(NIV)
The
Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
(ESV)
And
out of the
ground the
Lord God made to
spring up every tree that is
pleasant to the
sight and
good for
food.
The
tree of
life was in the
midst of the
garden,
and the
tree of the
knowledge of
good and
evil.
(NIV)
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, ‘I know what a beautiful woman you are.
(ESV)
When he was
about to
enter Egypt, he
said to Sarai his
wife, “
I know that you are a
woman beautiful in
appearance,
(NIV)
After this, the word of the
Lord came to Abram in a vision:
‘Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.’
(ESV)
After these
things the
word of the
Lord came to Abram in a
vision:
“
Fear not,
Abram,
I am your
shield; your
reward shall be
very great.”
(NIV)
The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.
(ESV)
The
young woman was
very attractive in
appearance, a
maiden whom no
man had
known. She
went down to the
spring and
filled her
jar and
came up.
(NIV)
When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, ‘She is my sister,’ because he was afraid to say, ‘She is my wife.’ He thought, ‘The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.’
(ESV)
When the
men of the
place asked him about his
wife,
he said, “She is my
sister,” for
he feared to
say, “My
wife,” thinking, “lest the
men of the
place should
kill me because of
Rebekah,” because
she was
attractive in
appearance.
(NIV)
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel had a lovely figure and was beautiful.
(ESV)
Leah’s eyes were
weak, but
Rachel was beautiful in
form and
appearance.
(NIV)
So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
(ESV)
So he
left all that he had in
Joseph’s charge, and because of him he had
no concern about
anything but the
food he ate.
Now
Joseph was
handsome in
form and
appearance.
(NIV)
when out of the river there came up seven cows, sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds.
(ESV)
and
behold, there
came up out
of the
Nile seven cows,
attractive and
plump, and they
fed in the
reed grass.
(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)
And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.
(ESV)
And the
ugly,
thin cows ate up the
seven attractive,
plump cows. And
Pharaoh awoke.
(NIV)
But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.
(ESV)
but
when they had
eaten them
no one would have
known that they
had eaten them,
for they were still as
ugly as at the
beginning. Then I
awoke.
(NIV)
And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, ‘Jacob! Jacob!’
‘Here I am,’ he replied.
(ESV)
And
God spoke to
Israel in visions of the
night and
said, “
Jacob,
Jacob.” And he
said, “
Here I am.”
(NIV)
So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight – why the bush does not burn up.’
(ESV)
And
Moses said, “I will
turn aside to
see this
great sight,
why the
bush is
not burned.”
(NIV)
But select capable men from all the people – men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain – and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
(ESV)
Moreover,
look for
able men from
all the
people,
men who
fear God, who are
trustworthy and
hate a
bribe, and
place such men
over the people as
chiefs of
thousands,
of hundreds,
of fifties, and
of tens.
(NIV)
But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
(ESV)
And he did
not lay his hand on the
chief men of the
people of
Israel; they
beheld God, and
ate and
drank.
(NIV)
To the Israelites the glory of the
Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
(ESV)
Now the
appearance of the
glory of the
Lord was like a
devouring fire on the
top of the
mountain in the
sight of the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
They made the bronze basin and its bronze stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
He
made the
basin of
bronze and its
stand of
bronze, from the
mirrors of the
ministering women who ministered in the
entrance of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
The priest is to examine the sore on the skin, and if the hair in the sore has turned white and the sore appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling skin disease. When the priest examines that person, he shall pronounce them ceremonially unclean.
(ESV)
and the
priest shall
examine the
diseased area on the
skin of his
body. And if the
hair in the
diseased area has
turned white and the
disease appears to be
deeper than the
skin of his
body, it is a case of
leprous disease. When the
priest has
examined him, he shall
pronounce him unclean.
(NIV)
If the shiny spot on the skin is white but does not appear to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.
(ESV)
But
if the
spot is
white in the
skin of his
body and
appears no
deeper than the
skin, and the
hair in it has
not turned white,
the
priest shall
shut up the
diseased person for
seven days.
(NIV)
‘If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot,
(ESV)
And if the
leprous disease breaks out in the
skin, so that the
leprous disease covers all the
skin of the
diseased person from
head to
foot, so far as the
priest can see,
(NIV)
The priest is to examine it, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce that person unclean. It is a defiling skin disease that has broken out where the boil was.
(ESV)
And the
priest shall
look, and if it
appears deeper than the
skin and its
hair has
turned white, then the
priest shall pronounce him
unclean. It is a
case of
leprous disease that has
broken out in the
boil.
(NIV)
the priest is to examine the spot, and if the hair in it has turned white, and it appears to be more than skin deep, it is a defiling disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease.
(ESV)
the
priest shall
examine it, and if the
hair in the
spot has
turned white and it
appears deeper than the
skin, then it is a
leprous disease. It has
broken out in the
burn, and the
priest shall pronounce him
unclean;
it is a
case of
leprous disease.
(NIV)
the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin.
(ESV)
the
priest shall
examine the
disease. And if it
appears deeper than the
skin, and the
hair in it is
yellow and
thin, then the
priest shall pronounce him
unclean.
It is an
itch, a
leprous disease of the
head or the
beard.
(NIV)
But if, when the priest examines the sore, it does not seem to be more than skin deep and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to isolate the affected person for seven days.
(ESV)
And if the
priest examines the
itching disease and it
appears no
deeper than the
skin and there is no
black hair in it, then the
priest shall
shut up the person with the itching
disease for
seven days,
(NIV)
On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it and it does not appear to be more than skin deep,
(ESV)
and on the
seventh day the
priest shall
examine the
disease. If the
itch has
not spread, and there is in it no
yellow hair, and the
itch appears to be
no deeper than the
skin,
(NIV)
On the seventh day the priest is to examine the sore, and if it has not spread in the skin and appears to be no more than skin deep, the priest shall pronounce them clean. They must wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
(ESV)
And on the
seventh day the
priest shall
examine the
itch, and if the
itch has
not spread in the
skin and it
appears to be
no deeper than the
skin, then the
priest shall pronounce him
clean. And he shall
wash his
clothes and be
clean.
(NIV)
The priest is to examine him, and if the swollen sore on his head or forehead is reddish-white like a defiling skin disease,
(ESV)
Then the
priest shall
examine him, and if the
diseased swelling is
reddish-white on his
bald head or on his
bald forehead, like the
appearance of
leprous disease in the
skin of the
body,
(NIV)
He is to examine the mould on the walls, and if it has greenish or reddish depressions that appear to be deeper than the surface of the wall,
(ESV)
And he shall
examine the
disease. And
if the
disease is in the
walls of the
house with
greenish or
reddish spots, and if it
appears to be
deeper than the
surface,
(NIV)
This is how the lampstand was made: it was made of hammered gold – from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern the
Lord had shown Moses.
(ESV)
And
this was the
workmanship of the
lampstand,
hammered work of
gold.
From its
base to its
flowers, it was
hammered work; according to the
pattern that the
Lord had
shown Moses,
so he
made the
lampstand.
(NIV)
On the day the tabernacle, the tent of the covenant law, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire.
(ESV)
On the
day that the
tabernacle was
set up, the
cloud covered the
tabernacle, the
tent of the
testimony. And
at evening it
was over the
tabernacle like the
appearance of
fire until morning.
(NIV)
That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire.
(ESV)
So it
was always: the
cloud covered it by day and the
appearance of
fire by
night.
(NIV)
he said, ‘Listen to my words:
‘When there is a prophet among you,
I, the
Lord, reveal myself to them in visions,
I speak to them in dreams.
(ESV)
And he
said, “
Hear my
words:
If there
is a
prophet among you, I the
Lord make myself
known to him
in a
vision; I
speak with
him in a
dream.
(NIV)
With him I speak face to face,
clearly and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the
Lord.
Why then were you not afraid
to speak against my servant Moses?’
(ESV)
With him I
speak mouth to mouth,
clearly, and
not in
riddles, and he
beholds the
form of the
Lord.
Why then were you
not afraid to
speak against my
servant Moses?”
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
(ESV)
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
(ESV)
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
and
knows the
knowledge of the
Most High,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
The sights you see will drive you mad.
(ESV)
so that you
are driven mad by the
sights that your
eyes see.
(NIV)
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening, ‘If only it were morning!’ – because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.
(ESV)
In the
morning you shall
say, ‘
If only it
were evening!’ and at
evening you shall
say, ‘
If only it
were morning!’ because
of the
dread that your
heart shall
feel, and the
sights that your
eyes shall
see.
(NIV)
When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
(ESV)
And when they
came to the
region of the
Jordan that is in the
land of
Canaan, the
people of
Reuben and the
people of
Gad and the
half-tribe of
Manasseh built there an
altar by the
Jordan, an
altar of
imposing size.
(NIV)
When the angel of the
Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The
Lord is with you, mighty warrior.’
(ESV)
And the
angel of the
Lord appeared to him and
said to him, “The
Lord is
with you, O
mighty man of
valor.”
(NIV)
The angel of the
Lord appeared to her and said, ‘You are barren and childless, but you are going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
(ESV)
And the
angel of the
Lord appeared to the
woman and
said to her, “Behold,
you are
barren and have
not borne children, but you shall
conceive and
bear a
son.
(NIV)
Then the woman went to her husband and told him, ‘A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.
(ESV)
Then the
woman came and
told her
husband,
“A
man of
God came to me, and his
appearance was like the
appearance of the
angel of
God,
very awesome.
I did
not ask him where he was from, and he did
not tell me his
name,
(NIV)
The woman hurried to tell her husband, ‘He’s here! The man who appeared to me the other day!’
(ESV)
So the
woman ran quickly and
told her
husband, “Behold, the
man who came to me the other
day has
appeared to me.”
(NIV)
When the angel of the
Lord did not show himself again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realised that it was the angel of the
Lord.
(ESV)
The
angel of the
Lord appeared no more to Manoah and
to his
wife.
Then
Manoah knew that
he was the
angel of the
Lord.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the
Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
(ESV)
Samuel lay until morning; then he
opened the
doors of the
house of the
Lord. And
Samuel was
afraid to
tell the
vision to Eli.
(NIV)
But the
Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The
Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the
Lord looks at the heart.’
(ESV)
But the
Lord said to Samuel,
“Do
not look on his
appearance or
on the
height of his
stature,
because I have
rejected him.
For the
Lord sees
not as
man sees:
man looks on the
outward appearance,
but the
Lord looks on the
heart.”
(NIV)
He looked David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he despised him.
(ESV)
And when the
Philistine looked and
saw David, he
disdained him,
for he
was but a
youth,
ruddy and
handsome in
appearance.
(NIV)
Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
(ESV)
In accordance with
all these
words, and in accordance with
all this
vision,
Nathan spoke to David.
(NIV)
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman washing. The woman was very beautiful,
(ESV)
It happened,
late one afternoon, when
David arose from his
couch and was
walking on the
roof of the
king’s house, that he
saw from the
roof a
woman bathing; and the
woman was
very beautiful.
(NIV)
Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.
(ESV)
There were
born to Absalom three sons, and
one daughter whose
name was
Tamar. She was a
beautiful woman.
(NIV)
The king also said to Zadok the priest, ‘Do you understand? Go back to the city with my blessing. Take your son Ahimaaz with you, and also Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You and Abiathar return with your two sons.
(ESV)
The
king also
said to Zadok the
priest, “Are you not a
seer? Go
back to the
city in
peace, with your
two sons,
Ahimaaz your son, and
Jonathan the
son of
Abiathar.
(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.
(ESV)
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)
Before David got up the next morning, the word of the
Lord had come to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:
(ESV)
And when
David arose in the
morning, the
word of the
Lord came to the
prophet Gad,
David’s seer,
saying,
(NIV)
The
Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: ‘Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.’
(ESV)
Yet the
Lord warned Israel and
Judah by every prophet and
every seer,
saying,
“
Turn from your
evil ways and
keep my
commandments and my
statutes, in accordance with
all the
Law that I
commanded your
fathers, and
that I
sent to you
by my
servants the
prophets.”
(NIV)
Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.
(ESV)
In accordance with
all these words, and in accordance with
all this vision,
Nathan spoke to David.
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Gad, David’s seer,
(ESV)
And the
Lord spoke to Gad,
David’s seer,
saying,
(NIV)
(All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer. They were given to him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)
(ESV)
All these were the
sons of
Heman the
king’s seer, according to the
promise of
God to
exalt him, for
God had
given Heman fourteen sons and
three daughters.
(NIV)
As for the events of King David’s reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer, the records of Nathan the prophet and the records of Gad the seer,
(ESV)
Now the
acts of
King David, from
first to
last, are
written in the
Chronicles of
Samuel the
seer, and in the
Chronicles of
Nathan the
prophet, and in the
Chronicles of
Gad the
seer,
(NIV)
As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
(ESV)
Now the
rest of the
acts of
Solomon, from
first to
last, are they
not written in the
history of
Nathan the
prophet, and
in the
prophecy of
Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the
visions of
Iddo the
seer concerning Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat?
(NIV)
As for the events of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
(ESV)
Now the
acts of
Rehoboam,
from
first to
last, are they
not written in the
chronicles of
Shemaiah the
prophet and of
Iddo the
seer? There were
continual wars between
Rehoboam and
Jeroboam.
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