(NIV)
Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you now reside as a foreigner the same kindness that I have shown to you.’
Now therefore
swear to me
here by
God that you will not
deal falsely with me or with my
descendants or with my
posterity, but as I have
dealt kindly with you, so you will
deal with me and with the
land where you have
sojourned.”
(NIV)
‘Our lives for your lives!’ the men assured her. ‘If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the
Lord gives us the land.’
And the
men said to her, “Our
life for yours even to
death!
If you do not
tell this
business of ours, then when the
Lord gives us the
land we will
deal kindly and
faithfully with you.”
(NIV)
‘Don’t be afraid,’ David said to him, ‘for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.’
And
David said to him, “Do not
fear,
for I
will show you
kindness for the sake of your
father Jonathan, and I will
restore to you
all the
land of
Saul your
father, and you shall
eat at my
table always.”
(NIV)
David thought, ‘I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.’ So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,
And
David said, “I will
deal loyally with
Hanun the
son of
Nahash, as his
father dealt loyally with me.” So
David sent by his
servants to
console him concerning his
father. And
David’s servants came into the
land of the
Ammonites.
(NIV)
David thought, ‘I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.’ So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s envoys came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites to express sympathy to him,
And
David said, “I will
deal kindly with
Hanun the
son of
Nahash,
for his
father dealt kindly with me.” So
David sent messengers to
console him
concerning his
father. And
David’s servants came to the
land of the
Ammonites to
Hanun to
console him.
(NIV)
He brings the clouds to punish people,
or to water his earth and show his love.
Whether for
correction or for his
land or for
love, he causes it to
happen.
(NIV)
and gave their land as an inheritance,
His love endures for ever.
and
gave their
land as a
heritage,
for his
steadfast love endures forever;
(NIV)
‘Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:
‘This is what the
Lord says:
‘“I remember the devotion of your youth,
how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,
through a land not sown.
“
Go and
proclaim in the
hearing of
Jerusalem,
Thus says the
Lord,
“I
remember the
devotion of your
youth,
your
love as a
bride,
how you
followed me in the
wilderness,
in a
land not sown.
(NIV)
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the
Lord, saying,
‘Give thanks to the
Lord Almighty,
for the
Lord is good;
his love endures for ever.’
For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,” says the
Lord.
the
voice of
mirth and the
voice of
gladness, the
voice of the
bridegroom and the
voice of the
bride, the
voices of those who
sing, as they
bring thank offerings to the
house of the
Lord:
“‘Give
thanks to the
Lord of
hosts,
for the
Lord is
good,
for his
steadfast love endures
forever!’
For I will
restore the
fortunes of the
land as at
first,
says the
Lord.
(NIV)
Hear the word of the
Lord, you Israelites,
because the
Lord has a charge to bring
against you who live in the land:
‘There is no faithfulness, no love,
no acknowledgment of God in the land.
Hear the
word of the
Lord, O
children of
Israel,
for the
Lord has a
controversy with the
inhabitants of the
land.
There is no
faithfulness or
steadfast love,
and no
knowledge of
God in the
land;
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