(NIV)
Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
And
Abraham ran to the
herd and
took a
calf,
tender and
good, and
gave it to a
young man, who
prepared it
quickly.
(NIV)
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.
Leah’s eyes were
weak but
Rachel was
beautiful in
form and
appearance.
(NIV)
But Jacob said to him, ‘My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
But Jacob
said to him, “My
lord knows that the
children are
frail, and that the
nursing flocks and
herds are a
care to me. If they are
driven hard for
one day,
all the
flocks will
die.
(NIV)
Then the officers shall add, ‘Is anyone afraid or faint-hearted? Let him go home so that his fellow soldiers will not become disheartened too.’
And the
officers shall
speak further to the
people, and
say,
‘
Is there any
man who is
fearful and
fainthearted? Let him
go back to his
house,
lest he make the
heart of his
fellows melt like his
own.’
(NIV)
Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,
The
man who is the
most tender and
refined among you will
begrudge food to his
brother, to the
wife he
embraces, and to the
last of the
children whom he has
left,
(NIV)
The most gentle and sensitive woman among you – so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot – will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter
The
most tender and
refined woman among you,
who would
not venture to
set the
sole of her
foot on the
ground because she is so
delicate and
tender, will
begrudge to the
husband she
embraces to her
son and to her
daughter,
(NIV)
And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the
Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!’
And I was
gentle today, though
anointed king.
These
men, the
sons of
Zeruiah, are
more severe than I. The
Lord repay the
evildoer according to his
wickedness!”
(NIV)
David said, ‘My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the
Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendour in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.’ So David made extensive preparations before his death.
For
David said,
“
Solomon my
son is
young and
inexperienced, and the
house that is to be
built for the
Lord must be
exceedingly magnificent, of
fame and
glory throughout
all lands. I will
therefore make preparation for it.” So
David provided materials in
great quantity before his
death.
(NIV)
Then King David said to the whole assembly: ‘My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the
Lord God.
And
David the
king said to all the
assembly, “
Solomon my
son, whom
alone God has
chosen, is
young and
inexperienced, and the
work is
great, for the
palace will not be for
man but for the
Lord God.
(NIV)
Some worthless scoundrels gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive and not strong enough to resist them.
and certain
worthless scoundrels gathered about him and
defied Rehoboam the
son of
Solomon, when
Rehoboam was
young and
irresolute and could not
withstand them.
(NIV)
So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
‘I am young in years,
and you are old;
that is why I was fearful,
not daring to tell you what I know.
And
Elihu the
son of
Barachel the
Buzite answered and
said:
“I am
young in
years,
and you are
aged;
therefore I was
timid and
afraid to
declare my
opinion to you.
(NIV)
Will it keep begging you for mercy?
Will it speak to you with gentle words?
Will he make
many pleas to you?
Will he
speak to you
soft words?
(NIV)
For I too was a son to my father,
still tender, and cherished by my mother.
When I was a
son with my
father,
tender,
the
only one in the
sight of my
mother,
(NIV)
A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.
A
soft answer turns
away wrath,
but a
harsh word stirs
up anger.
(NIV)
Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
With
patience a
ruler may be
persuaded,
and a
soft tongue will
break a
bone.
(NIV)
‘Go down, sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.
Come down and
sit in the
dust,
O
virgin daughter of
Babylon;
sit on the
ground without a
throne,
O
daughter of the
Chaldeans!
For you shall
no more be
called tender and
delicate.
(NIV)
‘“This is what the Sovereign
Lord says: I myself will take a shoot from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
Thus says the
Lord God:
“I
myself will
take a sprig
from the
lofty top of the
cedar and will
set it out. I will
break off from the
topmost of its
young twigs a
tender one, and I
myself will
plant it
on a
high and
lofty mountain.
(NIV)
He replied,
‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
And he
said to
them,
“Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he
rose and
rebuked the
winds and the
sea,
and there
was a
great calm.
(NIV)
He said to his disciples,
‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’He
said to
them,
“Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”
(NIV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
(ESV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
(NIV)
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
for God gave us a
spirit not of
fear but of
power and love and self-control.
(NIV)
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practise magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulphur. This is the second death.’
But as for the
cowardly,
the faithless,
the detestable,
as for
murderers,
the sexually
immoral,
sorcerers,
idolaters,
and all liars,
their portion will be
in the
lake that burns with
fire and sulfur, which
is the
second death.”
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