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Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence.
Now the
earth was
corrupt in
God’s sight, and the
earth was
filled with
violence.
(NIV)
So God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
And
God said to
Noah, “I have
determined to
make an
end of
all flesh, for the
earth is
filled with
violence through them.
Behold, I will
destroy them
with the
earth.
(NIV)
Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my slave in your arms, and now that she knows she is pregnant, she despises me. May the
Lord judge between you and me.’
And
Sarai said to
Abram, “May the
wrong done to me be on you! I
gave my
servant to your
embrace, and when she
saw that she had
conceived, she
looked on me with
contempt. May the
Lord judge between you and me!”
(NIV)
Then Abraham complained to Abimelek about a well of water that Abimelek’s servants had seized.
When
Abraham reproved Abimelech about a
well of
water that
Abimelech’s servants had
seized,
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Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Your
offspring shall be like the
dust of the
earth, and you shall
spread abroad to the
west and to the
east and to the
north and to the
south, and in you and your
offspring shall
all the
families of the
earth be
blessed.
(NIV)
The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the
Lord has blessed you wherever I have been. But now, when may I do something for my own household?’
For you had
little before I came, and it has
increased abundantly, and the
Lord has
blessed you wherever I
turned. But
now when shall I
provide for my own
household also?”
(NIV)
In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
Thus the
man increased greatly and had
large flocks,
female servants and male
servants, and
camels and
donkeys.
(NIV)
Jacob answered Laban, ‘I was afraid, because I thought you would take your daughters away from me by force.
Jacob answered and
said to
Laban, “
Because I was
afraid,
for I
thought that you would take your
daughters from me by
force.
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But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, ‘So this is how you have broken out!’ And he was named Perez.
But as he drew
back his
hand,
behold, his
brother came out. And she
said, “
What a
breach you have
made for yourself!” Therefore his
name was
called Perez.
(NIV)
‘Simeon and Levi are brothers –
their swords are weapons of violence.
“
Simeon and
Levi are
brothers;
weapons of
violence are their
swords.
(NIV)
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
But the more they were
oppressed, the
more they
multiplied and the more they
spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in
dread of the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
and worked them ruthlessly.
So
they ruthlessly made the
people of
Israel work as slaves
(NIV)
They made their lives bitter with harsh labour in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labour, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.
and made their
lives bitter with
hard service, in
mortar and
brick, and in
all kinds of
work in the
field. In
all their
work they
ruthlessly made them work as
slaves.
(NIV)
Even the priests, who approach the
Lord, must consecrate themselves, or the
Lord will break out against them.’
Also let the
priests who come
near to the
Lord consecrate themselves,
lest the
Lord break out against them.”
(NIV)
The
Lord replied, ‘Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the
Lord, or he will break out against them.’
And the
Lord said to him, “
Go down, and
come up bringing
Aaron with you. But do
not let the
priests and the
people break through to
come up to the
Lord,
lest he
break out against them.”
(NIV)
‘Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
“You shall
not spread a
false report. You shall not
join hands with a
wicked man to be a
malicious witness.
(NIV)
‘If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the
Lord by deceiving a neighbour about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbour,
“If
anyone sins and
commits a breach of
faith against the
Lord by
deceiving his
neighbor in a matter of
deposit or
security, or through
robbery,
or if he has
oppressed his
neighbor
(NIV)
when they sin in any of these ways and realise their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,
if he has
sinned and has realized his
guilt and will
restore what he
took by
robbery or
what he
got by oppression
or the
deposit that was
committed to him
or the
lost thing that he
found
(NIV)
‘“Do not defraud or rob your neighbour.
‘“Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker overnight.
“You shall not
oppress your
neighbor or
rob him. The
wages of a
hired worker shall not
remain with you all night until the
morning.
(NIV)
Do not rule over them ruthlessly, but fear your God.
You shall not
rule over him
ruthlessly but shall
fear your
God.
(NIV)
You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
You may
bequeath them to your
sons after you to
inherit as a
possession forever. You may make
slaves of them, but over your
brothers the
people of
Israel you shall not
rule,
one over
another ruthlessly.
(NIV)
They are to be treated as workers hired from year to year; you must see to it that those to whom they owe service do not rule over them ruthlessly.
He shall treat him as a
worker hired
year by year. He shall not
rule ruthlessly over him in your
sight.
(NIV)
If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
If a
malicious witness arises to
accuse a
person of
wrongdoing,
(NIV)
Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
“You shall not
oppress a
hired worker who is
poor and
needy,
whether he is one of your
brothers or one of the
sojourners who are in your
land within your
towns.
(NIV)
At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
and you shall
grope at
noonday,
as the
blind grope in
darkness, and you shall
not prosper in your
ways. And you shall be
only oppressed and
robbed continually, and there shall be no
one to
help you.
(NIV)
Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.
Your
ox shall be
slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall
not eat any of it. Your
donkey shall be
seized before your
face, but shall
not be
restored to you. Your
sheep shall be
given to your
enemies, but there shall be no
one to
help you.
(NIV)
A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labour produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.
A
nation that you have
not known shall
eat up the
fruit of your
ground and of
all your
labors, and you shall be
only oppressed and
crushed continually,
(NIV)
Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the
Lord for help.
Then the
people of
Israel cried out to the
Lord for help,
for he had
900 chariots of
iron and he
oppressed the
people of
Israel cruelly for
twenty years.
(NIV)
At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell – dead.
Between her
feet he
sank, he
fell, he
lay still;
between her
feet he
sank, he
fell;
where he
sank,
there he
fell—
dead.
(NIV)
Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, ‘Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?’ And they challenged him vigorously.
Then the
men of
Ephraim said to him, “
What is
this that you have
done to us,
not to
call us when you
went to
fight against
Midian?” And they
accused him
fiercely.
(NIV)
God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be avenged on their brother Abimelek and on the citizens of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
that the
violence done to the
seventy sons of
Jerubbaal might
come, and their
blood be
laid on
Abimelech their
brother, who
killed them, and on the
men of
Shechem, who
strengthened his
hands to
kill his
brothers.
(NIV)
In opposition to him these citizens of Shechem set men on the hilltops to ambush and rob everyone who passed by, and this was reported to Abimelek.
And the
leaders of
Shechem put men in
ambush against him on the
mountaintops, and they
robbed all who
passed by them along that
way. And it was
told to
Abimelech.
(NIV)
So that is what the Benjaminites did. While the young women were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them.
And the
people of
Benjamin did so and
took their
wives, according to their
number, from the
dancers whom they
carried off. Then they
went and
returned to their
inheritance and
rebuilt the
towns and
lived in them.
(NIV)
If the person said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would answer, ‘No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’
And
if the
man said to him, “
Let them
burn the
fat first, and then
take as much as
you wish,” he would
say, “
No, you must
give it
now, and if not, I will
take it by
force.”
(NIV)
The boy Samuel ministered before the
Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the
Lord was rare; there were not many visions.
Now the
boy Samuel was
ministering to the
Lord in the presence of Eli. And the
word of the
Lord was
rare in those
days; there was no
frequent vision.
(NIV)
Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the
Lord and his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe to make me shut my eyes? If I have done any of these things, I will make it right.’
Here I am;
testify against me
before the
Lord and
before his
anointed.
Whose ox have I
taken? Or
whose donkey have I
taken? Or
whom have I
defrauded?
Whom have I
oppressed? Or
from whose hand have I taken a
bribe to
blind my
eyes with it? Testify against me and I will
restore it to you.”
(NIV)
‘You have not cheated or oppressed us,’ they replied. ‘You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.’
They
said, “You have not
defrauded us or
oppressed us or
taken anything from any
man’s hand.”
(NIV)
Nabal answered David’s servants, ‘Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.
And
Nabal answered David’s servants, “
Who is
David?
Who is the
son of
Jesse? There
are many
servants these
days who are
breaking away from their
masters.
(NIV)
He refused and said, ‘I will not eat.’
But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.
He
refused and
said, “I will
not eat.” But his
servants,
together with the
woman,
urged him, and he
listened to their
words. So he
arose from the
earth and
sat on the
bed.
(NIV)
So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, ‘As waters break out, the
Lord has broken out against my enemies before me.’ So that place was called Baal Perazim.
And
David came to
Baal-perazim, and
David defeated them there. And he
said, “The
Lord has
broken through my
enemies before me like a
breaking flood.” Therefore the
name of that
place is
called Baal-perazim.
(NIV)
Then David was angry because the
Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
And
David was
angry because the
Lord had
broken out against Uzzah. And that
place is
called Perez-uzzah to this
day.
(NIV)
‘No, my son,’ the king replied. ‘All of us should not go; we would only be a burden to you.’ Although Absalom urged him, he still refused to go but gave him his blessing.
But the
king said to
Absalom, “
No, my
son,
let us not
all go,
lest we be
burdensome to you.” He
pressed him, but
he would not go but gave him his
blessing.
(NIV)
But Absalom urged him, so he sent with him Amnon and the rest of the king’s sons.
But
Absalom pressed him until he let
Amnon and
all the
king’s sons go with him.
(NIV)
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my saviour –
from violent people you save me.
my
God, my
rock in whom I
take refuge,
my
shield, and the
horn of my
salvation,
my
stronghold and my
refuge,
my
savior; you
save me
from violence.
(NIV)
who sets me free from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from a violent man you rescued me.
who
brought me out from my
enemies;
you
exalted me above those who
rose against me;
you
delivered me
from men of
violence.
(NIV)
And he struck down a huge Egyptian. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
And he
struck down an
Egyptian, a
handsome man. The
Egyptian had a
spear in his
hand, but Benaiah
went down to him with a
staff and
snatched the
spear out of the
Egyptian’s hand and
killed him with his own
spear.
(NIV)
‘By all means, take two talents,’ said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi.
And
Naaman said, “Be
pleased to
accept two
talents.” And he
urged him and
tied up two talents of
silver in
two bags, with
two changes of
clothing, and
laid them on two of his
servants. And they
carried them
before Gehazi.
(NIV)
Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate – a section about four hundred cubits long.
And
Jehoash king of
Israel captured Amaziah king of
Judah, the
son of
Jehoash,
son of
Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and
came to
Jerusalem and broke
down the
wall of
Jerusalem for
four hundred cubits, from the
Ephraim Gate to the
Corner Gate.
(NIV)
The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
these mentioned by
name were
princes in their
clans and their
fathers’
houses increased greatly.
(NIV)
And he struck down an Egyptian who was five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s rod in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club. He snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
And he
struck down an
Egyptian, a
man of
great stature,
five cubits tall. The
Egyptian had in his
hand a
spear like a
weaver’s beam, but Benaiah
went down to him with a
staff and
snatched the
spear out of the
Egyptian’s hand and
killed him with his own
spear.
(NIV)
David went out to meet them and said to them, ‘If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.’
David went out to
meet them and
said to them, “
If you have
come to me in
friendship to
help me, my
heart will be
joined to you; but
if to
betray me to my
adversaries, although there is
no wrong in my
hands, then may the
God of our
fathers see and
rebuke you.”
(NIV)
He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, ‘If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the
Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasture-lands, to come and join us.
And
David said to
all the
assembly of
Israel, “
If it
seems good to you and
from the
Lord our
God, let us
send abroad to our
brothers who
remain in
all the
lands of
Israel, as well as to the
priests and
Levites in the
cities that have
pasturelands, that they may be
gathered to us.
(NIV)
Then David was angry because the
Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
And
David was
angry because the
Lord had
broken out against
Uzzah. And that
place is
called Perez-uzza to this day.
(NIV)
So David and his men went up to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, ‘As waters break out, God has broken out against my enemies by my hand.’ So that place was called Baal Perazim.
And he
went up to
Baal-perazim, and
David struck them down there. And
David said, “
God has
broken through my
enemies by my
hand, like a
bursting flood.”
Therefore the
name of that
place is
called Baal-perazim.
(NIV)
It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the
Lord our God broke out in anger against us. We did not enquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.’
Because you did
not carry it the
first time, the
Lord our
God broke out against us,
because we did
not seek him according to the
rule.”
(NIV)
He allowed no one to oppress them;
for their sake he rebuked kings:
he
allowed no one to
oppress them;
he
rebuked kings on their
account,
(NIV)
He acted wisely, dispersing some of his sons throughout the districts of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the fortified cities. He gave them abundant provisions and took many wives for them.
And he
dealt wisely and
distributed some of his
sons through
all the
districts of
Judah and
Benjamin, in
all the
fortified cities, and he
gave them
abundant provisions and
procured wives for them.
(NIV)
Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, ‘Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the
Lord will destroy what you have made.’ The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.
Then
Eliezer the
son of
Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat,
saying, “Because you have
joined with Ahaziah, the
Lord will
destroy what you have
made.” And the
ships were
wrecked and were
not able to
go to
Tarshish.
(NIV)
Now the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the temple of God and had used even its sacred objects for the Baals.
For the
sons of
Athaliah, that
wicked woman, had
broken into the
house of
God, and had also
used all the
dedicated things of the
house of the
Lord for the
Baals.
(NIV)
Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate – a section about four hundred cubits long.
And
Joash king of
Israel captured Amaziah king of
Judah, the
son of
Joash,
son of
Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and
brought him to
Jerusalem and broke
down the
wall of
Jerusalem for
400 cubits, from the
Ephraim Gate to the
Corner Gate.
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