(NIV)
Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
He
lifted up his
eyes and
looked, and
behold,
three men were
standing in
front of him. When he
saw them, he
ran from the
tent door to
meet them and
bowed himself to the
earth
(NIV)
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again,
Then
Abraham prayed to God, and
God healed Abimelech, and also healed his
wife and
female slaves so that they
bore children.
(NIV)
Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
flock apart.
(NIV)
and Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?’
And
Abimelech said to Abraham, “
What is the meaning of these
seven ewe lambs that you have
set apart?”
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
Behold,
I am
standing by the
spring of
water, and the
daughters of the
men of the
city are
coming out to
draw water.
(NIV)
See, I am standing beside this spring. If a young woman comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
behold,
I am
standing by the
spring of
water. Let the
virgin who
comes out to
draw water, to whom I shall
say, “
Please give me a
little water from
your jar to drink,”
(NIV)
He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
And he
dreamed, and
behold, there was a
ladder set up on the
earth, and the
top of it
reached to
heaven. And
behold,
the
angels of
God were
ascending and
descending on
it!
(NIV)
There above it stood the
Lord, and he said: ‘I am the
Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying.
And
behold,
the
Lord stood above it and
said,
“
I am the
Lord, the
God of
Abraham your
father and the
God of
Isaac.
The
land on
which you lie I will
give to you and to
your offspring.
(NIV)
There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
There he
erected an
altar and
called it
El-
Elohe-
Israel.
(NIV)
Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.
And
Jacob set up a
pillar in the
place where he had
spoken with him, a
pillar of
stone. He
poured out a
drink offering on it and
poured oil on it.
(NIV)
Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.
and
Jacob set up a
pillar over her
tomb.
It is the
pillar of
Rachel’s tomb, which is there to this
day.
(NIV)
We were binding sheaves of corn out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered round mine and bowed down to it.’
Behold,
we were
binding sheaves in the
field, and
behold,
my
sheaf arose and stood upright. And
behold, your
sheaves gathered around it and bowed
down to
my sheaf.”
(NIV)
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, ‘Make everyone leave my presence!’ So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Then
Joseph could not control himself before
all those who
stood by him. He
cried, “Make
everyone go out from me.” So
no one stayed with him when
Joseph made himself
known to
his brothers.
(NIV)
Then Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So the physicians embalmed him,
And
Joseph commanded his
servants the
physicians to
embalm his
father. So the
physicians embalmed Israel.
(NIV)
When they left Pharaoh, they found Moses and Aaron waiting to meet them,
They
met Moses and
Aaron, who were
waiting for them, as they
came out from
Pharaoh;
(NIV)
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
Go to Pharaoh in the
morning, as he is
going out to the
water.
Stand on the
bank of the
Nile to
meet him, and
take in your
hand the
staff that turned into a
serpent.
(NIV)
By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
At the
blast of your
nostrils the
waters piled up;
the
floods stood up in a
heap;
the
deeps congealed in the
heart of the
sea.
(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.’
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)
Moses said to Joshua, ‘Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.’
So
Moses said to Joshua, “
Choose for us
men, and
go out and
fight with
Amalek.
Tomorrow I will
stand on the
top of the
hill with the
staff of
God in
my hand.”
(NIV)
When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, ‘What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand round you from morning till evening?’
When
Moses’
father-in-law saw all that
he was
doing for the
people, he
said, “
What is
this that you are
doing for the
people?
Why do
you sit alone, and
all the
people stand around you
from morning till evening?”
(NIV)
the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed.
then
if the man rises
again and
walks outdoors with his
staff, he who
struck him shall be
clear;
only he shall
pay for the loss of his
time, and shall have him
thoroughly healed.
(NIV)
And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.
Whenever
Moses went out to the
tent,
all the
people would rise
up, and
each would
stand at his
tent door, and
watch Moses until he had gone
into the
tent.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord said, ‘There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.
And the
Lord said, “
Behold, there is a
place by me where you shall
stand on the
rock,
(NIV)
Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.
Be ready by the
morning, and
come up in the
morning to Mount Sinai, and
present yourself
there to me
on the
top of the
mountain.
(NIV)
‘When someone has a boil on their skin and it heals,
“
If there
is in the
skin of one’s
body a
boil and it
heals,
(NIV)
If, however, the sore is unchanged so far as the priest can see, and if black hair has grown in it, the affected person is healed. They are clean, and the priest shall pronounce them clean.
But if in his
eyes the
itch is
unchanged and
black hair has
grown in it, the
itch is
healed and he is
clean, and the
priest shall pronounce
him clean.
(NIV)
the priest is to go outside the camp and examine them. If they have been healed of their defiling skin disease,
and the
priest shall
go out
of the
camp, and the
priest shall
look. Then,
if the
case of
leprous disease is
healed in the
leprous person,
(NIV)
‘But if the priest comes to examine it and the mould has not spread after the house has been plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the defiling mould is gone.
“But
if the
priest comes and
looks, and if the
disease has
not spread in the
house after the
house was
plastered, then the
priest shall pronounce the
house clean, for the
disease is
healed.
(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)
So they moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram had come out and were standing with their wives, children and little ones at the entrances to their tents.
So they
got away from the
dwelling of
Korah,
Dathan, and
Abiram. And
Dathan and
Abiram came out and
stood at the
door of their
tents, together with their
wives, their
sons, and
their little ones.
(NIV)
When the donkey saw the angel of the
Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat it to get it back on the road.
And the
donkey saw the
angel of the
Lord standing in the
road, with a
drawn sword in his
hand. And the
donkey turned aside out
of the
road and
went into the
field. And
Balaam struck the
donkey, to
turn her into the
road.
(NIV)
Then the
Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the
Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell face down.
Then the
Lord opened the
eyes of
Balaam, and he
saw the
angel of the
Lord standing in the
way, with his
drawn sword in his
hand. And he
bowed down and
fell on
his face.
(NIV)
Balaam said to the angel of the
Lord, ‘I have sinned. I did not realise you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.’
Then
Balaam said to the
angel of the
Lord,
“I have
sinned,
for I did
not know that you stood in the
road against me.
Now therefore,
if it is
evil in your
sight,
I will
turn back.”
(NIV)
So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.
And he
returned to him, and
behold,
he and
all the
princes of
Moab were
standing beside his
burnt offering.
(NIV)
So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, ‘What did the
Lord say?’
And he
came to him, and
behold, he was
standing beside his
burnt offering, and the
princes of
Moab with him. And
Balak said to him, “
What has the
Lord spoken?”
(NIV)
The
Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumours, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
The
Lord will
strike you
with the
boils of
Egypt, and with
tumors and
scabs and
itch, of
which you
cannot be
healed.
(NIV)
The
Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
The
Lord will
strike you
on the
knees and
on the
legs with
grievous boils of
which you
cannot be
healed,
from the
sole of your
foot to the crown of
your head.
(NIV)
All of you are standing today in the presence of the
Lord your God – your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel,
“
You are
standing today,
all of you,
before the
Lord your
God: the
heads of your
tribes, your
elders, and your
officers,
all the
men of
Israel,
(NIV)
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,
he set up boundaries for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.
When the
Most High gave to the
nations their
inheritance,
when he
divided mankind,
he
fixed the
borders of the
peoplesaccording to the
number of the
sons of
God.
(NIV)
‘See now that I myself am he!
There is no god besides me.
I put to death and I bring to life,
I have wounded and I will heal,
and no one can deliver out of my hand.
“‘
See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is
no god beside me;
I kill and I make
alive;
I
wound and
I heal;
and there is
none that can
deliver out of my
hand.
(NIV)
At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: ‘Cursed before the
Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho:
‘At the cost of his firstborn son
he will lay its foundations;
at the cost of his youngest
he will set up its gates.’
Joshua laid an
oath on them at that
time,
saying,
“
Cursed before the
Lord be the
man who rises
up and
rebuilds this
city,
Jericho.
“At the cost of his
firstborn shall he
lay its
foundation,
and at the cost of his
youngest son
shall he
set up its
gates.”
(NIV)
Then all the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo gathered beside the great tree at the pillar in Shechem to crown Abimelek king.
And
all the
leaders of
Shechem came
together, and
all Beth-millo, and they
went and
made Abimelech king, by the
oak of the
pillar at
Shechem.
(NIV)
The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate.
Now the
600 men of the
Danites,
armed with their
weapons of
war,
stood by the
entrance of the
gate.
(NIV)
The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate.
And the
five men who had
gone to scout
out the
land went up and
entered and
took the
carved image, the
ephod, the
household gods, and the
metal image, while the
priest stood by the
entrance of the
gate with the
600 men armed with
weapons of
war.
(NIV)
The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put all the towns to the sword, including the animals and everything else they found. All the towns they came across they set on fire.
And the
men of
Israel turned back against the
people of
Benjamin and
struck them with the
edge of the
sword, the
city,
men and beasts and
all that they
found. And
all the
towns that they
found they
set on
fire.
(NIV)
Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, ‘Who does that young woman belong to?’
Then
Boaz said to his
young man who was in
charge of the
reapers, “
Whose young woman is
this?”
(NIV)
The overseer replied, ‘She is the Moabite who came back from Moab with Naomi.
And the
servant who was in
charge of the
reapers answered, “She is the young
Moabite woman,
who came
back with
Naomi from the
country of
Moab.
(NIV)
and she said to him, ‘Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the
Lord.
And she
said, “
Oh, my
lord!
As
you live, my
lord,
I am the
woman who was
standing here in your presence,
praying to the
Lord.
(NIV)
As she was dying, the women attending her said, ‘Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.’ But she did not respond or pay any attention.
And about the
time of her
death the
women attending her
said to her, “Do not be
afraid, for you have
borne a
son.” But she did
not answer or
pay attention.
(NIV)
They answered, ‘If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift; by all means send a guilt offering to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand has not been lifted from you.’
They
said, “If you
send away the
ark of the
God of
Israel, do not
send it
empty, but by all
means return him a
guilt offering. Then you will be
healed, and it will be
known to you why
his hand does
not turn away from
you.”
(NIV)
The price was two-thirds of a shekel for sharpening ploughshares and mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.
and the
charge was
two-thirds of a shekel for the
plowshares and for the
mattocks, and a
third of a shekel for sharpening the
axes and for
setting the
goads.
(NIV)
Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, ‘Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honour and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.’
And
Samuel rose early to
meet Saul in the
morning. And it was
told Samuel, “
Saul came to
Carmel, and
behold, he
set up a
monument for himself and
turned and
passed on and
went down to
Gilgal.”
(NIV)
so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men, and they also prophesied.
Then
Saul sent messengers to
take David, and when they
saw the
company of the
prophets prophesying, and
Samuel standing as
head over them, the
Spirit of
God came
upon the
messengers of
Saul,
and
they also prophesied.
(NIV)
Now Saul heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul was seated, spear in hand, under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with all his officials standing at his side.
Now
Saul heard that David was
discovered, and the
men who were
with him.
Saul was
sitting at
Gibeah under the
tamarisk tree on the
height with his
spear in his
hand, and
all his
servants were
standing about him.
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘Listen, men of Benjamin! Will the son of Jesse give all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?
And
Saul said to his
servants who
stood about him, “
Hear now, people of
Benjamin; will the
son of
Jesse give every
one of you
fields and
vineyards, will he
make you all
commanders of
thousands and
commanders of
hundreds,
(NIV)
But Doeg the Edomite, who was standing with Saul’s officials, said, ‘I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelek son of Ahitub at Nob.
Then
answered Doeg the
Edomite, who
stood by the
servants of
Saul, “I
saw the
son of
Jesse coming to
Nob,
to Ahimelech the
son of
Ahitub,
(NIV)
Then the king ordered the guards at his side: ‘Turn and kill the priests of the
Lord, because they too have sided with David. They knew he was fleeing, yet they did not tell me.’
But the king’s officials were unwilling to raise a hand to strike the priests of the
Lord.
And the
king said to the
guard who
stood about him, “
Turn and
kill the
priests of the
Lord,
because their
hand also is
with David, and they
knew that he
fled and did
not disclose it to
me.” But the
servants of the
king would not put out their
hand to
strike the
priests of the
Lord.
(NIV)
The king stood up, tore his clothes and lay down on the ground; and all his attendants stood by with their clothes torn.
Then the
king arose and
tore his
garments and
lay on the
earth. And
all his
servants who were
standing by
tore their
garments.
(NIV)
They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.
And they
took Absalom and
threw him into a
great pit in the
forest and
raised over him a
very great heap of
stones. And
all Israel fled every
one to
his own
home.
(NIV)
During his life-time Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, ‘I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.’ He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.
Now
Absalom in his
lifetime had
taken and
set up for himself the
pillar that is in the
King’s Valley,
for he
said,
“I have
no son to keep my
name in
remembrance.” He
called the
pillar after his own
name, and it is
called Absalom’s monument to
this day.
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