(NIV)
Some time later Joseph was told, ‘Your father is ill.’ So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim along with him.
(ESV)
After this,
Joseph was
told, “
Behold, your
father is
ill.” So he
took with him his
two sons,
Manasseh and
Ephraim.
(NIV)
and do not show favouritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
(ESV)
nor shall you be
partial to a
poor man in his
lawsuit.
(NIV)
The rich are not to give more than a half shekel and the poor are not to give less when you make the offering to the
Lord to atone for your lives.
(ESV)
The
rich shall
not give
more, and the
poor shall
not give
less, than the
half shekel, when you
give the
Lord’s offering to
make atonement for your
lives.
(NIV)
But Moses sought the favour of the
Lord his God. ‘
Lord,’ he said, ‘why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
(ESV)
But
Moses implored the Lord his
God and
said, “O
Lord,
why does your
wrath burn hot against your
people,
whom you have
brought out of the
land of
Egypt with
great power and with a
mighty hand?
(NIV)
Moses replied:
‘It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.’
(ESV)
But he
said, “It is
not the
sound of
shouting for
victory,
or the
sound of the
cry of
defeat, but the
sound of
singing that I
hear.”
(NIV)
‘If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,
(ESV)
“But
if he is
poor and
cannot afford so
much, then he shall
take one male
lamb for a
guilt offering to be
waved, to
make atonement for him, and
a tenth of an ephah of
fine flour mixed with
oil for a
grain offering, and a
log of
oil;
(NIV)
‘“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.
(ESV)
“You shall
do no
injustice in
court. You shall not be
partial to the
poor or
defer to the
great, but in
righteousness shall you
judge your
neighbor.
(NIV)
‘“As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a wind-blown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
(ESV)
And as for those of you who are
left, I will
send faintness into their
hearts in the
lands of their
enemies. The
sound of a
driven leaf shall
put them to
flight, and they shall
flee as one
flees from the
sword, and they shall
fall when none
pursues.
(NIV)
See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.
(ESV)
and
see what the
land is, and whether the
people who
dwell in it are
strong or
weak, whether they are
few or many,
(NIV)
Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the
Lord has afflicted it.
(ESV)
And the
next generation, your
children who rise up after you, and the
foreigner who comes from a
far land, will
say, when they
see the
afflictions of that
land and the
sicknesses with
which the
Lord has made it
sick—
(NIV)
‘Pardon me, my lord,’ Gideon replied, ‘but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.’
(ESV)
And he
said to him, “
Please,
Lord,
how can I
save Israel?
Behold, my
clan is the
weakest in
Manasseh, and I am the
least in my
father’s house.”
(NIV)
Samson answered her, ‘If anyone ties me with seven fresh bow-strings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.’
(ESV)
Samson said to her, “
If they
bind me with
seven fresh bowstrings that have not been
dried then I shall
become weak and be like
any other
man.”
(NIV)
He said, ‘If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.’
(ESV)
And he
said to her, “
If they
bind me with
new ropes that have not been
used, then I shall
become weak and be like
any other
man.”
(NIV)
Delilah then said to Samson, ‘All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.’
He replied, ‘If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.’ So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric
(ESV)
Then
Delilah said to
Samson, “Until
now you have
mocked me and
told me
lies.
Tell me how you might be
bound.” And he
said to her, “
If you
weave the
seven locks of my
head with the
web and
fasten it tight with the
pin, then I shall
become weak and be like
any other
man.”
(NIV)
So he told her everything. ‘No razor has ever been used on my head,’ he said, ‘because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.’
(ESV)
And he
told her
all his
heart, and
said to her, “A
razor has never
come upon my
head, for I have been a
Nazirite to
God from my
mother’s womb. If my head is
shaved, then my
strength will
leave me, and I shall
become weak and be like
any other
man.”
(NIV)
‘The
Lord bless you, my daughter,’ he replied. ‘This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
(ESV)
And he
said, “May you be
blessed by the
Lord, my
daughter. You have made this
last kindness greater than the
first in that you
have not gone after
young men, whether
poor or
rich.
(NIV)
He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and makes them inherit a throne of honour.
‘For the foundations of the earth are the
Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.
(ESV)
He
raises up the
poor from the
dust;
he
lifts the
needy from the
ash heap to make them
sit with
princes and
inherit a
seat of
honor.
For the
pillars of the
earth are the
Lord’s,
and on them he has
set the
world.
(NIV)
I thought, “Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the
Lord’s favour.” So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.’
(ESV)
I
said, ‘
Now the
Philistines will
come down against me at
Gilgal, and I have
not sought the
favor of the
Lord.’ So I
forced myself, and
offered the
burnt offering.”
(NIV)
When Saul sent the men to capture David, Michal said, ‘He is ill.’
(ESV)
And when
Saul sent messengers to
take David, she
said, “He is
sick.”
(NIV)
Is that why you have all conspired against me? No one tells me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you is concerned about me or tells me that my son has incited my servant to lie in wait for me, as he does today.’
(ESV)
that all of you have
conspired against me? No
one discloses to me
when my
son makes a
covenant with the
son of
Jesse.
None of you is
sorry for me or
discloses to me that my
son has
stirred up my
servant against me, to lie in
wait, as at this
day.”
(NIV)
David asked him, ‘Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?’
He said, ‘I am an Egyptian, the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me when I became ill three days ago.
(ESV)
And
David said to him, “To
whom do you belong? And
where are you
from?” He
said, “I am a
young man of
Egypt,
servant to an
Amalekite, and my
master left me behind because I fell
sick three days ago.
(NIV)
The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.
(ESV)
There was a
long war between the
house of
Saul and the
house of
David. And
David grew stronger and
stronger, while the
house of
Saul became weaker and
weaker.
(NIV)
Amnon became so obsessed with his sister Tamar that he made himself ill. She was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.
(ESV)
And
Amnon was so
tormented that he made himself
ill because
of his
sister Tamar,
for she was a
virgin, and it
seemed impossible to
Amnon to
do anything to her.
(NIV)
He asked Amnon, ‘Why do you, the king’s son, look so haggard morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?’
Amnon said to him, ‘I’m in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.’
(ESV)
And he
said to him, “O
son of the
king,
why are you so
haggard morning after
morning? Will you
not tell me?”
Amnon said to him, “I
love Tamar, my
brother Absalom’s sister.”
(NIV)
‘Go to bed and pretend to be ill,’ Jonadab said. ‘When your father comes to see you, say to him, “I would like my sister Tamar to come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare the food in my sight so that I may watch her and then eat it from her hand.”’
(ESV)
Jonadab said to him, “Lie
down on your
bed and pretend to be
ill. And when your
father comes to
see you,
say to him, ‘Let my
sister Tamar come and
give me
bread to eat, and
prepare the
food in my
sight, that I may
see it and
eat it from her
hand.’”
(NIV)
So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, ‘I would like my sister Tamar to come and make some special bread in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.’
(ESV)
So
Amnon lay down and pretended to be
ill. And when the
king came to
see him,
Amnon said to the
king, “
Please let my
sister Tamar come and
make a
couple of
cakes in my
sight, that I may
eat from her
hand.”
(NIV)
I would attack him while he is weary and weak. I would strike him with terror, and then all the people with him will flee. I would strike down only the king
(ESV)
I will
come upon him while he is
weary and
discouraged and throw him into a
panic, and
all the
people who are with him will
flee. I will
strike down
only the
king,
(NIV)
Then the king said to the man of God, ‘Intercede with the
Lord your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.’ So the man of God interceded with the
Lord, and the king’s hand was restored and became as it was before.
(ESV)
And the
king said to the
man of
God, “
Entreat now the
favor of the
Lord your
God, and
pray for me, that my
hand may be
restored to me.” And the
man of
God entreated the
Lord, and the
king’s hand was
restored to him and became as it was
before.
(NIV)
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
(ESV)
At that
time Abijah the
son of
Jeroboam fell
sick.
(NIV)
But the
Lord had told Ahijah, ‘Jeroboam’s wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else.’
(ESV)
And the
Lord said to
Ahijah, “
Behold, the
wife of
Jeroboam is
coming to
inquire of you
concerning her
son,
for he is
sick.
Thus and
thus shall you
say to her.”
When she
came, she pretended to be
another woman.
(NIV)
As for all the other events of Asa’s reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased.
(ESV)
Now the rest of
all the
acts of
Asa,
all his
might, and
all that he
did, and the
cities that he
built, are they
not written in the
Book of the
Chronicles of the
Kings of
Judah?
But in his
old age he was
diseased in his
feet.
(NIV)
Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
(ESV)
After this the
son of the
woman, the
mistress of the
house,
became ill. And his
illness was
so severe that there was
no breath left in him.
(NIV)
But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the sections of his armour. The king told his chariot driver, ‘Wheel around and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.’
(ESV)
But a certain
man drew his
bow at
random and
struck the
king of
Israel between the
scale armor and the
breastplate. Therefore he
said to the driver of his
chariot, “
Turn around and
carry me out of the
battle, for I am
wounded.”
(NIV)
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, ‘Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.’
(ESV)
Now
Ahaziah fell through the
lattice in his
upper chamber in Samaria, and lay
sick; so he
sent messengers,
telling them, “
Go,
inquire of
Baal-zebub, the
god of
Ekron,
whether I shall
recover from this sickness.”
(NIV)
Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-
Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, ‘The man of God has come all the way up here,’
(ESV)
Now
Elisha came to
Damascus.
Ben-hadad the
king of
Syria was
sick. And when it was
told him, “The
man of
God has
come here,”
(NIV)
so King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab, because he had been wounded.
(ESV)
And
King Joram returned to be
healed in
Jezreel of the
wounds that the
Syrians had
given him at
Ramah, when he
fought against
Hazael king of
Syria. And
Ahaziah the
son of
Jehoram king of
Judah went down to
see Joram the
son of
Ahab in
Jezreel,
because he was
sick.
(NIV)
Then Jehoahaz sought the
Lord’s favour, and the
Lord listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.
(ESV)
Then
Jehoahaz sought the
favor of the
Lord, and the
Lord listened to him,
for he
saw the
oppression of
Israel,
how the
king of
Syria oppressed them.
(NIV)
Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. ‘My father! My father!’ he cried. ‘The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’
(ESV)
Now when
Elisha had
fallen sick with the
illness of
which he was to
die,
Joash king of
Israel went down to him and
wept before him,
crying, “My
father, my
father! The
chariots of
Israel and its
horsemen!”
(NIV)
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, ‘This is what the
Lord says: put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.’
(ESV)
In those days Hezekiah became
sick and was at the point of
death. And
Isaiah the
prophet the
son of
Amoz came to him and
said to him, “
Thus says the
Lord ‘
Set your
house in order, for you shall
die; you shall
not recover.’”
(NIV)
At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness.
(ESV)
At that
time Merodach-baladan the
son of
Baladan,
king of
Babylon sent envoys with
letters and a
present to
Hezekiah, for he
heard that
Hezekiah had been
sick.
(NIV)
But someone drew his bow at random and hit the king of Israel between the breastplate and the scale armour. The king told the chariot driver, ‘Wheel round and get me out of the fighting. I’ve been wounded.’
(ESV)
But a certain
man drew his
bow at
random and
struck the
king of
Israel between the
scale armor and the
breastplate. Therefore he
said to the driver of his
chariot, “
Turn around and
carry me out of the
battle,
for I am
wounded.”
(NIV)
so he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramoth in his battle with Hazael king of Aram.
Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to see Joram son of Ahab because he had been wounded.
(ESV)
and he
returned to be
healed in
Jezreel of the
wounds that he had
received at
Ramah, when he
fought against
Hazael king of
Syria. And
Ahaziah the
son of
Jehoram king of
Judah went down to
see Joram the
son of
Ahab in
Jezreel,
because he was
wounded.
(NIV)
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the
Lord, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.
(ESV)
In those days Hezekiah became
sick and was at the point of
death, and he
prayed to the
Lord, and he
answered him and
gave him a
sign.
(NIV)
In his distress he sought the favour of the
Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
(ESV)
And when he was in
distress, he
entreated the
favor of the
Lord his
God and
humbled himself
greatly before the
God of his
fathers.
(NIV)
Archers shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, ‘Take me away; I am badly wounded.’
(ESV)
And the
archers shot King Josiah. And the
king said to his
servants, “Take me
away,
for I am
badly wounded.”
(NIV)
so the king asked me, ‘Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.’
I was very much afraid,
(ESV)
And the
king said to me, “
Why is your
face sad, seeing you are
not sick?
This is
nothing but sadness of the
heart.” Then I was
very much afraid.
(NIV)
and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, ‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble – burned as they are?’
(ESV)
And he
said in the
presence of his
brothers and of the
army of
Samaria, “
What are these
feeble Jews doing? Will they
restore it for themselves? Will they
sacrifice? Will they
finish up in a
day? Will they
revive the
stones out of the
heaps of
rubbish, and
burned ones at that?”
(NIV)
Think how you have instructed many,
how you have strengthened feeble hands.
(ESV)
Behold, you have
instructed many,
and you have
strengthened the
weak hands.
(NIV)
So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts its mouth.
(ESV)
So the
poor have
hope,
and
injustice shuts her
mouth.
(NIV)
You will lie down, with no one to make you afraid,
and many will court your favour.
(ESV)
You will
lie down, and none will make you
afraid;
many will court your
favor.
(NIV)
His children must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.
(ESV)
His
children will seek the
favor of the
poor,
and his
hands will give
back his
wealth.
(NIV)
For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute;
he has seized houses he did not build.
(ESV)
For he has
crushed and
abandoned the
poor;
he has
seized a
house that he did
not build.
(NIV)
‘If I have denied the desires of the poor
or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
(ESV)
“
If I have
withheld anything that the
poor desired,
or have caused the
eyes of the
widow to
fail,
(NIV)
who shows no partiality to princes
and does not favour the rich over the poor,
for they are all the work of his hands?
(ESV)
who shows no partiality to
princes,
nor
regards the
rich more than the
poor,
for they are
all the
work of his
hands?
(NIV)
They caused the cry of the poor to come before him,
so that he heard the cry of the needy.
(ESV)
so that they caused the
cry of the
poor to
come to him,
and he
heard the
cry of the
afflicted—
(NIV)
Have mercy on me,
Lord, for I am faint;
heal me,
Lord, for my bones are in agony.
(ESV)
Be
gracious to me, O
Lord, for I am
languishing;
heal me, O
Lord for my
bones are
troubled.
(NIV)
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth
and humbled myself with fasting.
When my prayers returned to me unanswered,
(ESV)
But I, when they were
sick—
I
wore sackcloth;
I
afflicted myself with
fasting;
I
prayed with
head bowed on my
chest.
(NIV)
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
(NIV)
Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
the
Lord delivers them in times of trouble.
(ESV)
Blessed is the one who
considers the
poor!
In the
day of
trouble the
Lord delivers him;
(NIV)
The city of Tyre will come with a gift,
people of wealth will seek your favour.
(ESV)
The
people of
Tyre will
seek your
favor with
gifts,
the
richest of the
people.
(NIV)
He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
(ESV)
He has
pity on the
weak and the
needy,
and
saves the
lives of the
needy.
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