(NIV)
and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,
(ESV)
if you
spurn my
statutes, and if your
soul abhors my
rules, so that you will not
do all my
commandments, but
break my
covenant,
(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.
(ESV)
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)
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or abhor them so as to destroy them completely, breaking my covenant with them. I am the
Lord their God.
(ESV)
Yet for
all that, when they are in the
land of their
enemies I will not
spurn them, neither will I
abhor them so as to
destroy them utterly and
break my
covenant with them, for I am the
Lord their
God.
(NIV)
but for a whole month – until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it – because you have rejected the
Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”’
(ESV)
but a
whole month until it
comes out at your
nostrils and becomes
loathsome to you,
because you have
rejected the
Lord who is
among you and have
wept before him,
saying “
Why did we
come out of
Egypt?”’”
(NIV)
As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.
(ESV)
But your
little ones,
who you
said would become a
prey, I will
bring in, and they shall
know the
land that you have
rejected.
(NIV)
Then Zebul said to him, ‘Where is your big talk now, you who said, “Who is Abimelek that we should be subject to him?” Aren’t these the men you ridiculed? Go out and fight them!’
(ESV)
Then
Zebul said to him, “Where is your
mouth now, you who
said, ‘Who is
Abimelech, that we should
serve him?’ Are not these the
people whom you
despised?
Go out now and
fight with them.”
(NIV)
And the
Lord told him: ‘Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king.
(ESV)
And the
Lord said to
Samuel, “
Obey the
voice of the
people in
all that they
say to you,
for they have
not rejected you,
but they have
rejected me from being
king over them.
(NIV)
But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, “No, appoint a king over us.” So now present yourselves before the
Lord by your tribes and clans.’
(ESV)
But
today you have
rejected your
God, who
saves you from
all your
calamities and your
distresses, and you have
said to him, ‘
Set a
king over us.’
Now therefore
present yourselves
before the
Lord by your
tribes and by your
thousands.”
(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.’
(ESV)
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)
But Samuel said to him, ‘I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the
Lord, and the
Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!’
(ESV)
And
Samuel said to
Saul, “I will
not return with you.
For you have
rejected the
word of the
Lord, and the
Lord has
rejected you from being
king over Israel.”
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.’
(ESV)
The
Lord said to
Samuel, “
How long will you
grieve over
Saul, since I have
rejected him
from being
king over Israel?
Fill your
horn with
oil, and
go. I will
send you to
Jesse the
Bethlehemite,
for I have
provided for myself a
king among his
sons.”
(NIV)
But the
Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The
Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the
Lord looks at the heart.’
(ESV)
But the
Lord said to
Samuel, “Do
not look on his
appearance or on the
height of his
stature,
because I have
rejected him.
For the
Lord sees
not as
man sees:
man looks on the
outward appearance, but the
Lord looks on the
heart.”
(NIV)
They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the
Lord had ordered them, ‘Do not do as they do.’
(ESV)
They
despised his
statutes and his
covenant that he
made with their
fathers and the
warnings that he
gave them. They went
after false
idols and
became false, and they
followed the nations that were
around them, concerning whom the
Lord had
commanded them that they should not
do like them.
(NIV)
Therefore the
Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.
(ESV)
And the
Lord rejected all the
descendants of
Israel and
afflicted them and
gave them into the
hand of
plunderers, until he had
cast them out of his
sight.
(NIV)
So the
Lord said, ‘I will remove Judah also from my presence as I removed Israel, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, “My Name shall be there.” ’
(ESV)
And the
Lord said, “I will
remove Judah also out of my
sight, as I have
removed Israel, and I will
cast off this city that I have
chosen,
Jerusalem, and the
house of
which I
said, My
name shall be
there.”
(NIV)
‘And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the
Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you for ever.
(ESV)
“And you,
Solomon my
son,
know the
God of your
father and
serve him with a
whole heart and with a
willing mind for the
Lord searches all hearts and
understands every plan and
thought.
If you
seek him, he will be
found by you, but if you
forsake him, he will cast you
off forever.
(NIV)
The Levites even abandoned their pasture-lands and property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the
Lord (ESV)
For the
Levites left their
common lands and their
holdings and
came to
Judah and
Jerusalem because
Jeroboam and his
sons cast them
out from serving as
priests of the
Lord,
(NIV)
We have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the
Lord’s altar.’
(ESV)
All the
utensils that
King Ahaz discarded in his
reign when he was
faithless, we have
made ready and
consecrated, and
behold, they are
before the
altar of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
‘Blessed is the one whom God corrects;
so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
(ESV)
“
Behold,
blessed is the
one whom
God reproves;
therefore
despise not the
discipline of the
Almighty.
(NIV)
My body is clothed with worms and scabs,
my skin is broken and festering.
(ESV)
My
flesh is
clothed with
worms and
dirt;
my
skin hardens, then
breaks out afresh.
(NIV)
I despise my life; I would not live for ever.
Let me alone; my days have no meaning.
(ESV)
I
loathe my life; I would
not live forever.
Leave me alone,
for my
days are a
breath.
(NIV)
‘Surely God does not reject one who is blameless
or strengthen the hands of evildoers.
(ESV)
“
Behold,
God will
not reject a
blameless man,
nor take the
hand of
evildoers.
(NIV)
‘Although I am blameless,
I have no concern for myself;
I despise my own life.
(ESV)
I am
blameless; I
regard not
myself;
I
loathe my
life.
(NIV)
Does it please you to oppress me,
to spurn the work of your hands,
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
(ESV)
Does it seem
good to you to
oppress,
to
despise the
work of your
hands and
favor the
designs of the
wicked?
(NIV)
Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
(ESV)
Even young children despise me;
when I
rise they
talk against me.
(NIV)
It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir,
with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
(ESV)
It
cannot be
valued in the
gold of
Ophir,
in
precious onyx or
sapphire.
(NIV)
The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it;
it cannot be bought with pure gold.
(ESV)
The
topaz of
Ethiopia cannot equal it,
nor can it be
valued in
pure gold.
(NIV)
‘But now they mock me,
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.
(ESV)
“But
now they
laugh at me,
men who are
younger than I,
whose
fathers I would have
disdained to
set with the
dogs of my
flock.
(NIV)
‘If I have denied justice to any of my servants,
whether male or female,
when they had a grievance against me,
(ESV)
“
If I have
rejected the
cause of my
manservant or my
maidservant,
when they
brought a
complaint against me,
(NIV)
Should God then reward you on your terms,
when you refuse to repent?
You must decide, not I;
so tell me what you know.
(ESV)
Will he then make
repayment to suit you,
because you
reject it?
For you must
choose, and
not I;
therefore
declare what you
know.
(NIV)
‘God is mighty, but despises no one;
he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
(ESV)
“
Behold,
God is
mighty, and does
not despise any;
he is
mighty in
strength of
understanding.
(NIV)
Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.’
(ESV)
therefore I
despise myself,
and
repent in
dust and
ashes.”
(NIV)
who despises a vile person
but honours those who fear the
Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
and does not change their mind;
(ESV)
in whose
eyes a
vile person is
despised,
but who
honors those who
fear the
Lord;
who
swears to his own
hurt and does
not change;
(NIV)
Even on their beds they plot evil;
they commit themselves to a sinful course
and do not reject what is wrong.
(ESV)
He
plots trouble while on his
bed;
he
sets himself in a
way that is
not good;
he does
not reject evil.
(NIV)
‘Show me,
Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting my life is.
(ESV)
“O
Lord, make me
know my
end and
what is the
measure of my
days;
let me
know how
fleeting I am!
(NIV)
You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?
(ESV)
For you are the
God in whom I take
refuge;
why have you
rejected me?
Why do I
go about
mourning because of the
oppression of the
enemy?
(NIV)
But now you have rejected and humbled us;
you no longer go out with our armies.
(ESV)
But you have
rejected us and
disgraced us
and have
not gone out with our
armies.
(NIV)
Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us for ever.
(ESV)
Awake!
Why are you
sleeping, O
Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do
not reject us
forever!
(NIV)
But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
you put them to shame, for God despised them.
(ESV)
There they are, in
great terror,
where there is
no terror!
For God scatters the
bones of him who
encamps against you;
you
put them to shame,
for God has
rejected them.
(NIV)
Let them vanish like water that flows away;
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.
(ESV)
Let them
vanish like
water that
runs away;
when he
aims his
arrows, let them be
blunted.
(NIV)
For the director of music. To the tune of ‘The Lily of the Covenant’. A miktam of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah, and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster: according to Shushan Eduth. A Miktam of David; for instruction; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and when Joab on his return struck down twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
(NIV)
You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us;
you have been angry – now restore us!
(ESV)
O
God, you have
rejected us,
broken our defenses;
you have been
angry; oh,
restore us.
(NIV)
Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
(ESV)
Have you
not rejected us, O
God?
You do
not go
forth, O
God, with our
armies.
(NIV)
A maskil of Asaph.
(ESV)
A Maskil of Asaph.
(NIV)
O God, why have you rejected us for ever?
Why does your anger smoulder against the sheep of your pasture?
(ESV)
O
God,
why do you
cast us off forever?
Why does your
anger smoke against the
sheep of your
pasture?
(NIV)
‘Will the Lord reject for ever?
Will he never show his favour again?
(ESV)
“Will the
Lord spurn forever,
and
never again be
favorable?
(NIV)
When God heard them, he was furious;
he rejected Israel completely.
(ESV)
When
God heard, he was
full of wrath,
and he
utterly rejected Israel.
(NIV)
Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;
(ESV)
He
rejected the
tent of
Joseph;
he did
not choose the
tribe of
Ephraim,
(NIV)
Why,
Lord, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
(ESV)
O
Lord,
why do you
cast my
soul away?
Why do you
hide your
face from me?
(NIV)
But you have rejected, you have spurned,
you have been very angry with your anointed one.
(ESV)
But now you have
cast off and
rejected;
you are
full of wrath against your
anointed.
(NIV)
Then they despised the pleasant land;
they did not believe his promise.
(ESV)
Then they
despised the
pleasant land,
having
no faith in his
promise.
(NIV)
Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?
(ESV)
Have you
not rejected us, O
God?
You do
not go out, O
God, with our
armies.
(NIV)
The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
(ESV)
The
stone that the
builders rejected has become the
cornerstone.
(NIV)
You reject all who stray from your decrees,
for their delusions come to nothing.
(ESV)
You
spurn all who go
astray from your
statutes,
for their
cunning is in
vain.
(NIV)
My son, do not despise the
Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
(ESV)
My
son, do
not despise the
Lord’s discipline or be
weary of his
reproof,
(NIV)
Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,
but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
(ESV)
Whoever ignores instruction despises himself,
but he who
listens to
reproof gains intelligence.
(NIV)
Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the
Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
(ESV)
Therefore, as the
tongue of
fire devours the
stubble,
and as
dry grass sinks down in the
flame,
so their
root will be as
rottenness,
and their
blossom go up like
dust;
for they have
rejected the
law of the
Lord of
hosts,
and have
despised the
word of the
Holy One of
Israel.
(NIV)
He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,
(ESV)
He shall
eat curds and
honey when he
knows how to
refuse the
evil and
choose the
good.
(NIV)
for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.
(ESV)
For before the
boy knows
how to
refuse the
evil and
choose the
good, the
land whose two kings you
dread will be
deserted.
(NIV)
‘Because this people has rejected
the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
and rejoices over Rezin
and the son of Remaliah,
(ESV)
“
Because this people has
refused the
waters of
Shiloah that
flow gently, and
rejoice over
Rezin and the
son of
Remaliah,
(NIV)
The canals will stink;
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
The reeds and rushes will wither,
(ESV)
and its
canals will
become foul,
and the branches of
Egypt’s Nile will
diminish and
dry up,
reeds and
rushes will
rot away.
(NIV)
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says:
‘Because you have rejected this message,
relied on oppression
and depended on deceit,
(ESV)
Therefore thus says the
Holy One of
Israel,
“
Because you
despise this word and
trust in
oppression and
perverseness and
rely on them,
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