(NIV)
Lamech said to his wives,
‘Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for injuring me.
(ESV)
Lamech said to his
wives:
“
Adah and
Zillah,
hear my
voice;
you
wives of
Lamech,
listen to what I
say:
I have
killed a
man for
wounding me,
a
young man for
striking me.
(NIV)
Now the whole world had one language and a common speech.
(ESV)
Now the
whole earth had
one language and the
same words.
(NIV)
The
Lord said, ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
(ESV)
And the
Lord said, “Behold, they are
one people, and they have
all one language, and this is only the
beginning of what they
will do. And
nothing that they
propose to
do will now be
impossible for them.
(NIV)
Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.’
(ESV)
Come let us
go down and there
confuse their
language, so
that they may not
understand one another’s speech.”
(NIV)
That is why it was called Babel – because there the
Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the
Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
(ESV)
Therefore its
name was
called Babel, because there the
Lord confused the
language of
all the
earth. And from
there the
Lord dispersed them over the
face of
all the
earth.
(NIV)
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,
(ESV)
I will
surely bless you, and I will
surely multiply your
offspring as the
stars of
heaven and as the
sand that is on the
seashore. And your
offspring shall
possess the
gate of his
enemies,
(NIV)
After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the river-bank.
(ESV)
And
behold,
seven other cows,
ugly and
thin,
came up out of the
Nile after them, and
stood by the other
cows on the
bank of the
Nile.
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
(ESV)
Then
Pharaoh said to
Joseph, “
Behold, in my
dream I was
standing on the
banks of the
Nile.
(NIV)
But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
(ESV)
When she
could hide him
no longer, she
took for him a
basket made of
bulrushes and
daubed it with
bitumen and
pitch. She
put the
child in it and
placed it among the
reeds by the
river bank.
(NIV)
But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?’
(ESV)
But
Moses said to the
Lord, “Behold, the
people of
Israel have not
listened to me. How then shall
Pharaoh listen to
me, for I am of
uncircumcised lips?”
(NIV)
But Moses said to the
Lord, ‘Since I speak with faltering lips, why would Pharaoh listen to me?’
(ESV)
But
Moses said to the
Lord, “Behold, I am of
uncircumcised lips. How will
Pharaoh listen to me?”
(NIV)
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he goes out to the river. Confront him on the bank of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.
(ESV)
Go to
Pharaoh in the
morning, as he is
going out to the
water.
Stand on the
bank of the
Nile to
meet him, and
take in your
hand the
staff that
turned into a
serpent.
(NIV)
That day the
Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
(ESV)
Thus the
Lord saved Israel that
day from the
hand of the
Egyptians, and
Israel saw the
Egyptians dead on the
seashore.
(NIV)
Make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and do the same with the end curtain in the other set.
(ESV)
And you shall
make loops of
blue on the
edge of the
outermost curtain in the
first set. Likewise you shall
make loops on the
edge of the
outermost curtain in the
second set.
(NIV)
Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
(ESV)
You shall
make fifty loops on the
edge of the curtain that is
outermost in one
set, and
fifty loops on the
edge of the
curtain that is
outermost in the
second set.
(NIV)
Make two gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.
(ESV)
You shall
make two rings of
gold, and
put them at the
two ends of the
breastpiece, on its
inside edge next to the
ephod.
(NIV)
with an opening for the head in its centre. There shall be a woven edge like a collar around this opening, so that it will not tear.
(ESV)
It shall have an
opening for the
head in the
middle of it, with a
woven binding around the
opening, like the
opening in a
garment, so that it may
not tear.
(NIV)
Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.
(ESV)
He
made loops of
blue on the
edge of the
outermost curtain of the
first set.
Likewise he
made them on the
edge of the
outermost curtain of the
second set.
(NIV)
Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
(ESV)
And he
made fifty loops on the
edge of the
outermost curtain of the one
set,
and fifty loops on the
edge of the
other connecting curtain.
(NIV)
They made two gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece on the inside edge next to the ephod.
(ESV)
Then they
made two rings of
gold, and
put them at the
two ends of the
breastpiece,
on its
inside edge next to the
ephod.
(NIV)
with an opening in the centre of the robe like the opening of a collar, and a band around this opening, so that it would not tear.
(ESV)
and the
opening of the
robe in it was like the
opening in a
garment, with a
binding around the
opening, so that it might
not tear.
(NIV)
‘If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she binds herself
(ESV)
“
If she marries a
husband, while under her
vows or any thoughtless
utterance of her
lips by which she has
bound herself,
(NIV)
But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise by which she binds herself, and the
Lord will release her.
(ESV)
But
if, on the
day that her
husband comes to
hear of it, he
opposes her, then he makes
void her
vow that was on her, and the thoughtless
utterance of her
lips by which she
bound herself. And the
Lord will
forgive her.
(NIV)
But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the
Lord will release her.
(ESV)
But
if her
husband makes them
null and
void on the
day that he
hears them, then
whatever proceeds out of her
lips concerning her
vows or concerning her
pledge of
herself shall
not stand. Her
husband has made them
void, and the
Lord will
forgive her.
(NIV)
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The
Lord our God gave us all of them.
(ESV)
From Aroer,
which is
on the
edge of the
Valley of the
Arnon, and from the
city that is in the
valley, as
far as Gilead, there was
not a
city too
high for us. The
Lord our
God gave all into our
hands.
(NIV)
This land extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon),
(ESV)
from Aroer,
which is
on the
edge of the
Valley of the
Arnon, as
far as Mount Sirion (that is,
Hermon),
(NIV)
Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the
Lord your God with your own mouth.
(ESV)
You shall be
careful to
do what has
passed your
lips, for you have
voluntarily vowed to the
Lord your
God what you have
promised with your
mouth.
(NIV)
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
(ESV)
May my
teaching drop as the
rain,
my
speech distill as the
dew,
like
gentle rain upon the
tender grass,
and like
showers upon the
herb.
(NIV)
He said of his father and mother,
“I have no regard for them.”
He did not recognise his brothers
or acknowledge his own children,
but he watched over your word
and guarded your covenant.
(ESV)
who
said of his
father and
mother,
‘I
regard them
not’;
he
disowned his
brothers and
ignored his
children.
For they
observed your
word and
kept your
covenant.
(NIV)
They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots – a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
(ESV)
And they
came out with all their
troops, a
great horde, in
number like the
sand that is on the
seashore, with
very many horses and
chariots.
(NIV)
Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.
He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge – from the middle of the gorge – to the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead.
(ESV)
Sihon king of the
Amorites who
lived at
Heshbon and
ruled from
Aroer, which is on the
edge of the
Valley of the
Arnon, and from the
middle of the
valley as far as the
river Jabbok, the
boundary of the
Ammonites, that is,
half of
Gilead,
(NIV)
It extended from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and included the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
(ESV)
from Aroer,
which is
on the
edge of the
Valley of the
Arnon, and the
city that is in the
middle of the
valley, and
all the
tableland of
Medeba as
far as Dibon;
(NIV)
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the middle of the gorge, and the whole plateau past Medeba
(ESV)
So their territory was
from Aroer,
which is on the
edge of the
Valley of the
Arnon, and the
city that is in the
middle of the
valley, and
all the
tableland by
Medeba;
(NIV)
The Midianites, the Amalekites and all the other eastern peoples had settled in the valley, thick as locusts. Their camels could no more be counted than the sand on the seashore.
(ESV)
And the
Midianites and the
Amalekites and
all the
people of the
East lay along the
valley like
locusts in
abundance, and their
camels were
without number, as the
sand that is
on the
seashore in
abundance.
(NIV)
When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the
Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah towards Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
(ESV)
When they
blew the
300 trumpets the
Lord set every
man’s sword against his
comrade and against
all the
army. And the
army fled as
far as Beth-shittah toward
Zererah as
far as the
border of
Abel-meholah,
by Tabbath.
(NIV)
Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
(ESV)
Hannah was
speaking in her
heart; only her
lips moved, and her
voice was not
heard. Therefore
Eli took her to be a
drunken woman.
(NIV)
The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.
(ESV)
And the
Philistines mustered to
fight with
Israel,
thirty thousand chariots and
six thousand horsemen and
troops like the
sand on the
seashore in
multitude. They
came up and
encamped in
Michmash, to the
east of
Beth-aven.
(NIV)
‘As for God, his way is perfect:
the
Lord’s word is flawless;
he shields all who take refuge in him.
(ESV)
This
God— his
way is
perfect;
the
word of the
Lord proves true;
he is a
shield for
all those who
take refuge in him.
(NIV)
‘The Spirit of the
Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
(ESV)
“The
Spirit of the
Lord speaks by me;
his
word is
on my
tongue.
(NIV)
God gave Solomon wisdom and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.
(ESV)
And
God gave Solomon wisdom and
understanding beyond measure, and
breadth of
mind like the
sand on the
seashore,
(NIV)
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure round it.
(ESV)
Then he
made the
sea of
cast metal. It was
round,
ten cubits from brim to brim, and
five cubits high, and a
line of
thirty cubits measured its
circumference.
(NIV)
Below the rim, gourds encircled it – ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
(ESV)
Under its
brim were
gourds, for
ten cubits,
compassing the
sea all
around. The
gourds were in
two rows,
cast with it when it was
cast.
(NIV)
It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths.
(ESV)
Its
thickness was a
handbreadth, and its
brim was
made like the
brim of a
cup, like the
flower of a
lily. It
held two
thousand baths.
(NIV)
King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
(ESV)
King Solomon built a
fleet of ships at
Ezion-geber,
which is
near Eloth on the
shore of the
Red Sea, in the
land of
Edom.
(NIV)
Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
(ESV)
And he
took up the
cloak of
Elijah that had
fallen from him and went
back and
stood on the
bank of the
Jordan.
(NIV)
You say you have the counsel and the might for war – but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me?
(ESV)
Do you
think that
mere words are
strategy and
power for
war? In whom do you now
trust, that you have
rebelled against me?
(NIV)
Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
by the way you came.”
(ESV)
Because you have
raged against me
and your
complacency has
come into my
ears,
I will
put my
hook in your
nose and my
bit in your
mouth,
and I will
turn you back on the
way by which you
came.
(NIV)
He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure round it.
(ESV)
Then he
made the
sea of
cast metal. It was
round,
ten cubits from
brim to
brim, and
five cubits high, and a
line of
thirty cubits measured its
circumference.
(NIV)
It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.
(ESV)
Its
thickness was a
handbreadth. And its
brim was
made like the
brim of a
cup, like the
flower of a
lily. It
held 3,000 baths.
(NIV)
Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
(ESV)
Then
Solomon went to
Ezion-geber and
Eloth on the
shore of the
sea, in the
land of
Edom.
(NIV)
He replied, ‘You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?’
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
(ESV)
But he
said to her, “You
speak as
one of the
foolish women would
speak. Shall we
receive good from
God, and shall we not
receive evil?” In
all this Job did
not sin with his
lips.
(NIV)
‘If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
But who can keep from speaking?
(ESV)
“If one
ventures a
word with you, will you be
impatient?
Yet
who can keep from
speaking?
(NIV)
Your words have supported those who stumbled;
you have strengthened faltering knees.
(ESV)
Your
words have
upheld him who was
stumbling,
and you have
made firm the
feeble knees.
(NIV)
Do you mean to correct what I say,
and treat my desperate words as wind?
(ESV)
Do you
think that you can
reprove words,
when the
speech of a
despairing man is
wind?
(NIV)
Will they not instruct you and tell you?
Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
(ESV)
Will
they not teach you and
tell you
and
utter words out of their
understanding?
(NIV)
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
(ESV)
He will
yet fill your
mouth with
laughter,
and your
lips with
shouting.
(NIV)
‘Are all these words to go unanswered?
Is this talker to be vindicated?
(ESV)
“Should a
multitude of
words go
unanswered,
and a
man full of
talk be
judged right?
(NIV)
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
(ESV)
But oh,
that God would
speak and
open his
lips to you,
(NIV)
Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
(ESV)
Does not the
ear test words as the
palate tastes food?
(NIV)
He silences the lips of trusted advisors
and takes away the discernment of elders.
(ESV)
He
deprives of
speech those who are
trusted and takes
away the
discernment of the
elders.
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