(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)
Then the servant left, taking with him ten of his master’s camels loaded with all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.
Then the
servant took ten of his
master’s camels and
departed,
taking all sorts of
choice gifts from his
master; and he
arose and
went to
Mesopotamia to the
city of
Nahor.
(NIV)
go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it.
Go to the
flock and
bring me
two good young goats, so that I may
prepare from them
delicious food for your
father, such as he
loves.
(NIV)
Then their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be, then do this: put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift – a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
Then their
father Israel said to them, “
If it must be
so,
then do this:
take some of the
choice fruits of the
land in your
bags, and carry a
present down to the
man, a
little balm and a
little honey,
gum,
myrrh,
pistachio nuts, and
almonds.
(NIV)
He will tether his donkey to a vine,
his colt to the choicest branch;
he will wash his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
Binding his
foal to the
vine and his
donkey’s colt to the
choice vine,
he has
washed his
garments in
wine and his
vesture in the
blood of
grapes.
(NIV)
Then to the place the
Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name – there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice possessions you have vowed to the
Lord.
then to the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose, to make his
name dwell there,
there you shall
bring all that I
command you: your
burnt offerings and your
sacrifices, your
tithes and the
contribution that you
present, and
all your
finest vow offerings that you
vow to the
Lord.
(NIV)
with curds and milk from herd and flock
and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan
and the finest grains of wheat.
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
Curds from the
herd, and
milk from the
flock,
with
fat of
lambs,
rams of Bashan and
goats,
with the very
finest of the
wheat—
and you
drank foaming wine made from the
blood of the
grape.
(NIV)
Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honour your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?”
Why then do you
scorn my
sacrifices and my
offerings that I
commanded for my dwelling, and
honor your
sons above me by
fattening yourselves on the
choicest parts of every
offering of my
people Israel?’
(NIV)
ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.
ten fat oxen, and
twenty pasture-fed cattle, a
hundred sheep,
besides deer,
gazelles,
roebucks, and
fattened fowl.
(NIV)
You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, block up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.’
and you shall
attack every fortified city and
every choice city, and shall
fell every good tree and
stop up all springs of
water and
ruin every good piece of
land with
stones.”
(NIV)
All these were descendants of Asher – heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.
All of
these were
men of
Asher,
heads of
fathers’
houses,
approved,
mighty warriors,
chiefs of the
princes. Their
number enrolled by
genealogies, for
service in
war, was
26,000 men.
(NIV)
So Gad went to David and said to him, ‘This is what the
Lord says: “Take your choice:
So
Gad came to
David and
said to him, “
Thus says the
Lord, ‘
Choose what you will:
(NIV)
Amaziah called the people of Judah together and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He then mustered those twenty years old or more and found that there were three hundred thousand men fit for military service, able to handle the spear and shield.
Then
Amaziah assembled the men of
Judah and
set them by
fathers’
houses under
commanders of
thousands and of
hundreds for
all Judah and
Benjamin. He
mustered those
twenty years old and
upward, and
found that they were
300,000 choice men,
fit for war, able to
handle spear and
shield.
(NIV)
Each day one ox, six choice sheep and some poultry were prepared for me, and every ten days an abundant supply of wine of all kinds. In spite of all this, I never demanded the food allotted to the governor, because the demands were heavy on these people.
Now
what was
prepared at my expense for each
day was
one ox and
six choice sheep and
birds, and
every ten days all kinds of
wine in
abundance. Yet for
all this I did
not demand the food
allowance of the
governor,
because the
service was too
heavy on this people.
(NIV)
Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our
Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the
Lord is your strength.’
Then he
said to them, “
Go your way.
Eat the
fat and
drink sweet wine and
send portions to anyone who has
nothing ready,
for this
day is
holy to our
Lord. And do
not be
grieved,
for the
joy of the
Lord is your
strength.”
(NIV)
‘He is wooing you from the jaws of distress
to a spacious place free from restriction,
to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
He
also allured you
out of
distress into a
broad place where there was
no cramping,
and what was
set on your
table was
full of
fatness.
(NIV)
Choose my instruction instead of silver,
knowledge rather than choice gold,
Take my
instruction instead of
silver,
and
knowledge rather
than choice gold,
(NIV)
My fruit is better than fine gold;
what I yield surpasses choice silver.
My
fruit is
better than gold, even
fine gold,
and my
yield than choice silver.
(NIV)
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
The
tongue of the
righteous is
choice silver;
the
heart of the
wicked is of
little worth.
(NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
The
words of a
whisperer are like
delicious morsels;
they
go down into the
inner parts of the
body.
(NIV)
The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
but fools gulp theirs down.
Precious treasure and
oil are in a
wise man’s dwelling,
but a
foolish man devours it.
(NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.
The
words of a
whisperer are like
delicious morsels;
they
go down into the
inner parts of the
body.
(NIV)
Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
with choice fruits,
with henna and nard,
Your
shoots are an
orchard of
pomegranates with all
choicest fruits,
henna with
nard,
(NIV)
nard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon,
with every kind of incense tree,
with myrrh and aloes
and all the finest spices.
nard and
saffron calamus and
cinnamon,
with all trees of
frankincense,
myrrh and
aloes,
with all choice spices—
(NIV)
Awake, north wind,
and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,
that its fragrance may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved come into his garden
and taste its choice fruits.
Awake, O
north wind,
and
come, O
south wind!
Blow upon my
garden,
let its
spices flow.
Let my
beloved come to his
garden,
and
eat its
choicest fruits.
(NIV)
His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars.
His
legs are
alabaster columns,
set on bases of
gold.
His
appearance is like
Lebanon,
choice as the
cedars.
(NIV)
The mandrakes send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.
The
mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and
beside our
doors are
all choice fruits,
new as
well as old,
which I have
laid up for you, O my
beloved.
(NIV)
Your silver has become dross,
your choice wine is diluted with water.
Your
silver has
become dross,
your
best wine mixed with
water.
(NIV)
He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.
He
dug it and cleared it of
stones,
and
planted it with
choice vines;
he
built a
watchtower in the
midst of it,
and
hewed out a
wine vat in it;
and he
looked for it to
yield grapes,
but it
yielded wild grapes.
(NIV)
I had planted you like a choice vine
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?
Yet I
planted you a
choice vine,
wholly of
pure seed.
How then have you
turned degenerate and become a
wild vine?
(NIV)
Weep and wail, you shepherds;
roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock.
For your time to be slaughtered has come;
you will fall like the best of the rams.
“
Wail, you
shepherds, and
cry out,
and
roll in ashes, you
lords of the
flock,
for the
days of your
slaughter and
dispersion have
come,
and you shall
fall like a
choice vessel.
(NIV)
All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to the winds. Then you will know that I the
Lord have spoken.
And
all the
pick of his
troops shall
fall by the
sword, and the
survivors shall be
scattered to
every wind, and you shall
know that I am the
Lord; I have
spoken.”
(NIV)
For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Sovereign
Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings and your choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
“
For on my
holy mountain, the
mountain height of
Israel,
declares the
Lord God,
there all the
house of
Israel,
all of them, shall
serve me in the
land.
There I will
accept them, and
there I will
require your
contributions and the
choicest of your
gifts, with
all your sacred
offerings.
(NIV)
Put into it the pieces of meat,
all the choice pieces – the leg and the shoulder.
Fill it with the best of these bones;
put in
it the pieces of
meat,
all the
good pieces the
thigh and the
shoulder;
fill it with
choice bones.
(NIV)
‘“For this is what the Sovereign
Lord says:
‘“Woe to the city of bloodshed,
to the pot now encrusted,
whose deposit will not go away!
Take the meat out piece by piece
in whatever order it comes.
“
Therefore thus says the
Lord God:
Woe to the
bloody city, to the
pot whose
corrosion is in it, and whose
corrosion has
not gone out of it!
Take out of it
piece after piece,
without making any
choice.
(NIV)
In your market-place they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicoloured rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.
In your
market these
traded with you in
choice garments, in
clothes of
blue and
embroidered work, and in
carpets of
colored material,
bound with
cords and
made secure.
(NIV)
I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
I made the
nations quake at the
sound of its
fall when I cast it
down to
Sheol with those who
go down to the
pit. And
all the
trees of
Eden, the
choice and
best of
Lebanon,
all that
drink water were
comforted in the
world below.
(NIV)
You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.
You
eat the
fat, you
clothe yourselves with the
wool you
slaughter the
fat ones, but you do
not feed the
sheep.
(NIV)
They must not sell or exchange any of it. This is the best of the land and must not pass into other hands, because it is holy to the
Lord.
They shall
not sell or
exchange any of it. They shall
not alienate this
choice portion of the
land,
for it is
holy to the
Lord.
(NIV)
So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.
So the
steward took
away their
food and the
wine they were to
drink, and
gave them
vegetables.
(NIV)
I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
I
ate no delicacies,
no meat or
wine entered my
mouth,
nor did I
anoint myself at all,
for the
full three weeks.
(NIV)
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
Even though you
offer me your
burnt offerings and
grain offerings,
I will
not accept them;
and the
peace offerings of your
fattened animals,
I will not
look upon them.
(NIV)
You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.
“Woe to those who
lie on
beds of
ivory and
stretch themselves out
on their
couches,
and
eat lambs from the
flock and
calves from the
midst of the
stall,
(NIV)
For I am going to raise up a shepherd over the land who will not care for the lost, or seek the young, or heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the choice sheep, tearing off their hooves.
For
behold, I am
raising up in the
land a
shepherd who does
not care for those
being destroyed,
or seek the
young or
heal the
maimed or
nourish the
healthy, but
devours the
flesh of the
fat ones,
tearing off even their
hoofs.
(NIV)
and said, ‘Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.’
and said to
him, “
Everyone serves the
good wine first,
and when people have
drunk freely,
then the
poor wine. But
you have
kept the
good wine until now.”
(NIV)
After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: ‘Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles should hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
And after there had
been much debate,
Peter stood up and
said to them, “
Brothers,
you know that
in the
early days God made a
choice among you that by my mouth the
Gentiles should
hear the
word of the
gospel and believe.
(NIV)
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
For the
creation was
subjected to
futility,
not willingly,
but because of him who
subjected it,
in hope
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