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Author: Wilson Gheen <wilson@wilsonrgheen.com>
Date:   Sun,  2 Oct 2022 14:18:24 -0500

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diff --git a/readings/bibles/knx.tsv b/readings/bibles/knx.tsv @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Genesis Gen 1 41 41 Hereby, Pharao said to Joseph, I put the whole land of Egypt Genesis Gen 1 41 42 And with that, he took off the signet-ring from his own hand, and put it on Joseph’s hand instead; gave him robes, too, of lawn, and hung a gold chain about his neck; Genesis Gen 1 41 43 then bade him mount on a chariot that was next in honour to his own, and would have a herald proclaim that all must do him reverence, and acknowledge him as ruler of the whole land of Egypt. Genesis Gen 1 41 44 And he gave Joseph this assurance, On the word of Pharao, no one in all Egypt shall be free to move hand or foot without thy permission. -Genesis Gen 1 41 45 He gave him a new name, calling him in Egyptian Saviour of the World; and bestowed on him the hand of Aseneth, daughter of Putiphare, that was priest at Heliopolis.So Joseph set out on his mission to the land of Egypt, +Genesis Gen 1 41 45 He gave him a new name, calling him in Egyptian Saviour of the World; and bestowed on him the hand of Aseneth, daughter of Putiphare, that was priest at Heliopolis. So Joseph set out on his mission to the land of Egypt, Genesis Gen 1 41 46 having thus won the favour of king Pharao when he was only thirty years old; and there was no part of Egypt he did not visit. Genesis Gen 1 41 47 Seven years of abundance came, and the corn was bound in sheaves and taken away to all the storehouses that could be found in Egypt; Genesis Gen 1 41 48 all that could be spared of the crops was thus stored away in the various cities. @@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ Genesis Gen 1 48 6 Whatever children thou shalt beget after this shall be thine, Genesis Gen 1 48 7 It was when I was on my way back from Mesopotamia that I lost Rachel, there in Chanaan, while we were on our journey, in spring time, and when I reached Ephrata I buried her there, by the road which leads to Ephrata; Bethlehem is another name they call it by. Genesis Gen 1 48 8 Then he saw Joseph’s two sons there, and asked, Who are these? Genesis Gen 1 48 9 The sons God has given me, said he, while I have been living here. Bring them close to me, he answered, and let me give them my blessing; -Genesis Gen 1 48 10 by now, Israel’s eyes were failing through his great age, and he could not see clearly.So they were brought close to him, and he kissed them; +Genesis Gen 1 48 10 by now, Israel’s eyes were failing through his great age, and he could not see clearly. So they were brought close to him, and he kissed them; Genesis Gen 1 48 11 then he said to his son, Once I never thought to see thee again; that fear was groundless, and now God has given me sight of thy children too. Genesis Gen 1 48 12 And Joseph took them from his father’s embrace, and bowed low, Genesis Gen 1 48 13 putting Ephraim on his right, by Israel’s left hand, and Manasses on his left, at Israel’s right hand, and holding them both close to him. @@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ Exodus Ex 2 13 22 every day a pillar of cloud, every night a pillar of fire move Exodus Ex 2 14 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Moses, Exodus Ex 2 14 2 bidding him give the Israelites fresh orders. They were to turn back and encamp round Phihahiroth, between Magdal and the sea, opposite Beelsephon, pitching their tents close to the western shore of the sea. Exodus Ex 2 14 3 Pharao (the Lord told them) will think that the Israelites have no room to move, caught there in the desert; -Exodus Ex 2 14 4 and I will harden his heart, so that he will give pursuit. Then I will win victory over Pharao and all his armies, and Egypt will learn to know me, the Lord, for what I am.The people did as they were bidden. +Exodus Ex 2 14 4 and I will harden his heart, so that he will give pursuit. Then I will win victory over Pharao and all his armies, and Egypt will learn to know me, the Lord, for what I am. The people did as they were bidden. Exodus Ex 2 14 5 And now, when the news of their escape reached the Egyptian court, Pharao and his servants changed their minds about the Israelites; What madness was this, they said, to let our slaves go free! Exodus Ex 2 14 6 So Pharao harnessed his chariot, and took all his troops with him; Exodus Ex 2 14 7 not only his best chariots, six hundred in number, but all that were to be found in Egypt, and all the captains of his army. @@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ Exodus Ex 2 29 5 clothe Aaron in his vestments, the robe, the tunic, the mantle, Exodus Ex 2 29 6 and put the mitre on his head, and the holy plate over the mitre. Exodus Ex 2 29 7 And then anoint his head with oil; so shall he be consecrated. Exodus Ex 2 29 8 Then it is the turn of his sons to approach, and be clothed in their linen robes, and have their girdles tied -Exodus Ex 2 29 9 and their mitres put on, like Aaron himself; so they shall be my priests, hallowed eternally.When thou hast consecrated their hands, +Exodus Ex 2 29 9 and their mitres put on, like Aaron himself; so they shall be my priests, hallowed eternally. When thou hast consecrated their hands, Exodus Ex 2 29 10 bring out the bullock in front of the tabernacle that bears record of me; there, when Aaron and his sons have laid their hands upon its head, Exodus Ex 2 29 11 thou shalt slay it in the Lord’s presence, at the tabernacle door. Exodus Ex 2 29 12 Some of its blood thou shalt smear, with thy hand, upon the horns of the altar; the rest thou shalt pour out at the altar’s foot. @@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ Exodus Ex 2 34 7 He is true to his promise of mercy a thousand times over; shame Exodus Ex 2 34 8 Then, without more ado, Moses fell prostrate with his face to the ground in worship. Exodus Ex 2 34 9 Lord, he said, if thou dost look on me with favour, I entreat thee to go with us on our journey, stiff-necked as this people is; guilt of our sins do thou pardon, and keep us for thy own. Exodus Ex 2 34 10 And the Lord answered, Here is my covenant, to which I am pledged. In the presence of you all I will do such marvels as were never yet seen on earth by any nation; the people among whom thou dwellest shall see for themselves what the Lord can do, and be terrified at the sight. -Exodus Ex 2 34 11 Thy part is to keep all the commandments I am now giving thee.When I dispossess Amorrhite, Chanaanite, Hethite, Pherezite, Hevite and Jebusite at thy coming, +Exodus Ex 2 34 11 Thy part is to keep all the commandments I am now giving thee. When I dispossess Amorrhite, Chanaanite, Hethite, Pherezite, Hevite and Jebusite at thy coming, Exodus Ex 2 34 12 make no treaty of friendship with any inhabitant of the land, or it will be thy ruin; Exodus Ex 2 34 13 destroy their altars, break their images, cut down their forest shrines. Exodus Ex 2 34 14 Never pay worship to any alien god; the very name of the Lord bespeaks jealous love, he will endure no rival. @@ -2729,7 +2729,7 @@ Exodus Ex 2 40 27 and by the door of the tabernacle must stand the altar for bur Exodus Ex 2 40 28 He put the basin, too, between the tabernacle and the altar, filling it with water, Exodus Ex 2 40 29 so that Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons could wash their hands and feet Exodus Ex 2 40 30 whenever they would enter the tabernacle that bore record of the covenant, or approach the altar, as the Lord had commanded him. -Exodus Ex 2 40 31 He also set up the court round the tabernacle and the altar, and hung the screen at the entrance to it.When all was done, +Exodus Ex 2 40 31 He also set up the court round the tabernacle and the altar, and hung the screen at the entrance to it. When all was done, Exodus Ex 2 40 32 a cloud covered the tabernacle, and it was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s presence; Exodus Ex 2 40 33 nor could Moses enter the tabernacle that bore record of the covenant, so thick the cloud that spread all about it, so radiant was the Lord’s majesty; all was wrapped in cloud. Exodus Ex 2 40 34 Whenever the cloud lifted from the tabernacle, the Israelites would muster and set out on the march, @@ -3032,7 +3032,7 @@ Leviticus Lev 3 11 42 whether it walks on four feet with its belly close to the Leviticus Lev 3 11 43 Keep your persons undefiled, touching no such thing, for fear of contamination. Leviticus Lev 3 11 44 I am the Lord your God; you must be set apart, the servants of a God who is set apart. Do not contaminate yourselves with any of these beasts that creep along the ground. Leviticus Lev 3 11 45 I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt; -Leviticus Lev 3 11 46 I am set apart and you must be set apart like me.Such is the rule that governs the use of beast and bird, and all the life that moves through the water or creeps along the ground, +Leviticus Lev 3 11 46 I am set apart and you must be set apart like me. Such is the rule that governs the use of beast and bird, and all the life that moves through the water or creeps along the ground, Leviticus Lev 3 11 47 teaching you the difference between clean and unclean, what food you may eat and what food you must reject. Leviticus Lev 3 12 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, Leviticus Lev 3 12 2 giving him this message for the Israelites: If a woman conceives, and gives birth to a boy, she will be unclean for seven days, as she is unclean at her monthly times. @@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ Leviticus Lev 3 16 30 It is a day of atonement on your behalf, to cleanse you fr Leviticus Lev 3 16 31 it must be all repose; so that you can observe the fast, year after year. Leviticus Lev 3 16 32 He who then holds the office of high priest, duly anointed to serve in place of his father, will make atonement, clad in linen robe and sacred vestments; Leviticus Lev 3 16 33 purify sanctuary, tabernacle, altar, priests and people. -Leviticus Lev 3 16 34 You will continue for all time to make intercession, once a year, for the children of Israel, and for all the faults they have committed.And Aaron carried out the commands which the Lord had given to Moses. +Leviticus Lev 3 16 34 You will continue for all time to make intercession, once a year, for the children of Israel, and for all the faults they have committed. And Aaron carried out the commands which the Lord had given to Moses. Leviticus Lev 3 17 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, Leviticus Lev 3 17 2 bidding him tell Aaron and his sons and all Israel, Here is a commandment the Lord has for you. Leviticus Lev 3 17 3 Any Israelite who kills sheep or ox or goat, within the camp or without, @@ -3296,7 +3296,7 @@ Leviticus Lev 3 19 22 and so the priest will make intercession before the Lord f Leviticus Lev 3 19 23 When you reach your own country and plant fruit-trees there, you must strip them of the fruit they bear, as something unclean, not for your eating, Leviticus Lev 3 19 24 till the fourth year; then you must offer the whole crop to the Lord as an acceptable sacrifice. Leviticus Lev 3 19 25 You must not gather the fruit on them for your own eating till the fifth year; the Lord your God comes first. -Leviticus Lev 3 19 26 Do not eat anything that has the blood still in it.Do not consult omens, or pay regard to dreams. +Leviticus Lev 3 19 26 Do not eat anything that has the blood still in it. Do not consult omens, or pay regard to dreams. Leviticus Lev 3 19 27 There must be no tonsuring of heads and mutilating of beards, Leviticus Lev 3 19 28 no gashing your bodies when a man dies, no branding them with marks and designs; the Lord forbids it. Leviticus Lev 3 19 29 Do not expose any daughter of thine to dishonour; so thou wilt bring dishonour on the whole land, and fill it with lewdness. @@ -3558,7 +3558,7 @@ Leviticus Lev 3 26 41 I must cross them still, condemning them to exile in a lan Leviticus Lev 3 26 42 and I will remember my covenant with Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham, remember the land Leviticus Lev 3 26 43 which they have left, sunk now in the enjoyment of its long repose, uninhabited because of their sins. They will make atonement at last for their sin in rejecting my decrees, forgetting my law. Leviticus Lev 3 26 44 And it will prove that all the while, even when they were exiled among their enemies, they were not rejected, they were not forgotten altogether; I would not let them perish, would not annul my covenant with them. No, I am the Lord their God, -Leviticus Lev 3 26 45 and I will bethink me of the covenant I made long ago, when I rescued them from Egypt under the eyes of the Gentiles, and proclaimed myself the God who protects them, I, the Lord.Such were the decrees and the laws by which the Lord bound the sons of Israel to himself on mount Sinai, with Moses for his spokesman. +Leviticus Lev 3 26 45 and I will bethink me of the covenant I made long ago, when I rescued them from Egypt under the eyes of the Gentiles, and proclaimed myself the God who protects them, I, the Lord. Such were the decrees and the laws by which the Lord bound the sons of Israel to himself on mount Sinai, with Moses for his spokesman. Leviticus Lev 3 27 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses Leviticus Lev 3 27 2 giving him this message for the Israelites: If anyone makes a vow by which he promises to God a life that belongs to him, he must pay a fixed ransom. Leviticus Lev 3 27 3 A man between the ages of twenty and sixty must pay fifty silver pieces by sanctuary reckoning, @@ -4868,7 +4868,7 @@ Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 1 It was thus Moses spoke to the people of Israel while they Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 2 the plain that is spanned by a journey of eleven days from Horeb to Cades-Barne, by way of mount Seir. Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 3 It was the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year, when Moses handed on to the Israelites the commands which the Lord had entrusted to him. Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 4 He had now given them victory over Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, that lived at Hesebon, and Og, king of Basan, that lived at Astaroth and Edrai, -Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 5 still beyond the Jordan, in the Moabite country.Moses, then, began to expound the law, with these words: +Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 5 still beyond the Jordan, in the Moabite country. Moses, then, began to expound the law, with these words: Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 6 We were still at Horeb when the Lord our God said to us, This mountain has been your home long enough; Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 7 it is time for you to turn back, and make your way to the hill country of the Amorrhites and its neighbourhood. Low ground and high ground, southern plain and sea-coast, all Chanaan including mount Lebanon, right up to the great river Euphrates, Deuteronomy Dt 5 1 8 I have given it all (said he) into your hands; go in and take possession of it; it is the home the Lord promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their posterity after them. @@ -5045,7 +5045,7 @@ Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 17 Thou shalt do no murder. Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 18 Thou shalt not commit adultery. Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 19 Thou shalt not steal. Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 20 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. -Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 21 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.Thou shalt not set thy heart upon thy neighbour’s house or lands, his servants or handmaids, an ox or ass or anything that is his. +Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 21 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife. Thou shalt not set thy heart upon thy neighbour’s house or lands, his servants or handmaids, an ox or ass or anything that is his. Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 22 All this the Lord proclaimed to the whole multitude of you, there on the mountain, speaking aloud from the heart of the flames, the cloud, and the darkness; this and no more. And he wrote it down on two tablets of stone which he entrusted to me. Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 23 And you, what thoughts were yours, when you listened to this voice that came out of the darkness, saw the mountain all aflame? You came to me, elders and chieftains of the tribes, and pleaded with me; Deuteronomy Dt 5 5 24 The Lord our God has given us sight, now, of the splendour and the greatness that is his, we have been able to listen to his voice coming out of the heart of the flames; to-day has proved to us that a man may see God and live to tell of it. @@ -5282,7 +5282,7 @@ Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 17 cormorant, coot, night-jar Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 18 and pelican, with curlews of every kind; the hoopoe, besides, and the bat. Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 19 Creeping things that have wings are unclean, and must not be eaten. Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 20 Any meat that is not unclean may be used for food, -Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 21 except what has fallen dead; make a present of this to some neighbour, not of Israel’s race, or sell it to an alien, it is not for your eating, a people set apart for the Lord your God.Seething a kid in its dam’s milk is a rite forbidden thee. +Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 21 except what has fallen dead; make a present of this to some neighbour, not of Israel’s race, or sell it to an alien, it is not for your eating, a people set apart for the Lord your God. Seething a kid in its dam’s milk is a rite forbidden thee. Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 22 Every year, thou wilt set apart a tenth of all the crops thy land yields, Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 23 and come to the place the Lord thy God has chosen for the sanctuary of his name, to feast on it there in his presence; a tenth part of thy corn and wine and oil, and the first-fruits of thy herds and flocks; so thou wilt learn to fear the Lord thy God continually. Deuteronomy Dt 5 14 24 But perhaps the journey will be too long, the place which he has chosen too far distant, and the load too great, so bountiful has the Lord thy God been to thee. @@ -5818,7 +5818,7 @@ Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 4 This, the Lord told him, is the land of which I spoke to A Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 5 There, then, in the land of Moab, Moses died, the Lord’s servant, still true to the Lord’s bidding. Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 6 And there the Lord buried him, in a valley belonging to the Moabite country that looks towards Phogor; but where his tomb is, remains to this day unknown. Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 7 He was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, and still his eyes had not grown dim, and his teeth stood firm. -Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 8 And the sons of Israel mourned for him thirty days, there in the plains of Moab.And now the days of mourning for Moses had come to an end, +Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 8 And the sons of Israel mourned for him thirty days, there in the plains of Moab. And now the days of mourning for Moses had come to an end, Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 9 and Josue the son of Nun, full of the gift of wisdom since Moses laid hands on him, took command of the Israelites; and they obeyed him, as the Lord through Moses had bidden them. Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 10 There was never such another prophet in Israel as Moses; what other man was the Lord’s familiar, meeting him face to face? Deuteronomy Dt 5 34 11 Were ever such wonders and portents as the Lord empowered this man to perform in Egypt, till Pharao and all his court and kingdom obeyed the Lord’s will perforce? @@ -5936,7 +5936,7 @@ Josue Jos 6 6 10 Josue had warned the people not to cry out or utter any sound u Josue Jos 6 6 11 So that day the ark of the Lord went round the city once, and was brought back to the camp, where it rested. Josue Jos 6 6 12 And when the next day dawned, Josue was astir, and the priests took up the ark, Josue Jos 6 6 13 seven of them carrying the seven jubilee trumpets and blowing them before the ark as they went, with the fighting men in the van and the rest of the people behind, marching to the noise of trumpets; -Josue Jos 6 6 14 and again they returned back to the camp when they had gone round the city once only.Thus the six days passed, +Josue Jos 6 6 14 and again they returned back to the camp when they had gone round the city once only. Thus the six days passed, Josue Jos 6 6 15 and on the seventh day they rose at dawn and went round the city seven times, as they were bidden. Josue Jos 6 6 16 And when the priests were ready to blow their trumpets on the seventh journey, Josue gave word to the whole of Israel, Now you are to shout; the Lord has put the city in your power. Josue Jos 6 6 17 This city and all it contains is forfeit to the Lord; none must be spared except the harlot Rahab and those in her house. She it was that harboured the spies we sent out. @@ -5947,14 +5947,14 @@ Josue Jos 6 6 21 All that was in it they slew, sparing neither man nor woman, ne Josue Jos 6 6 22 But now Josue said to the two men who had been sent out as spies, Make your way into the house of the harlot yonder, and bring her out, with all that is hers; such was the sworn promise you gave her. Josue Jos 6 6 23 So the two men went in, and brought Rahab out with her parents and her kindred and all that belonged to her, giving this family of hers lodging, but not in the camp of Israel. Josue Jos 6 6 24 Then they burned the city and all that was in it, except the silver and gold and what was made of bronze or iron; these they laid up as consecrated in the Lord’s treasury. -Josue Jos 6 6 25 But Josue spared the harlot Rahab, with all her father’s household and all that was hers; and to this day her posterity finds a home in Israel. So well was she rewarded for hiding away those two spies of his in Jericho.At this time Josue laid the place under a ban; +Josue Jos 6 6 25 But Josue spared the harlot Rahab, with all her father’s household and all that was hers; and to this day her posterity finds a home in Israel. So well was she rewarded for hiding away those two spies of his in Jericho. At this time Josue laid the place under a ban; Josue Jos 6 6 26 May the Lord’s curse, he said, light on the man that restores the city of Jericho and builds it up again. The foundations will cost him his first-born, and the gates of it his youngest son. Josue Jos 6 6 27 And the Lord stood at Josue’s side, till his fame spread abroad all over the land. Josue Jos 6 7 1 But now Israel broke its faith by turning the forfeited plunder to their own use. Achan, a man of Juda, descended from Zare through Charmi and Zabdi, took some of the plunder for himself, and God was angry with the people of Israel. Josue Jos 6 7 2 From Jericho, Josue sent a party of men over to Hai (which is close by Bethaven, eastwards from Bethel), bidding them survey its territory; and they, when they had finished their task at Hai, Josue Jos 6 7 3 gave a confident report: There is no need for the whole people to take part in the attack. Send two or three thousand men to overthrow the city; it were idle to set a whole army toiling over a handful of enemies. Josue Jos 6 7 4 So three thousand men went up to the assault and were soon put to rout. -Josue Jos 6 7 5 The men of Hai killed thirty-six of them, pursued them all the way to Sabarim, and fell upon them as they fled down the slopes.Small wonder if the people lost heart and their courage ebbed away like water. +Josue Jos 6 7 5 The men of Hai killed thirty-six of them, pursued them all the way to Sabarim, and fell upon them as they fled down the slopes. Small wonder if the people lost heart and their courage ebbed away like water. Josue Jos 6 7 6 Josue himself rent his garments, and fell down, face to earth, before the ark of God. There he lay till nightfall, and all the elders of Israel with him, defiling their heads with dust. Josue Jos 6 7 7 Ah, Lord God, cried Josue, was it for this thou didst make the passage of Jordan so easy for us, to put us at the mercy of the Amorrhites, and compass our ruin? Better had we remained at our old post beyond the Jordan. Josue Jos 6 7 8 O Lord my God, that I should see Israel turn their backs before their enemies! @@ -6016,7 +6016,7 @@ Josue Jos 6 9 2 made common cause against Josue and the people of Israel; all we Josue Jos 6 9 3 except the people of Gabaon. These, when they learned how Josue had destroyed Jericho and Hai, Josue Jos 6 9 4 devised a policy of their own, and a crafty one. They provided themselves with food as if for a long journey, and this they put into old sacks, and their wine into skins that were tattered and patched, and loaded up their beasts with such things. Josue Jos 6 9 5 Their shoes were worn out, and cobbled as old shoes would be, their clothes threadbare, the very bread they took with them for the journey dry and crumbling. -Josue Jos 6 9 6 In such guise, they made their way into the presence of Josue, who was then in camp at Galgal.To him, and to the assembly of Israel, they gave out that they had come from far away, to make an alliance. The Israelites were in doubt of them; +Josue Jos 6 9 6 In such guise, they made their way into the presence of Josue, who was then in camp at Galgal. To him, and to the assembly of Israel, they gave out that they had come from far away, to make an alliance. The Israelites were in doubt of them; Josue Jos 6 9 7 Neighbours more like, they said, dwelling in this land which is our home; we can have no alliance with you. Josue Jos 6 9 8 So they turned to Josue and said, We await thy commands. And when he asked who they were and whence they had come, Josue Jos 6 9 9 they answered, My Lord, we have come from a land far away, to do honour to the name of the Lord thy God. How strong a God, we learned from the story of all he did in Egypt, @@ -6031,7 +6031,7 @@ Josue Jos 6 9 17 The Israelites moved camp, and reached, two days later, the cit Josue Jos 6 9 18 Shed blood they might not; had not the chieftains pledged themselves by an oath in the name of the Lord God of Israel? When the common folk assailed them with reproaches, Josue Jos 6 9 19 the chieftains could only answer, We have taken an oath in the name of the Lord God of Israel; how can we touch them? Josue Jos 6 9 20 Only one way is left; we must keep them alive, so as not to provoke the Lord’s anger by forswearing ourselves, -Josue Jos 6 9 21 but they must live to hew wood and draw water for the needs of our company.Such was the voice they gave; +Josue Jos 6 9 21 but they must live to hew wood and draw water for the needs of our company. Such was the voice they gave; Josue Jos 6 9 22 and thereupon Josue summoned the Gabaonites into his presence. What means this trick you have played on us, he asked, telling us you lived far away, when you are in truth our near neighbours? Josue Jos 6 9 23 You shall lie under a ban; it shall ever be men of your race that hew wood and draw water for the house of the God whom I serve. Josue Jos 6 9 24 And they answered, My Lord, we had heard of the promise made by the Lord thy God to his servant Moses, that he would give you all these lands for your own, and dispossess the inhabitants. In terror of our lives at your approach, we devised this stratagem. @@ -6286,7 +6286,7 @@ Josue Jos 6 18 16 and so it went across to the side of the hill looking down on Josue Jos 6 18 17 Now it bore northwards, through Ensemes, the Spring of the Sun, Josue Jos 6 18 18 to the mounds near the Adommim slope; thence it passed on to Aben-Boen (the stone of Boen, son of Ruben), reaching lower ground there and at last coming down into the Jordan Valley. Josue Jos 6 18 19 It went northwards again to Beth-Hagla, and finished at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, south of Jordan, -Josue Jos 6 18 20 so reaching its eastern limit.Such was the compass of the territory granted to the clans of Benjamin. +Josue Jos 6 18 20 so reaching its eastern limit. Such was the compass of the territory granted to the clans of Benjamin. Josue Jos 6 18 21 The cities it contained were Jericho, Beth-Hagla, Vale of Casis, Josue Jos 6 18 22 Betharaba, Samaraim, Bethel, Josue Jos 6 18 23 Avim, Aphara, Ophera, @@ -6454,7 +6454,7 @@ Josue Jos 6 24 3 It was I that bade your father Abraham leave Mesopotamia, and b Josue Jos 6 24 4 Isaac, and Isaac’s sons, Jacob and Esau. For Esau, I found a home in the hill-country of Seir, while Jacob and his sons made their way into Egypt. Josue Jos 6 24 5 Then I sent Moses and Aaron to smite Egypt down with wonders and prodigies, Josue Jos 6 24 6 and so rescued you and your fathers from it. When your fathers reached the Red Sea, they found that the Egyptians had come in pursuit of them with chariots and horses, to the sea’s very brink. -Josue Jos 6 24 7 It was to me, the Lord, that Israel cried out for aid; and I put a curtain of darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea back to overwhelm them. What was done in Egypt was done under your eyes.For a long while you dwelt in the desert. +Josue Jos 6 24 7 It was to me, the Lord, that Israel cried out for aid; and I put a curtain of darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea back to overwhelm them. What was done in Egypt was done under your eyes. For a long while you dwelt in the desert. Josue Jos 6 24 8 Then I led you forward into the country of the Amorrhites, beyond Jordan; and when these offered battle, I gave you the victory over them, so that you could exterminate them, and take possession of their lands. Josue Jos 6 24 9 Balac, too, son of Sephor, the king of Moab, became your enemy, and sent for Balaam, son of Beor, to put you under a curse; Josue Jos 6 24 10 but I would not let him have his way; it was still my blessing he pronounced; and so I gave you the victory. @@ -6563,7 +6563,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 3 20 alone he sat in his summer parlour, when Aod found him. I have Judges Jdg 7 3 21 the dagger hidden at Aod’s right side was plunged into his belly. Judges Jdg 7 3 22 Such was the force of the blow, that hilt followed blade into the wound, stuck deep in the fat; and thereupon the bowels discharged their load. Judges Jdg 7 3 23 Good care Aod took to secure lock and bolt behind him; -Judges Jdg 7 3 24 then he made his escape by a postern door.When the king’s servants came and found locked doors they thought he was easing himself, like enough, there in his summer retreat. +Judges Jdg 7 3 24 then he made his escape by a postern door. When the king’s servants came and found locked doors they thought he was easing himself, like enough, there in his summer retreat. Judges Jdg 7 3 25 But at last, ashamed of waiting, they brought a key to open it, and there was their master stretched on the ground dead. Judges Jdg 7 3 26 In the confusion, Aod escaped; he made his way back to the Carved Rocks, and thence to Seirath. Judges Jdg 7 3 27 There, on the slopes of Ephraim, he blew his horn, and the men of Israel came down from the hills with Aod at their head @@ -6650,7 +6650,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 6 20 Take the meat and the loaves, the angel of the Lord said, and Judges Jdg 7 6 21 and with that the angel of the Lord held out the staff he carried, and touched meat and unleavened bread with the tip of it; whereupon fire blazed out from the rock, and all was consumed. And he looked, and the angel of the Lord was there no longer. Judges Jdg 7 6 22 Then Gedeon knew that this was an angel of the Lord, and he cried out, An ill day for me, O Lord my God; I have seen the Lord’s angel face to face. Judges Jdg 7 6 23 But the Lord’s word came to him, Be at peace, and have no fear; thou shalt not die. -Judges Jdg 7 6 24 So Gedeon built an altar there and called it the Peace of the Lord; it stands there to this day.This, then, was Gedeon’s home, in Ephra, that belongs to the clan of Abiezer. +Judges Jdg 7 6 24 So Gedeon built an altar there and called it the Peace of the Lord; it stands there to this day. This, then, was Gedeon’s home, in Ephra, that belongs to the clan of Abiezer. Judges Jdg 7 6 25 And that night the Lord said to him, Take with thee two bulls, the one that belongs to thy father, and another of seven years old, and overthrow Baal’s altar that stands on thy father’s land, cutting down the sacred wood around it. Judges Jdg 7 6 26 Then, on the top of this rock on which thou didst lay thy sacrifice to me, build an altar to the Lord thy God; and there offer the second bull in burnt sacrifice, over a fire made from the wood thou hast cut down. Judges Jdg 7 6 27 So Gedeon did as the Lord bade him, with ten servants of his father’s to help him, at dead of night; he would not do it by day for fear of his kindred and his fellow-citizens. @@ -6674,7 +6674,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 7 4 But the Lord said to Gedeon, Thy army is still too great. Take Judges Jdg 7 7 5 And when they reached the water, the Lord’s command to Gedeon was, Separate those who lap the water like dogs, and those who go down on their knees to drink. Judges Jdg 7 7 6 There were only three hundred that took up water in their hands and lapped it, all the rest knelt as they drank; Judges Jdg 7 7 7 but the Lord said to Gedeon, These three hundred men who lapped the water shall win you deliverance; I will put the Madianites in their power. Send all the rest of thy companions home. -Judges Jdg 7 7 8 So he would have food left, and a trumpet for each man; then he sent the others back to their own dwelling-places, and with three hundred men prepared to give battle.The camp of Madian lay there in the valley below him, +Judges Jdg 7 7 8 So he would have food left, and a trumpet for each man; then he sent the others back to their own dwelling-places, and with three hundred men prepared to give battle. The camp of Madian lay there in the valley below him, Judges Jdg 7 7 9 and that night the Lord said to him, Bestir thyself, and go down into their camp; I have left them at thy mercy. Judges Jdg 7 7 10 If thou art afraid to go alone, thy servant Phara shall go with thee. Judges Jdg 7 7 11 Listen to what they are saying, and it will give thee courage, bid thee go down more confidently to the attack. So Gedeon and his servant Phara made their way down to a part of the camp where sentries were on guard. @@ -6755,7 +6755,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 9 25 So they laid an ambush to catch him at the head of the mountai Judges Jdg 7 9 26 It was now that Gaal son of Obed appeared, and led his clansmen into Sichem. All that dwelt in Sichem were elated at his coming; Judges Jdg 7 9 27 out they went into the country-side, to strip the vineyards and tread the grapes. Amid the chanting of choirs, they went into the temple of their god to feast and drink deep, and curse the name of Abimelech. Judges Jdg 7 9 28 What, cried Gaal son of Obed, should Sichem, being the city she is, obey such a man as Abimelech? Shall this son of Jerobaal send his servant Zebul to rule over men that come down from Hamor, the father of Sichem? And must we all be his slaves? -Judges Jdg 7 9 29 Ah, if I had but command of a people like this, I would soon clear Abimelech out of my path.Hereupon, Abimelech was bidden muster a great force, and come with all speed. +Judges Jdg 7 9 29 Ah, if I had but command of a people like this, I would soon clear Abimelech out of my path. Hereupon, Abimelech was bidden muster a great force, and come with all speed. Judges Jdg 7 9 30 Gaal’s words had come to the ears of Zebul, who was in command of the city, and in high displeasure Judges Jdg 7 9 31 he sent Abimelech a secret message: Here is Gaal, son of Obed, come to Sichem with his clan, and means to wrest the city from thee. Judges Jdg 7 9 32 March out under cover of night with all the following thou hast, and lie hidden in the country round about; @@ -7006,7 +7006,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 19 6 As they sat down together to eat and drink, the father would h Judges Jdg 7 19 7 in vain he rose up to go, his father-in-law would take no denial; he must spend the night there. Judges Jdg 7 19 8 Even when the fifth day dawned, and the Levite was for setting out, the other would have him take a little food while the day was young, to refresh him for his journey. So they sat at table together; Judges Jdg 7 19 9 and now the young man must take the girl with him, and summon his servant, and begone. Why, said his father-in-law, there is little day-light left now; evening draws on. Better wait one more day, and spend it in good cheer, and take thy way home to-morrow. -Judges Jdg 7 19 10 But this time his son-in-law would not listen to him; there and then he set out on his journey.So the asses were saddled, and man and woman made their way to Jebus (which is the same as Jerusalem); +Judges Jdg 7 19 10 But this time his son-in-law would not listen to him; there and then he set out on his journey. So the asses were saddled, and man and woman made their way to Jebus (which is the same as Jerusalem); Judges Jdg 7 19 11 but even as they approached Jebus, night-fall was not far off. Master, the servant said, let us turn aside and find a lodging in this city of the Jebusites. Judges Jdg 7 19 12 What, said his master, betake ourselves to an alien town, that is no part of Israel? No, I am for pressing on to Gabaa, Judges Jdg 7 19 13 to find a night’s lodging there, or perhaps to Rama. @@ -7088,7 +7088,7 @@ Judges Jdg 7 21 10 So ten thousand fighting men were sent out with orders to put Judges Jdg 7 21 11 but while they slew all the men-folk, and all the women who had had commerce with man, they must be careful to spare the unwedded maids. Judges Jdg 7 21 12 Four hundred was the toll of unwedded maids they took at Jabes-Galaad, and when these had been brought across the river to the encampment at Silo, Judges Jdg 7 21 13 they sent to the Benjamites at the rock of Remmon under safe-conduct, -Judges Jdg 7 21 14 bidding them come and take their wives there and then, daughters of Jabes-Galaad.But where could any more be found, to suffice them? +Judges Jdg 7 21 14 bidding them come and take their wives there and then, daughters of Jabes-Galaad. But where could any more be found, to suffice them? Judges Jdg 7 21 15 Still the whole of Israel was full of remorse, grieving over a tribe lost to Israel; Judges Jdg 7 21 16 still the elders were at a loss what to do for the rest of the Benjamites; Here are all their women-folk slain, they said, Judges Jdg 7 21 17 and Israel must not lose a tribe, if care or thought of ours can prevent it. @@ -7178,7 +7178,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 13 So Booz claimed Ruth, and wedded and bedded her, and the Lord mad Ruth Ru 8 4 14 Blessed be the Lord, all the women said to Noemi, for not leaving thy family without an heir, to perpetuate its name in Israel. Ruth Ru 8 4 15 Here is one that shall bring comfort to thy heart, and support to thy old age; such a mother is his, such a daughter-in-law is thine, whose love is worth more to thee than seven sons of thy own. Ruth Ru 8 4 16 And so Noemi took the child to her bosom, and still it must be she that nursed him, she that carried him, -Ruth Ru 8 4 17 till the neighbours, congratulating her, said It is Noemi that has a son. And they called him Obed.This Obed had a son called Jesse, that was father to David. +Ruth Ru 8 4 17 till the neighbours, congratulating her, said It is Noemi that has a son. And they called him Obed. This Obed had a son called Jesse, that was father to David. Ruth Ru 8 4 18 Thus, then, runs the pedigree of Phares; Phares was the father of Esron, Ruth Ru 8 4 19 Esron of Aram, Aram of Aminadab, Ruth Ru 8 4 20 Aminadab of Nahasson, Nahasson of Salmon, @@ -7202,11 +7202,11 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 16 Do not think of thy handmaid as a light woman; only sorrow and bitter anguish have wrung speech from me all this while. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 17 Go then, answered Heli, and peace go with thee; may the Lord grant the prayer thou hast made. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 18 I am thy handmaid, she said; thy favour is all I ask. Then she went back, and took food, sad-faced no longer; -1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 19 and next morning, when they had paid their devotions in the Lord’s presence, they went back home to Ramatha.And the Lord bethought him of Anna, when next Elcana took her to his bed; +1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 19 and next morning, when they had paid their devotions in the Lord’s presence, they went back home to Ramatha. And the Lord bethought him of Anna, when next Elcana took her to his bed; 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 20 so, in due time, she conceived and bore him a son. The name she gave him was Samuel, in token that he was a gift she had won from the Lord. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 21 When her husband Elcana went to offer the Lord due sacrifice, and pay his vow, taking all his household with him, 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 22 Anna stayed at home. She would not go, she told her husband, until the boy was weaned; then she would herself bring him into the Lord’s presence, and leave him there for ever. -1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 23 Do as thou wilt, Elcana said; wait here till he is weaned, and may the Lord bring his own will to accomplishment.So she waited at home, and nursed her child till he was weaned. +1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 23 Do as thou wilt, Elcana said; wait here till he is weaned, and may the Lord bring his own will to accomplishment. So she waited at home, and nursed her child till he was weaned. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 24 And now that he needed her no longer, she took him with her to the Lord’s house in Silo, still so young. Three bulls, and a bushel of flour, and a skin of wine, were the offerings she made. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 25 When they brought the boy to Heli, to offer a bull-calf for him, 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 1 26 Anna cried out, Listen, my lord! As thou art a living man, my lord, this is the same woman that stood here in thy presence, praying so eagerly! @@ -7372,7 +7372,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 7 And if we make our way there, answered Saul, what then? What offering can we make to this servant of God? No bread left in our wallets, not even a basket of food to offer! We have no present to make. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 8 I have a quarter of a shekel by me here, the other answered; some return to make for God’s guidance on our errand. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 9 (In those days, the Israelites used to speak of going to consult the seer, meaning by the seer what we now call a prophet.) -1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 10 And at that Saul agreed that his plan was best; Come, said he, let us be on our way.So they made for the city where God’s servant dwelt; +1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 10 And at that Saul agreed that his plan was best; Come, said he, let us be on our way. So they made for the city where God’s servant dwelt; 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 11 and as they were climbing up the hill that led to it they met some maidens who were coming out to draw water, and asked whether the seer was to be found there. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 12 He is, they answered, and not far forward on the road. Hasten after him; a public sacrifice on the sacred hill has brought him here to-day, 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 9 13 look for him as soon as you enter the city, before he goes up to take part in the feast. The people must await his coming before they can eat; he blesses the victim first, and then the guests will sit down. Up with you at once; this is the time when you will find him. @@ -7626,7 +7626,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 34 But David told Saul, My lord, I used to feed my father’s flock; and if lion or bear came and carried off one of my rams, 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 35 I would go in pursuit, and get the mastery, and snatch the prey from their jaws. Did they threaten me, I would catch them by the throat and strangle them; that was my way of killing them. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 36 Lion or bear, my lord, I would slay them, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall have no better lot than theirs. Let me go out and save the honour of Israel; shall an uncircumcised Philistine defy the army of the living God? -1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 37 The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine.Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee. +1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 37 The Lord, said David, who protected me against lion and bear, will protect me against this Philistine. Why then, said Saul, go, and the Lord be with thee. 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 38 Then he made David wear his own armour, put a helmet of bronze on his head, and a breastplate round him; 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 39 and David, as he girded on a sword over his armour, tried whether he had strength to walk in this unwonted array. Nay, he told Saul, I cannot walk, so clad; it was never my wont. So he disarmed, 1 Kings 1Kgs 9 17 40 and took nothing but the staff he ever carried, and five smooth stones, which he picked out from the river-bed and put in his shepherd’s wallet, and a sling in his hand; and so he went out to meet the Philistine. @@ -8265,7 +8265,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 4 The rich man was to entertain a friend, who was on his travels; and, to make a feast for this foreign guest, he would take no toll of his own flocks and herds; he robbed the poor man of the one lamb that was his, and welcomed the traveller with that. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 5 David, burning with indignation at the wrong, said to Nathan, As the Lord is a living God, death is the due of such a man as this; 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 6 for this cruel deed of his, he shall make compensation fourfold. -2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.Here is a message for thee, said he, from the Lord God of Israel: I anointed thee king of Israel, I saved thy life when Saul threatened it; +2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Here is a message for thee, said he, from the Lord God of Israel: I anointed thee king of Israel, I saved thy life when Saul threatened it; 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 8 I gave thee thy master’s goods to enjoy, thy master’s wives to cherish in thy bosom; all Israel and Juda are in thy power, and if that were not enough, more should be thine for the asking. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 9 And thou, wouldst thou defy the Lord’s commandment, and do the wrong he hates, putting Urias the Hethite to the sword, so as to take his wife for thy own? The men of Ammon struck the blow, but thou art his murderer. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 12 10 For the wrong thou hast done in robbing Urias the Hethite of his wife, to make her thine, murder shall be the heirloom of thy own race. @@ -8523,7 +8523,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 37 rather, my prayer is that I should be allowed to go back and die in my own city, and be buried close to the grave where my father and mother lie. Here is thy servant Chamaam; let him go with thee, my lord king, and do with him what thou wilt. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 38 Chamaam shall go with me, the king replied, and it shall be for thee to choose what is to be done with him; no request of thine shall go ungranted. 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 39 So, when he and all the people had crossed over Jordan, the king kissed Berzellai and blessed him, and he went home, -2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 40 while the king passed on to Galgal, and Chamaam with him.All the men of Juda had been the king’s escort, but of the other Israelites only a half; +2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 40 while the king passed on to Galgal, and Chamaam with him. All the men of Juda had been the king’s escort, but of the other Israelites only a half; 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 41 and now the men of Israel came to him with one accord, and asked, How is it that our brethren, the men of Juda, have stolen thee from us? By what warrant did they escort the king, and his household and the warriors of David’s army, on their passage over Jordan? 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 42 Why, answered the men of Juda, he is nearer of kin to us. There is no cause here for anger. Have we lived on the king’s bounty, or been singled out to receive his gifts? 2 Kings 2Kgs 10 19 43 And the Israelites replied, We are ten to one; our rights with the king, our claims upon David, are ten times as great as yours. Why did you wrong us by not conferring with us first about our king’s restoration? Thus either side pleaded its own cause, but the men of Juda more bitterly than the men of Israel. @@ -9531,7 +9531,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 4 Stay on here, Elias told him; the Lord has an errand for me at Jericho. As the Lord is a living God, said he, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So together they reached Jericho, 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 5 and here, too, the disciples of the prophets asked Eliseus whether he knew his master was to be carried away from him. I, too, know it, he answered; say no more. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 6 Here, too, Elias would have him stay on; for himself, the Lord had an errand for him at the Jordan; but still he said, As the Lord is a living God, and thy soul a living soul, I will not part from thee. So they went still in company; -4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 7 fifty of the prophets’ disciples followed them, and stood watching, far away.They came to a halt, those two, at Jordan bank. +4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 7 fifty of the prophets’ disciples followed them, and stood watching, far away. They came to a halt, those two, at Jordan bank. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 8 And there Elias, taking off his mantle and folding it together, struck the waters of Jordan with it. Whereupon they parted, this way and that, allowing those two to pass over dry-shod. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 9 When they had crossed, Elias said to Eliseus, Make what request of me thou wilt, before I am carried away from thee. And he answered, I would have a double portion of the spirit thou leavest behind thee. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 2 10 It is no light request thou hast made, said he. If I am carried away in full view of thee, it means thy request is granted; if not, it is refused. @@ -9614,7 +9614,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 35 Then he went away, and walked to the end of the house and back, and now when he mounted the bed and lay down, the boy yawned seven times, and opened his eyes. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 36 Then Eliseus sent Giezi to fetch the woman of Sunam, and when she answered the summons, bade her take her son into her arms. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 37 So she came up, and fell at his feet, bowing down to the earth; then she took up her son and went out, -4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 38 and Eliseus made his way to Galgal.There was once a famine in the country, at a time when Eliseus had some of the young prophets staying with him. And he bade one of his servants put on the greatest pot they had, and cook broth for these disciples of his. +4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 38 and Eliseus made his way to Galgal. There was once a famine in the country, at a time when Eliseus had some of the young prophets staying with him. And he bade one of his servants put on the greatest pot they had, and cook broth for these disciples of his. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 39 The man who had gone out afield to gather wild herbs for them found a creeping plant in the woods, from which he filled his lap with wild gourds; and these, when he came home, he shredded into the pot of broth, never enquiring what they were. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 40 When the time came for his guests to have their meal, the broth was poured out; but no sooner had they tasted it than they cried out, Death it were, lord prophet, to taste this broth of thine; drink it they might not. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 4 41 Thereupon he would have some flour brought him; brought it was, and when he threw it into the pot and had broth poured out for the company, all bitterness had left it. @@ -9635,7 +9635,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 12 Has not Damascus its rivers, Abana and Pharphar, such water as is not to be found in Israel? Why may I not bathe and find healing there? But, as he turned indignantly to go away, 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 13 his servants came and pleaded with him; Good father, they said, if the prophet had enjoined some great task on thee, thou wouldst surely have performed it; all the more readily thou shouldst obey him when he says, Wash and thou shalt be clean. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 14 So down he went, and washed in the Jordan seven times, as the servant of God had bidden him. And with that, his flesh healed up, and became like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. -4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 15 So, coming back with all his retinue, he stood there in the presence of God’s servant; I have learned, he said, past doubt, that there is no God to be found in all the world, save here in Israel.And now, he said, pray accept a gift from thy servant, to prove his gratitude! +4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 15 So, coming back with all his retinue, he stood there in the presence of God’s servant; I have learned, he said, past doubt, that there is no God to be found in all the world, save here in Israel. And now, he said, pray accept a gift from thy servant, to prove his gratitude! 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 16 As the Lord I serve is a living God, Eliseus answered, I will accept nothing from thee; nor would any pleading bring him to consent. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 17 At last Naaman said, Have thy way, then, lord prophet, but grant me a gift instead. Let me take away with me part of the soil of Israel, as much as two mules can carry; my burnt-sacrifice, my offerings henceforward are for the Lord only, and for no alien god. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 5 18 Yet one fault pray the Lord to pardon in me thy servant. My master will still be going up to offer worship in the temple of Remmon, leaning on my arm for support. At such times, if I do reverence, as my master does reverence, in Remmon’s temple, the Lord grant me his pardon! @@ -10128,7 +10128,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 7 No account need be kept of these expenses; the overseers could be trusted with full disposal of the money. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 8 It was then that the high priest Helcias told Saphan he had found, there in the temple, a copy of the law, which he gave him to read. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 9 And Saphan, going back to the king with news of his errand, to report that the temple offerings had been reckoned up and paid over to the temple overseers, for distribution to the workmen, -4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 10 added that he had a book which the high priest Helcias had given him.This book, then, Saphan read out in the royal presence; +4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 10 added that he had a book which the high priest Helcias had given him. This book, then, Saphan read out in the royal presence; 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 11 and the king, upon hearing the terms of the Lord’s law, rent his garments about him. 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 12 Then he gave his orders to Helcias, and Ahicam son of Saphan, and Achobor son of Micha, and Saphan the controller of the temple, and Asaia, one of his courtiers; 4 Kings 4Kgs 12 22 13 Go and consult the Lord, he told them, in my name, and in the name of this whole people of Juda, about this new-found copy of the law. Fiercely the Lord’s anger burns against us, that the words of this book should have fallen on deaf ears, and our race should have disobeyed the commands enjoined upon us. @@ -10254,7 +10254,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 26 Serug, Nachor and Thare, 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 27 came Abram, who is the same as Abraham. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 28 And Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ismahel. -1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 29 These had issue as follows.Ismahel’s first-born was Nabaioth; his other sons were Cedar, Adbeel, Mabsam, +1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 29 These had issue as follows. Ismahel’s first-born was Nabaioth; his other sons were Cedar, Adbeel, Mabsam, 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 30 Masma, Duma, Massa, Hadad, Thema, 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 31 Jetur, Naphis, Cedma; all these were sons of Ismahel. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 1 32 (Abraham begot other sons by his concubine Cetura, Zamran, Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc and Suë. From Jecsan came Saba, and Dadan who was the ancestor of the Assurim, Latussim and Laomim; @@ -11140,7 +11140,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 2 Whatever lies in me I have done, to make ready the material for the temple of my God; gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood where they were needed, onyx and jet and precious stones of all colours, abundance, too, of the best marble. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 3 Such love had I to the house of my God; and now, over and above the preparations I have made for this holy work, I offer gold and silver out of my own purse for the temple’s needs; 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 4 three thousand talents of Ophir gold and seven thousand talents of tried silver. All this, for gilding the temple walls, -1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 5 and to put more gold and silver into the craftsmen’s hands.Let every man that has the will to offer make to the Lord here and now, with open hand, his gift. +1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 5 and to put more gold and silver into the craftsmen’s hands. Let every man that has the will to offer make to the Lord here and now, with open hand, his gift. 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 6 So chief and commissioner, commander and captain and overseer, promised to do their part; 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 7 and their gift to God’s house was five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold pieces, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand of bronze, and a hundred thousand of iron; 1 Paralipomena 1Par 13 29 8 others, who had precious stones in their possession, gave these in, through Jaziel the Gersonite, to the temple treasury. @@ -12278,7 +12278,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 2 Esdras Neh 16 1 8 But do not forget that this servant of thine, Moses, had a promise of thee too. Far and wide though thou shouldst scatter us among the nations, when we disobeyed thee, 2 Esdras Neh 16 1 9 yet if we came back to thee, if we kept thy bidding in mind and performed it, then wouldst thou reunite us, though the furthest corner of earth were our place of banishment, and bring us home to that city which is the chosen shrine of thy name. 2 Esdras Neh 16 1 10 Are they not thy own servants, thy own people, won for thee by thy great deeds, by thy constraining power? -2 Esdras Neh 16 1 11 Let not thy ears be deaf, Lord, I beseech thee, to thy servant’s prayer, to the prayer of all these servants of thine who love to hold thy name in reverence. Speed thy servant well this day, and win for him the pity of a human heart.It was of the king I spoke; I was the royal cup-bearer. +2 Esdras Neh 16 1 11 Let not thy ears be deaf, Lord, I beseech thee, to thy servant’s prayer, to the prayer of all these servants of thine who love to hold thy name in reverence. Speed thy servant well this day, and win for him the pity of a human heart. It was of the king I spoke; I was the royal cup-bearer. 2 Esdras Neh 16 2 1 It was the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes’ reign. The king sat at his wine, and as I took it up to hand it to him, I stood there sad of mien in the royal presence. 2 Esdras Neh 16 2 2 Why, what mean these pale looks? he asked. Ill I know thou art not; this can be nothing else than some sorrow gnawing at thy heart. At this, I was in an extreme of fear; 2 Esdras Neh 16 2 3 and, wishing the king long life, I answered, Little wonder if my looks are sad, when the city where my father lies buried is but a wilderness, and its gates blackened with fire. @@ -12344,7 +12344,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 12 On ten several occasions Jews that lived near them came back to us from different parts with the same news; 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 13 and at last I must array a force, armed with sword and lance and bow, behind the wall round its whole circuit. 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 14 That provision made, I set about encouraging them, nobles and chiefs and common folk alike; Fear no assault, I told them; bethink you how great, how fearsome the Lord is, and fight well each for his own kindred, for son and daughter and wife, for house and home. -2 Esdras Neh 16 4 15 And so, when word came to our enemies that we had been forewarned, God threw all their plot into confusion.Back we went to our several posts at the wall; +2 Esdras Neh 16 4 15 And so, when word came to our enemies that we had been forewarned, God threw all their plot into confusion. Back we went to our several posts at the wall; 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 16 and thenceforward the warriors among us were divided into two companies; one of these remained at work, while behind them, under the clan chiefs of Juda, the rest stood arrayed for battle, with lance and shield, bow and breastplate. 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 17 And even while they were at work, built they or loaded or carried loads, it was one hand to work with, and one closing still on a javelin; 2 Esdras Neh 16 4 18 nor was there ever a workman but must build with his sword girt at his side. And the men that blew the trumpets were close beside me; @@ -12562,7 +12562,7 @@ Ruth Ru 8 4 22 Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David. 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 1 The rulers must needs have their dwelling in Jerusalem; the common folk had their residence assigned by lot, every tenth man going to live in the holy city, while the other nine remained in the country parts; 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 2 whoever offered of his own free will to be a Jerusalem-dweller earned the blessings of his fellow-citizens. 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 3 And these were the leading men of the colony that lived at Jerusalem, leaving the rest, the people at large, the priests, the Levites, the Nathinaeans, and the line of Solomon’s servants, to occupy the country parts, each in the cities allotted to them. -2 Esdras Neh 16 11 4 In Jerusalem, the population was mixed, men of Juda and men of Benjamin living side by side.The chief men of Juda were Athaias, descended through Aziam, Zacharias, Amarias and Saphatias from Malaleel…, and for the line of Phares, +2 Esdras Neh 16 11 4 In Jerusalem, the population was mixed, men of Juda and men of Benjamin living side by side. The chief men of Juda were Athaias, descended through Aziam, Zacharias, Amarias and Saphatias from Malaleel…, and for the line of Phares, 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 5 Maasia, descended through Baruch, Cholhoza, Hazia, Adaia, Joiarib and Zacharias from Silonitess; 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 6 altogether, there were four hundred and sixty-eight fighting men at Jerusalem that came down from Phares. 2 Esdras Neh 16 11 7 The chief men of Benjamin were Sellum, descended through Mosollam, Joed, Phadaia, Colaia, Masia and Ethael from Isaia, @@ -13312,7 +13312,7 @@ Judith Jdt 18 16 24 High festival the people kept, there before the sanctuary; f Judith Jdt 18 16 25 Then they dispersed to their homes, and Judith, back at Bethulia, was held in great renown; in all Israel, none so honoured as she. Judith Jdt 18 16 26 So well, in her, did chastity mate with valour; once her husband was dead, she never had knowledge of man again. Judith Jdt 18 16 27 When she left her house on festival days, great reverence was hers indeed. -Judith Jdt 18 16 28 And for the serving-maid, Judith let her go free.There, then, Judith lived on in her husband’s dwelling-place, and a hundred and five years had passed before she was laid to rest at his side at Bethulia; +Judith Jdt 18 16 28 And for the serving-maid, Judith let her go free. There, then, Judith lived on in her husband’s dwelling-place, and a hundred and five years had passed before she was laid to rest at his side at Bethulia; Judith Jdt 18 16 29 and the whole people bewailed her for seven days together. Judith Jdt 18 16 30 All the while she lived, and long after her death, was never enemy that disturbed the peace of Israel. Judith Jdt 18 16 31 In the Hebrew calendar, a day of rejoicing commemorates her victory; in such honour have the Jews held it from that day to this. @@ -13426,7 +13426,7 @@ Esther Est 19 7 2 And once again, his heart warmed by drinking, Assuerus would k Esther Est 19 7 3 My lord king, she said, if this is indeed thy gracious pleasure, one gift I would ask, my life; one boon, the preservation of my people. Esther Est 19 7 4 Must we be crushed to nothing, I and my people; must we perish by massacre? To that we are doomed. If we were only marked down for slaves and bondwomen, our lot should be bravely borne; I would have nursed my grief in silence. But here is an enemy whose cruel designs concern the king’s grace. Esther Est 19 7 5 Who is this man? Assuerus asked. Where is the insolence to be found that would make such an attempt as this? -Esther Est 19 7 6 One enemy we have, said Esther, one schemer’s malice we fear, and he is here in thy presence; Aman.Upon hearing this, Aman was struck dumb, and could look neither king nor queen in the eyes. +Esther Est 19 7 6 One enemy we have, said Esther, one schemer’s malice we fear, and he is here in thy presence; Aman. Upon hearing this, Aman was struck dumb, and could look neither king nor queen in the eyes. Esther Est 19 7 7 The king rose angrily from his place, left the banqueting-room, and went out to walk in the garden, among his trees. With that, Aman rose too, intent on winning his pardon from queen Esther; doubt he might not that the king was bent on his undoing. Esther Est 19 7 8 Thus minded, he fell sprawling across the couch on which Esther lay; and so the king found him, when he returned from garden to banqueting-room. What, cried he, will he ravish the queen before my eyes, and in my own house? And before the words were out of his mouth Aman was gagged and blindfold. Esther Est 19 7 9 And now Harbona, one of the chamberlains in attendance on the king’s person, came forward; What of the gallows, said he, fifty cubits high, that stands there by Aman’s house, ready for Mardochaeus, that saved the king’s life? Let Aman himself hang on it, said the king. @@ -13510,7 +13510,7 @@ Esther Est 19 12 2 When he came to know their minds better, and read the secret Esther Est 19 12 3 Both, upon examination, confessed their guilt, and were sent to execution; Esther Est 19 12 4 and the king had the story recorded in his archives; Mardochaeus himself has also left an account of it. Esther Est 19 12 5 The royal orders were, that he should be rewarded for the information given, and lodged at the palace; -Esther Est 19 12 6 but already he had an enemy, Aman son of Amadathi, the Bugaean. This Aman was in high favour with the king, and owed both Mardochaeus and his nation a grudge for bringing the two chamberlains to their death.Here is a copy of the letter.) +Esther Est 19 12 6 but already he had an enemy, Aman son of Amadathi, the Bugaean. This Aman was in high favour with the king, and owed both Mardochaeus and his nation a grudge for bringing the two chamberlains to their death. Here is a copy of the letter.) Esther Est 19 13 1 The great king Artaxerxes, to the governors of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces between India and Ethiopia, and to all his vassal chiefs, sends greeting. Esther Est 19 13 2 Wide as I rule, the world’s conqueror, I would not abuse this great power of mine; mild and indulgent my sway should be, and my subjects live in undisturbed tranquillity; peace is man’s greatest boon. Esther Est 19 13 3 So I asked my counsellors how this end might best be achieved; and among them Aman, who ranks next to my person; no counsellor so wise or so trusty as he. @@ -13619,7 +13619,7 @@ Job Job 20 2 3 Why then, the Lord said, thou hast seen for thyself that this ser Job Job 20 2 4 Nay, answered the Enemy, skin must suffer before skin grieves. Nothing a man owns, but he will part with it to keep his skin whole. Job Job 20 2 5 That hand of thine, let it fall on bone of his, flesh of his; see if he does not turn and blaspheme thee. Job Job 20 2 6 And thereupon said the Lord to man’s Enemy, Have what power over him thou wilt, so his life be kept safe in him. -Job Job 20 2 7 And with that, the Enemy left the Lord’s presence, and withdrew.And cruelly he smote Job; smote him with the foul scab from head to foot, +Job Job 20 2 7 And with that, the Enemy left the Lord’s presence, and withdrew. And cruelly he smote Job; smote him with the foul scab from head to foot, Job Job 20 2 8 so that he was fain to sit him down on the dung-hill, and scratch himself with a shard where he itched. Job Job 20 2 9 Little comfort his own wife gave him; What, she said, still maintaining thy innocence? Better thou shouldst renounce God, and have done with living. Job Job 20 2 10 Spoken like a foolish wife, Job answered. What, should we accept the good fortune God sends us, and not the ill? So well, even now, did Job guard his lips. @@ -14672,7 +14672,7 @@ Psalms Ps 21 2 2 See how the kings of the earth stand in array, how its rulers m Psalms Ps 21 2 3 crying, Let us break away from their bondage, rid ourselves of the toils! Psalms Ps 21 2 4 He who dwells in heaven is laughing at their threats, the Lord makes light of them; Psalms Ps 21 2 5 and at last, in his displeasure, he will speak out, his anger quelling them: -Psalms Ps 21 2 6 Here, on mount Sion, my sanctuary, I enthrone a king of my own choice.Mine to proclaim the Lord’s edict; +Psalms Ps 21 2 6 Here, on mount Sion, my sanctuary, I enthrone a king of my own choice. Mine to proclaim the Lord’s edict; Psalms Ps 21 2 7 how he told me, Thou art my son; I have begotten thee this day. Psalms Ps 21 2 8 Ask thy will of me, and thou shalt have the nations for thy patrimony; the very ends of the world for thy domain. Psalms Ps 21 2 9 Thou shalt herd them like sheep with a crook of iron, break them in pieces like earthenware. @@ -14844,7 +14844,7 @@ Psalms Ps 21 16 5 still in thy paths my steps were firmly planted, my feet did n Psalms Ps 21 16 6 And now I cry to thee, the God who ever hearest me; turn thy ear towards me, and listen to my plea. Psalms Ps 21 16 7 Thy mercy, thy signal mercy shew; none ever sought sanctuary at thy right hand in vain. Psalms Ps 21 16 8 Protect me as thou wouldst the apple of thy own eye; hide me under the shelter of thy wings, -Psalms Ps 21 16 9 safe from the evil-doers who wrong me.See how my enemies close about me mercilessly, +Psalms Ps 21 16 9 safe from the evil-doers who wrong me. See how my enemies close about me mercilessly, Psalms Ps 21 16 10 their hearts shut to pity, a boast on their lips! Psalms Ps 21 16 11 Even now their stealthy tread closes in on me, as they watch their opportunity to bring me down; Psalms Ps 21 16 12 treacherous as a lion that is eager for its prey, a young lion that waits hidden in its lair. @@ -15258,7 +15258,7 @@ Psalms Ps 21 38 1 (To the choir-master, Idithun. A psalm. Of David.) Psalms Ps 21 38 2 It was my resolve to live watchfully, and never use my tongue amiss; still, while I was in the presence of sinners, I kept my mouth gagged, Psalms Ps 21 38 3 dumb and patient, impotent for good. But indignation came back, Psalms Ps 21 38 4 and my heart burned within me, the fire kindled by my thoughts, -Psalms Ps 21 38 5 so that at last I kept silence no longer.Lord, warn me of my end, and how few my days are; teach me to know my own insufficiency. +Psalms Ps 21 38 5 so that at last I kept silence no longer. Lord, warn me of my end, and how few my days are; teach me to know my own insufficiency. Psalms Ps 21 38 6 See how thou hast measured my years with a brief span, how my life is nothing in thy reckoning! Nay, what is any man living but a breath that passes? Psalms Ps 21 38 7 Truly man walks the world like a shadow; with what vain anxiety he hoards up riches, when he cannot tell who will have the counting of them! Psalms Ps 21 38 8 What hope then is mine, Lord? In thee alone I trust. @@ -15365,7 +15365,7 @@ Psalms Ps 21 45 1 (To the choir-master. Of the sons of Core. Melody: The Virgins Psalms Ps 21 45 2 God is our refuge and stronghold; sovereign aid he has brought us in the hour of peril. Psalms Ps 21 45 3 Not for us to be afraid, though earth should tumble about us, and the hills be carried away into the depths of the sea. Psalms Ps 21 45 4 See how its waters rage and roar, how the hills tremble before its might! -Psalms Ps 21 45 5 The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge.But the city of God, enriched with flowing waters, is the chosen sanctuary of the most High, +Psalms Ps 21 45 5 The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. But the city of God, enriched with flowing waters, is the chosen sanctuary of the most High, Psalms Ps 21 45 6 God dwells within her, and she stands unmoved; with break of dawn he will grant her deliverance. Psalms Ps 21 45 7 Nations may be in turmoil, and thrones totter, earth shrink away before his voice; Psalms Ps 21 45 8 but the Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our refuge. @@ -15561,7 +15561,7 @@ Psalms Ps 21 58 7 See how they come back at nightfall, like yelping dogs, to pro Psalms Ps 21 58 8 Tongues that boast, lips that rail, as if none could hear them; Psalms Ps 21 58 9 and all the while thou, Lord, makest light of them, thou, in whose esteem all the nations are as nothing. Psalms Ps 21 58 10 To thee I look, the God who strengthens me, the God who watches over me; -Psalms Ps 21 58 11 my God, and all my hope of mercy.With that divine aid, may I triumph over my enemies. +Psalms Ps 21 58 11 my God, and all my hope of mercy. With that divine aid, may I triumph over my enemies. Psalms Ps 21 58 12 Smite them down, my God, before they compass the overthrow of my people; let that power of thine overawe and crush them, my protector, my Master! Psalms Ps 21 58 13 Down with the guilty tongues, the boastful lips; let their own pride ensnare them, their cursing and their lies. Psalms Ps 21 58 14 Ruinous, ruinous be thy vengeance, overwhelming them; shew them that there is a God who rules over Jacob, rules over the utmost ends of the earth. @@ -17576,7 +17576,7 @@ Proverbs Prv 22 13 9 Welcome the shining beams of a life well lived; the rush-li Proverbs Prv 22 13 10 Ever there is wrangling among the proud; wisdom’s part is to be guided by other men’s counsel. Proverbs Prv 22 13 11 Riches soon won are soon spent; the patient hoard breeds best. Proverbs Prv 22 13 12 Hope deferred, how it crushes a man’s spirits! The granted wish, a tree of life-giving fruit! -Proverbs Prv 22 13 13 Neglect thy errand, whatever it be, and thou art in default; carry out thy orders, and be at peace.Faithless hearts wander far in their transgressions, but the just are ever pitying, ever merciful. +Proverbs Prv 22 13 13 Neglect thy errand, whatever it be, and thou art in default; carry out thy orders, and be at peace. Faithless hearts wander far in their transgressions, but the just are ever pitying, ever merciful. Proverbs Prv 22 13 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain where men may drink life far removed from all mortal perils. Proverbs Prv 22 13 15 Good instruction breeds gracious thoughts; the headstrong are for the morass. Proverbs Prv 22 13 16 For the prudent, skill guides every action; ignorance betrays the fool. @@ -17748,7 +17748,7 @@ Proverbs Prv 22 19 3 Tripped by his own folly, a man eats his heart out, finding Proverbs Prv 22 19 4 Riches will make thee new friends a many, poverty rob thee of the old. Proverbs Prv 22 19 5 Perjury will bring its own punishment; never was liar yet that escaped his doom. Proverbs Prv 22 19 6 Suitors a many the princely heart shall have; give, and thou shalt find friends. -Proverbs Prv 22 19 7 The beggar wearies out his kinsmen; his friends, too, will shun him.Who hunts idle talk, comes home empty-handed; +Proverbs Prv 22 19 7 The beggar wearies out his kinsmen; his friends, too, will shun him. Who hunts idle talk, comes home empty-handed; Proverbs Prv 22 19 8 as thou lovest thy life get wisdom; discernment at thy side, thou shalt speed well. Proverbs Prv 22 19 9 Perjury will bring its own punishment; never was liar but met his doom. Proverbs Prv 22 19 10 Ill days, when fools live in comfort; worse yet, when servants sway their own masters. @@ -17995,7 +17995,7 @@ Proverbs Prv 22 27 6 Better the love that scourges, than hate’s false kiss. Proverbs Prv 22 27 7 Full-fed spurns the honeycomb; to Hunger’s lips, bitter is sweet. Proverbs Prv 22 27 8 When bird leaves nest, let a man leave his home. Proverbs Prv 22 27 9 Sweeter than ointment, sweeter than any perfume, when man’s heart talks to heart of friend. -Proverbs Prv 22 27 10 Friend of thine, and friend that was thy father’s, never forsake; so, in thy sore need, no kinsman’s door thou shalt need to enter.Neighbour over the way is better than kinsman at a distance. +Proverbs Prv 22 27 10 Friend of thine, and friend that was thy father’s, never forsake; so, in thy sore need, no kinsman’s door thou shalt need to enter. Neighbour over the way is better than kinsman at a distance. Proverbs Prv 22 27 11 My son, wouldst thou be thy father’s pride? Court wisdom, and silence thy detractors. Proverbs Prv 22 27 12 When ill times come, prudence is on its guard, and takes refuge; the unwary march on, and pay the penalty. Proverbs Prv 22 27 13 Does a man go bail for a stranger? Without more ado, take his garment from him; who trusts without knowledge, forfeits the pledge. @@ -18544,7 +18544,7 @@ Wisdom Wis 25 4 10 Divine favour, divine love banished him from a life he shared Wisdom Wis 25 4 11 caught him away, before wickedness could pervert his thoughts, before wrong-doing could allure his heart; Wisdom Wis 25 4 12 such witchery evil has, to tarnish honour, such alchemy do the roving passions exercise even on minds that are true metal. Wisdom Wis 25 4 13 With him, early achievement counted for long apprenticeship; -Wisdom Wis 25 4 14 so well the Lord loved him, from a corrupt world he would grant him swift release.The world looks on, uncomprehending; a hard lesson it is to learn, +Wisdom Wis 25 4 14 so well the Lord loved him, from a corrupt world he would grant him swift release. The world looks on, uncomprehending; a hard lesson it is to learn, Wisdom Wis 25 4 15 that God does reward, does pity his chosen friends, does grant his faithful servants deliverance. Wisdom Wis 25 4 16 Did they know it, the death of the just man, with its promise early achieved, is a reproach to the wicked that live yet in late old age. Wisdom Wis 25 4 17 But what see they? Here is a man dead, and all his wisdom could not save him. That the Lord planned all this, and for the saving of him, does not enter their minds. @@ -18730,7 +18730,7 @@ Wisdom Wis 25 12 7 and this land, dear to thee as no other, should be more worth Wisdom Wis 25 12 8 Yet they, too, were men, and thou wouldst deal gently with them; thou wouldst send hornets as the vanguard of thy invading host, to wear them down gradually. Wisdom Wis 25 12 9 Not that it was beyond thy power to give piety the mastery over godlessness by victory in battle, by some plague of ravening monsters, or by one word of doom. Wisdom Wis 25 12 10 But no, their sentence should be executed by degrees, giving them opportunity to repent; though indeed thou knewest well that theirs was a worthless breed, of a malice so ingrained, that they would turn aside from their ill devices never; -Wisdom Wis 25 12 11 from its beginnings, an accursed race.Nor, if thou wast patient with the sinner, was it human respect that persuaded thee to it. +Wisdom Wis 25 12 11 from its beginnings, an accursed race. Nor, if thou wast patient with the sinner, was it human respect that persuaded thee to it. Wisdom Wis 25 12 12 Thy acts who shall question, thy doom who shall gainsay? Will some champion arise to challenge thee on behalf of these rebels, tax thee with unmaking the peoples thou hast made? Wisdom Wis 25 12 13 God there is none save thou, that hast a whole world for thy province; and shall thy justice abide our question? Wisdom Wis 25 12 14 Punish thou mayst as punish thou wilt; king nor emperor can be bold to outface thee. @@ -18901,7 +18901,7 @@ Wisdom Wis 25 19 8 So, sheltered by thy hand, they passed on their way, a whole Wisdom Wis 25 19 9 lighthearted as horse at pasture or frisking lamb, they chanted praises to thee, Lord, their rescuer. Wisdom Wis 25 19 10 Such, too, were their memories of Egypt itself; memories of the land that bred lice and could breed no beasts else, the river that could spawn frogs, yet never a fish lived there. Wisdom Wis 25 19 11 Later on, they were to see how birds could be the subject of a new creation, when their appetites craved for richer fare, -Wisdom Wis 25 19 12 and quails came up from the sea to content them.Nor were the Egyptians punished without warning; the thunders that terrified them were but echoes of the past. Did not their own wickedness deserve the pains they suffered, +Wisdom Wis 25 19 12 and quails came up from the sea to content them. Nor were the Egyptians punished without warning; the thunders that terrified them were but echoes of the past. Did not their own wickedness deserve the pains they suffered, Wisdom Wis 25 19 13 a race even more inhospitable than the men of Sodom before them? These did but refuse a welcome when strangers came to their doors; the Egyptians condemned their own guests, their own benefactors, to slavery. Wisdom Wis 25 19 14 It is one thing to be called to account for unfriendly treatment of alien folk; Wisdom Wis 25 19 15 but these Egyptians had received the Israelites into their midst with rejoicing, had admitted them to rights of citizenship, and then turned on them with savage ill-treatment. @@ -19467,7 +19467,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 14 Confront him with the word spoken amiss; it may be Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 15 Be open with thy friend; tongues will still be clattering, Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 16 and thou dost well to believe less than is told thee. Slips there are of the tongue when mind is innocent; Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 17 what tongue was ever perfectly guarded? Confront thy neighbour with his fault ere thou quarrellest with him, -Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 18 and let the fear of the most High God do its work.What is true wisdom? Nothing but the fear of God. And since the fear of God is contained in all true wisdom, it must be directed by his law; +Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 18 and let the fear of the most High God do its work. What is true wisdom? Nothing but the fear of God. And since the fear of God is contained in all true wisdom, it must be directed by his law; Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 19 wisdom is none in following the maxims of impiety, prudence is none in scheming as the wicked scheme. Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 20 Cunning rogues they may be, yet altogether abominable; a fool he must ever be called, that lacks the true wisdom. Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 19 21 Better a simpleton that wit has none, yet knows fear, than a man of great address, that breaks the law of the most High. @@ -20260,7 +20260,7 @@ Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 21 He it is pours out the frost, that lies white as s Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 22 Cold blows the north wind, and ice forms on the water; no pool but it rests there, arming the water as with a breast-plate; Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 23 frost gnaws at the mountain-side, parches the open plains, strips them, as fire might have stripped them, of their green. Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 24 Remedy for all these is none, but the speedy coming of the mist; frost shall be overmastered by the showers the sirocco drives before it, -Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 25 and at the Lord’s word the chill blast dies away.What else but divine wisdom tamed the rising of the seas, and planted the islands there? +Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 25 and at the Lord’s word the chill blast dies away. What else but divine wisdom tamed the rising of the seas, and planted the islands there? Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 26 Hear we what perils in the deep mariners have to tell of, and wonder at the tale; Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 27 of the great marvels it contains, living things a many, both fierce and harmless, and monstrous creatures besides. Ecclesiasticus Eccle 26 43 28 Who but the Lord brought the venture to a happy issue? His word gives all things their pattern. @@ -20518,7 +20518,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 1 14 The new month begins, the feast day comes round, how it cloys Isaiah Isa 27 1 15 Hold out your hands as you will, you shall get no heed from me; add prayer to prayer, I will not listen; are not those hands stained with blood? Isaiah Isa 27 1 16 Wash yourselves clean, spare me the sight of your busy wickedness, of your wrong-doing take farewell. Isaiah Isa 27 1 17 Learn, rather, how to do good, setting your hearts on justice, righting the wrong, protecting the orphan, giving the widow redress; -Isaiah Isa 27 1 18 then come back, says the Lord, and make trial of me.Crimson-dyed be your guilt, it shall turn snow-white; like wool new-washed yonder scarlet stain. +Isaiah Isa 27 1 18 then come back, says the Lord, and make trial of me. Crimson-dyed be your guilt, it shall turn snow-white; like wool new-washed yonder scarlet stain. Isaiah Isa 27 1 19 Will you think better of it, and listen, and have rich harvests to feed you? Isaiah Isa 27 1 20 Or will you refuse, and defy me, and yourselves be food for the sword? The Lord has given sentence. Isaiah Isa 27 1 21 Strange, that the city once so faithful, once so upright, has turned harlot; the haunt of murderers, that was the home of right! @@ -20775,7 +20775,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 13 19 So Babylon, the pride of many nations, glory and boast of th Isaiah Isa 27 13 20 It shall remain for ever uninhabited; generation after generation will pass, but it will not be founded again; even the Arabs will not pitch their tents, wandering shepherds will not find a lodging there. Isaiah Isa 27 13 21 Wild beasts will make their lairs in it, its houses will be tenanted by serpents; ostriches will nest there, and satyrs dance; Isaiah Isa 27 13 22 the owls will hoot to one another in its palaces, birds of ill omen in its temples of delight. -Isaiah Isa 27 14 1 The day of her doom is close at hand, not long the respite that will be granted her.And now the Lord will have pity on Jacob; on the sons of Israel, his chosen people as of old. On their own lands they shall live undisturbed, whose new inhabitants will make common cause with them, and throw in their lot with Jacob’s race. +Isaiah Isa 27 14 1 The day of her doom is close at hand, not long the respite that will be granted her. And now the Lord will have pity on Jacob; on the sons of Israel, his chosen people as of old. On their own lands they shall live undisturbed, whose new inhabitants will make common cause with them, and throw in their lot with Jacob’s race. Isaiah Isa 27 14 2 Alien peoples will take them by the hand, to escort them back to their home; content now to be Israel’s servants and hand-maidens, the captors captive, the oppressors tributary now. Isaiah Isa 27 14 3 When that time comes, when the Lord gives thee respite from all the hardship and turmoil and drudgery of old days, Isaiah Isa 27 14 4 it will be thy turn to have thy say against the king of Babylon. Can it be (thou wilt say) that the tyranny is over, the exactions at an end? @@ -20957,7 +20957,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 24 12 a city left to desolation, with ruin fallen upon its gates. Isaiah Isa 27 24 13 In the midst of the wide earth, among those many peoples, what shall be left? A remnant, the last olives that are shaken from the tree, the gleanings that remain when vintage-time is over. Isaiah Isa 27 24 14 Few only, but they shall lift up their voices in praise; God’s honour vindicated, their rejoicing shall be heard across the sea, Isaiah Isa 27 24 15 Give glory to God, where knowledge of him is revealed; praise to the God of Israel among the distant isles; -Isaiah Isa 27 24 16 here at the ends of the earth his song of triumph has reached us, the boast of his elect. Heart, keep thy secret, heart, keep thy secret; no more of that.But alas, the traitors still betray his cause; treachery is treachery still, and its fruit is treason. +Isaiah Isa 27 24 16 here at the ends of the earth his song of triumph has reached us, the boast of his elect. Heart, keep thy secret, heart, keep thy secret; no more of that. But alas, the traitors still betray his cause; treachery is treachery still, and its fruit is treason. Isaiah Isa 27 24 17 For the dwellers on earth, tidings of fear; pit and snare await them; Isaiah Isa 27 24 18 flee they from tidings of fear, they shall fall into the pit, flee they from the pit, they shall be held fast in the snare. The floodgates of heaven will be opened, and the foundations of earth rock; Isaiah Isa 27 24 19 earth must be rent and riven, earth torn and tattered, earth must quiver and quake; @@ -21642,7 +21642,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 58 5 With such fasting, with a day’s penance, should I be conten Isaiah Isa 27 58 6 Nay, fast of mine is something other. The false claim learn to forgo, ease the insupportable burden, set free the over-driven; away with every yoke that galls! Isaiah Isa 27 58 7 Share thy bread with the hungry, give the poor and the vagrant a welcome to thy house; meet thou the naked, clothe him; from thy own flesh and blood turn not away. Isaiah Isa 27 58 8 Then, sudden as the dawn, the welcome light shall break on thee, in a moment thy health shall find a new spring; divine favour shall lead thee on thy journey, brightness of the Lord’s presence close thy ranks behind. -Isaiah Isa 27 58 9 Then the Lord will listen to thee when thou callest on him; cry out, and he will answer, I am here at thy side.Banish from thy midst oppression, and the finger pointed scornfully, and the plotting of harm, +Isaiah Isa 27 58 9 Then the Lord will listen to thee when thou callest on him; cry out, and he will answer, I am here at thy side. Banish from thy midst oppression, and the finger pointed scornfully, and the plotting of harm, Isaiah Isa 27 58 10 spend thyself giving food to the hungry, relieving the afflicted; then shall light spring up for thee in the darkness, and thy dusk shall be noonday; Isaiah Isa 27 58 11 the Lord will give thee rest continually, fill thy soul with comfort, thy body with ease. Not more secure the well-watered garden, the spring whose waters never fail. Isaiah Isa 27 58 12 Rebuilt, in thy land, the immemorial ruins; restored, the foundations of long ago; this thy task shall be, to repair the broken walls, to reclaim the by-ways. @@ -21724,7 +21724,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 63 7 Listen, while I tell again the story of the Lord’s mercies, Isaiah Isa 27 63 8 They are my own people, he would say; my own children cannot be false to me; and with that, he delivered them. Isaiah Isa 27 63 9 In all their straits, power of his was not straitened; his angel, token of his presence, brought them deliverance. In love and pity he ransomed them, lifted them in his arms and raised them up, all through the days gone by. Isaiah Isa 27 63 10 Only when they rebelled against him, when they distressed the spirit of his chosen servant, he would turn their enemy, and fight against them. -Isaiah Isa 27 63 11 And even yet he would bethink him of times past, of Moses and the people that once was his.Where is he now, the God that led them through the sea, his flock with his own appointed shepherds; gave his holy spirit to the man of his choice? +Isaiah Isa 27 63 11 And even yet he would bethink him of times past, of Moses and the people that once was his. Where is he now, the God that led them through the sea, his flock with his own appointed shepherds; gave his holy spirit to the man of his choice? Isaiah Isa 27 63 12 Majestic power, that led Moses by the hand; that parted the sea at their coming, to win his name renown. Isaiah Isa 27 63 13 Through its waters they passed, sure of their foothold as horse that is led through the desert; Isaiah Isa 27 63 14 carefully as driver on some treacherous hill-side, the Lord’s spirit guided his people. Thus didst thou bring them home, and win thyself honour. @@ -21783,7 +21783,7 @@ Isaiah Isa 27 66 10 Lovers of Jerusalem, rejoice with her, be glad for her sake; Isaiah Isa 27 66 11 So shall you be her foster-children, suckled plentifully with her consolations, drinking in, to your hearts’ content, the abundant glory that is hers. Isaiah Isa 27 66 12 Thus says the Lord, Peace shall flow through her like a river, the wealth of the nations shall pour into her like a torrent in flood; this shall be the milk you drain, like children carried at the breast, fondled on a mother’s lap. Isaiah Isa 27 66 13 I will console you then, like a mother caressing her son, and all your consolation shall be in Jerusalem; -Isaiah Isa 27 66 14 your eyes feasted with it, your hearts content, vigorous as the fresh grass your whole frame.Thus to his servants the Lord makes known his power; his enemies shall have no quarter given them. +Isaiah Isa 27 66 14 your eyes feasted with it, your hearts content, vigorous as the fresh grass your whole frame. Thus to his servants the Lord makes known his power; his enemies shall have no quarter given them. Isaiah Isa 27 66 15 See, where the Lord comes with fire about him, with chariots that drive like the storm, angry his retribution, his vengeance like a scorching flame! Isaiah Isa 27 66 16 Fire and sword shall be the world’s purging, till the Lord has taken full toll. Isaiah Isa 27 66 17 Vainly they sought holiness, that would purify themselves in secret gardens, behind shut doors, and all the while ate flesh of swine and field-mouse and other meats abominable; one end there shall be for all of them, the Lord says. @@ -21871,7 +21871,7 @@ Jeremiah Jer 28 3 18 When that time comes, Juda and Israel will be united; toget Jeremiah Jer 28 3 19 Must I ever be offering thee sonship, and a land so fair that all the peoples of the world might envy thee its possession? Must I ever be pleading with thee to acknowledge me as thy father, and forsake my guidance no more? Jeremiah Jer 28 3 20 Hitherto, the Lord says, nothing could I win from Israel but a false jade’s contempt. Jeremiah Jer 28 3 21 Now, from yonder hill-passes, another cry is heard; a cry of mourning and lament from the sons of Israel, over the wrong path they have chosen in forgetting the Lord their God. -Jeremiah Jer 28 3 22 Wandering hearts, come back to me, and all your rebel acts shall be pardoned.See, we come to thee; art thou not the Lord our God? +Jeremiah Jer 28 3 22 Wandering hearts, come back to me, and all your rebel acts shall be pardoned. See, we come to thee; art thou not the Lord our God? Jeremiah Jer 28 3 23 The many gods of hill-side and mountain-side have played us false; we know it now; we know now that Israel must look to the Lord our God for deliverance. Jeremiah Jer 28 3 24 Ever since the days of our youth all the hopes our fathers had, of flock and herd, of son and daughter, are lost; the worship of shame has cheated us. Jeremiah Jer 28 3 25 Lie we down with shame for our bed, and let reproach be all our covering; sinners from our youth upwards, we and our fathers before us, against the Lord our God; the Lord our God, and we would not listen to his voice! @@ -22078,7 +22078,7 @@ Jeremiah Jer 28 11 1 Here is a message which came from the Lord to Jeremias Jeremiah Jer 28 11 2 about the covenant: Listen well to the terms of it, and be the spokesmen of it to all the race of Juda, all the citizens of Jerusalem. Jeremiah Jer 28 11 3 This warning thou shalt give them from the Lord God of Israel: Cursed be the man who will not obey the terms of this covenant, Jeremiah Jer 28 11 4 the commandment which I enjoined on your fathers when I rescued them from Egypt’s furnace of iron. Give heed to my call, I told them, and do as I bid you; then you shall be my people, and I will be your God. -Jeremiah Jer 28 11 5 So would I fulfil the promise made on oath to their fathers before them; the promise of a land all milk and honey, that land which is yours to-day.So be it, Lord, said I; +Jeremiah Jer 28 11 5 So would I fulfil the promise made on oath to their fathers before them; the promise of a land all milk and honey, that land which is yours to-day. So be it, Lord, said I; Jeremiah Jer 28 11 6 and he bade me cry the message aloud all through the townships of Juda, all through the streets of Jerusalem: Listen to the terms of this covenant, and keep them well; Jeremiah Jer 28 11 7 ever since I rescued them from Egypt I have been adjuring those fathers of yours, day in, day out, to listen to me, Jeremiah Jer 28 11 8 and listen they would not. No hearing would they give me, but went each his own way, perverse as ever, till at last I must carry out the threats contained in this covenant, still proclaimed and still defied. @@ -22973,7 +22973,7 @@ Jeremiah Jer 28 48 43 Terror in front of its people, the Lord says, trap and toi Jeremiah Jer 28 48 44 from terror flee thou, into trap fall thou; from the trap free thee, toils shall fasten thee. Such shall be my year of reckoning with the men of Moab, the Lord says. Jeremiah Jer 28 48 45 From the toils escaped, who turns to Hesebon for shelter? Helpless he stands; such a fire comes out from Hesebon, all Seon’s capital aflame, till cheek and head of blustering Moab are consumed. Jeremiah Jer 28 48 46 Alas, Moab, alas, people of Chamos, for thy undoing! Gone into exile now thy sons and daughters! -Jeremiah Jer 28 48 47 Yet a time shall come at last, the Lord says, when her lot shall be reversed.Thus far the doom of Moab. +Jeremiah Jer 28 48 47 Yet a time shall come at last, the Lord says, when her lot shall be reversed. Thus far the doom of Moab. Jeremiah Jer 28 49 1 And thus the Lord speaks to the Ammonites: Did Israel, then, leave no sons, no heirs to follow him? How comes it that Melchom boasts possession of Gad, and worshippers of his dwell in yonder cities? Jeremiah Jer 28 49 2 A time is coming, the Lord says, when Rabbath Ammon shall hear the din of fighting, and shall be thrown down in ruins; when her daughter cities shall be burnt to the ground, and Israel, so runs the divine promise, shall drive out the intruder. Jeremiah Jer 28 49 3 Shall Hesebon mourn for Hai laid waste, and the women of Rabbath for Rabbath make no lament? Nay, put on sackcloth, raise the dirge as you scatter among the hedge-rows; Melchom goes into banishment, his priests and his votary chieftains with him. @@ -23326,7 +23326,7 @@ Baruch Bar 30 1 11 You shall pray long life for king Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, Baruch Bar 30 1 12 May the Lord grant courage to all of us, and send us a gleam of hope; long thrive we under the protection of king Nabuchodonosor and his son Baltassar, persevering loyally in their service and winning their favour! Baruch Bar 30 1 13 And intercede with the Lord our God for us exiles; against his divine will we have rebelled, and to this hour he has not relented. Baruch Bar 30 1 14 Scan closely, too, this book we are sending to you; it is to be read aloud on feast-days and in times of solemn assembly. -Baruch Bar 30 1 15 You shall make your prayer in these words following.The fault was never with him, the Lord our God; ours the blush of shame, as all Juda this day and all the citizens of Jerusalem can witness. +Baruch Bar 30 1 15 You shall make your prayer in these words following. The fault was never with him, the Lord our God; ours the blush of shame, as all Juda this day and all the citizens of Jerusalem can witness. Baruch Bar 30 1 16 With king and prince of ours, priest and prophet of ours the fault lies, and with our fathers before us. Baruch Bar 30 1 17 We have defied the will of the Lord our God; trust and loyalty we had none to give him, Baruch Bar 30 1 18 nor ever shewed him submission, by listening to his divine voice and following the commands he gave us. @@ -24106,7 +24106,7 @@ Ezechiel Eze 31 23 36 Arraign them, son of man, the Lord God said to me; confron Ezechiel Eze 31 23 37 Blood-stained those adulterous hands; false gods they have taken for their paramours, and to the greed of false gods sacrificed their own children and mine. Ezechiel Eze 31 23 38 Theirs to defile my sanctuary, profane my sabbath; Ezechiel Eze 31 23 39 no sooner had they done offering their sons to false gods, than my sanctuary must be violated; so would they treat me in my own house. -Ezechiel Eze 31 23 40 And then they sent word to their paramours, summoning them from afar.They came, those paramours; and thou, fresh from the bath, eyes painted, all thy ornaments hung about thee, +Ezechiel Eze 31 23 40 And then they sent word to their paramours, summoning them from afar. They came, those paramours; and thou, fresh from the bath, eyes painted, all thy ornaments hung about thee, Ezechiel Eze 31 23 41 didst await them, sitting on a fine bed with a table before it; incense of mine, oil of mine was there. Ezechiel Eze 31 23 42 What a stir was heard there, as of a great throng taking their ease! They had brought in a rabble of desert folk with them, and these must be given bracelets for their arms, fine garlands for their heads. Ezechiel Eze 31 23 43 And I wondered whether she would grant them her favours, even she, that had grown so old in unfaithfulness; @@ -24978,7 +24978,7 @@ Daniel Dan 32 4 8 a great tree and a thriving; top of it reached the heavens, an Daniel Dan 32 4 9 What fair leaves it had, what foison of fruit, enough to cater for a whole world! Beast was none but might take shelter under it, bird was none but might nest in its branches, and to all living creatures it gave food. Daniel Dan 32 4 10 But as I lay watching in my dream, came down from heaven one of the holy ones that mount guard there, Daniel Dan 32 4 11 and loud rang his message: Down with yonder tree, lop branch, strip leaves, spill fruit! Let beast its shade, bird its covert forsake! -Daniel Dan 32 4 12 Yet leave the stock of it fast in earth.Band of iron, chain of bronze! There on the soft meadow-grass heaven’s dew wet him, pasture with the beasts find he; +Daniel Dan 32 4 12 Yet leave the stock of it fast in earth. Band of iron, chain of bronze! There on the soft meadow-grass heaven’s dew wet him, pasture with the beasts find he; Daniel Dan 32 4 13 heart of man be changed in him, beast’s heart given him, till seven seasons there have found him, and passed him by. Daniel Dan 32 4 14 Doom it is of the unsleeping ones, will and word of the holy ones; live men and learn that he, the most High, of human kingship is overlord, gives it to whom he will, and holds none too base for the having of it. Daniel Dan 32 4 15 Thus dreamt I, the great king Nabuchodonosor. Make haste, Baltassar, and read me the riddle; wise man was none in my kingdom that could tell me the meaning of it, but thou hast the spirit of the holy gods in thee; thou canst unravel it. @@ -25192,7 +25192,7 @@ Daniel Dan 32 11 26 men that feed on thy royal bounty are thy own undoing, and w Daniel Dan 32 11 27 See where the two kings plot mischief at one table, liars both! But nothing they shall achieve; not yet the appointed hour has come. Daniel Dan 32 11 28 Back goes the king of Syria, enriched with spoil, wreaking his spite on God’s covenant as he journeys home; Daniel Dan 32 11 29 then, when the time is ripe, marches once again southwards. Yet speed he shall not as once he sped; -Daniel Dan 32 11 30 here are Roman galleys overtaking him, and he must return discomfited.And now, as he returns, he shall vent his spleen against the holy covenant in good earnest. The forsakers of that covenant have not escaped his eye, +Daniel Dan 32 11 30 here are Roman galleys overtaking him, and he must return discomfited. And now, as he returns, he shall vent his spleen against the holy covenant in good earnest. The forsakers of that covenant have not escaped his eye, Daniel Dan 32 11 31 and there are willing hands a many to help him profane the inviolable sanctuary, daily sacrifice annulling, spreading defilement and desolation there. Daniel Dan 32 11 32 Fawning knaves, and traitors to the covenant! But those others, that their God acknowledge, shall go all the more boldly to work, Daniel Dan 32 11 33 counsellors a few that give right counsel to many. Crippled they shall be for a while, by sword and flame, by prison and plunder; @@ -25247,7 +25247,7 @@ Daniel Dan 32 13 23 Let me rather fall into your power through no act of mine, t Daniel Dan 32 13 24 With that, Susanna cried aloud, and the elders, too, began crying shame on her; Daniel Dan 32 13 25 meanwhile, one of them ran to the garden door and opened it. Daniel Dan 32 13 26 And now the servants of the house, hearing such outcry in the garden, came running in through the back entrance to know what was afoot; -Daniel Dan 32 13 27 and they were greatly abashed when the elders told their story; never before had Susanna been defamed thus.When the morrow came, +Daniel Dan 32 13 27 and they were greatly abashed when the elders told their story; never before had Susanna been defamed thus. When the morrow came, Daniel Dan 32 13 28 there was a throng of people in Joakim’s house, and the two elders were there, intent upon their malicious design against Susanna’s life. Daniel Dan 32 13 29 They asked publicly that Susanna, daughter of Helcias and wife to Joakim, should be sent for; sent for she was, Daniel Dan 32 13 30 and came out with her parents and her children and all her kindred. @@ -25428,7 +25428,7 @@ Osee Os 33 7 12 Fatal the journey; my net I mean to spread over them, catch them Osee Os 33 7 13 Dearly they shall pay for their wandering from me, ruin follow on the heels of rebellion; I their ransomer, and they so false! Osee Os 33 7 14 Never do their hearts cry out to me; growl they like beast in den, or beast-like eat and drink and chew the cud; me they have forsaken. Osee Os 33 7 15 Now I chasten them, now I strengthen their hands, and still they have no thought for me but of hatred; -Osee Os 33 7 16 ever they step back from the yoke, like a twisted bow recoil.Put to the sword their nobles must be, railing tongues the ruin of them. This the taunt that shall be uttered against them in the land of Egypt… +Osee Os 33 7 16 ever they step back from the yoke, like a twisted bow recoil. Put to the sword their nobles must be, railing tongues the ruin of them. This the taunt that shall be uttered against them in the land of Egypt… Osee Os 33 8 1 The trumpet to thy mouth! Eagle’s wings threatening the Lord’s domain! Conscious of faith forsworn, of my law defied, Osee Os 33 8 2 to me Israel cries out, My God! cries out, We acknowledge thee! Osee Os 33 8 3 Estranged, poor Israel, from the good that was his, and the enemy pressing hard upon him. @@ -25454,7 +25454,7 @@ Osee Os 33 9 8 prophet of thine, watchman of thine, Ephraim, is a snare at every Osee Os 33 9 9 So deep the canker of their sin; Gabaa itself never knew worse wrong. For the remembered guilt of it they shall be called to account. Osee Os 33 9 10 When I kept tryst with Israel long ago, rare the encounter, as of grapes out in the desert, of spring figs a-ripening high up on the tree. And all at once to Beelphegor they betook themselves, sold honour for shame, caught foul contagion from the things they loved! Osee Os 33 9 11 Light as bird on bough, Ephraim’s glory has come and gone; womb is none that breeds, or, breeding, bears; -Osee Os 33 9 12 ay, though they should bring sons to manhood, childless their race shall be, nameless among men.Woe betide them indeed, when I withdraw my presence from them! +Osee Os 33 9 12 ay, though they should bring sons to manhood, childless their race shall be, nameless among men. Woe betide them indeed, when I withdraw my presence from them! Osee Os 33 9 13 Ephraim’s land, so fair a garden, as I look out over it towards Tyre! And must Ephraim rear her sons for the slaughter-house? Osee Os 33 9 14 Thy gift to them, Lord, what is the best gift they can have of thee? A womb, assuredly, that miscarries, and dried-up breasts! Osee Os 33 9 15 See where, at Galgal, their offence comes to a head; there it is they have made an enemy of me. They shall dwell in my domain no longer, claim love from me no longer; chieftains of theirs are no vassals of mine. @@ -25475,7 +25475,7 @@ Osee Os 33 10 12 If mercy is to be the measure you reap by, seed of yours must b Osee Os 33 10 13 But alas, shameful furrows they were you traced, and what came of it? A harvest of wrong, fruit that cheated you in the tasting!So thou wouldst trust in thy own devices, in thy own warrior strength? Osee Os 33 10 14 Believe me, there shall be turmoil among thy folk, and all thy strongholds shall fall, as fell Salmana before Jerobaal when the day was won; fell child, fell mother, dashed to pieces. Osee Os 33 10 15 So much shall yonder Bethel countervail the heinousness of your guilt! -Osee Os 33 11 1 Soon fades the dawn; soon passes king of Israel.Israel in his boyhood, what love I bore him! Away from Egypt I beckoned him, henceforth my son. … +Osee Os 33 11 1 Soon fades the dawn; soon passes king of Israel. Israel in his boyhood, what love I bore him! Away from Egypt I beckoned him, henceforth my son. … Osee Os 33 11 2 They called them, the more they refused obedience; gods of the country-side must have their victims, dumb idols their incense! Osee Os 33 11 3 Yet it was I, none other, guided those first steps of theirs, and took them in my arms, and healed, all unobserved, their injuries. Osee Os 33 11 4 Sons of Adam, they should be drawn with leading-strings of love; never waggoner was at more pains to ease bridle on jaw, fed beast so carefully. @@ -25738,7 +25738,7 @@ Amos Am 35 9 4 Let enemy drive them into exile, even there the sword shall be my Amos Am 35 9 5 The Lord God of hosts, whose touch melts earth, to the hurt of all that dwell in it, makes it everywhere mount up and sink, like Egypt’s river in flood; Amos Am 35 9 6 his the arched stairway of heaven, his the knitted frame of earth; beckons he to the waters of the sea, and over the earth spreads them, such the power of his name! Amos Am 35 9 7 Ethiop or Israelite, what care I? the Lord says. God that brought you here from Egypt was God that brought the Philistines from Caphtor, brought the Syrians from Cir! -Amos Am 35 9 8 Divine regard that watches ever this kingdom, marks ever its guilt; I will blot it out, believe me, from the face of the earth.And blot out the name of Jacob altogether? Nay, not that, the Lord says. +Amos Am 35 9 8 Divine regard that watches ever this kingdom, marks ever its guilt; I will blot it out, believe me, from the face of the earth. And blot out the name of Jacob altogether? Nay, not that, the Lord says. Amos Am 35 9 9 At my command, the whole world shall be a sieve, to sift the race of Israel as corn is sifted in the riddle, and never a grain cast out loose on the bare ground; Amos Am 35 9 10 at the sword’s point they shall die, all the guilty that are found among my people; the guilty, who now flatter themselves that evil shall never come next or nigh them. Amos Am 35 9 11 Then, I mean to rebuild the fallen dwselling-place of David, all its breaches made good, all its ruins restored; it shall stand once more as it stood long ago; @@ -25961,7 +25961,7 @@ Nahum Nah 39 3 11 Bemused and helpless with fear, looking about for succour agai Nahum Nah 39 3 12 At a touch thy bastions shall fall, like ripe figs that drop into the eater’s mouth, soon as tree is shaken; Nahum Nah 39 3 13 woman-hearted the defenders, the gates wide open to the enemy’s onrush, touchwood the bars of them. Nahum Nah 39 3 14 Water, there, water for a siege! Raise the battlements higher yet! Down to the clay-pit with thee, tread the mortar, put thy hand to the brick-mould! -Nahum Nah 39 3 15 Fire shall consume thee none the less, the sword cut thee off, hungry as locust to devour.Thrive thou as locust thrives or grasshopper, +Nahum Nah 39 3 15 Fire shall consume thee none the less, the sword cut thee off, hungry as locust to devour. Thrive thou as locust thrives or grasshopper, Nahum Nah 39 3 16 ay, let thy enterprises outnumber the stars in heaven, what avails it? Early hatches locust, early flies away. Nahum Nah 39 3 17 Forgotten, the high lords, forgotten, the princelings, as they had been locusts, and brood of locusts, that cling to yonder hedge-row in the chill of morning, and are gone, once the sun is up, who knows whither? Nahum Nah 39 3 18 Gone to their rest thy marshals, king of Assyria; thy vassals lie silent in the dust; out on the hills the common folk take refuge, with none to muster them. @@ -26144,7 +26144,7 @@ Zacharias Zac 43 2 7 Away with thee, Sion; wouldst thou still make thy home with Zacharias Zac 43 2 8 This promise the Lord of hosts makes: After…… glory, I hold his warrant against the nations that plunder you; apple of my eye he touches, that touches you. Zacharias Zac 43 2 9 Lift I my hand, they shall be at your mercy that are your masters now; doubt shall be none it was the Lord who sent me. Zacharias Zac 43 2 10 Sion, poor maid, break out into songs of rejoicing; I am on my way, coming to dwell in the midst of thee, the Lord says. -Zacharias Zac 43 2 11 There be nations a many that shall rally that day to the Lord’s side; they, too, shall be people of mine, but with thee shall be my dwelling.Doubt there shall be none it was the Lord of hosts sent me to thy aid. +Zacharias Zac 43 2 11 There be nations a many that shall rally that day to the Lord’s side; they, too, shall be people of mine, but with thee shall be my dwelling. Doubt there shall be none it was the Lord of hosts sent me to thy aid. Zacharias Zac 43 2 12 Juda the Lord shall claim for his own, his portion in a holy land; still Jerusalem shall be the city of his choice. Zacharias Zac 43 2 13 Be silent, living things, in the Lord’s presence; yonder in his holy dwelling all is astir. Zacharias Zac 43 3 1 Another vision the Lord shewed me; here was an angel of his, and before this angel stood the high priest Josue, with the Accuser at his right hand bringing accusation against him. @@ -26253,7 +26253,7 @@ Zacharias Zac 43 9 16 His own people, his own sheep, will not the Lord God in th Zacharias Zac 43 9 17 a people how blessed and how fair! So well with corn and wine furnished, both man and maid shall thrive. Zacharias Zac 43 10 1 For rain in spring whom but the Lord entreat we? He it is, none else, fashions the snow, waters the crops on this farm or that. Zacharias Zac 43 10 2 Vain the false god’s foretelling, vainly diviner cheats us, and dreams delude; comfort they have none to give; such ways Israel has followed, like a flock of sheep untended, and to its cost. -Zacharias Zac 43 10 3 What marvel if my anger blazed out against the shepherds? A reckoning I must have with yonder buck-goats; ay, the Lord of hosts would keep strict count of his flock, the sons of Juda.Who but Israel is the proud charger I will ride into battle? +Zacharias Zac 43 10 3 What marvel if my anger blazed out against the shepherds? A reckoning I must have with yonder buck-goats; ay, the Lord of hosts would keep strict count of his flock, the sons of Juda. Who but Israel is the proud charger I will ride into battle? Zacharias Zac 43 10 4 Corner-stone, he, of the building, peg of the tent’s rope, bow that shall win the day; spoilers of the world he, none other, shall send forth. Zacharias Zac 43 10 5 Warriors they shall be that go out to battle trampling all before them in the mire; does not the Lord go out to battle at their side? Well mounted, their enemies could yet nothing win. Zacharias Zac 43 10 6 Such aid the men of Juda shall have, the sons of Joseph such deliverance; in pity I will restore them, and all shall be as it was before I cast them off from me; I am the Lord their God, shall I not heed them? @@ -27051,7 +27051,7 @@ Malachias Mal 44 4 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of s 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 37 See to it that a copy of this decree shall be made, and handed over to Jonathan, who shall set it up in a public place on the holy mountain. 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 38 Here, then, was the whole realm at peace under Demetrius’ rule, nor any rival had he; what must he do but disband all his soldiers and send them home, except the foreign troops he had levied from the islands out at sea? Bitterly they hated him for it, the men who had served under his fathers; 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 39 and there was one Tryphon that took good note of these discontents in the army. This Tryphon was formerly of Alexander’s faction, and now he had recourse to Emalchuel, the Arabian, that had care of Alexander’s son Antiochus. -1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 40 Much persuasion he used with him, to let Antiochus return to his father’s throne; much told him of Demetrius, and how the soldiers were disaffected against him.Time passed, and Tryphon was in Arabia still. +1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 40 Much persuasion he used with him, to let Antiochus return to his father’s throne; much told him of Demetrius, and how the soldiers were disaffected against him. Time passed, and Tryphon was in Arabia still. 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 41 Meanwhile, Jonathan was urgent with king Demetrius to withdraw the garrisons from Jerusalem citadel and the other strongholds, where they bore arms yet, and against Israel. 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 42 Nay answered Demetrius, that I will do and more; great honours I have in store, for thee and for thy people both, when the time is ripe for it. 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 11 43 For this present, it were well done to send troops for my own protection; here is all my army revolted from me! @@ -27278,7 +27278,7 @@ Malachias Mal 44 4 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of s 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 33 to which Simon made this answer: Other men’s fief seized we never, nor other men’s rights detain; here be lands that were our fathers’ once, by enemies of ours for some while wrongfully held; 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 34 opportunity given us, should we not claim the patrimony we had lost? 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 35 As for thy talk of Joppe and Gazara, these were cities did much mischief to people and land of ours; for the worth of them, thou shalt have a hundred talents if thou wilt. Never a word said Athenobius, -1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 36 but went back to the king very ill pleased, and told him what answer was given; of Simon’s court, too, and of all else he had seen.Antiochus was in a great taking of anger; +1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 36 but went back to the king very ill pleased, and told him what answer was given; of Simon’s court, too, and of all else he had seen. Antiochus was in a great taking of anger; 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 37 here was Tryphon newly escaped by ship to Orthosias! 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 38 He must needs leave the sea-coast in charge of Cendebaeus, with a strong command both of horse and foot, 1 Machabees 1Mac 45 15 39 while himself gave Tryphon chase. This Cendebaeus had orders to advance and threaten Judaea; Gedor he should fortify, and there make himself fast, the better to levy war on Juda. @@ -27317,7 +27317,7 @@ Malachias Mal 44 4 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of s 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 7 Time was, in the hundred and sixty-ninth year, when Demetrius was a-reigning, we ourselves were writing to you in the midst of suffering and alarms. Much had we to undergo, when Jason would betray his own country, his own people; 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 8 here was the gateway burnt to the ground, here were innocent lives forfeited. Cried we upon the Lord, and all our prayers were answered; burnt-sacrifice and bloodless offering were made, lamps lighted, and loaves set forth in the temple as of old! 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 9 Look to it, then, you make bowers and keep holiday in this month of Casleu. -2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 10 Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year.The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea, their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health. +2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 10 Written in the hundred and eighty-eighth year. The common folk of Jerusalem and Judaea, their council of elders, and I, Judas, to Aristobulus, of the anointed priestly race, that was master of king Ptolemy, and to the Jews of Egypt, greeting and health. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 11 Great thanks we owe to God, that from the extreme of peril has delivered us; ay, though we had such a king for our adversary, 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 12 as could bring in hordes of men from Persia, both us and our holy city to subdue. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 1 13 What became of him, think you, the general that marched away into Persia with a countless army at his heels? He met his end in the temple of Nanea, through guile of the priests that served it. @@ -27502,7 +27502,7 @@ Malachias Mal 44 4 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of s 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 6 Sabbath none would observe, nor keep holiday his fathers kept; even the name of Jew was disclaimed. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 7 Instead, they went to sacrifice on the king’s birthday, though it were ruefully and under duress; and when the feast of Liber came round, make procession they must in Liber’s honour, garlanded with ivy each one. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 8 And now, among all the neighbouring cities, a decree went out, wherein the Ptolemies were the prime movers; all alike should constrain the Jews to do sacrifice, -2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 9 and those that would not fall in with Gentile ways, with their lives must pay for it.Here were sights to be seen most pitiable. +2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 9 and those that would not fall in with Gentile ways, with their lives must pay for it. Here were sights to be seen most pitiable. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 10 Two mothers there were, denounced for the circumcision of their own sons; what, think you, befell them? Both must be driven through the streets, with the children hung about their breasts, and cast headlong from the battlements! 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 11 At another time, Philip had information that certain Jews were meeting in caves near at hand, to keep the sabbath there without remark. Not one of these would lift a hand to help himself, so great care they had of the day’s observance, and all were burned to death. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 6 12 Reader, by these tales of ill fortune be not too much dismayed; bethink thee, all this came about for the punishment of our race, not for its undoing. @@ -27836,7 +27836,7 @@ Malachias Mal 44 4 6 he it is shall reconcile heart of father to son, heart of s 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 8 And for his men he had the same encouragement; let them never be daunted by the onslaught of the heathen, but rather bethink them of heaven’s mercies in time past, and look to God Omnipotent for victory. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 9 Of the law and the prophets he spoke to them, and reminded them of their old battles, till all were eager for the fight; 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 10 nor was it enough to arouse their ardour; he shewed them, too, how treacherous the heathen had proved, and how forsworn. -2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 11 Thus it was his care to arm them, not with shield or spear for their defence, but with excellent words of good cheer.A dream of his he told them, most worthy of credence, that brought comfort to one and all. +2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 11 Thus it was his care to arm them, not with shield or spear for their defence, but with excellent words of good cheer. A dream of his he told them, most worthy of credence, that brought comfort to one and all. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 12 And what saw he? Onias, that had once been high priest, appeared to him; an excellent good man this, modest of mien, courteous, well-spoken, and from his boyhood schooled in all the virtues. With hands outstretched, he stood there praying for the Jewish folk. 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 13 Then he was ware of another, a man of great age and reverence, nothing about him but was most worshipful; 2 Machabees 2Mac 46 15 14 who this might be, Onias told him forthwith: Here is one that loves our brethren, the people of Israel, well; one that for Israel and for every stone of the holy city prays much; God’s prophet Jeremias. @@ -28563,7 +28563,7 @@ Matthew Mat 46 21 13 It is written, he told them, My house shall be known for a Matthew Mat 46 21 14 And there were blind and lame men who came up to him in the temple, and he healed them there. Matthew Mat 46 21 15 The chief priests and scribes saw the miracles which he did, and the boys that cried aloud in the temple, Hosanna for the son of David, and they were greatly angered at it. Matthew Mat 46 21 16 Dost thou hear what these are saying? they asked. Yes, Jesus said to them, but have you never read the words, Thou hast made the lips of children, of infants at the breast, vocal with praise? -Matthew Mat 46 21 17 So he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, where he made his lodging.As he was returning to the city at daybreak, he was hungry: +Matthew Mat 46 21 17 So he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, where he made his lodging. As he was returning to the city at daybreak, he was hungry: Matthew Mat 46 21 18 and, seeing a fig-tree by the road-side, he went up to it, and found nothing but leaves on it. Matthew Mat 46 21 19 And he said to it, Let no fruit ever grow on thee hereafter; whereupon the fig-tree withered away. Matthew Mat 46 21 20 His disciples were amazed when they saw it; How suddenly it has withered away! they said. @@ -31894,7 +31894,7 @@ The Acts Acts 50 7 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on heav The Acts Acts 50 7 56 Then they cried aloud, and put their fingers into their ears; with one accord they fell upon him, The Acts Acts 50 7 57 thrust him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses put down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. The Acts Acts 50 7 58 Thus they stoned Stephen; he, meanwhile, was praying; Lord Jesus, he said, receive my spirit; -The Acts Acts 50 7 59 and then, kneeling down, he cried aloud, Lord, do not count this sin against them. And with that, he fell asleep in the Lord.Saul was one of those who gave their voices for his murder. +The Acts Acts 50 7 59 and then, kneeling down, he cried aloud, Lord, do not count this sin against them. And with that, he fell asleep in the Lord. Saul was one of those who gave their voices for his murder. The Acts Acts 50 8 1 The church in Jerusalem was much persecuted at this time, and all except the apostles were scattered about over the countryside of Judaea and Samaria. The Acts Acts 50 8 2 Stephen was buried by devout men, who mourned greatly over him. The Acts Acts 50 8 3 Saul, meanwhile, was making havoc of the church; he made his way into house after house, carrying men and women off and committing them to prison. @@ -33271,7 +33271,7 @@ Romans Rom 51 16 27 To him, to God who alone is wise, glory be given from age to 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 12 If others claim a share of such rights over you, have not we a better claim still? And yet we have never availed ourselves of those rights; we bear every hardship, sooner than hinder the preaching of Christ’s gospel. 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 13 You know, surely, that those who do the temple’s work live on the temple’s revenues; that those who preside at the altar share the altar’s offerings. 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 14 And so it is that the Lord has bidden the heralds of the gospel live by preaching the gospel. -1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 15 Yet I have not availed myself of any such right.I am not writing thus in the hope of being treated otherwise; I would rather die than have this boast taken from me. +1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 15 Yet I have not availed myself of any such right. I am not writing thus in the hope of being treated otherwise; I would rather die than have this boast taken from me. 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 16 When I preach the gospel, I take no credit for that; I act under constraint; it would go hard with me indeed if I did not preach the gospel. 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 17 I can claim a reward for what I do of my own choice; but when I act under constraint, I am only executing a commission. 1 Corinthians 1Cor 52 9 18 What title have I, then, to a reward? Why, that when I preach the gospel I should preach the gospel free of charge, not making full use of the rights which gospel preaching gives me. @@ -34590,7 +34590,7 @@ Colossians Col 57 4 18 Here is a greeting for you from Paul in his own hand; do 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 5 It is for thee to be on the watch, to accept every hardship, to employ thyself in preaching the gospel, and perform every duty of thy office, keeping a sober mind. 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 6 As for me, my blood already flows in sacrifice; the time has nearly come when I can go free. 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 7 I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race; I have redeemed my pledge; -2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 8 I look forward to the prize that is waiting for me, the prize I have earned. The Lord, the judge whose award never goes amiss, will grant it to me when that day comes; to me, yes, and all those who have learned to welcome his appearing.Make haste, and come quickly to me. +2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 8 I look forward to the prize that is waiting for me, the prize I have earned. The Lord, the judge whose award never goes amiss, will grant it to me when that day comes; to me, yes, and all those who have learned to welcome his appearing. Make haste, and come quickly to me. 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 9 Demas has fallen in love with this present world; he has deserted me, and gone to Thessalonica. 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 10 Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia, 2 Timothy 2Tim 61 4 11 and Luke is my only companion. Join company with Mark, and bring him here with thee; he can help me with the exercise of his ministry diff --git a/readings/bibles/vul.tsv b/readings/bibles/vul.tsv @@ -13701,7 +13701,7 @@ Nehemiah Neh 16 13 28 De filiis autem Jojada filii Eliasib sacerdotis magni, gen Nehemiah Neh 16 13 29 Recordare, Domine Deus meus, adversum eos qui polluunt sacerdotium, jusque sacerdotale et Leviticum. Nehemiah Neh 16 13 30 Igitur mundavi eos ab omnibus alienigenis, et constitui ordines sacerdotum et Levitarum, unumquemque in ministerio suo : Nehemiah Neh 16 13 31 et in oblatione lignorum in temporibus constitutis, et in primitivis : memento mei, Deus meus, in bonum. Amen. -# Tobias Tob Liber Tobias +# Tobias Tob Liber Tobiae Tobias Tob 17 1 1 Tobias ex tribu et civitate Nephthali (quae est in superioribus Galilaeae supra Naasson, post viam quae ducit ad occidentem, in sinistro habens civitatem Sephet) Tobias Tob 17 1 2 cum captus esset in diebus Salmanasar regis Assyriorum, in captivitate tamen positus, viam veritatis non deseruit, Tobias Tob 17 1 3 ita ut omnia, quae habere poterat, quotidie concaptivis fratribus, qui erant ex ejus genere, impertiret. @@ -22165,8 +22165,8 @@ Wisdom Wis 25 4 10 Placens Deo factus est dilectus, et vivens inter peccatores t Wisdom Wis 25 4 11 Raptus est, ne malitia mutaret intellectum ejus, aut ne fictio deciperet animam illius. Wisdom Wis 25 4 12 Fascinatio enim nugacitatis obscurat bona, et inconstantia concupiscentiae transvertit sensum sine malitia. Wisdom Wis 25 4 13 Consummatus in brevi, explevit tempora multa; -Wisdom Wis 25 4 14 placita enim erat Deo anima illius : propter hoc properavit educere illum de medio iniquitatum. Populi autem videntes, et non intelligentes, nec ponentes in praecordiis talia, -Wisdom Wis 25 4 15 quoniam gratia Dei et misericordia est in sanctos ejus, et respectus in electos illius. +Wisdom Wis 25 4 14 placita enim erat Deo anima illius : propter hoc properavit educere illum de medio iniquitatum. +Wisdom Wis 25 4 15 Populi autem videntes, et non intelligentes, nec ponentes in praecordiis talia, quoniam gratia Dei et misericordia est in sanctos ejus, et respectus in electos illius. Wisdom Wis 25 4 16 Condemnat autem justus mortuus vivos impios, et juventus celerius consummata longam vitam injusti. Wisdom Wis 25 4 17 Videbunt enim finem sapientis, et non intelligent quid cogitaverit de illo Deus, et quare munierit illum Dominus. Wisdom Wis 25 4 18 Videbunt, et contemnent eum; illos autem Dominus irridebit. @@ -22334,8 +22334,8 @@ Wisdom Wis 25 11 17 ut scirent quia per quae peccat quis, per haec et torquetur. Wisdom Wis 25 11 18 Non enim impossibilis erat omnipotens manus tua, quae creavit orbem terrarum ex materia invisa, immittere illis multitudinem ursorum, aut audaces leones, Wisdom Wis 25 11 19 aut novi generis ira plenas ignotas bestias, aut vaporem ignium spirantes, aut fumi odorem proferentes, aut horrendas ab oculis scintillas emittentes; Wisdom Wis 25 11 20 quarum non solum laesura poterat illos exterminare, sed et aspectus per timorem occidere. -Wisdom Wis 25 11 21 Sed et sine his uno spiritu poterant occidi, persecutionem passi ab ipsis factis suis, et dispersi per spiritum virtutis tuae; sed omnia in mensura, et numero et pondere disposuisti; -Wisdom Wis 25 11 22 multum enim valere, tibi soli supererat semper; et virtuti brachii tui quis resistet? +Wisdom Wis 25 11 21 Sed et sine his uno spiritu poterant occidi, persecutionem passi ab ipsis factis suis, et dispersi per spiritum virtutis tuae; sed omnia in mensura, et numero et pondere disposuisti. +Wisdom Wis 25 11 22 Multum enim valere, tibi soli supererat semper; et virtuti brachii tui quis resistet? Wisdom Wis 25 11 23 Quoniam tamquam momentum staterae, sic est ante te orbis terrarum, et tamquam gutta roris antelucani quae descendit in terram. Wisdom Wis 25 11 24 Sed misereris omnium, quia omnia potes; et dissimulas peccata hominum, propter poenitentiam. Wisdom Wis 25 11 25 Diligis enim omnia quae sunt, et nihil odisti eorum quae fecisti; nec enim odiens aliquid constituisti, aut fecisti. @@ -23089,8 +23089,8 @@ Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 14 Corripe proximum, ne forte non dixerit : et si di Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 15 Corripe amicum, saepe enim fit commissio : Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 16 et non omni verbo credas. Est qui labitur lingua, sed non ex animo : Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 17 quis est enim qui non deliquerit in lingua sua? Corripe proximum antequam commineris, -Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 18 et da locum timori Altissimi : quia omnis sapientia timor Dei, et in illa timere Deum, et in omni sapientia dispositio legis. -Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 19 Et non est sapientia nequitiae disciplina, et non est cogitatus peccatorum prudentia. +Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 18 et da locum timori Altissimi. +Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 19 Quia omnis sapientia timor Dei, et in illa timere Deum, et in omni sapientia dispositio legis. Et non est sapientia nequitiae disciplina, et non est cogitatus peccatorum prudentia. Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 20 Est nequitia, et in ipsa execratio, et est insipiens qui minuitur sapientia. Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 21 Melior est homo qui minuitur sapientia, et deficiens sensu, in timore, quam qui abundat sensu, et transgreditur legem Altissimi. Ecclesiasticus Ecclus 26 19 22 Est solertia certa, et ipsa iniqua :