(NIV)
Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.
Meanwhile the
Midianites had
sold him in
Egypt to
Potiphar, an
officer of
Pharaoh,
the
captain of the
guard.
(NIV)
Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.
Now
Joseph had been
brought down to
Egypt, and
Potiphar, an
officer of
Pharaoh, the
captain of the
guard, an
Egyptian,
had
bought him from the
Ishmaelites who had brought him
down there.
(NIV)
Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
And
Pharaoh was
angry with his
two officers, the
chief cupbearer and the
chief baker,
(NIV)
So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, ‘Why do you look so sad today?’
So he
asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in
custody in his
master’s house,
“
Why are your
faces downcast today?”
(NIV)
He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants.
He will take the
tenth of your
grain and of your
vineyards and
give it to his
officers and to his
servants.
(NIV)
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, ‘Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.’
Then the
king of
Israel summoned an officer and
said, “Bring
quickly Micaiah the
son of
Imlah.”
(NIV)
The king asked the woman about it, and she told him.
Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, ‘Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.’
And when the
king asked the
woman, she
told him. So the
king appointed an official for her,
saying, “
Restore all that was hers, together with all the
produce of the
fields from the
day that she
left the
land until now.”
(NIV)
He looked up at the window and called out, ‘Who is on my side? Who?’ Two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
And he
lifted up his
face to the
window and
said, “
Who is on my side?
Who?”
Two or
three eunuchs looked out at him.
(NIV)
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’
And
some of your own
sons,
who will come from you, whom you
will father, shall be
taken away,
and they shall be
eunuchs in the
palace of the
king of
Babylon.”
(NIV)
He removed from the entrance to the temple of the
Lord the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.
And he
removed the
horses that the
kings of
Judah had
dedicated to the
sun, at the
entrance to the
house of the
Lord, by the
chamber of
Nathan-melech the
chamberlain,
which was in the
precincts. And he
burned the
chariots of the
sun with
fire.
(NIV)
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him.
In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner.
and
Jehoiachin the
king of
Judah gave himself
up to the
king of
Babylon, himself and his
mother and his
servants and his
officials and his
palace officials.
The
king of
Babylon took him prisoner in the
eighth year of his
reign
(NIV)
Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother, his wives, his officials and the prominent people of the land.
And he
carried away Jehoiachin to
Babylon. The
king’s mother, the
king’s wives, his
officials, and the
chief men of the
land he
took into
captivity from
Jerusalem to
Babylon.
(NIV)
Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and five royal advisors. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land and sixty of the conscripts who were found in the city.
and from the
city he
took an officer who had been in
command of the
men of
war, and
five men of the
king’s council who were
found in the
city; and the
secretary of the
commander of the
army, who
mustered the
people of the
land; and
sixty men of the
people of the
land, who were
found in the
city.
(NIV)
David summoned all the officials of Israel to assemble at Jerusalem: the officers over the tribes, the commanders of the divisions in the service of the king, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the warriors and all the brave fighting men.
David assembled at
Jerusalem all the
officials of
Israel, the
officials of the
tribes, the
officers of the
divisions that
served the
king, the
commanders of
thousands, the
commanders of
hundreds, the
stewards of
all the
property and
livestock of the
king and his
sons, together with the
palace officials, the
mighty men and
all the seasoned
warriors.
(NIV)
So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, ‘Bring Micaiah son of Imlah at once.’
Then the
king of
Israel summoned an officer and
said, “Bring
quickly Micaiah the
son of
Imlah.”
(NIV)
On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him – Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Karkas –
On the
seventh day,
when the
heart of the
king was
merry with
wine, he
commanded Mehuman,
Biztha,
Harbona,
Bigtha and
Abagtha,
Zethar and
Carkas, the
seven eunuchs who
served in the
presence of
King Ahasuerus,
(NIV)
But when the attendants delivered the king’s command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger.
But
Queen Vashti refused to
come at the
king’s command delivered by the
eunuchs. At this the
king became enraged, and his
anger burned within him.
(NIV)
‘According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?’ he asked. ‘She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her.’
“According to the
law,
what is to be
done to
Queen Vashti,
because she has
not performed the
command of
King Ahasuerus delivered by the
eunuchs?”
(NIV)
Let the king appoint commissioners in every province of his realm to bring all these beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let beauty treatments be given to them.
And let the
king appoint officers in
all the
provinces of his
kingdom to
gather all the
beautiful young virgins to the
harem in
Susa the
citadel,
under custody of
Hegai, the
king’s eunuch, who is in
charge of the
women.
Let their
cosmetics be
given them.
(NIV)
In the evening she would go there and in the morning return to another part of the harem to the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he was pleased with her and summoned her by name.
In the
evening she would
go in, and in the
morning she would
return to the
second harem in
custody of
Shaashgaz, the
king’s eunuch, who was in
charge of the
concubines. She would
not go in to the
king again,
unless the
king delighted in her and she was
summoned by
name.
(NIV)
When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favour of everyone who saw her.
When the
turn came for
Esther the
daughter of
Abihail the
uncle of
Mordecai,
who had
taken her as his own
daughter, to
go in to the
king, she
asked for
nothing except what Hegai the
king’s eunuch, who had
charge of the
women,
advised. Now
Esther was
winning favor in the
eyes of
all who
saw her.
(NIV)
During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
In those days, as
Mordecai was
sitting at the
king’s gate,
Bigthan and
Teresh,
two of the
king’s eunuchs, who
guarded the
threshold, became
angry and
sought to
lay hands on
King Ahasuerus.
(NIV)
When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
When
Esther’s young women and her
eunuchs came and
told her, the
queen was
deeply distressed. She
sent garments to
clothe Mordecai, so that he might
take off his
sackcloth, but he would
not accept them.
(NIV)
Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.
Then
Esther called for
Hathach, one of the
king’s eunuchs,
who had been
appointed to
attend her, and
ordered him to go to
Mordecai to
learn what this was and why it was.
(NIV)
It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
And it was
found written how Mordecai had
told about
Bigthana and
Teresh,
two of the
king’s eunuchs, who
guarded the
threshold, and who had
sought to
lay hands on
King Ahasuerus.
(NIV)
While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.
While they were
yet talking with him, the
king’s eunuchs arrived and
hurried to
bring Haman to the
feast that
Esther had
prepared.
(NIV)
Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, ‘A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.’
The king said, ‘Impale him on it!’
Then
Harbona,
one of the
eunuchs in
attendance on the
king,
said, “
Moreover,
the
gallows that
Haman has
prepared for
Mordecai,
whose
word saved the
king, is
standing at
Haman’s house,
fifty cubits high.”
(NIV)
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’
And
some of your own
sons,
who will
come from you,
whom you will
father, shall be taken
away, and they shall be
eunuchs in the
palace of the
king of
Babylon.”
(NIV)
Let no foreigner who is bound to the
Lord say,
‘The
Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’
And let no eunuch complain,
‘I am only a dry tree.’
Let
not the
foreigner who has
joined himself to the
Lord say,
“The
Lord will
surely separate me
from his
people”;
and let
not the
eunuch say,
“
Behold, I am a
dry tree.”
(NIV)
For this is what the
Lord says:
‘To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose what pleases me
and hold fast to my covenant –
For thus says the
Lord:
“To the
eunuchs who keep my
Sabbaths,
who
choose the things
that please me
and hold
fast my
covenant,
(NIV)
(This was after King Jehoiachin and the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the skilled workers and the craftsmen had gone into exile from Jerusalem.)
This was
after King Jeconiah and the
queen mother, the
eunuchs, the
officials of
Judah and
Jerusalem, the
craftsmen, and the
metal workers had
departed from Jerusalem.
(NIV)
The leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests and all the people of the land who walked between the pieces of the calf,
the
officials of
Judah, the
officials of
Jerusalem,
the
eunuchs, the
priests, and
all the
people of the
land who
passed between the
parts of the
calf.
(NIV)
But Ebed-Melek, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,
When
Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian,
a eunuch who was in the
king’s house,
heard that they had
put Jeremiah into the
cistern—the
king was
sitting in the
Benjamin Gate—
(NIV)
Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led away all the people of Mizpah who had survived, whom Johanan had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had assassinated Gedaliah son of Ahikam – the soldiers, women, children and court officials he had recovered from Gibeon.
Then
Johanan the
son of
Kareah and
all the
leaders of the
forces with him
took from Mizpah all the
rest of the
people whom he had
recovered from
Ishmael the
son of
Nethaniah,
after he had
struck down Gedaliah the
son of
Ahikam—
soldiers,
women,
children, and
eunuchs,
whom Johanan
brought back from
Gibeon.
(NIV)
Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.
and
from the
city he
took an officer who had been in
command of the
men of
war, and
seven men of the
king’s council,
who were
found in the
city; and the
secretary of the
commander of the
army, who
mustered the
people of the
land; and
sixty men of the
people of the
land, who were
found in the
midst of the
city.
(NIV)
Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility –
Then the
king commanded Ashpenaz,
his
chief eunuch, to
bring some of the people of
Israel, both of the
royal family and of the
nobility,
(NIV)
The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
And the
chief of the
eunuchs gave them
names:
Daniel he
called Belteshazzar,
Hananiah he
called Shadrach,
Mishael he called
Meshach, and
Azariah he called
Abednego.
(NIV)
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself in this way.
But
Daniel resolved that he would
not defile himself with the
king’s food, or with the
wine that he
drank. Therefore he
asked the
chief of the
eunuchs to
allow him
not to
defile himself.
(NIV)
Now God had caused the official to show favour and compassion to Daniel,
And
God gave Daniel favor and
compassion in the
sight of the
chief of the
eunuchs,
(NIV)
but the official told Daniel, ‘I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men of your age? The king would then have my head because of you.’
and the
chief of the
eunuchs said to
Daniel, “
I fear my
lord the
king,
who assigned your
food and your
drink;
for why should he
see that
you were in
worse condition than the
youths who are of your own
age? So you would
endanger my
head with the
king.”
(NIV)
Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,
Then
Daniel said to the
steward whom the
chief of the
eunuchs had
assigned over Daniel,
Hananiah,
Mishael, and
Azariah,
(NIV)
At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.
At the
end of the
time,
when the
king had
commanded that they should be
brought in, the
chief of the
eunuchs brought them in
before Nebuchadnezzar.
(NIV)
For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others – and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.’
(ESV)
For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”
(NIV)
So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means ‘queen of the Ethiopians’). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
And he
rose and
went.
And there
was an
Ethiopian, a
eunuch, a
court official of
Candace,
queen of the
Ethiopians,
who was in
charge of
all her treasure.
He had
come to Jerusalem to
worship
(NIV)
The eunuch asked Philip, ‘Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?’
And the
eunuch said to
Philip, “
About whom, I
ask you, does the
prophet say this,
about himself or about someone else?”
(NIV)
As they travelled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptised?’ [
And as they were
going along the
road they
came to some water,
and the
eunuch said, “
See, here is
water!
What prevents me from being
baptized?”
(NIV)
And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptised him.
And he
commanded the
chariot to
stop,
and they
both went down into the
water,
Philip and the
eunuch,
and he
baptized him.
(NIV)
When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
And when they came
up out
of the
water,
the
Spirit of the
Lord carried
Philip away,
and the
eunuch saw him no more,
and went on
his way rejoicing.
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