(NIV)
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
From these the
coastland peoples spread in their
lands,
each with his own
language, by their
clans, in
their nations.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Ham, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and
their nations.
(NIV)
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
These are the
sons of
Shem, by their
clans, their
languages, their
lands, and
their nations.
(NIV)
Moses said to the
Lord, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’
But
Moses said to the
Lord, “
Oh, my
Lord, I am
not eloquent,
either in the
past or
since you have
spoken to your
servant, but
I am
slow of
speech and
of tongue.”
(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?’
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?’
But
Moses said to the
Lord, “Behold,
I am of
uncircumcised lips. How will
Pharaoh listen to me?”
(NIV)
But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.” Then you will know that the
Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
But
not a
dog shall
growl against any of the
people of
Israel, either
man or
beast,
that you may
know that the
Lord makes a
distinction between Egypt and
Israel.’
(NIV)
or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realise their guilt –
or
if anyone utters with his
lips a
rash oath to do
evil or to do
good, any sort of rash oath that
people swear, and it is
hidden from him, when he comes to
know it, and he
realizes his guilt in
any of these;
(NIV)
Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, ‘We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.’
But
Caleb quieted the
people before
Moses and
said, “Let us
go up at
once and
occupy it,
for we are well
able to
overcome it.”
(NIV)
‘If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she binds herself
“
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.
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.
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)
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.
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)
The
Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
The
Lord will
bring a
nation against you
from far away,
from the
end of the
earth,
swooping down like the
eagle, a
nation whose language you do
not understand,
(NIV)
when I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.’
when I
saw among the
spoil a beautiful cloak from
Shinar, and
200 shekels of
silver,
and a bar of
gold weighing 50 shekels, then I
coveted them and
took them. And
see, they are
hidden in the
earth inside my
tent, with the
silver underneath.”
(NIV)
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor.
And
Joshua and
all Israel with him
took Achan the
son of
Zerah, and the
silver and the
cloak and the
bar of
gold, and his
sons and
daughters and his
oxen and
donkeys and
sheep and his
tent and all that he had. And they
brought them up to the
Valley of
Achor.
(NIV)
The whole army then returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one uttered a word against the Israelites.
then
all the
people returned safe to Joshua in the
camp at
Makkedah.
Not a man
moved his tongue against
any of the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
Their southern boundary started from the bay at the southern end of the Dead Sea,
And their
south boundary ran from the
end of the
Salt Sea,
from the
bay that
faces southward.
(NIV)
The eastern boundary is the Dead Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.
The northern boundary started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan,
And the
east boundary is the
Salt Sea,
to the
mouth of the
Jordan. And the
boundary on the
north side runs
from the
bay of the
sea at the
mouth of the
Jordan.
(NIV)
It then went to the northern slope of Beth Hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Dead Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan in the south. This was the southern boundary.
Then the
boundary passes on to the
north of the
shoulder of
Beth-hoglah. And the
boundary ends at the
northern bay of the
Salt Sea, at the
south end of the
Jordan: this is the
southern border.
(NIV)
But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, ‘Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.’
The king said to his attendants, ‘Leave us!’ And they all left.
But
he himself
turned back at the
idols near
Gilgal and
said, “I have a
secret message for you, O
king.” And he
commanded, “
Silence.” And
all his
attendants went out from his
presence.
(NIV)
So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the
Lord told him, ‘Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.’
So he
brought the
people down
to the
water. And the
Lord said to Gideon, “Every
one who laps the water with his
tongue, as a
dog laps, you shall
set by
himself. Likewise,
every one who kneels down to
drink.”
(NIV)
Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk
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 Spirit of the
Lord spoke through me;
his word was on my tongue.
“The
Spirit of the
Lord speaks by me;
his
word is
on my tongue.
(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.”
Because you have
raged against me
and your
complacency has
come into my
ears,
I will
put my
hook in your
noseand my
bit in your
mouth,
and I will
turn you back on the
wayby which you
came.
(NIV)
The Levites calmed all the people, saying, ‘Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.’
So the
Levites calmed all the
people,
saying, “Be
quiet,
for this
day is
holy; do
not be
grieved.”
(NIV)
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language of Judah.
And
half of their
children spoke the language of
Ashdod, and they
could not speak the language of
Judah, but only the
language of
each people.
(NIV)
He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.
He
sent letters to all the
royal provinces,
to every
province in its own
script and
to every
people in its own
language, that
every man be
master in his own
household and
speak according to the
language of
his people.
(NIV)
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.
Then the
king’s scribes were
summoned on the
thirteenth day of the
first month, and an edict,
according to all that
Haman commanded, was
written to the
king’s satraps and
to the
governors over all the
provinces and
to the
officials of all the
peoples,
to every
province in its own
script and every
people in its own
language. It was
written in the
name of
King Ahasuerus and
sealed with the
king’s signet ring.
(NIV)
At once the royal secretaries were summoned – on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.
The
king’s scribes were
summoned at that
time, in the
third month, which is the
month of
Sivan, on the
twenty-third day. And an edict was
written,
according to all that
Mordecai commanded concerning the
Jews,
to the
satraps and the
governors and the
officials of the
provinces from India to
Ethiopia,
127 provinces,
to each
province in its own
script and to each
people in its own
language, and also
to the
Jews in their
script and
their language.
(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.
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)
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
and need not fear when destruction comes.
You shall be
hidden from the
lash of the
tongue,
and shall
not fear destruction when it
comes.
(NIV)
Is there any wickedness on my lips?
Can my mouth not discern malice?
Is
there any
injustice on my
tongue?
Cannot my
palate discern the cause of
calamity?
(NIV)
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
He will
yet fill your
mouth with
laughter,
and your
lips with
shouting.
(NIV)
Oh, how I wish that God would speak,
that he would open his lips against you
But oh,
that God would
speakand
open his lips to you,
(NIV)
Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
Does
not the
ear test wordsas the
palate tastes food?
(NIV)
Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.
Hear now my
argumentand
listen to the
pleadings of my
lips.
(NIV)
Your sin prompts your mouth;
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
For your
iniquity teaches your
mouth,
and you
choose the
tongue of the
crafty.
(NIV)
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.
Your own
mouth condemns you, and not I;
your own
lips testify against
you.
(NIV)
But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
I
could strengthen you
with my
mouth,
and the
solace of my
lips would
assuage your pain.
(NIV)
‘Though evil is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,
“
Though evil is
sweet in his
mouth,
though he
hides it
under his tongue,
(NIV)
though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,
though he is
loath to let it
goand
holds it
in his mouth,
(NIV)
He will suck the poison of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.
He will
suck the
poison of
cobras;
the
tongue of a
viper will
kill him.
(NIV)
I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.
I have
not departed from the
commandment of his
lips;
I have
treasured the
words of his
mouth more
than my
portion of food.
(NIV)
my lips will not say anything wicked,
and my tongue will not utter lies.
my
lips will
not speak falsehood,
and my
tongue will
not utter deceit.
(NIV)
the voices of the nobles were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
the
voice of the
nobles was
hushed,
and their
tongue stuck to the roof of their
mouth.
(NIV)
I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse against their life –
( I have
not let my
mouth sinby asking for
his life with a
curse),
(NIV)
I must speak and find relief;
I must open my lips and reply.
I must
speak, that I may
find relief;
I must
open my
lips and
answer.
(NIV)
I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
Behold, I
open my
mouth;
the
tongue in
my mouth speaks.
(NIV)
My words come from an upright heart;
my lips sincerely speak what I know.
My words declare the
uprightness of my
heart,
and what my
lips know they
speak sincerely.
(NIV)
For the ear tests words
as the tongue tastes food.
for the
ear tests wordsas the
palate tastes food.
(NIV)
‘Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook
or tie down its tongue with a rope?
“Can you
draw out Leviathan with a
fishhookor
press down his tongue with a
cord?
(NIV)
Not a word from their mouth can be trusted;
their heart is filled with malice.
Their throat is an open grave;
with their tongues they tell lies.
For there is
no truth in their
mouth;
their
inmost self is
destruction;
their
throat is an
open grave;
they flatter with their
tongue.
(NIV)
His mouth is full of lies and threats;
trouble and evil are under his tongue.
His
mouth is
filled with
cursing and
deceit and
oppression;
under his
tongue are
mischief and
iniquity.
(NIV)
Everyone lies to their neighbour;
they flatter with their lips
but harbour deception in their hearts.
Everyone
utters lies to his
neighbor;
with
flattering lips and a
double heart they
speak.
(NIV)
May the
Lord silence all flattering lips
and every boastful tongue –
May the
Lord cut off all
flattering lips,
the
tongue that
makes great boasts,
(NIV)
those who say,
‘By our tongues we will prevail;
our own lips will defend us – who is lord over us?’
those who
say, “
With our
tongue we will
prevail,
our
lips are
with us; who
is master over us?”
(NIV)
whose tongue utters no slander,
who does no wrong to a neighbour,
and casts no slur on others;
who does
not slander with his
tongueand
does no evil to his
neighbor,
nor takes
up a
reproach against his friend;
(NIV)
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.
The
sorrows of those who
run after another god shall
multiply;
their
drink offerings of blood I will
not pour outor take their
names on my lips.
(NIV)
A prayer of David.
(ESV)
A Prayer of David.
(NIV)
Hear me,
Lord, my plea is just;
listen to my cry.
Hear my prayer –
it does not rise from deceitful lips.
Hear a
just cause, O
Lord;
attend to my
cry!
Give ear to my
prayer from
lips free of
deceit!
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