(NIV)
The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.
(ESV)
and the
man became rich, and
gained more and
more until he became
very wealthy.
(NIV)
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for his elder son Esau and said to him, ‘My son.’
‘Here I am,’ he answered.
(ESV)
When Isaac was
old and his
eyes were
dim so that he could not
see, he
called Esau his
older son and
said to him, “My
son”; and he
answered, “Here I
am.”
(NIV)
Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.
(ESV)
Then
Joseph hurried out, for his
compassion grew warm for his
brother, and he
sought a place to
weep. And he
entered his
chamber and
wept there.
(NIV)
Jeshurun grew fat and kicked;
filled with food, they became heavy and sleek.
They abandoned the God who made them
and rejected the Rock their Saviour.
(ESV)
“But
Jeshurun grew fat, and
kicked;
you
grew fat,
stout, and
sleek;
then he
forsook God who
made him
and
scoffed at the
Rock of his
salvation.
(NIV)
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
(ESV)
Moses was
120 years old when he
died. His
eye was
undimmed, and his
vigor unabated.
(NIV)
Then when the man, with his concubine and his servant, got up to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said, ‘Now look, it’s almost evening. Spend the night here; the day is nearly over. Stay and enjoy yourself. Early tomorrow morning you can get up and be on your way home.’
(ESV)
And when the
man and his
concubine and his
servant rose up to
depart, his
father-in-law, the
girl’s father,
said to him, “
Behold,
now the
day has
waned toward
evening.
Please,
spend the night.
Behold, the
day draws to its
close.
Lodge here and let your
heart be
merry, and
tomorrow you shall arise early in the
morning for your
journey, and
go home.”
(NIV)
And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favour with the
Lord and with people.
(ESV)
Now the
boy Samuel continued to
grow both in
stature and in
favor with the
Lord and also with
man.
(NIV)
For I told him that I would judge his family for ever because of the sin he knew about; his sons uttered blasphemies against God, and he failed to restrain them.
(ESV)
And I
declare to him that I am about to
punish his
house forever, for the
iniquity that he
knew because his
sons were
blaspheming God, and he did
not restrain them.
(NIV)
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
(ESV)
For
forty days the
Philistine came forward and
took his stand,
morning and
evening.
(NIV)
The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, ‘Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!’
But the other said, ‘Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!’
(ESV)
Then the
woman whose son was
alive said to the
king,
because her
heart yearned for her
son, “
Oh, my
lord,
give her the
living child, and by
no means
put him to death.” But the
other said, “He shall be
neither mine nor yours;
divide him.”
(NIV)
Jehoshaphat became more and more powerful; he built forts and store cities in Judah
(ESV)
And
Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He
built in
Judah fortresses and
store cities,
(NIV)
Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?
(ESV)
And
take care not to be slack in this
matter.
Why should
damage grow to the
hurt of the
king?”
(NIV)
They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-
nourished; they revelled in your great goodness.
(ESV)
And they
captured fortified cities and a
rich land, and took
possession of
houses full of
all good things,
cisterns already
hewn,
vineyards,
olive orchards and
fruit trees in
abundance. So they
ate and were
filled and
became fat and
delighted themselves in your
great goodness.
(NIV)
Your beginnings will seem humble,
so prosperous will your future be.
(ESV)
And though your
beginning was
small,
your
latter days will be
very great.
(NIV)
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?
Can reeds thrive without water?
(ESV)
“Can
papyrus grow where there is
no marsh?
Can
reeds flourish where there is
no water?
(NIV)
He makes nations great, and destroys them;
he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
(ESV)
He
makes nations great, and he
destroys them;
he
enlarges nations, and
leads them away.
(NIV)
My eyes have grown dim with grief;
my whole frame is but a shadow.
(ESV)
My
eye has
grown dim from
vexation,
and
all my
members are like a
shadow.
(NIV)
Remember to extol his work,
which people have praised in song.
(ESV)
“
Remember to
extol his
work,
of
which men have
sung.
(NIV)
This is what the wicked are like –
always free of care, they go on amassing wealth.
(ESV)
Behold, these are the
wicked;
always at
ease, they
increase in
riches.
(NIV)
The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
(ESV)
The
righteous flourish like the
palm tree and
grow like a
cedar in
Lebanon.
(NIV)
Make the heart of this people calloused;
make their ears dull
and close their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.’
(ESV)
Make the
heart of this
people dull and their
ears heavy,
and
blind their
eyes;
lest they
see with their
eyes,
and
hear with their
ears,
and
understand with their
hearts,
and
turn and be
healed.”
(NIV)
though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest will be as nothing
in the day of disease and incurable pain.
(ESV)
though you make them
grow on the
day that you
plant them,
and make them
blossom in the
morning that you
sow,
yet the
harvest will
flee away in a
day of
grief and
incurable pain.
(NIV)
In the streets they cry out for wine;
all joy turns to gloom,
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
(ESV)
There is an
outcry in the
streets for lack of
wine;
all joy has
grown dark;
the
gladness of the
earth is
banished.
(NIV)
he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice on earth.
In his teaching the islands will put their hope.’
(ESV)
He will
not grow faint or be
discouraged till he has
established justice in the
earth;
and the
coastlands wait for his
law.
(NIV)
and have grown fat and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not seek justice.
They do not promote the case of the fatherless;
they do not defend the just cause of the poor.
(ESV)
they have
grown fat and
sleek.
They know no
bounds in
deeds of
evil;
they
judge not with
justice the cause of the
fatherless, to make it
prosper,
and they do
not defend the
rights of the
needy.
(NIV)
Our skin is hot as an oven,
feverish from hunger.
(ESV)
Our
skin is
hot as an
oven with the
burning heat of
famine.
(NIV)
You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbours with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.
(ESV)
You also
played the whore with the
Egyptians, your
lustful neighbors multiplying your
whoring to provoke me to
anger.
(NIV)
And when they ask you, “Why are you groaning?” you shall say, “Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.” It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign
Lord.’
(ESV)
And
when they
say to you, ‘
Why do you
groan?’ you shall
say, ‘Because of the
news that it is
coming.
Every heart will
melt, and
all hands will be
feeble;
every spirit will
faint, and
all knees will be
weak as
water.
Behold, it is
coming, and it will be
fulfilled,’”
declares the
Lord God.
(NIV)
Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men.
(ESV)
Then the
king gave
Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him
ruler over the
whole province of
Babylon and
chief prefect over all the
wise men of
Babylon.
(NIV)
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly!
(ESV)
King Nebuchadnezzar to
all peoples,
nations, and
languages that
dwell in
all the
earth:
Peace be
multiplied to you!
(NIV)
The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the ends of the earth.
(ESV)
The
tree grew and became
strong, and its
top reached to
heaven, and it
was visible to the
end of the
whole earth.
(NIV)
The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky, visible to the whole earth,
(ESV)
The
tree you
saw,
which grew and became
strong, so that its
top reached to
heaven, and it
was visible to the end of the
whole earth,
(NIV)
Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.
(ESV)
it is
you, O
king, who have
grown and become
strong. Your
greatness has
grown and
reaches to
heaven and your
dominion to the
ends of the
earth.
(NIV)
Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
(ESV)
Immediately the
word was
fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar. He was
driven from among
men and
ate grass like an
ox, and his
body was
wet with the
dew of
heaven till his
hair grew as long as
eagles’ feathers, and his
nails were like
birds’ claws.
(NIV)
But when his heart became arrogant and hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and stripped of his glory.
(ESV)
But when his
heart was
lifted up and his
spirit was
hardened so that he
dealt proudly he was
brought down from his
kingly throne, and his
glory was
taken from him.
(NIV)
The royal ministers, prefects, satraps, advisors and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
(ESV)
All the
high officials of the
kingdom, the
prefects and the
satraps, the
counselors and the
governors are
agreed that the
king should
establish an
ordinance and
enforce an
injunction, that whoever
makes petition to any god or
man for thirty days,
except to
you, O
king, shall
be cast into the
den of
lions.
(NIV)
Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth:
‘May you prosper greatly!
(ESV)
Then King Darius wrote to
all the
peoples,
nations, and
languages that
dwell in
all the
earth: “
Peace be
multiplied to you.
(NIV)
‘How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion is aroused.
(ESV)
How can I
give you up, O
Ephraim?
How can I
hand you over, O
Israel?
How can I
make you like
Admah?
How can I
treat you like
Zeboiim?
My
heart recoils within me;
my
compassion grows
warm and
tender.
(NIV)
‘Woe to the worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm and his right eye!
May his arm be completely withered,
his right eye totally blinded!’
(ESV)
“
Woe to my
worthless shepherd,
who
deserts the
flock!
May the
sword strike his
arm and his
right eye!
Let his
arm be
wholly withered,
his
right eye utterly blinded!”
(NIV)
‘And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labour or spin. (ESV)
And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
(NIV)
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: first collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.” ’ (ESV)
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”
(NIV)
Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.’ (ESV)
It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
(NIV)
Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.’ (ESV)
And other seeds fell into good soil and produced grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
(NIV)
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. (ESV)
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
(NIV)
And the child grew and became strong in spirit ; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.
(ESV)
And the
child grew and became strong in
spirit,
and he
was in the
wilderness until the
day of his
public appearance to Israel.
(NIV)
And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.
(ESV)
And the
child grew and became strong,
filled with
wisdom.
And the
favor of
God was upon him.
(NIV)
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. (ESV)
And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up it withered away, because it had no moisture.
(NIV)
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. (ESV)
And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
(NIV)
Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.’ When he said this, he called out,
‘Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.’ (ESV)
And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he
said these
things, he
called out,
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
(NIV)
‘Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendour was dressed like one of these. (ESV)
Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
(NIV)
It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.’ (ESV)
It is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches.”
(NIV)
He must become greater; I must become less.’
(ESV)
He must increase,
but I must decrease.”
(NIV)
Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.’ (ESV)
Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”
(NIV)
So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
(ESV)
And the
word of
God continued to
increase,
and the
number of the
disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem,
and a
great many of the
priests became obedient to the
faith.
(NIV)
‘As the time drew near for God to fulfil his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.
(ESV)
“
But as the
time of the
promise drew near,
which God had
granted to
Abraham the
people increased and multiplied in Egypt
(NIV)
But the word of God continued to spread and flourish.
(ESV)
But the
word of
God increased and multiplied.
(NIV)
In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.
(ESV)
So the
word of the
Lord continued to
increase and prevail mightily.
(NIV)
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
(ESV)
I planted Apollos watered but God gave the
growth.
(NIV)
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
(ESV)
So neither he who
plants nor he who
waters is anything,
but only
God who gives the
growth.
(NIV)
Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
(ESV)
He who
supplies seed to the
sower and bread for food will
supply and multiply
your seed for
sowing and increase the
harvest of
your righteousness.
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