(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.
(ESV)
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)
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.
(ESV)
Now
Joseph had a
dream, and when he
told it to his
brothers they
hated him even
more.
(NIV)
He said to them, ‘Listen to this dream I had:
(ESV)
He
said to them, “
Hear this dream that I have
dreamed:
(NIV)
Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. ‘Listen,’ he said, ‘I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.’
(ESV)
Then he
dreamed another dream and
told it to his
brothers and
said, “
Behold, I have
dreamed another dream.
Behold, the
sun, the
moon, and
eleven stars were
bowing down to me.”
(NIV)
When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, ‘What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?’
(ESV)
But when he
told it to his
father and to his
brothers, his
father rebuked him and
said to him, “
What is this
dream that you have
dreamed? Shall I and your
mother and your
brothers indeed come to
bow ourselves to the
ground before you?”
(NIV)
each of the two men – the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison – had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
(ESV)
And
one night they
both dreamed—the
cupbearer and the
baker of the
king of
Egypt, who were
confined in the
prison—
each his own
dream, and
each dream with its own
interpretation.
(NIV)
‘We both had dreams,’ they answered, ‘but there is no one to interpret them.’
Then Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.’
(ESV)
They
said to him, “We have
had dreams, and there is no
one to
interpret them.” And
Joseph said to them, “Do
not interpretations belong to
God?
Please tell them to me.”
(NIV)
When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,
(ESV)
After
two whole years,
Pharaoh dreamed that he was
standing by the
Nile,
(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)
Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.
(ESV)
we
dreamed on the
same night, he and I,
each having a
dream with its own
interpretation.
(NIV)
Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’
(ESV)
And
Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “I have
had a
dream, and there is no
one who
can interpret it. I have
heard it
said of you that when you
hear a
dream you
can interpret it.”
(NIV)
Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, ‘You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.’
(ESV)
And
Joseph remembered the
dreams that he had
dreamed of them. And he
said to them, “You are
spies; you have
come to
see the
nakedness of the
land.”
(NIV)
If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,
(ESV)
“
If a
prophet or a
dreamer of
dreams arises among you and
gives you a
sign or a
wonder,
(NIV)
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The
Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.
(ESV)
you shall
not listen to the
words of that
prophet or that
dreamer of
dreams.
For the
Lord your
God is
testing you, to
know whether you
love the
Lord your
God with
all your
heart and with
all your
soul.
(NIV)
That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the
Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the
Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
(ESV)
But that
prophet or that
dreamer of
dreams shall be
put to death,
because he has
taught rebellion against the
Lord your
God, who
brought you out of the
land of
Egypt and
redeemed you out of the
house of
slavery, to make you
leave the
way in
which the
Lord your
God commanded you to
walk. So you shall
purge the
evil from your
midst.
(NIV)
Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. ‘I had a dream,’ he was saying. ‘A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.’
(ESV)
When
Gideon came,
behold, a
man was
telling a
dream to his
comrade. And he
said, “
Behold, I
dreamed a
dream, and behold, a
cake of
barley bread tumbled into the
camp of
Midian and
came to the
tent and
struck it so that it
fell and turned it
upside down,
so that the
tent lay flat.”
(NIV)
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.
(ESV)
Their
young ones become
strong; they
grow up in the
open;
they
go out and do
not return to them.
(NIV)
A song of ascents.
(ESV)
A Song of Ascents.
(NIV)
When the
Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dreamed.
(ESV)
When the
Lord restored the
fortunes of
Zion,
we were like those who
dream.
(NIV)
as when a hungry person dreams of eating,
but awakens hungry still;
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens faint and thirsty still.
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.
(ESV)
As
when a
hungry man dreams, and behold, he
is eating and
awakes with his
hunger not satisfied,
or as
when a
thirsty man dreams, and behold, he
is drinking and
awakes faint, with his
thirst not
quenched,
so shall the
multitude of
all the
nations be
that
fight against Mount Zion.
(NIV)
Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.
(ESV)
O
Lord,
by these things men
live,
and in
all these is the
life of my
spirit.
Oh restore me to
health and make me
live!
(NIV)
‘I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”
(ESV)
I have
heard what the
prophets have
said who
prophesy lies in my
name,
saying, ‘I have
dreamed, I have
dreamed!’
(NIV)
Yes, this is what the
Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.
(ESV)
For thus says the
Lord of
hosts, the
God of
Israel: Do
not let your
prophets and your
diviners who are
among you
deceive you, and do
not listen to the
dreams that they
dream
(NIV)
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.
(ESV)
In the
second year of the
reign of
Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his
spirit was
troubled, and his
sleep left him.
(NIV)
he said to them, ‘I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.’
(ESV)
And the
king said to them, “I
had a
dream, and my
spirit is
troubled to
know the
dream.”
(NIV)
‘And afterwards,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
(ESV)
“And it shall
come to pass afterward,
that I
will pour out my
Spirit on
all flesh;
your
sons and your
daughters shall
prophesy,
your
old men shall
dream dreams,
and your
young men shall
see visions.
(NIV)
Then he said to the man,
‘Stretch out your hand.’ So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.
(ESV)
Then he
said to the
man,
“Stretch out your hand.” And the man
stretched it out,
and it was
restored,
healthy like the
other.
(NIV)
The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.
(ESV)
so
that the
crowd wondered, when they
saw the
mute speaking the
crippled healthy,
the lame walking,
and the
blind seeing.
And they
glorified the
God of
Israel.
(NIV)
He said to her,
‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.’ (ESV)
And he
said to
her,
“Daughter your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”
(NIV)
Jesus answered them,
‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. (ESV)
And Jesus answered them,
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
(NIV)
Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
(ESV)
And when those who had been
sent returned to the
house, they
found the
servant well.
(NIV)
“Your brother has come,” he replied, “and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.” (ESV)
And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’
(NIV)
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him,
‘Do you want to get well?’ (ESV)
When
Jesus saw him lying there
and knew that he had
already been there a
long time, he
said to
him,
“Do you want to be healed?”
(NIV)
At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
(ESV)
And at
once the
man was healed,
and he
took up
his bed and walked.
Now that day was the
Sabbath.
(NIV)
But he replied, ‘The man who made me well said to me,
“Pick up your mat and walk.”’ (ESV)
But he
answered them, “The man who
healed me, that
man said to
me,
‘Take up your bed, and walk.’”
(NIV)
Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him,
‘See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.’ (ESV)
Afterward Jesus found him in the
temple and said to
him,
“See, you are well! Sin no more that nothing worse may happen to you.”
(NIV)
The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.
(ESV)
The
man went away
and told the
Jews that it
was Jesus who had healed him.
(NIV)
Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? (ESV)
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?
(NIV)
then know this, you and all the people of Israel: it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
(ESV)
let it
be known to
all of
you and to
all the
people of
Israel that by the
name of
Jesus Christ of
Nazareth,
whom you crucified,
whom God raised from the
dead—
by him this
man is
standing before you well.
(NIV)
for the sexually immoral, for those practising homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers – and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
(ESV)
the
sexually immoral, men who
practice homosexuality,
enslavers,
liars,
perjurers,
and whatever else is
contrary to
sound doctrine,
(NIV)
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
(ESV)
If anyone teaches a
different doctrine and does
not agree with the
sound words of
our Lord Jesus Christ and the
teaching that
accords with
godliness,
(NIV)
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
(ESV)
Follow the
pattern of the
sound words that you have
heard from me,
in the
faith and love that are
in Christ Jesus.
(NIV)
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather round them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
(ESV)
For the
time is
coming when people will
not endure sound teaching,
but having itching ears they will
accumulate for
themselves teachers to
suit their own
passions,
(NIV)
He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
(ESV)
He must
hold firm to the
trustworthy word as taught,
so that he may
be able to
give instruction in sound doctrine and
also to
rebuke those who
contradict it.
(NIV)
This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith
(ESV)
This testimony is true.
Therefore rebuke them sharply,
that they may be
sound in the
faith,
(NIV)
You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
(ESV)
But as for
you,
teach what
accords with sound doctrine.
(NIV)
Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
(ESV)
Older men are to
be sober-minded,
dignified,
self-controlled sound in
faith, in
love, and in
steadfastness.
(NIV)
and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
(ESV)
and
sound speech that cannot be
condemned, so
that an
opponent may be put to
shame,
having nothing evil to
say about us.
(NIV)
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, just as you are progressing spiritually.
(ESV)
Beloved, I
pray that all may
go well with
you and that you may be in
good health,
as it
goes well with
your soul.
Copyright information for
NIV,
ESV