(NIV)
Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the
Lord had made his journey successful.
(ESV)
The
man gazed at her in
silence to
learn whether the
Lord had
prospered his
journey or not.
(NIV)
When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
(ESV)
Now
Jacob heard that he had
defiled his
daughter Dinah. But his
sons were with his
livestock in the
field, so
Jacob held his
peace until they
came.
(NIV)
The
Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.’
(ESV)
The
Lord will
fight for you, and you have only to be
silent.”
(NIV)
terror and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
they will be as still as a stone –
until your people pass by,
Lord,
until the people you bought pass by.
(ESV)
Terror and
dread fall upon them;
because of the
greatness of your
arm, they are
still as a
stone,
till your
people, O
Lord,
pass by,
till the
people pass by whom you have
purchased.
(NIV)
Moses then said to Aaron, ‘This is what the
Lord spoke of when he said:
‘“Among those who approach me
I will be proved holy;
in the sight of all the people
I will be honoured.”’
Aaron remained silent.
(ESV)
Then
Moses said to
Aaron, “This is what the
Lord has
said: ‘Among those who
are near me I will be
sanctified, and
before all the
people I will be
glorified.’” And
Aaron held his
peace.
(NIV)
and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she bound herself will stand.
(ESV)
and her
father hears of her
vow and of her
pledge by
which she has
bound herself and says nothing to
her, then
all her
vows shall
stand, and
every pledge by
which she has
bound herself shall
stand.
(NIV)
and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she bound herself will stand.
(ESV)
and her
husband hears of it and says nothing to her
on the
day that he
hears, then her
vows shall
stand, and her
pledges by which she has
bound herself shall
stand.
(NIV)
and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she bound herself will stand.
(ESV)
and her
husband heard of it and
said nothing to her and did
not oppose
her, then
all her
vows shall
stand, and every
pledge by which she
bound herself shall
stand.
(NIV)
But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them.
(ESV)
But
if her
husband says nothing to her from
day to
day, then he
establishes all her
vows or
all her
pledges that are
upon her. He has
established them,
because he
said nothing to her on the
day that he
heard of them.
(NIV)
Do not plough with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
(ESV)
You shall
not plow with an
ox and a
donkey together.
(NIV)
Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, ‘Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the
Lord your God.
(ESV)
Then
Moses and the
Levitical priests said to
all Israel, “Keep
silence and
hear, O
Israel:
this day you have
become the
people of the
Lord your
God.
(NIV)
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. ‘Go, look over the land,’ he said, ‘especially Jericho.’ So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
(ESV)
And
Joshua the
son of
Nun sent two men secretly from
Shittim as
spies,
saying, “
Go,
view the
land, especially
Jericho.” And they
went and came
into the
house of a
prostitute whose
name was
Rahab and
lodged there.
(NIV)
On the day the
Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the
Lord in the presence of Israel:
‘Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.’
(ESV)
At that time
Joshua spoke to the
Lord in the
day when the
Lord gave the
Amorites over to the
sons of
Israel, and he
said in the
sight of
Israel,
“
Sun,
stand still at
Gibeon,
and
moon, in the
Valley of
Aijalon.”
(NIV)
So the sun stood still,
and the moon stopped,
till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,
as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.
(ESV)
And the
sun stood still, and the
moon stopped,
until the
nation took vengeance on their
enemies.
Is
this not written in the
Book of
Jashar? The
sun stopped in the
midst of
heaven and did
not hurry to
set for about a
whole day.
(NIV)
Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,
‘What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?’
Samson said to them,
‘If you had not ploughed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle.’
(ESV)
And the
men of the
city said to him on the
seventh day before the
sun went down,
“What is
sweeter than
honey?
What is
stronger than a
lion?”
And he
said to them,
“
If you had not
plowed with my
heifer,
you would not have
found out my
riddle.”
(NIV)
The people of Gaza were told, ‘Samson is here!’ So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They made no move during the night, saying, ‘At dawn we’ll kill him.’
(ESV)
The
Gazites were
told, “
Samson has
come here.” And they
surrounded the place and
set an ambush for him all
night at the
gate of the
city. They
kept quiet all night,
saying, “Let us wait till the
light of the
morning; then we will
kill him.”
(NIV)
They answered, ‘Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.
(ESV)
They
said, “
Arise, and let us
go up against them, for we have
seen the
land, and behold, it is
very good. And will you do
nothing? Do not be
slow to
go, to
enter in and
possess the
land.
(NIV)
They answered him, ‘Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?’
(ESV)
And they
said to him, “Keep
quiet;
put your
hand on your
mouth and
come with us and be to
us a
father and a
priest. Is it
better for you to be
priest to the
house of
one man, or to be
priest to a
tribe and
clan in
Israel?”
(NIV)
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants,
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.
‘It is not by strength that one prevails;
(ESV)
“He will
guard the
feet of his
faithful ones,
but the
wicked shall be
cut off in
darkness,
for not by
might shall a
man prevail.
(NIV)
They said to Samuel, ‘Do not stop crying out to the
Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.’
(ESV)
And the
people of
Israel said to
Samuel, “Do
not cease to cry
out to the
Lord our
God for us, that he may
save us from the
hand of the
Philistines.”
(NIV)
Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plough his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
(ESV)
And he will
appoint for himself
commanders of
thousands and
commanders of
fifties, and some to
plow his
ground and to
reap his
harvest, and to
make his
implements of
war and the
equipment of his
chariots.
(NIV)
But some scoundrels said, ‘How can this fellow save us?’ They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.
(ESV)
But some
worthless fellows said, “
How can
this man
save us?” And they
despised him and
brought him
no present. But he held his
peace.
(NIV)
If they say to us, “Wait there until we come to you,” we will stay where we are and not go up to them.
(ESV)
If they
say to us, ‘
Wait until we
come to you,’ then we will
stand still in our
place, and we will
not go up to them.
(NIV)
When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, ‘Bring the ephod.’
(ESV)
David knew that Saul was
plotting harm against him. And he
said to
Abiathar the
priest “
Bring the
ephod here.”
(NIV)
Her brother Absalom said to her, ‘Has that Amnon, your brother, been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister; he is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.’ And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom’s house, a desolate woman.
(ESV)
And her
brother Absalom said to her, “Has
Amnon your
brother been
with you? Now hold your
peace, my
sister. He is your
brother; do
not take this to
heart.” So
Tamar lived, a
desolate woman, in her
brother Absalom’s house.
(NIV)
and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?’
(ESV)
But
Absalom,
whom we
anointed over us, is
dead in
battle.
Now therefore
why do you
say nothing about
bringing the
king back?”
(NIV)
whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him.
(ESV)
He was the
son of a
widow of the
tribe of
Naphtali, and his
father was a
man of
Tyre, a
worker in
bronze. And he was
full of
wisdom,
understanding, and
skill for
making any work in
bronze. He
came to
King Solomon and
did all his
work.
(NIV)
So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.
(ESV)
So he
departed from there and
found Elisha the
son of
Shaphat, who was
plowing with
twelve yoke of oxen in
front of him, and he was with the
twelfth.
Elijah passed by him and
cast his
cloak upon him.
(NIV)
The king of Israel had said to his officials, ‘Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?’
(ESV)
And the
king of
Israel said to his
servants, “Do you
know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we
keep quiet and do
not take it
out of the
hand of the
king of
Syria?”
(NIV)
The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, ‘Do you know that the
Lord is going to take your master from you today?’
‘Yes, I know,’ Elisha replied, ‘so be quiet.’
(ESV)
And the
sons of the
prophets who were in
Bethel came out to
Elisha and
said to him, “Do you
know that today the
Lord will take
away your
master from over you?” And he
said, “
Yes, I
know it;
keep quiet.”
(NIV)
The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, ‘Do you know that the
Lord is going to take your master from you today?’
‘Yes, I know,’ he replied, ‘so be quiet.’
(ESV)
The
sons of the
prophets who were at
Jericho drew
near to
Elisha and
said to him, “Do you
know that today the
Lord will take
away your
master from over you?” And he
answered, “
Yes, I
know it;
keep quiet.”
(NIV)
Then they said to each other, ‘What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.’
(ESV)
Then they
said to
one another, “We are
not doing right.
This day is a
day of good
news. If we are
silent and
wait until the
morning light,
punishment will
overtake us.
Now therefore
come; let us
go and
tell the
king’s household.”
(NIV)
But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, ‘Do not answer him.’
(ESV)
But the
people were
silent and
answered him not a
word, for the
king’s command was, “Do not
answer him.”
(NIV)
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab,
the father of Ge Harashim. It was called this because its people were skilled workers.
(ESV)
Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and
Seraiah fathered Joab, the
father of
Ge-harashim so-called because they were
craftsmen.
(NIV)
and said: ‘As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!’ They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.
(ESV)
and
said to them, “We, as far as we are
able, have
bought back our
Jewish brothers who have been
sold to the
nations, but you
even sell your
brothers that they may be
sold to us!” They were
silent and could
not find a
word to say.
(NIV)
The Levites calmed all the people, saying, ‘Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.’
(ESV)
So the
Levites calmed all the
people,
saying, “Be
quiet,
for this
day is
holy; do
not be
grieved.”
(NIV)
in Lod and Ono, and in Ge Harashim.
(ESV)
Lod, and
Ono, the
valley of
craftsmen.
(NIV)
For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?’
(ESV)
For
if you
keep silent at
this time,
relief and
deliverance will
rise for the
Jews from
another place, but you and your
father’s house will
perish. And
who knows whether you have not
come to the
kingdom for such a
time as
this?”
(NIV)
For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king. ’
(ESV)
For we have been
sold, I and my
people to be
destroyed, to be
killed, and to be
annihilated.
If we had been
sold merely as slaves,
men and
women, I would have been
silent, for our
affliction is not to be
compared with the
loss to the
king.”
(NIV)
a messenger came to Job and said, ‘The oxen were ploughing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
(ESV)
and there
came a
messenger to
Job and
said, “The
oxen were
plowing and the
donkeys feeding beside them,
(NIV)
As I have observed, those who plough evil
and those who sow trouble reap it.
(ESV)
As I have
seen, those who
plow iniquity and
sow trouble reap the same.
(NIV)
‘Teach me, and I will be quiet;
show me where I have been wrong.
(ESV)
“
Teach me, and
I will be
silent;
make me
understand how I have gone
astray.
(NIV)
Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?
Will no one rebuke you when you mock?
(ESV)
Should your
babble silence men,
and when you
mock, shall no one
shame you?
(NIV)
If only you would be altogether silent!
For you, that would be wisdom.
(ESV)
Oh
that you would
keep silent,
and it would be your
wisdom!
(NIV)
‘Keep silent and let me speak;
then let come to me what may.
(ESV)
“Let me have
silence, and I will
speak,
and let
come on me what may.
(NIV)
Can anyone bring charges against me?
If so, I will be silent and die.
(ESV)
Who is there who will
contend with me?
For then I would be
silent and
die.
(NIV)
‘People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.
(ESV)
“Men
listened to me and
waited and
kept silence for my
counsel.
(NIV)
The churning inside me never stops;
days of suffering confront me.
(ESV)
My
inward parts are in
turmoil and
never still;
days of
affliction come to meet me.
(NIV)
because I so feared the crowd
and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
that I kept silent and would not go outside –
(ESV)
because I stood in
great fear of the
multitude,
and the
contempt of
families terrified me,
so that I
kept silence, and did not
go out of
doors—
(NIV)
‘Pay attention, Job, and listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
(ESV)
Pay attention, O
Job,
listen to me;
be
silent, and I will
speak.
(NIV)
But if not, then listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.’
(ESV)
If not,
listen to me;
be
silent, and I will
teach you
wisdom.”
(NIV)
‘I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength and its graceful form.
(ESV)
“I will
not keep silence concerning his
limbs,
or his
mighty strength, or his
goodly frame.
(NIV)
Tremble and do not sin;
when you are on your beds,
search your hearts and be silent.
(ESV)
Be
angry, and do not
sin;
ponder in your own
hearts on your
beds, and be
silent.
Selah
(NIV)
Of David.
(ESV)
Of David.
(NIV)
To you,
Lord, I call;
you are my Rock,
do not turn a deaf ear to me.
For if you remain silent,
I shall be like those who go down to the pit.
(ESV)
To you, O
Lord, I
call;
my
rock, be not
deaf to me,
lest, if you be
silent to me,
I
become like those who
go down to the
pit.
(NIV)
that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will praise you for ever.
(ESV)
that my
glory may
sing your praise and not be
silent.
O
Lord my
God, I will
give thanks to you
forever!
(NIV)
Let me not be put to shame,
Lord,
for I have cried out to you;
but let the wicked be put to shame
and be silent in the realm of the dead.
(ESV)
O
Lord let me not be
put to shame,
for I
call upon you;
let the
wicked be
put to shame;
let them
go silently to
Sheol.
(NIV)
When I kept silent,
my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
(ESV)
For
when I kept
silent, my
bones wasted away through my
groaning all day long.
(NIV)
But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee;
assailants gathered against me without my knowledge.
They slandered me without ceasing.
(ESV)
But at my
stumbling they
rejoiced and
gathered;
they
gathered together against me;
wretches whom I did
not know tore at me
without ceasing;
(NIV)
Lord, you have seen this; do not be silent.
Do not be far from me, Lord.
(ESV)
You have
seen, O
Lord; be
not silent!
O
Lord, be
not far from me!
(NIV)
Be still before the
Lord and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
(ESV)
Be
still before the
Lord and
wait patiently for him;
fret not yourself over the one who
prospers in his
way,
over the
man who carries out
evil devices!
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