(NIV)
Then she went off and sat down about a bow-shot away, for she thought, ‘I cannot watch the boy die.’ And as she sat there, she began to sob.
Then she
went and
sat down opposite him a good
way off, about the distance of a
bowshot, for she
said, “Let me not
look on the
death of the
child.” And as she
sat opposite him, she
lifted up her
voice and
wept.
(NIV)
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who then lived near Beer Lahai Roi.
After the
death of
Abraham,
God blessed Isaac his
son. And
Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.
(NIV)
Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died, and he gave them the same names his father had given them.
And
Isaac dug again the
wells of
water that had been
dug in the
days of
Abraham his
father, which the
Philistines had
stopped after the
death of
Abraham. And he
gave them the
names that his
father had
given them.
(NIV)
Isaac said, ‘I am now an old man and don’t know the day of my death.
He
said, “
Behold, I am
old; I do
not know the
day of my
death.
(NIV)
“Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the
Lord before I die.”
‘
Bring me
game and
prepare for me
delicious food, that I may
eat it and
bless you
before the
Lord before I
die.’
(NIV)
Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.’
And you shall
bring it to your
father to
eat,
so that he may
bless you
before he
dies.”
(NIV)
So they sent word to Joseph, saying, ‘Your father left these instructions before he died:
So they sent a
message to
Joseph,
saying, “Your
father gave this
command before he
died:
(NIV)
Then they said, ‘The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the
Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.’
Then they
said, “The
God of the
Hebrews has
met with us. Please let us
go a
three days’
journey into the
wilderness that we may
sacrifice to the
Lord our
God, lest he
fall upon us with
pestilence or with the
sword.”
(NIV)
the hand of the
Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field – on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats.
behold,
the
hand of the
Lord will
fall with a
very severe plague upon your
livestock that are in the
field, the
horses, the
donkeys, the
camels, the
herds, and the
flocks.
(NIV)
For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
For by
now I could have put
out my
hand and
struck you and your
people with
pestilence, and you would have been
cut off from the
earth.
(NIV)
Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the
Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.’
Now therefore,
forgive my
sin,
please,
only this
once, and
plead with the
Lord your
God only to
remove this
death from me.”
(NIV)
Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
These are
unclean to you among
all that
swarm.
Whoever touches them when they are
dead shall be
unclean until the
evening.
(NIV)
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean.
And
anything on which any of them
falls when they are
dead shall be
unclean, whether it is an
article of
wood or a
garment or a
skin or a
sack,
any article that is
used for any
purpose.
It must be
put into
water, and it shall be
unclean until the
evening; then it shall be
clean.
(NIV)
The
Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the
Lord.
The
Lord spoke to
Moses after the
death of the
two sons of
Aaron, when they
drew near before the
Lord and
died,
(NIV)
And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.
And I will
bring a
sword upon you, that shall
execute vengeance for the
covenant. And if you
gather within your
cities,
I will
send pestilence among you, and you shall be
delivered into the
hand of the
enemy.
(NIV)
I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.’
I will
strike them with the
pestilence and
disinherit them, and I will
make of you a
nation greater and
mightier than they.”
(NIV)
if these men die a natural death and suffer the fate of all mankind, then the
Lord has not sent me.
If these men
die as
all men die, or if they are
visited by the
fate of
all mankind,
then the
Lord has
not sent me.
(NIV)
Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!’
Who can
count the
dust of
Jacob or
number the
fourth part of
Israel?
Let me
die the
death of the
upright,
and let my
end be like his!”
(NIV)
The assembly must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send the accused back to the city of refuge to which they fled. The accused must stay there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with holy oil.
And the
congregation shall
rescue the
manslayer from the
hand of the
avenger of
blood, and the
congregation shall
restore him to his
city of
refuge to
which he had
fled, and he shall
live in it
until the
death of the
high priest who was
anointed with the
holy oil.
(NIV)
The accused must stay in the city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property.
For he must
remain in his
city of
refuge until the
death of the
high priest, but
after the
death of the
high priest the
manslayer may
return to the
land of his
possession.
(NIV)
‘“Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow them to go back and live on their own land before the death of the high priest.
And you shall
accept no ransom for him who has
fled to his
city of
refuge, that he may
return to
dwell in the
land before the
death of the
high priest.
(NIV)
Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbour without malice aforethought.
lest the
avenger of
blood in hot anger pursue the
manslayer and
overtake him,
because the
way is
long, and
strike him fatally, though the man did
not deserve to
die,
since he had
not hated his
neighbor in the
past.
(NIV)
If someone guilty of a capital offence is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole,
“And
if a
man has committed a
crime punishable by
death and he is
put to death, and you
hang him
on a
tree,
(NIV)
Do nothing to the woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders a neighbour,
But you shall
do nothing to the
young woman;
she has committed
no offense punishable by
death.
For this case is
like that of a
man attacking and
murdering his
neighbor,
(NIV)
The
Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
The
Lord will make the
pestilence stick to you
until he has
consumed you
off the
land that you are
entering to take possession of
it.
(NIV)
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction.
“
See,
I have
set before you
today life and
good,
death and
evil.
(NIV)
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
I call
heaven and
earth to
witness against you
today, that I have
set before you
life and
death,
blessing and
curse. Therefore
choose life,
that you and your
offspring may
live,
(NIV)
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the
Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!
For I
know how
rebellious and
stubborn you are.
Behold, even
today while I am
yet alive with you, you have been
rebellious against the
Lord. How
much more after my
death!
(NIV)
For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the
Lord and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.’
For I
know that
after my
death you will
surely act corruptly and
turn aside from the
way that I have
commanded you. And in the
days to
come evil will
befall you,
because you will
do what is
evil in the
sight of the
Lord,
provoking him to
anger through the
work of your
hands.”
(NIV)
I will send wasting famine against them,
consuming pestilence and deadly plague;
I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts,
the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
they shall be
wasted with
hunger,
and
devoured by
plague and
poisonous pestilence;
I will
send the
teeth of
beasts against them,
with the
venom of things that
crawl in the
dust.
(NIV)
This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.
This is the
blessing with
which Moses the
man of
God blessed the
people of
Israel before his
death.
(NIV)
After the death of Moses the servant of the
Lord, the
Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
After the
death of
Moses the
servant of the
Lord, the
Lord said to
Joshua the
son of
Nun,
Moses’
assistant,
(NIV)
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them – and that you will save us from death.’
that you will
save alive my
father and
mother, my
brothers and
sisters, and
all who belong to them, and
deliver our
lives from
death.”
(NIV)
They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.’
And he shall
remain in that
city until he has
stood before the
congregation for
judgment, until the
death of him
who is
high priest at the
time. Then the
manslayer may
return to his own
town and his own
home, to the
town from which he
fled.’”
(NIV)
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the
Lord, ‘Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?’
After the
death of
Joshua, the
people of
Israel inquired of the
Lord,
“
Who shall
go up first for us against the
Canaanites, to
fight against them?”
(NIV)
But he said to me, “You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.”’
but he
said to me, ‘Behold, you shall
conceive and
bear a
son. So then
drink no
wine or
strong drink, and
eat nothing unclean, for the
child shall be a
Nazirite to
God from the
womb to the
day of his
death.’”
(NIV)
Samson said, ‘Let me die with the Philistines!’ Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
And
Samson said, “Let
me die with the
Philistines.” Then he
bowed with all his
strength, and the
house fell upon the
lords and upon
all the
people who were in it. So the
dead whom he
killed at his
death were
more than those whom he had
killed during his
life.
(NIV)
Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the
Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.’
Where you
die I will
die, and
there will I be
buried.
May the
Lord do so to me and
more also
if anything but
death parts me from you.”
(NIV)
Boaz replied, ‘I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband – how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before.
But
Boaz answered her, “
All that you have
done for your
mother-in-law since the
death of your
husband has been
fully told to me, and how you
left your
father and
mother and your
native land and
came to a
people that you did
not know before.
(NIV)
So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, ‘Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people.’ For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it.
They
sent therefore and gathered
together all the
lords of the
Philistines and
said, “Send
away the
ark of the
God of
Israel, and let it
return to its own
place, that it may not
kill us and our
people.” For there was a
deathly panic throughout the
whole city.
The
hand of
God was
very heavy there.
(NIV)
Then Samuel said, ‘Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.’
Agag came to him in chains. And he thought, ‘Surely the bitterness of death is past.’
Then
Samuel said, “Bring
here to me
Agag the
king of the
Amalekites.” And
Agag came to him
cheerfully.
Agag said, “
Surely the
bitterness of
death is
past.”
(NIV)
Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the
Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
And
Samuel did
not see Saul again until the
day of his
death,
but Samuel grieved over
Saul.
And the
Lord regretted that he had made
Saul king over Israel.
(NIV)
But David took an oath and said, ‘Your father knows very well that I have found favour in your eyes, and he has said to himself, “Jonathan must not know this or he will be grieved.” Yet as surely as the
Lord lives and as you live, there is only a step between me and death.’
But
David vowed again,
saying, “Your
father knows well that I have
found favor in your
eyes, and he
thinks, ‘Do
not let
Jonathan know this,
lest he be
grieved.’ But
truly,
as the
Lord lives and as your
soul lives, there is
but a
step between me and
death.”
(NIV)
As long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send someone to bring him to me, for he must die!’
For as
long as the
son of
Jesse lives on the
earth,
neither you nor your
kingdom shall be
established.
Therefore send and
bring him to me,
for he shall
surely die.”
(NIV)
What you have done is not good. As surely as the
Lord lives, you and your men must die, because you did not guard your master, the
Lord’s anointed. Look around you. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were near his head?’
This thing that you have
done is
not good.
As the
Lord lives, you
deserve to
die,
because you have
not kept watch over your
lord, the
Lord’s anointed. And
now see where the
king’s spear is and the
jar of
water that was at his
head.”
(NIV)
After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
After the
death of
Saul, when
David had
returned from
striking down the
Amalekites,
David remained two days in
Ziklag.
(NIV)
Saul and Jonathan –
in life they were loved and admired,
and in death they were not parted.
They were swifter than eagles,
they were stronger than lions.
“
Saul and
Jonathan,
beloved and
lovely!
In
life and in
death they were not
divided;
they were
swifter than
eagles;
they were
stronger than
lions.
(NIV)
The king sang this lament for Abner:
‘Should Abner have died as the lawless die?
And the
king lamented for
Abner,
saying,
“Should
Abner die as a
fool dies?
(NIV)
And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
And
Michal the
daughter of
Saul had no
child to the
day of her
death.
(NIV)
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives, the man who did this must die!
Then
David’s anger was
greatly kindled against the
man, and he
said to
Nathan,
“As the
Lord lives, the
man who has
done this
deserves to
die,
(NIV)
But Ittai replied to the king, ‘As surely as the
Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be.’
But
Ittai answered the
king,
“As the
Lord lives, and as my
lord the
king lives,
wherever my
lord the
king shall
be,
whether for
death or for
life,
there also will your
servant be.”
(NIV)
All my grandfather’s descendants deserved nothing but death from my lord the king, but you gave your servant a place among those who eat at your table. So what right do I have to make any more appeals to the king?’
For all my
father’s house were
but men doomed to
death before my
lord the
king, but you
set your
servant among those who
eat at your
table.
What further right have I, then, to
cry to the
king?”
(NIV)
The waves of death swirled about me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
“For the
waves of
death encompassed me,
the
torrents of
destruction assailed me;
(NIV)
The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
the
cords of
Sheol entangled me;
the
snares of
death confronted me.
(NIV)
So Gad went to David and said to him, ‘Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? Or three days of plague in your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me.’
So
Gad came to
David and
told him, and
said to him, “Shall three
years of
famine come to you in your
land? Or will you
flee three months before your
foes while they
pursue you? Or shall there be
three days’
pestilence in your
land? Now
consider, and
decide what
answer I shall
return to him who
sent me.”
(NIV)
So the
Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
So the
Lord sent a
pestilence on
Israel from the
morning until the
appointed time. And there
died of the
people from
Dan to
Beersheba 70,000 men.
(NIV)
To Abiathar the priest the king said, ‘Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death now, because you carried the ark of the Sovereign
Lord before my father David and shared all my father’s hardships.’
And to
Abiathar the
priest the
king said, “
Go to
Anathoth,
to your
estate,
for you
deserve death. But I will
not at this
time put you to death,
because you
carried the
ark of the
Lord God before David my
father,
and
because you
shared in
all my
father’s affliction.”
(NIV)
‘When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
“If there is
famine in the
land, if there is
pestilence or
blight or
mildew or
locust or
caterpillar, if their
enemy besieges them in the
land at their
gates whatever
plague,
whatever sickness there is,
(NIV)
Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam fled to Egypt, to Shishak the king, and stayed there until Solomon’s death.
Solomon sought therefore to
kill Jeroboam. But
Jeroboam arose and
fled into
Egypt, to
Shishak king of
Egypt, and was in
Egypt until the
death of
Solomon.
(NIV)
After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.
After the
death of
Ahab,
Moab rebelled against
Israel.
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