(NIV)
Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now the
earth was
corrupt in
God’s sight, and the
earth was
filled with
violence.
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
And
God said to
Noah,
“I have
determined to
make an
end of
all flesh, for the
earth is
filled with
violence through them.
Behold, I will
destroy them
with the
earth.
(NIV)
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.’
And they shall come
back here in the
fourth generation, for the
iniquity of the
Amorites is not
yet complete.”
(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
And
Sarai said to Abram, “May the
wrong done to
me be
on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh and said, ‘It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.’
Joseph called the
name of the
firstborn Manasseh. “
For,” he said, “
God has made me
forget all my
hardship and
all my father’s house.”
(NIV)
‘Simeon and Levi are brothers –
their swords are weapons of violence.
“
Simeon and
Levi are
brothers;
weapons of
violence are
their swords.
(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You shall
not bow down to them or
serve them, for
I the
Lord your
God am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and the
fourth generation of those who
hate me,
(NIV)
‘Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
“You shall
not spread a
false report. You shall not
join hands with a
wicked man to be a
malicious witness.
(NIV)
maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’
keeping steadfast love for
thousands,
forgiving iniquity and
transgression and
sin, but who will by
no means clear the
guilty,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children and the
children’s children,
to the
third and the
fourth generation.”
(NIV)
‘Lord,’ he said, ‘if I have found favour in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.’
And he
said, “
If now I have
found favor in your
sight, O
Lord,
please let the
Lord go in the
midst of us, for it is a
stiff-necked people, and
pardon our
iniquity and our
sin, and take us for your
inheritance.”
(NIV)
‘“If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.
“If
anyone sins in that he
hears a
public adjuration to testify, and though
he is a
witness,
whether he has
seen or come to
know the matter, yet does
not speak, he shall
bear his iniquity;
(NIV)
‘If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the
Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible.
“
If anyone sins,
doing any of the things that by the
Lord’s commandments ought
not to be
done,
though he did
not know it, then realizes his
guilt, he shall
bear his iniquity.
(NIV)
If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be reckoned to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.
If any of the
flesh of the
sacrifice of his
peace offering is
eaten on the
third day, he who
offers it shall
not be
accepted,
neither shall it be
credited to him. It is
tainted, and
he who
eats of it shall
bear his
iniquity.
(NIV)
‘Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the sanctuary area? It is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the community by making atonement for them before the
Lord.
“
Why have you
not eaten the
sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most
holy and has been
given to you that you may
bear the
iniquity of the
congregation, to
make atonement for them
before the
Lord?
(NIV)
He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites – all their sins – and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task.
And
Aaron shall
lay both his
hands on the
head of the
live goat, and
confess over it
all the
iniquities of the
people of
Israel, and
all their
transgressions,
all their
sins. And he shall
put them
on the
head of the
goat and
send it away into the
wilderness by the
hand of a
man who is in
readiness.
(NIV)
The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.
The
goat shall
bear all their
iniquities on itself to a
remote area, and he shall let the
goat go free in the
wilderness.
(NIV)
But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be held responsible.”’
But if he does
not wash them or
bathe his
flesh,
he shall
bear his iniquity.”
(NIV)
Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
and the
land became
unclean, so that I
punished its
iniquity, and the
land vomited out its
inhabitants.
(NIV)
Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the
Lord ; they must be cut off from their people.
and everyone who
eats it shall
bear his
iniquity, because he has
profaned what is
holy to the
Lord, and that
person shall be
cut off from
his people.
(NIV)
‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.
“You shall
do no
injustice in
court. You shall
not be
partial to the
poor or
defer to the
great, but in
righteousness shall you
judge your neighbor.
(NIV)
‘“Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.
“You shall
do no
wrong in
judgment, in measures of
length or
weight or
quantity.
(NIV)
‘“If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonoured his sister and will be held responsible.
“If a
man takes his
sister, a
daughter of his
father or a
daughter of his
mother, and
sees her
nakedness, and
she sees his
nakedness, it is a
disgrace, and
they shall be
cut off in the
sight of the
children of their
people. He has
uncovered his
sister’s nakedness, and he shall
bear his
iniquity.
(NIV)
‘“Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonour a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
You shall
not uncover the
nakedness of your
mother’s sister or of your
father’s sister, for that is to
make naked one’s
relative; they shall
bear their
iniquity.
(NIV)
by allowing them to eat the sacred offerings and so bring upon them guilt requiring payment. I am the
Lord, who makes them holy.”’
and so cause them to
bear iniquity and
guilt, by
eating their
holy things:
for
I am the
Lord who
sanctifies them.”
(NIV)
Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’ sins they will waste away.
And those of you who are
left shall
rot away in your
enemies’
lands because of their
iniquity, and also because of the
iniquities of their
fathers they shall
rot away like them.
(NIV)
‘“But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors – their unfaithfulness and their hostility towards me,
“But if they
confess their
iniquity and the
iniquity of their
fathers in their
treachery that they
committed against me, and
also in
walking contrary to me,
(NIV)
which made me hostile towards them so that I sent them into the land of their enemies – then when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they pay for their sin,
so that
I walked contrary to them and
brought them into the
land of their
enemies—
if then their
uncircumcised heart is
humbled and they
make amends for
their iniquity,
(NIV)
For the land will be deserted by them and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them. They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees.
But the
land shall be
abandoned by them and
enjoy its
Sabbaths while it
lies desolate without them, and they shall
make amends for their
iniquity,
because they
spurned my
rules and
their soul abhorred my
statutes.
(NIV)
then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.
then the
man shall
bring his
wife to the
priest and
bring the
offering required of her, a
tenth of an
ephah of
barley flour.
He shall
pour no oil on it and
put no frankincense on
it,
for it is a
grain offering of
jealousy, a
grain offering of
remembrance,
bringing
iniquity to
remembrance.
(NIV)
The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.”’
The
man shall be
free from
iniquity, but
the woman shall
bear her iniquity.”
(NIV)
“The
Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”
‘The
Lord is
slow to
anger and
abounding in
steadfast love,
forgiving iniquity and
transgression, but he
will by
no means
clear the guilty,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children,
to the
third and the
fourth generation.’
(NIV)
In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.’
Please pardon the
iniquity of
this people, according to the
greatness of your
steadfast love, just
as you have
forgiven this people,
from Egypt until now.”
(NIV)
For forty years – one year for each of the forty days you explored the land – you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.”
According to the
number of the
days in
which you
spied out the
land,
forty days, a
year for each
day, you shall
bear your
iniquity forty years, and you shall
know my displeasure.’
(NIV)
Because they have despised the
Lord’s word and broken his commands, they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.”’
Because he has
despised the
word of the
Lord and has
broken his
commandment, that
person shall be
utterly cut off;
his iniquity shall be on
him.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Aaron, ‘You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offences connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offences connected with the priesthood.
So the
Lord said to Aaron, “
You and your
sons and your
father’s house with you shall
bear iniquity connected with the
sanctuary,
and
you and your
sons with you shall
bear iniquity connected with
your priesthood.
(NIV)
It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offences they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.
But the
Levites shall
do the
service of the
tent of
meeting,
and
they shall
bear their
iniquity. It shall be a
perpetual statute throughout your
generations, and
among the
people of
Israel they shall
have no
inheritance.
(NIV)
‘No misfortune is seen in Jacob,
no misery observed in Israel.
The
Lord their God is with them;
the shout of the King is among them.
He has
not beheld misfortune in
Jacob,
nor has he
seen trouble in
Israel.
The
Lord their
God is with them,
and the
shout of a
king is among
them.
(NIV)
If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.’
But
if he makes them
null and
void after he has
heard of them, then
he shall
bear her iniquity.”
(NIV)
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the
Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
You shall
not bow down to them
or serve them;
for I the
Lord your
God am a
jealous God,
visiting the
iniquity of the
fathers on the
children to the
third and fourth generation of those who
hate me,
(NIV)
One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offence they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
“A
single witness shall
not suffice against a
person for
any crime or for
any wrong in connection with
any offense that he has
committed.
Only
on the
evidence of
two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a
charge be
established.
(NIV)
If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
If a
malicious witness arises to
accuse a
person of
wrongdoing,
(NIV)
For the
Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
For all who
do such
things,
all who
act dishonestly,
are an
abomination to the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
Then we cried out to the
Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the
Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression.
Then we
cried to the
Lord, the
God of our
fathers, and the
Lord heard our
voice and
saw our
affliction, our
toil, and
our oppression.
(NIV)
He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
“The
Rock,
his
work is
perfect,
for
all his
ways are
justice.
A
God of
faithfulness and
without iniquity,
just and
upright is he.
(NIV)
Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the
Lord!
Have we not had
enough of the
sin at
Peor from which even
yet we have
not cleansed ourselves, and for which there
came a
plague upon the
congregation of the
Lord,
(NIV)
When Achan son of Zerah was unfaithful in regard to the devoted things, did not wrath come on the whole community of Israel? He was not the only one who died for his sin.”’
Did
not Achan the
son of
Zerah break
faith in the matter of the
devoted things, and
wrath fell upon all the
congregation of
Israel? And
he did
not perish alone for
his iniquity.’”
(NIV)
God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
that the
violence done to the
seventy sons of
Jerubbaal might
come, and their
blood be
laid on Abimelech their
brother,
who killed them, and
on the
men of
Shechem,
who strengthened his
hands to
kill his brothers.
(NIV)
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the
Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.
So they put
away the
foreign gods from
among them and
served the
Lord, and
he became impatient over the
misery of
Israel.
(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.
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)
Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, “The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”’
Therefore I
swear to the
house of
Eli that the
iniquity of
Eli’s house shall not be
atoned for by
sacrifice or
offering forever.”
(NIV)
Then Saul prayed to the
Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim.’ Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared.
Therefore
Saul said, “O
Lord God of
Israel,
why have you
not answered your servant this
day?
If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O
Lord,
God of
Israel,
give Urim.
But if this guilt is in your people Israel,
give Thummim.” And
Jonathan and
Saul were
taken, but the
people escaped.
(NIV)
For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the
Lord,
he has rejected you as king.’
For rebellion is as the
sin of
divination,
and
presumption is as
iniquity and
idolatry.
Because you have
rejected the
word of the
Lord,
he has also
rejected you from being
king.”
(NIV)
Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, ‘Am I a dog’s head – on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offence involving this woman!
Then
Abner was
very angry over the
words of
Ish-bosheth and
said, “Am I a
dog’s head of
Judah? To this
day I
keep showing steadfast love to the
house of
Saul your
father,
to his
brothers, and
to his
friends, and have
not given you
into the
hand of
David. And yet you
charge me
today with a
fault concerning a
woman.
(NIV)
Your hands were not bound,
your feet were not fettered.
You fell as one falls before the wicked.’
And all the people wept over him again.
Your
hands were
not bound;
your
feet were not fettered;
as one
falls before the
wickedyou have
fallen.”
And
all the
people wept again over him.
(NIV)
And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people shall not oppress them any more, as they did at the beginning
And I will
appoint a
place for my
people Israel and will
plant them, so that they may
dwell in their own place and be
disturbed no more. And
violent men shall
afflict them
no more, as
formerly,
(NIV)
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour –
from violent people you save me.
my
God, my
rock,
in whom I
take refuge,
my
shield, and the
horn of my
salvation,
my stronghold and
my refuge,
my savior; you
save me from violence.
(NIV)
I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
I
was blameless before him,
and I
kept myself from
guilt.
(NIV)
who sets me free from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man you rescued me.
who
brought me out from my
enemies;
you
exalted me above those who
rose against me;
you
delivered me from men of
violence.
(NIV)
David was conscience-stricken after he had counted the fighting men, and he said to the
Lord, ‘I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now,
Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.’
But
David’s heart struck him
after he had
numbered the
people. And
David said to the
Lord,
“I have
sinned greatly in what I have
done. But
now, O
Lord,
please take
away the
iniquity of your
servant, for I have done
very foolishly.”
(NIV)
She said to Elijah, ‘What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?’
And she
said to Elijah,
“
What have you against me, O
man of
God? You have
come to me to bring my
sin to remembrance and to cause the
death of
my son!”
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