(NIV)
When the brothers repeated all this to the citizens of Shechem, they were inclined to follow Abimelek, for they said, ‘He is related to us.’
(ESV)
And his
mother’s relatives spoke all these
words on his
behalf in the
ears of all the
leaders of
Shechem, and their
hearts inclined to
follow Abimelech, for they
said, “He is our
brother.”
(NIV)
they said, ‘All right, say “Shibboleth”.’ If he said, ‘Sibboleth’, because he could not pronounce the word correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. Forty-two thousand Ephraimites were killed at that time.
(ESV)
they
said to him, “Then
say Shibboleth,” and he
said, “
Sibboleth,” for he could not
pronounce it right. Then they
seized him and
slaughtered him at the
fords of the
Jordan. At that
time 42,000 of the
Ephraimites fell.
(NIV)
said to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse – I have that silver with me; I took it.’
Then his mother said, ‘The
Lord bless you, my son!’
(ESV)
And he
said to his
mother, “The
1,100 pieces of silver that were
taken from you, about which you uttered a
curse, and also
spoke it in my
ears,
behold, the
silver is with me; I
took it.” And his
mother said, “
Blessed be my
son by the
Lord.”
(NIV)
And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, ‘Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favour.’
Naomi said to her, ‘Go ahead, my daughter.’
(ESV)
And
Ruth the
Moabite said to
Naomi, “
Let me
go to the
field and
glean among the ears of
grain after him in whose
sight I shall
find favor.” And she
said to her, “
Go, my
daughter.”
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