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THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA
5677-1917
Copyright 1917,
By The Jewish Publication Society of America
All rights reserved
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PREFACE
The following is from the preface to the Jewish Publication Society's 1917
edition of the Hebrew Bible in English:
The sacred task of translating the Word of God, as revealed to Israel through
lawgiver, prophet, psalmist, and sage, began at an early date. According to an
ancient rabbinic interpretation, Joshua had the Torah engraved upon the stones of
the altar (Joshua 8:32) not in the original Hebrew alone, but in all the languages
of mankind, which were held to be seventy, in order that all men might become
acquainted with the words of the Scriptures. This statement, with its
universalistic tendency, is, of course, a reflex of later times, when the Hebrew
Scriptures had become a subject of curiosity and perhaps also of anxiety to the
pagan or semi-pagan world.
While this tradition contains an element of truth, it is certain that the primary
object of translating the Bible was to minister to a need nearer home. Upon the
establishment of the Second Commonwealth under Ezra and Nehemiah, it
became imperative to make the Torah of God 'distinct and giving sense' through
the means of interpretation (Nehemiah 8:8 and 13:24), that the Word of God
might be understood by all the people. The Rabbis perceived in this activity of
the first generation of the Sopherim the origin of the Aramaic translation known
as the Targum, first made orally and afterwards committed to writing, which was
necessitated by the fact that Israel had forgotten the sacred language, and spoke
the idiom current in a large part of western Asia. All this, however, is veiled in
obscurity, as is the whole inner history of the Jews during the Persian rule.
The historic necessity for translation was repeated with all the great changes in
Israel's career. It is enough to point to the Septuagint, or the Greek translation of
the Scriptures, the product of Israel's contact with the Hellenistic civilization
dominating the world at that time; to the Arabic translation by the Gaon Saadya,
when the great majority of the Jewish people came under the sceptre of
Mohammedan rulers; and to the German translation by Mendelssohn and his
school, at the dawn of a new epoch, which brought the Jews in Europe, most of
whom spoke a German dialect, into closer contact with their neighbours. These
translations are all historical products intimately connected with Israel's
wanderings among the nations and with the great events of mankind in general.
Ancient and continuous as this task of translation was, it would be a mistake to
think that there were no misgivings about it. At least it is certain that opinions
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were divided as to the desirability of such undertakings. While Philo and his
Alexandrian coreligionists looked upon the translation of the Seventy as a work
of inspired men, the Palestinian Rabbis subsequently considered the day on
which the Septuagint was completed as one of the most unfortunate in Israel's
history, seeing that the Torah could never be adequately translated. And there are
indications enough that the consequences of such translations were not all of a
desirable nature. However, in view of the eagerness with which they were
undertaken almost in every land and in every great epoch of the world's history, it
is evident that the people at large approved of such translations, thinking them to
be a heave-offering to the Lord of each newly acquired vernacular adopted in the
course of the ever-changing conditions of history, and in particular a tribute to
the beauty of Japheth dwelling in the spiritual tents of Israel.
The greatest change in the life of Israel during the last two generations was his
renewed acquaintance with English-speaking civilization. Out of a handful of
immigrants from Central Europe and the East who saw the shores of the New
World, or even of England and her colonies, we have grown under Providence
both in numbers and in importance, so that we constitute now the greatest section
of Israel living in a single country outside of Russia. We are only following in the
footsteps of our great predecessors when, with the growth of our numbers, we
have applied ourselves to the sacred task of preparing a new translation of the
Bible into the English language, which, unless all signs fail, is to become the
current speech of the majority of the children of Israel.
The need of such a translation was felt long ago. Mention may here be made of
the work of Isaac Leeser in America, which was both preceded and followed by
two translations produced in England: the one by Dr. A. Benisch, the other by Dr.
Michael Friedlander. The most popular, however, among these translations was
that of Lesser, which was not only the accepted version in all the synagogues of
the United States, but was also reproduced in England. Its great merit consisted
in the fact that it incorporated all the improvements proposed by the
Mendelssohn School and their successors, whose combined efforts were included
and further developed in the so-called Zunz Bible, which enjoyed a certain
authority among German Jews for several generations. With the advance of time
and the progress made in almost all departments of Bible study, it was found that
Leeser's translation would bear improvement and recasting.
Steps leading to the preparation of a new translation into the English language
were taken by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1892. It was
intended to secure, if possible, through the co-operation of scholars in the United
States and in Great Britain, a new translation of each book, and to place it in the
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hands of an Editorial Committee, who by correspondence with the translators
should harmonize the results of the work of the individual contributors. This
method was followed until 1901 under the general direction of Doctor Marcus
Jastrow, Editor-in-Chief, with Doctor Kaufman Kohler and Doctor Frederick de
Sola Mendes as the other members of the Editorial Committee.*
*There is given herewith a list of the translations prepared for the Society:
Genesis, Max Landsberg, Rochester, N. Y.
Exodus and Leviticus, L. N. Dembitz (deceased), Louisville, Ky.
Numbers, David Philipson, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Deuteronomy, F. de Sola Mendes, New York.
Joshua, Joseph H. Hertz, London, England.
Judges, Stephen S. Wise, New York.
II Samuel, Bernard Drachman, New York.
Jeremiah, Sabato Morais (deceased), Philadelphia, Pa.
Ezekiel, Henry W. Schneeberger, Baltimore, Md.
Joel, Oscar Cohen (deceased), Mobile, Ala.
Amos, H. Pereira Mendes, Now York.
Obadiah and Jonah, J. Voorsanger (deceased), San Francisco, California.
Micah, Maurice H. Harris, New York.
Nahum, L. Mayer (deceased), Pittsburgh, Pa.
Zephaniah, M. Schlesinger, Albany, N. Y.
Haggai, S. Mendelsohn, Wilmington, N. C.
Malachi, D. Davidson, New York.
Job, Marcus Jastrow (deceased), Philadelphia, Pa.
Ruth, Joseph Krauskopf, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ecclesiastes, Gustav Gottheil (deceased), New York.
Esther, William Rosenau, Baltimore, Md.
I and II Chronicles, M. Mielziner (deceased), Cincinnati, Ohio.)
It became apparent in 1901 that by this procedure the publication of a
translation of the entire Hebrew Bible would be indefinitely delayed, and
accordingly the Book of Psalms, translated by Doctor Kohler and revised by his
colleagues, was given to the press and issued in 1903. The death of Doctor
Jastrow in that year required the formation of a new committee under the
chairmanship of Doctor Solomon Schechter. This committee, however, soon
found that the method adopted was too complex, and that it was impossible to
accomplish by correspondence the extensive work required.
In 1908 the Jewish Publication Society of America and the Central Conference
of American Rabbis reached an agreement to cooperate in bringing out the new
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translation upon a revised plan of having the entire work done by a Board of
Editors instead of endeavoring to harmonize the translations of individual
contributors. As a result of this understanding the present Board, composed of
Doctor Solomon Schechter, Doctor Cyrus Adler, and Doctor Joseph Jacobs,
representing the Jewish Publication Society of America, and Doctor Kaufman
Kohler, Doctor David Philipson, and Doctor Samuel Schulman, representing the
Central Conference of American Rabbis, was constituted, and by mutual
agreement Professor Max L. Margolis was chosen as the seventh member, he to
be the Editor-in-Chief of the work and Secretary to the Editorial Board, of which
Doctor Cyrus Adler was elected Chairman. Incidentally the selection thus made
resulted in an equal representation of the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America at New York, of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati, and of the
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning at Philadelphia. For one year
Professor Israel Friedlaender acted as a member of the Board in the stead of
Doctor Schechter.
The method employed by the Board was as follows:
In preparing the manuscript for consideration by the Board of Editors,
Professor Margolis took into account the existing English versions, the standard
commentaries, ancient and modern, the translations already made for the Jewish
Publication Society of America, the divergent renderings from the Revised
Version prepared for the Jews of England, the marginal notes of the Revised
Version, and the changes of the American Committee of Revisers. Due weight
was given to the ancient versions as establishing a tradition of interpretation,
notably the Septuagint and the versions of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion,
the Targums, the Peshitta, the Vulgate, and the Arabic version of Saadya.
Talmudic and midrashic allusions and all available Jewish commentators, both
the great medieval authorities, like Rashi, Kimhi, and Ibn Ezra, and the moderns
S. D. Luzzatto, Malbim, and Ehrlich, as well as all the important non-Jewish
commentators, were consulted. On this basis, a manuscript was prepared by the
Editor-in-Chief and a copy sent to every member of the Board of Editors. Sixteen
meetings, covering a period of seven years and occupying one hundred and sixty
working days, were held, at which the proposals in this manuscript and many
additional suggestions by the members of the Board were considered. Each point
was thoroughly discussed, and the view of the majority was incorporated into the
manuscript. When the Board was evenly divided, the Chairman cast the deciding
vote. From time to time subcommittees were at work upon points left open, and
their reports, submitted to the Board, were discussed and voted upon. The proof
of the entire work was sent to each member of the Board for revision, and the
new proposals which were made by one or another were in turn submitted to a
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vote by correspondence and to a final vote at the last meeting of the Board, held
in October-November, 1915.
The present translation is the first for which a group of men representative of
Jewish learning among English-speaking Jews assume joint responsibility, all
previous efforts in the English language having been the work of individual
translators. It has a character of its own. It aims to combine the spirit of Jewish
tradition with the results of biblical scholarship, ancient, medieval, and modern.
It gives to the Jewish world a translation of the Scriptures done by men imbued
with the Jewish consciousness, while the non-Jewish world, it is hoped, will
welcome a translation that presents many passages from the Jewish traditional
point of view.
The repeated efforts by Jews in the field of biblical translation show their
sentiment toward translations prepared by other denominations. The dominant
feature of this sentiment, apart from the thought that the christological
interpretations in non-Jewish translations are out of place in a Jewish Bible, is
and was that the Jew cannot afford to have his Bible translation prepared for him
by others. He cannot have it as a gift, even as he cannot borrow his soul from
others. If a new country and a new language metamorphose him into a new man,
the duty of this new man is to prepare a new garb and a new method of
expression for what is most sacred and most dear to him.
We are, it is hardly needful to say, deeply grateful for the works of our non-
Jewish predecessors, such as the Authorised Version with its admirable diction,
which can never be surpassed, as well as for the Revised Version with its ample
learning--but they are not ours. The Editors have not only used these famous
English versions, but they have gone back to the earlier translations of Wycliffe,
Tyndale, Coverdale, the Bishops' Bible, and the Douai Version, which is the
authorised English translation of the Vulgate used by the Roman Catholics; in a
word, upon doubtful points in style, all English versions have been drawn upon.
The renditions of parts of the Hebrew Scriptures by Lowth and others in the
eighteenth century and by Cheyne and Driver in our own days were likewise
consulted.
As to the text and order of the biblical books, the present translation follows
Jewish tradition, the Sacred Scriptures having come down in a definite compass
and in a definite text. They are separated into three divisions: Law (Torah,
Pentateuch), Prophets (Nebi'im), Writings (Ketubim). Each of these possesses a
different degree of holiness or authority. In the Prophets and the Writings the
order of the books varies in manuscripts or among Jewish authorities; but there is
absolute agreement as to the compass of these two divisions, and no book is
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transposed from the one into the other. Thus Ruth, Lamentations, and Daniel are
all placed in the division of Writings--not among the Prophets, as in non-Jewish
versions.
With every step by which each of the three parts was sealed, nothing to be
added or to be taken away, the text was likewise fixed and thenceforth made the
object of zealous watchfulness. Even with regard to the latest book of our
Scriptures, we read its text substantially in the form in which the great Rabbi
Akiba read it, he who said that the system by which the sacred text was guarded
constituted a fence about the Scriptures. In that system, at first oral and later
committed to writing, the letters were actually counted and lists made, to the end
that no alterations should creep in at the hands of careless scribes. The first to
collect the notes known as Masorah was Jacob ben Haim Ibn Adonijah, the editor
of the second Rabbinic Bible. In our own day many scholars have been
prominent in this field of labour, chief among whom are Wolf Heidenheim, S.
Frensdorff, S. Baer, and C. D. Ginsburg. We have followed Baer's texta and for
the parts not edited by him that of Ginsburg. Not only does the text known as the
masoretic represent the text current in the Synagogue with regard to consonants,
but also with regard to its signs standing for vowels and accents, both of which
embody the interpretation accepted by the Synagogue. While in the scrolls which
are read in the Synagogue the bare consonants are alone permitted, readers must
prepare themselves from copies allowed for private use, in ancient times written
and now printed, which contain the additional signs for vowels and accents. A
translation must naturally follow the guide of the latter. Moreover, the public
reader is bound in certain cases to substitute mentally other consonants in the
place of those found in the scrolls, in accordance with the marginal annotations in
the copies intended for private use. These variants are taken traditionally for
corrections, and the public reader who persists in ignoring them forfeits his
position. It is true that in the case of such variations the Jewish commentators of
the Middle Ages sought to elicit a meaning also from the textual reading, and
seem here and there tacitly to give it preference, but all this partakes of the nature
of private judgment, and does not affect the uniform practice of the public
readings in the Synagogue. While as a rule the margin (Kere) was followed, we
have occasionally adopted the consonants of the text (Ketib), as for instance in Ps
139:16, and 2Ch 24:27 34:9.
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It should be noted that in the otherwise excellent edition of Baer the word חקhas
been omitted by mistake in Pr 5:20. In Eze 9:9 the Board deviated from the Baer edition
and accepted the reading דמיםinstead of חמס. In Ps 62:4 the. vocalization of Ben Naphtali
was followed instead of that of Ben Asher usually adopted by Baer.
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A translation destined for the people can follow only one text, and that must be
the traditional. Nevertheless a translator is not a transcriber of the text. His
principal function is to make the Hebrew intelligible. Faithful though he must be
to the Hebrew idiom, he will nevertheless be forced by the genius of the English
language to use circumlocution, to add a word or two, to alter the sequence of
words, and the like. In general, our rule has been that, where the word or words
added are implied in the Hebrew construction, no device is used to mark the
addition; where, on the other hand, the addition is not at once to be inferred from
the original wording and yet seems necessary for the understanding, it has been
enclosed in brackets. Naturally opinion will differ as to what may be deemed an
addition warranted by the Hebrew construction and what may not, but as
intelligibility was the principal aim, the Editors have felt justified in making their
additions, sparingly it is true, but nevertheless as often as the occasion required.
We have thought it proper to limit the margin to the shortest compass,
confining it to such elucidation of and references to the literal meaning as are
absolutely necessary for making the translation intelligible. The Rabbis
enumerate eighteen instances in which the scribes consciously altered the text.
We have called attention to a change of this nature in Jud 18:30.
Personal pronouns referring to the Deity have been capitalized. As an aid to
clearness direct discourse has been indicated by quotation marks. In the
prophetical writings, where the speech of the prophet imperceptibly glides into
the words of the Deity, and in the legal portions of the Pentateuch, it has been
thought best to use quotation marks sparingly. Although the spelling of proper
names in the English Bible in many instances deviates somewhat from an
accurate representation of the Hebrew, it has nevertheless been deemed wise,
owing to the familiarity of Hebrew names in their usual English form, generally
to retain the current spelling.
In all externals this translation is especially adapted for use in synagogue and
school. The Keriat ha-Torah, or the reading of the section from the Five Books of
Moses, is the central feature of the Synagogue service. The Pentateuch is divided
into fifty-four sections; beginning with the Sabbath following the Feast of
Tabernacles, the readings on the Sabbaths of the year are taken in their order
from the Five Books of Moses. The reading consists either of the whole section
or of a selected portion. There was a variant custom according to which the
reading of the Torah extended over a period of three years instead of one year.
However, the one year cycle gradually superseded the three year cycle, and has
become the universal custom in the Synagogue.
The Pentateuchal readings are supplemented by readings from the Prophets
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known as Haftarot. Readings from the third portion of the Bible, though
customary at one time, have now largely fallen into disuse. The five small books
known as the Five Megillot are given a place in the Synagogue service in their
entirety. On the feast of Purim the book of Esther is read; the book of
Lamentations is read on Tish'ah be-Ab (Ninth of Ab), the fast-day observed in
commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem; Song of Songs, Ruth, and
Ecclesiastes are read respectively on the Feast of Passover, the Feast of Weeks,
and the Feast of Tabernacles.
The sections of the Pentateuch as traditionally read on the Sabbath are
indicated, and a table gives all Scriptural readings, both on the Sabbath and on
feast days and fast days.
By the favor of a gracious Providence the present company of Editors was
permitted to finish the work which is now given to the public. The final meeting
in November, nineteen hundred and fifteen, was closed with a prayer of thanks to
God that the great task was completed and that the group which during seven
years had toiled together was intact. Since that day two of our number have been
called to the academy on high, Solomon Schechter and Joseph Jacobs, be their
memory for a blessing. We grieve that it was not granted these cherished
colleagues to live to see the final fruition of their labours; their wholehearted and
devoted service is herewith recorded in grateful appreciation. In all humility their
co-workers submit this version to the Jewish people in the confident hope that it
will aid them in the knowledge of the Word of God.
ערב ראש השנה תרע"ז September 27, 1916.
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TABLE OF SCRIPTURAL READINGS
PENTATEUCH PROPHETS
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PENTATEUCH PROPHETS
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THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS
Genesis Micah
Exodus Nahum
Leviticus Habakkuk
Numbers Zephaniah
Deuteronomy Haggai
Joshua Zechariah
Judges Malachi
I Samuel Psalms
II Samuel Proverbs
I Kings Job
II Kings Song of Songs
Isaiah Ruth
Jeremiah Lamentations
Ezekiel Ecclesiastes
The Twelve Esther
Hosea Daniel
Joel Ezra
Amos Nehemiah
Obadiah I Chronicles
Jonah II Chronicles
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תורה
THE LAW
GENESIS
EXODUS
LEVITICUS
NUMBERS
DEUTERONOMY
בראשית
GENESIS
1 In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth. 2Now the
earth.’ And it was so. 12And the earth
brought forth grass, herb yielding seed
earth was unformed and void, and after its kind, and tree bearing fruit,
darkness was upon the face of the wherein is the seed thereof, after its
deep; and the spirit of God hovered kind; and God saw that it was good.
over the face of the waters. 3And God 13
And there was evening and there was
said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there morning, a third day.
was light. 4And God saw the light, that 14
And God said: ‘Let there be lights
it was good; and God divided the light in the firmament of the heaven to
from the darkness. 5And God called divide the day from the night; and let
the light Day, and the darkness He them be for signs, and for seasons, and
called Night. And there was evening for days and years; 15and let them be
and there was morning, one day. for lights in the firmament of the
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And God said: ‘Let there be a heaven to give light upon the earth.’
firmament in the midst of the waters, And it was so. 16And God made the
and let it divide the waters from the two great lights: the greater light to
waters.’ 7And God made the rule the day, and the lesser light to rule
firmament, and divided the waters the night; and the stars. 17And God set
which were under the firmament from them in the firmament of the heaven to
the waters which were above the give light upon the earth, 18and to rule
firmament; and it was so. 8And God over the day and over the night, and to
called the firmament Heaven. And divide the light from the darkness; and
there was evening and there was God saw that it was good. 19And there
morning, a second day. was evening and there was morning, a
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And God said: ‘Let the waters fourth day.
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under the heaven be gathered together And God said: ‘Let the waters
unto one place, and let the dry land swarm with swarms of living
appear.’ And it was so. 10And God creatures, and let fowl fly above the
called the dry land Earth, and the earth in the open firmament of
gathering together of the waters called heaven.’ 21And God created the great
He Seas; and God saw that it was sea-monsters, and every living creature
good. 11And God said: ‘Let the earth that creepeth, wherewith the waters
put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and swarmed, after its kind, and every
fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, winged fowl after its kind; and God
wherein is the seed thereof, upon the saw that it was good. 22And God
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GENESIS
blessed them, saying: ‘Be fruitful, and living soul, [I have given] every green
multiply, and fill the waters in the herb for food.’ And it was so. 31And
seas, and let fowl multiply in the God saw every thing that He had
earth.’ 23And there was evening and made, and, behold, it was very good.
there was morning, a fifth day. And there was evening and there was
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And God said: ‘Let the earth bring morning, the sixth day.
forth the living creature after its kind,
cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of 2 And the heaven and the earth
were finished, and all the host of
the earth after its kind.’ And it was so. them. 2And on the seventh day God
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And God made the beast of the earth finished His work which He had made;
after its kind, and the cattle after their and He rested on the seventh day from
kind, and every thing that creepeth all His work which He had made. 3And
upon the ground after its kind; and God blessed the seventh day, and
God saw that it was good. 26And God hallowed it; because that in it He
said: ‘Let us make man in our image, rested from all His work which God in
after our likeness; and let them have creating had made.
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dominion over the fish of the sea, and These are the generations of the
over the fowl of the air, and over the heaven and of the earth when they
cattle, and over all the earth, and over were created, in the day that the LORD
every creeping thing that creepeth God made earth and heaven.
upon the earth.’ 27And God created 5
No shrub of the field was yet in the
man in His own image, in the image of earth, and no herb of the field had yet
God created He him; male and female sprung up; for the LORD God had not
created He them. 28And God blessed caused it to rain upon the earth, and
them; and God said unto them: ‘Be there was not a man to till the ground;
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fruitful, and multiply, and replenish but there went up a mist from the
the earth, and subdue it; and have earth, and watered the whole face of
dominion over the fish of the sea, and the ground. 7Then the LORD God
over the fowl of the air, and over every formed man of the dust of the ground,
living thing that creepeth upon the and breathed into his nostrils the
earth.’ 29And God said: ‘Behold, I breath of life; and man became a living
have given you every herb yielding soul. 8And the LORD God planted a
seed, which is upon the face of all the garden eastward, in Eden; and there
earth, and every tree, in which is the He put the man whom He had formed.
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fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it And out of the ground made the LORD
shall be for food; 30and to every beast God to grow every tree that is pleasant
of the earth, and to every fowl of the to the sight, and good for food; the tree
air, and to every thing that creepeth of life also in the midst of the garden,
upon the earth, wherein there is a and the tree of the knowledge of good
2
GENESIS
and evil. 10And a river went out of was not found a help meet for him.
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Eden to water the garden; and from And the LORD God caused a deep
thence it was parted, and became four sleep to fall upon the man, and he
heads. 11The name of the first is slept; and He took one of his ribs, and
Pishon; that is it which compasseth the closed up the place with flesh instead
whole land of Havilah, where there is thereof. 22And the rib, which the LORD
gold; 12and the gold of that land is God had taken from the man, made He
good; there is bdellium and the onyx a woman, and brought her unto the
stone. 13And the name of the second man. 23And the man said: ‘This is now
river is Gihon; the same is it that bone of my bones, and flesh of my
compasseth the whole land of Cush. flesh; she shall be called bWoman,
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And the name of the third river is because she was taken out of cMan.’
a 24
Tigris; that is it which goeth toward Therefore shall a man leave his
the east of Asshur. And the fourth father and his mother, and shall cleave
river is the Euphrates. 15And the LORD unto his wife, and they shall be one
God took the man, and put him into flesh. 25And they were both naked, the
the garden of Eden to dress it and to man and his wife, and were not
keep it. 16And the LORD God ashamed.
commanded the man, saying: ‘Of
every tree of the garden thou mayest 3 Now the serpent was more subtle
than any beast of the field which
freely eat; 17but of the tree of the the LORD God had made. And he said
knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said:
not eat of it; for in the day that thou Ye shall not eat of any tree of the
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ garden?’ 2And the woman said unto
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And the LORD God said: ‘It is not the serpent: ‘Of the fruit of the trees of
good that the man should be alone; I the garden we may eat; 3but of the fruit
will make him a help meet for him.’ of the tree which is in the midst of the
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And out of the ground the LORD God garden, God hath said: Ye shall not eat
formed every beast of the field, and of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye
every fowl of the air; and brought die.’ 4And the serpent said unto the
them unto the man to see what he woman: ‘Ye shall not surely die; 5for
would call them; and whatsoever the God doth know that in the day ye eat
man would call every living creature, thereof, then your eyes shall be
that was to be the name thereof. 20And opened, and ye shall be as God,
the man gave names to all cattle, and knowing good and evil.’ 6And when
to the fowl of the air, and to every the woman saw that the tree was good
beast of the field; but for Adam there
b
Heb. Issahah.
a c
Heb. Hiddekel. Heb. Ish.
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GENESIS
for food, and that it was a delight to and her seed; they shall bruise thy
the eyes, and that the tree was to be head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’
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desired to make one wise, she took of Unto the woman He said: ‘I will
the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she greatly multiply thy pain and thy
gave also unto her husband with her, travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth
and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them children; and thy desire shall be to thy
both were opened, and they knew that husband, and he shall rule over thee.’
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they were naked; and they sewed fig- And unto Adam He said: ‘Because
leaves together, and made themselves thou hast hearkened unto the voice of
girdles. 8And they heard the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
the LORD God walking in the garden which I commanded thee, saying:
toward the cool of the day; and the Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the
man and his wife hid themselves from ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou
the presence of the LORD God amongst eat of it all the days of thy life.
the trees of the garden. 9And the LORD 18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
God called unto the man, and said unto forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the
him: ‘Where art thou?’ 10And he said: herb of the field. 19In the sweat of thy
‘I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I face shalt thou eat bread, till thou
was afraid, because I was naked; and I return unto the ground; for out of it
hid myself.’ 11And He said: ‘Who told wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and
thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou unto dust shalt thou return.’ 20And the
eaten of the tree, whereof I man called his wife’s name aEve;
commanded thee that thou shouldest because she was the mother of all
not eat?’ 12And the man said: ‘The living. 21And the LORD God made for
woman whom Thou gavest to be with Adam and for his wife garments of
me, she gave me of the tree, and I did skins, and clothed them.
eat.’ 13And the LORD God said unto the 22
And the LORD God said: ‘Behold,
woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ the man is become as one of us, to
And the woman said: ‘The serpent know good and evil; and now, lest he
beguiled me, and I did eat.’ 14And the put forth his hand, and take also of the
LORD God said unto the serpent: tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.’
23
‘Because thou hast done this, cursed Therefore the LORD God sent him
art thou from among all cattle, and forth from the garden of Eden, to till
from among all beasts of the field; the ground from whence he was taken.
24
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust So He drove out the man; and He
shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. placed at the east of the garden of
15
And I will put enmity between thee Eden the cherubim, and the flaming
and the woman, and between thy seed
a
Heb. Havvah, that is, Life.
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sword which turned every way, to to receive thy brother’s blood from thy
keep the way to the tree of life. hand. 12When thou tillest the ground, it
5
15
This is the book of the And Mahalalel lived sixty and five
generations of Adam. In the day years, and begot Jared. 16And
that God created man, in the likeness Mahalalel lived after he begot Jared
of God made He him; 2male and eight hundred and thirty years, and
female created He them, and blessed begot sons and daughters. 17And all the
them, and called their name Adam, in days of Mahalalel were eight hundred
the day when they were created. 3And ninety and five years; and he died.
18
Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, And Jared lived a hundred sixty
and begot a son in his own likeness, and two years, and begot Enoch. 19And
after his image; and called his name Jared lived after he begot Enoch eight
Seth. 4And the days of Adam after he hundred years, and begot sons and
begot Seth were eight hundred years; daughters. 20And all the days of Jared
were nine hundred sixty and two
years; and he died.
a
Heb. Sheth.
b
Heb. Shath.
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21
And Enoch lived sixty and five fair; and they took them wives,
years, and begot Methuselah. 22And whomsoever they chose. 3And the
Enoch walked with God after he begot LORD said: ‘My spirit shall not abide in
Methuselah three hundred years, and man for ever, for that he also is flesh;
begot sons and daughters. 23And all the therefore shall his days be a hundred
days of Enoch were three hundred and twenty years.’ 4The Nephilim were
sixty and five years. 24And Enoch in the earth in those days, and also
walked with God, and he was not; for after that, when the sons of God came
God took him. in unto the daughters of men, and they
25
And Methuselah lived a hundred bore children to them; the same were
eighty and seven years, and begot the mighty men that were of old, the
Lamech. 26And Methuselah lived after men of renown.
5
he begot Lamech seven hundred eighty And the LORD saw that the
and two years, and begot sons and wickedness of man was great in the
daughters. 27And all the days of earth, and that every imagination of
Methuselah were nine hundred sixty the thoughts of his heart was only evil
and nine years; and he died. continually. 6And it repented the LORD
28
And Lamech lived a hundred that He had made man on the earth,
eighty and two years, and begot a son. and it grieved Him at His heart. 7And
29
And he called his name Noah, the LORD said: ‘I will blot out man
saying: ‘This same shall acomfort us in whom I have created from the face of
our work and in the toil of our hands, the earth; both man, and beast, and
which cometh from the ground which creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for
the LORD hath cursed.’ 30And Lamech it repenteth Me that I have made
lived after he begot Noah five hundred them.’ 8But Noah found grace in the
ninety and five years, and begot sons eyes of the LORD.
and daughters. 31And all the days of נח
Lamech were seven hundred seventy 9
These are the generations of Noah.
and seven years; and he died. Noah was in his generations a man
32
And Noah was five hundred years righteous and wholehearted; Noah
old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and walked with God. 10And Noah begot
Japheth. three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
6 And it came to pass, when men
began to multiply on the face of
11
And the earth was corrupt before
God, and the earth was filled with
the earth, and daughters were born violence. 12And God saw the earth,
unto them, 2that the sons of God saw and, behold, it was corrupt; for all
the daughters of men that they were flesh had corrupted their way upon the
earth.
a
Heb. nahem, to comfort.
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13
And God said unto Noah: ‘The to all that God commanded him, so did
end of all flesh is come before Me; for he.
the earth is filled with violence
through them; and, behold, I will 7 And the LORD said unto Noah:
‘Come thou and all thy house into
destroy them with the earth. 14Make the ark; for thee have I seen righteous
thee an ark of gopher wood; with before Me in this generation. 2Of every
rooms shalt thou make the ark, and clean beast thou shalt take to thee
shalt pitch it within and without with seven and seven, each with his mate;
pitch. 15And this is how thou shalt and of the beasts that are not clean two
make it: the length of the ark three [and two], each with his mate; 3of the
hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty fowl also of the air, seven and seven,
cubits, and the height of it thirty male and female; to keep seed alive
cubits. 16A light shalt thou make to the upon the face of all the earth. 4For yet
ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it seven days, and I will cause it to rain
upward; and the door of the ark shalt upon the earth forty days and forty
thou set in the side thereof; with lower, nights; and every living substance that
second, and third stories shalt thou I have made will I blot out from off the
make it. 17And I, behold, I do bring the face of the earth.’ 5And Noah did
flood of waters upon the earth, to according unto all that the LORD
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath commanded him.
6
of life, from under heaven; every thing And Noah was six hundred years old
that is in the earth shall perish. 18But I when the flood of waters was upon the
will establish My covenant with thee; earth. 7And Noah went in, and his
and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, sons, and his wife, and his sons’wives
and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy with him, into the ark, because of the
sons’wives with thee. 19And of every waters of the flood. 8Of clean beasts,
living thing of all flesh, two of every and of beasts that are not clean, and of
sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to fowls, and of every thing that creepeth
keep them alive with thee; they shall upon the ground, 9there went in two
be male and female. 20Of the fowl after and two unto Noah into the ark, male
their kind, and of the cattle after their and female, as God commanded Noah.
10
kind, of every creeping thing of the And it came to pass after the seven
ground after its kind, two of every sort days, that the waters of the flood were
shall come unto thee, to keep them upon the earth. 11In the six hundredth
alive. 21And take thou unto thee of all year of Noah’s life, in the second
food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; month, on the seventeenth day of the
and it shall be for food for thee, and month, on the same day were all the
for them.’ 22Thus did Noah; according fountains of the great deep broken up,
and the windows of heaven were
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opened. 12And the rain was upon the the ground, both man, and cattle, and
earth forty days and forty nights. creeping thing, and fowl of the heaven;
13
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and they were blotted out from the
and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the earth; and Noah only was left, and
sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and they that were with him in the ark.
24
the three wives of his sons with them, And the waters prevailed upon the
into the ark; 14they, and every beast earth a hundred and fifty days.
after its kind, and all the cattle after
their kind, and every creeping thing 8 And God remembered Noah, and
every living thing, and all the
that creepeth upon the earth after its cattle that were with him in the ark;
kind, and every fowl after its kind, and God made a wind to pass over the
every bird of every sort. 15And they earth, and the waters assuaged; 2the
went in unto Noah into the ark, two fountains also of the deep and the
and two of all flesh wherein is the windows of heaven were stopped, and
breath of life. 16And they that went in, the rain from heaven was restrained.
3
went in male and female of all flesh, as And the waters returned from off the
God commanded him; and the LORD earth continually; and after the end of
shut him in. 17And the flood was forty a hundred and fifty days the waters
days upon the earth; and the waters decreased. 4And the ark rested in the
increased, and bore up the ark, and it seventh month, on the seventeenth day
was lifted up above the earth. 18And of the month, upon the mountains of
the waters prevailed, and increased Ararat. 5And the waters decreased
greatly upon the earth; and the ark continually until the tenth month; in
went upon the face of the waters. the tenth month, on the first day of the
19
And the waters prevailed month, were the tops of the mountains
exceedingly upon the earth; and all the seen.
6
high mountains that were under the And it came to pass at the end of
whole heaven were covered. 20Fifteen forty days, that Noah opened the
cubits upward did the waters prevail; window of the ark which he had made.
7
and the mountains were covered. And he sent forth a raven, and it went
21
And all flesh perished that moved forth to and fro, until the waters were
upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, dried up from off the earth. 8And he
and beast, and every swarming thing sent forth a dove from him, to see if
that swarmeth upon the earth, and the waters were abated from off the
every man; 22all in whose nostrils was face of the ground. 9But the dove
the breath of the spirit of life, found no rest for the sole of her foot,
whatsoever was in the dry land, died. and she returned unto him to the ark,
23
And He blotted out every living for the waters were on the face of the
substance which was upon the face of whole earth; and he put forth his hand,
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and took her, and brought her in unto beast, and of every clean fowl, and
him into the ark. 10And he stayed yet offered burnt-offerings on the altar.
21
other seven days; and again he sent And the LORD smelled the sweet
forth the dove out of the ark. 11And the savour; and the LORD said in His heart:
dove came in to him at eventide; and ‘I will not again curse the ground any
lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly more for man’s sake; for the
plucked; so Noah knew that the waters imagination of man’s heart is evil from
were abated from off the earth. 12And his youth; neither will I again smite
he stayed yet other seven days; and any more every thing living, as I have
sent forth the dove; and she returned done. 22While the earth remaineth,
not again unto him any more. seedtime and harvest, and cold and
13
And it came to pass in the six heat, and summer and winter, and day
hundred and first year, in the first and night shall not cease.’
month, the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the 9 And God blessed Noah and his
sons, and said unto them: ‘Be
earth; and Noah removed the covering fruitful and multiply, and replenish the
of the ark, and looked, and behold, the earth. 2And the fear of you and the
face of the ground was dried. 14And in dread of you shall be upon every beast
the second month, on the seven and of the earth, and upon every fowl of
twentieth day of the month, was the the air, and upon all wherewith the
earth dry. ground teemeth, and upon all the
15
And God spoke unto Noah, fishes of the sea: into your hand are
saying: 16’Go forth from the ark, thou, they delivered. 3Every moving thing
and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy that liveth shall be for food for you; as
sons’wives with thee. 17Bring forth the green herb have I given you all.
4
with thee every living thing that is Only flesh with the life thereof, which
with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5
cattle, and every creeping thing that And surely your blood of your lives
creepeth upon the earth; that they may will I require; at the hand of every
swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and beast will I require it; and at the hand
multiply upon the earth.’ 18And Noah of man, even at the hand of every
went forth, and his sons, and his wife, man’s brother, will I require the life of
and his sons’wives with him; 19every man. 6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood,
beast, every creeping thing, and every by man shall his blood be shed; for in
fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the the image of God made He man. 7And
earth, after their families; went forth you, be ye fruitful, and multiply;
out of the ark. swarm in the earth, and multiply
20
And Noah builded an altar unto therein.’
the LORD; and took of every clean
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8
And God spoke unto Noah, and to Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the
his sons with him, saying: 9’As for Me, father of Canaan. 19These three were
behold, I establish My covenant with the sons of Noah, and of these was the
you, and with your seed after you; whole earth overspread.
10 20
and with every living creature that is And Noah the husbandman began,
with you, the fowl, the cattle, and and planted a vineyard. 21And he drank
every beast of the earth with you; of of the wine, and was drunken; and he
all that go out of the ark, even every was uncovered within his tent. 22And
beast of the earth. 11And I will Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
establish My covenant with you; nakedness of his father, and told his
neither shall all flesh be cut off any two brethren without. 23And Shem and
more by the waters of the flood; Japheth took a garment, and laid it
neither shall there any more be a flood upon both their shoulders, and went
to destroy the earth.’ 12And God said: backward, and covered the nakedness
‘This is the token of the covenant of their father; and their faces were
which I make between Me and you backward, and they saw not their
and every living creature that is with father’s nakedness. 24And Noah awoke
you, for perpetual generations: 13I have from his wine, and knew what his
set My bow in the cloud, and it shall youngest son had done unto him.
25
be for a token of a covenant between And he said:
Me and the earth. 14And it shall come Cursed be Canaan; a servant of
to pass, when I bring clouds over the servants shall he be unto his
earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud, brethren.
15 26
that I will remember My covenant, And he said:
which is between Me and you and Blessed be the LORD, the God of
every living creature of all flesh; and Shem;
the waters shall no more become a And let Canaan be their servant.
flood to destroy all flesh. 16And the 27
God aenlarge Japheth, and he shall
bow shall be in the cloud; and I will dwell in the tents of Shem;
look upon it, that I may remember the And let Canaan be their servant.
28
everlasting covenant between God and And Noah lived after the flood
every living creature of all flesh that is three hundred and fifty years. 29And all
upon the earth.’ 17And God said unto the days of Noah were nine hundred
Noah: ‘This is the token of the and fifty years; and he died.
covenant which I have established
between Me and all flesh that is upon
the earth.’
18
10 Now these are the generations
of the sons of Noah: Shem,
And the sons of Noah, that went
forth from the ark, were Shem, and
a
Heb. Japhth.
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Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were the Sinite; 18and the Arvadite, and the
sons born after the flood. 2The sons of Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and
Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and afterward were the families of the
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Canaanite spread abroad. 19And the
Meshech, and Tiras. 3And the sons of border of the Canaanite was from
Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar,
Togarmah. 4And the sons of Javan: unto Gaza; as thou goest toward
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and
Dodanim. 5Of these were the isles of Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 20These are the
the nations divided in their lands, sons of Ham, after their families, after
every one after his tongue, after their their tongues, in their lands, in their
families, in their nations. nations.
6 21
And the sons of Ham: Cush, and And unto Shem, the father of all
Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 7And the children of Eber, the elder brother
the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, of Japheth, to him also were children
and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; born. 22The sons of Shem: Elam, and
and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and
Dedan. 8And Cush begot Nimrod; he Aram. 23And the sons of Aram: Uz,
began to be a mighty one in the earth. and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24And
9
He was a mighty hunter before the Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah
LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like begot Eber. 25And unto Eber were born
Nimrod a mighty hunter before the two sons; the name of the one was
LORD.’ 10And the beginning of his a
Peleg; for in his days was the earth
kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and divided; and his brother’s name was
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Joktan. 26And Joktan begot Almodad,
Shinar. 11Out of that land went forth and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Jerah; 27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and
Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 12and Resen Diklah; 28and Obal, and Abimael, and
between Nineveh and Calah—the Sheba; 29and Ophir, and Havilah, and
same is the great city. 13And Mizraim Jobab; all these were the sons of
begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Joktan. 30And their dwelling was from
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 14and Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar,
Pathrusim, and Casluhim—whence unto the mountain of the east. 31These
went forth the Philistines—and are the sons of Shem, after their
Caphtorim. families, after their tongues, in their
15
And Canaan begot Zidon his lands, after their nations.
firstborn, and Heth; 16and the Jebusite,
and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;
17
and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and
a
That is, Division.
12
GENESIS
32
These are the families of the sons scatter them abroad upon the face of
of Noah, after their generations, in all the earth.
their nations; and of these were the
10
nations divided in the earth after the These are the generations of Shem.
flood. Shem was a hundred years old, and
12 Now the LORD said unto Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine
Abram: ‘Get thee out of thy was sore in the land. 11And it came to
country, and from thy kindred, and pass, when he was come near to enter
from thy father’s house, unto the land into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his
that I will show thee. 2And I will make wife: ‘Behold now, I know that thou
of thee a great nation, and I will bless art a fair woman to look upon. 12And it
thee, and make thy name great; and be will come to pass, when the Egyptians
thou a blessing. 3And I will bless them shall see thee, that they will say: This
that bless thee, and him that curseth is his wife; and they will kill me, but
thee will I curse; and in thee shall all thee they will keep alive. 13Say, I pray
the families of the earth be blessed.’ thee, thou art my sister; that it may be
4
So Abram went, as the LORD had well with me for thy sake, and that my
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GENESIS
soul may live because of thee.’ 14And land was not able to bear them, that
it came to pass, that, when Abram was they might dwell together; for their
come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld substance was great, so that they could
the woman that she was very fair. not dwell together. 7And there was a
15
And the princes of Pharaoh saw her, strife between the herdmen of Abram’s
and praised her to Pharaoh; and the cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle.
woman was taken into Pharaoh’s And the Canaanite and the Perizzite
house. 16And he dealt well with Abram dwelt then in the land. 8And Abram
for her sake; and he had sheep, and said unto Lot: ‘Let there be no strife, I
oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, pray thee, between me and thee, and
and maid-servants, and she-asses, and between my herdmen and thy
camels. 17And the LORD plagued herdmen; for we are brethren. 9Is not
Pharaoh and his house with great the whole land before thee? separate
plagues because of Sarai Abram’s thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou
wife. 18And Pharaoh called Abram, wilt take the left hand, then I will go to
and said: ‘What is this that thou hast the right; or if thou take the right hand,
done unto me? why didst thou not tell then I will go to the left.’ 10And Lot
me that she was thy wife? 19Why lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the
saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I plain of the Jordan, that it was well
took her to be my wife; now therefore watered every where, before the LORD
behold thy wife, take her, and go thy destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like
way.’ 20And Pharaoh gave men charge the garden of the LORD, like the land of
concerning him; and they brought him Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 11So
on the way, and his wife, and all that Lot chose him all the plain of the
he had. Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and
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seed for ever. 16And I will make thy Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
seed as the dust of the earth; so that if the king of Bela—the same is Zoar;
a man can number the dust of the and they set the battle in array against
earth, then shall thy seed also be them in the vale of Siddim; 9against
numbered. 17Arise, walk through the Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal
land in the length of it and in the king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of
breadth of it; for unto thee will I give Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
it.’ 18And Abram moved his tent, and four kings against the five. 10Now the
came and dwelt by the terebinths of vale of Siddim was full of slime pits;
Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah
there an altar unto the LORD. fled, and they fell there, and they that
16
GENESIS
Shaveh—the same is the King’s Vale. thine own bowels shall be thine heir.’
18 5
And Melchizedek king of Salem And He brought him forth abroad,
brought forth bread and wine; and he and said: ‘Look now toward heaven,
was priest of God the Most High. and count the stars, if thou be able to
19
And he blessed him, and said: count them’; and He said unto him:
‘Blessed be Abram of God Most High, ‘So shall thy seed be.’ 6And he
Maker of heaven and earth; 20and believed in the LORD; and He counted
blessed be God the Most High, who it to him for righteousness. 7And He
hath delivered thine enemies into thy said unto him: ‘I am the LORD that
hand.’ And he gave him a tenth of all. brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees,
21
And the king of Sodom said unto to give thee this land to inherit it.’
8
Abram: ‘Give me the persons, and take And he said: ‘O Lord GOD, whereby
the goods to thyself.’ 22And Abram shall I know that I shall inherit it?’
9
said to the king of Sodom: ‘I have And He said unto him: ‘Take Me a
lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God heifer of three years old, and a she-
Most High, Maker of heaven and goat of three years old, and a ram of
earth, 23that I will not take a thread nor three years old, and a turtle-dove, and
a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, a young pigeon.’ 10And he took him all
lest thou shouldest say: I have made these, and divided them in the midst,
Abram rich; 24save only that which the and laid each half over against the
young men have eaten, and the portion other; but the birds divided he not.
11
of the men which went with me, Aner, And the birds of prey came down
Eshcol, and Mamre, let them take their upon the carcasses, and Abram drove
portion.’ them away. 12And it came to pass, that,
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GENESIS
iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.’ thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that
17
And it came to pass, that, when the which is good in thine eyes.’ And
sun went down, and there was thick Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she
darkness, behold a smoking furnace, fled from her face. 7And the angel of
and a flaming torch that passed the LORD found her by a fountain of
between these pieces. 18In that day the water in the wilderness, by the
LORD made a covenant with Abram, fountain in the way to Shur. 8And he
saying: ‘Unto thy seed have I given said: ‘Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid,
this land, from the river of Egypt unto whence camest thou? and whither
the great river, the river Euphrates; goest thou?’ And she said: ‘I flee from
19
the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the the face of my mistress Sarai.’ 9And
Kadmonite, 20and the Hittite, and the the angel of the LORD said unto her:
Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 21and the ‘Return to thy mistress, and submit
Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the thyself under her hands.’ 10And the
Girgashite, and the Jebusite.’ angel of the LORD said unto her: ‘I will
a b
Heb. Ab hamon. That is, Princess.
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and thou shalt call his name aIsaac; and Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the
I will establish My covenant with him heat of the day; 2and he lifted up his
for an everlasting covenant for his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men
seed after him. 20And as for Ishmael, I stood over against him; and when he
have heard thee; behold, I have blessed saw them, he ran to meet them from
him, and will make him fruitful, and the tent door, and bowed down to the
will multiply him exceedingly; twelve earth, 3and said: ‘My lord, if now I
princes shall he beget, and I will make have found favour in thy sight, pass
him a great nation. 21But My covenant not away, I pray thee, from thy
will I establish with Isaac, whom servant. 4Let now a little water be
Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set fetched, and wash your feet, and
time in the next year.’ 22And He left recline yourselves under the tree. 5And
off talking with him, and God went up I will fetch a morsel of bread, and stay
from Abraham. 23And Abraham took ye your heart; after that ye shall pass
Ishmael his son, and all that were born on; forasmuch as ye are come to your
in his house, and all that were bought servant.’ And they said: ‘So do, as
with his money, every male among the thou hast said.’ 6And Abraham
men of Abraham’s house, and hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin said: ‘Make ready quickly three
in the selfsame day, as God had said measures of fine meal, knead it, and
unto him. 24And Abraham was ninety make cakes.’ 7And Abraham ran unto
years old and nine, when he was the herd, and fetched a calf tender and
circumcised in the flesh of his good, and gave it unto the servant; and
foreskin. 25And Ishmael his son was he hastened to dress it. 8And he took
thirteen years old, when he was curd, and milk, and the calf which he
circumcised in the flesh of his had dressed, and set it before them;
foreskin. 26In the selfsame day was and he stood by them under the tree,
Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his and they did eat. 9And they said unto
son. 27And all the men of his house, him: ‘Where is Sarah thy wife?’ And
those born in the house, and those he said: ‘Behold, in the tent.’ 10And He
bought with money of a foreigner, said: ‘I will certainly return unto thee
were circumcised with him. when the season cometh round; and,
lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.’
וירא And Sarah heard in the tent door,
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found there.’ And He said: ‘I will not shadow of my roof.’ 9And they said:
destroy it for the ten’s sake.’ 33And the ‘Stand back.’ And they said: ‘This one
LORD went His way, as soon as He had fellow came in to sojourn, and he will
left off speaking to Abraham; and needs play the judge; now will we deal
Abraham returned unto his place. worse with thee, than with them.’ And
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brought them forth abroad, that he the land of the Plain, and beheld, and,
said: ‘Escape for thy life; look not lo, the smoke of the land went up as
behind thee, neither stay thou in all the the smoke of a furnace.
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Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou And it came to pass, when God
be swept away.’ 18And Lot said unto destroyed the cities of the Plain, that
them: ‘Oh, not so, my lord; 19behold God remembered Abraham, and sent
now, thy servant hath found grace in Lot out of the midst of the overthrow,
thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy when He overthrew the cities in which
mercy, which thou hast shown unto me Lot dwelt.
30
in saving my life; and I cannot escape And Lot went up out of Zoar, and
to the mountain, lest the evil overtake dwelt in the mountain, and his two
me, and I die. 20Behold now, this city daughters with him; for he feared to
is near to flee unto, and it is a little dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave,
one; oh, let me escape thither—is it he and his two daughters. 31And the
not a little one?—and my soul shall first-born said unto the younger: ‘Our
live.’ 21And he said unto him: ‘See, I father is old, and there is not a man in
have accepted thee concerning this the earth to come in unto us after the
thing also, that I will not overthrow the manner of all the earth. 32Come, let us
city of which thou hast spoken. make our father drink wine, and we
22
Hasten thou, escape thither; for I will lie with him, that we may preserve
cannot do any thing till thou be come seed of our father.’ 33And they made
thither.’—Therefore the name of the their father drink wine that night. And
city was called aZoar.— 23The sun was the first-born went in, and lay with her
risen upon the earth when Lot came father; and he knew not when she lay
unto Zoar. 24Then the LORD caused to down, nor when she arose. 34And it
rain upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah came to pass on the morrow, that the
brimstone and fire from the LORD out first-born said unto the younger:
of heaven; 25and He overthrow those ‘Behold, I lay yesternight with my
cities, and all the Plain, and all the father. Let us make him drink wine
inhabitants of the cities, and that which this night also; and go thou in, and lie
grew upon the ground. 26But his wife with him, that we may preserve seed
looked back from behind him, and she of our father.’ 35And they made their
became a pillar of salt. 27And Abraham father drink wine that night also. And
got up early in the morning to the the younger arose, and lay with him;
place where he had stood before the and he knew not when she lay down,
LORD. 28And he looked out toward nor when she arose. 36Thus were both
Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the daughters of Lot with child by their
father. 37And the first-born bore a son,
and called his name Moab—the same
a
That is, Little, see verse 20.
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is the father of the Moabites unto this unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto
day. 38And the younger, she also bore us? and wherein have I sinned against
a son, and called his name Ben- thee, that thou hast brought on me and
ammi—the same is the father of the on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast
children of Ammon unto this day. done deeds unto me that ought not to
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21 And the LORD remembered
Sarah as He had said, and the
bondwoman will I make a nation,
because he is thy seed.’ 14And
LORD did unto Sarah as He had spoken. Abraham arose up early in the
2
And Sarah conceived, and bore morning, and took bread and a bottle
Abraham a son in his old age, at the of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
set time of which God had spoken to putting it on her shoulder, and the
him. 3And Abraham called the name of child, and sent her away; and she
his son that was born unto him, whom departed, and strayed in the wilderness
Sarah bore to him, Isaac. 4And of Beer-sheba. 15And the water in the
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac bottle was spent, and she cast the child
when he was eight days old, as God under one of the shrubs. 16And she
had commanded him. 5And Abraham went, and sat her down over against
was a hundred years old, when his son him a good way off, as it were a bow-
Isaac was born unto him. 6And Sarah shot; for she said: ‘Let me not look
said: ‘God hath made laughter for me; upon the death of the child.’ And she
every one that heareth will laugh on sat over against him, and lifted up her
account of me.’ 7And she said: ‘Who voice, and wept. 17And God heard the
would have said unto Abraham, that voice of the lad; and the angel of God
Sarah should give children suck? for I called to Hagar out of heaven, and said
have borne him a son in his old age.’ unto her: ‘What aileth thee, Hagar?
8
And the child grew, and was fear not; for God hath heard the voice
weaned. And Abraham made a great of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up
feast on the day that Isaac was the lad, and hold him fast by thy hand;
weaned. 9And Sarah saw the son of for I will make him a great nation.’
19
Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had And God opened her eyes, and she
borne unto Abraham, making sport. saw a well of water; and she went, and
10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham: filled the bottle with water, and gave
‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; the lad drink. 20And God was with the
for the son of this bondwoman shall lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the
not be heir with my son, even with wilderness, and became an archer.
Isaac.’ 11And the thing was very 21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of
grievous in Abraham’s sight on Paran; and his mother took him a wife
account of his son. 12And God said out of the land of Egypt.
22
unto Abraham: ‘Let it not be grievous And it came to pass at that time,
in thy sight because of the lad, and that Abimelech and Phicol the captain
because of thy bondwoman; in all that of his host spoke unto Abraham,
Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her saying: ‘God is with thee in all that
voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called thou doest. 23Now therefore swear unto
to thee. 13And also of the son of the me here by God that thou wilt not deal
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falsely with me, nor with my son, nor ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’
2
with my son’s son; but according to And He said: ‘Take now thy son,
the kindness that I have done unto thine only son, whom thou lovest,
thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the even Isaac, and get thee into the land
land wherein thou hast sojourned.’ of Moriah; and offer him there for a
24
And Abraham said: ‘I will swear.’ burnt-offering upon one of the
25
And Abraham reproved Abimelech mountains which I will tell thee of.’
3
because of the well of water, which And Abraham rose early in the
Abimelech’s servants had violently morning, and saddled his ass, and took
taken away. 26And Abimelech said: ‘I two of his young men with him, and
know not who hath done this thing; Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood
neither didst thou tell me, neither yet for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and
heard I of it, but to-day.’ 27And went unto the place of which God had
Abraham took sheep and oxen, and told him. 4On the third day Abraham
gave them unto Abimelech; and they lifted up his eyes, and saw the place
two made a covenant. 28And Abraham afar off. 5And Abraham said unto his
set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by young men: ‘Abide ye here with the
themselves. 29And Abimelech said ass, and I and the lad will go yonder;
unto Abraham: ‘What mean these and we will worship, and come back to
seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set you.’ 6And Abraham took the wood of
by themselves?’ 30And he said: the burnt-offering, and laid it upon
‘Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt Isaac his son; and he took in his hand
thou take of my hand, that it may be a the fire and the knife; and they went
witness unto me, that I have digged both of them together. 7And Isaac
this well.’ 31Wherefore that place was spoke unto Abraham his father, and
called Beer-sheba; because there they said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here
swore both of them. 32So they made a am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold
covenant at Beer-sheba; and the fire and the wood; but where is the
Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the lamb for a burnt-offering?’ 8And
captain of his host, and they returned Abraham said: ‘God will aprovide
into the land of the Philistines. 33And Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering,
Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in my son.’ So they went both of them
Beer-sheba, and called there on the together. 9And they came to the place
name of the LORD, the Everlasting which God had told him of; and
God. 34And Abraham sojourned in the Abraham built the altar there, and laid
land of the Philistines many days. the wood in order, and bound Isaac his
a
Heb jireh, that is, see for Himself.
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wood. 10And Abraham stretched forth sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-
his hand, and took the knife to slay his sheba.
son. 11And the angel of the LORD called 20
And it came to pass after these
unto him out of heaven, and said: things, that it was told Abraham,
‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: saying: ‘Behold, Milcah, she also hath
‘Here am I.’ 12And he said: ‘Lay not borne children unto thy brother Nahor:
21
thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou Uz his first-born, and Buz his
any thing unto him; for now I know brother, and Kemuel the father of
that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing Aram; 22and Chesed, and Hazo, and
thou hast not withheld thy son, thine Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.’
only son, from Me.’ 13And Abraham 23
And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these
lifted up his eyes, and looked, and eight did Milcah bear to Nahor,
24
behold behind him a ram caught in the Abraham’s brother. And his
thicket by his horns. And Abraham concubine, whose name was Reumah,
went and took the ram, and offered she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and
him up for a burnt-offering in the stead Tahash, and Maacah.
of his son. 14And Abraham called the חיי שרה
name of that place aAdonai-jireh; as it
is said to this day: ‘In the mount where
the LORD is seen.’ 15And the angel of
23 And the life of Sarah was a
hundred and seven and twenty
years; these were the years of the life
the LORD called unto Abraham a of Sarah. 2And Sarah died in
second time out of heaven, 16and said: Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in
‘By Myself have I sworn, saith the the land of Canaan; and Abraham
LORD, because thou hast done this came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, for her. 3And Abraham rose up from
thine only son, 17that in blessing I will before his dead, and spoke unto the
bless thee, and in multiplying I will children of Heth, saying: 4’I am a
multiply thy seed as the stars of the stranger and a sojourner with you: give
heaven, and as the sand which is upon me a possession of a burying-place
the seashore; and thy seed shall with you, that I may bury my dead out
possess the gate of his enemies; 18and of my sight.’ 5And the children of Heth
in thy seed shall all the nations of the answered Abraham, saying unto him:
earth be blessed; because thou hast 6
’Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty
hearkened to My voice.’ 19So Abraham prince among us; in the choice of our
returned unto his young men, and they sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us
rose up and went together to Beer- shall withhold from thee his sepulchre,
but that thou mayest bury thy dead.’
7
And Abraham rose up, and bowed
a down to the people of the land, even to
That is, The LORD seeth.
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the children of Heth. 8And he spoke Machpelah, which was before Mamre,
with them, saying: ‘If it be your mind the field, and the cave which was
that I should bury my dead out of my therein, and all the trees that were in
sight, hear me, and entreat for me to the field, that were in all the border
Ephron the son of Zohar, 9that he may thereof round about, were made
give me the cave of Machpelah, which sure18unto Abraham for a possession
he hath, which is in the end of his in the presence of the children of Heth,
field; for the full price let him give it before all that went in at the gate of his
to me in the midst of you for a city. 19And after this, Abraham buried
possession of a burying-place.’ 10Now Sarah his wife in the cave of the field
Ephron was sitting in the midst of the of Machpelah before Mamre—the
children of Heth; and Ephron the same is Hebron—in the land of
Hittite answered Abraham in the Canaan. 20And the field, and the cave
hearing of the children of Heth, even that is therein, were made sure unto
of all that went in at the gate of his Abraham for a possession of a
city, saying: 11’Nay, my lord, hear me: burying-place by the children of Heth.
the field give I thee, and the cave that
is therein, I give it thee; in the
presence of the sons of my people give
24 And Abraham was old, well
stricken in age; and the LORD
had blessed Abraham in all things.
I it thee; bury thy dead.’ 12And 2
And Abraham said unto his servant,
Abraham bowed down before the the elder of his house, that ruled over
people of the land. 13And he spoke all that he had: ‘Put, I pray thee, thy
unto Ephron in the hearing of the hand under my thigh. 3And I will make
people of the land, saying: ‘But if thou thee swear by the LORD, the God of
wilt, I pray thee, hear me: I will give heaven and the God of the earth, that
the price of the field; take it of me, and thou shalt not take a wife for my son
I will bury my dead there.’ 14And of the daughters of the Canaanites,
Ephron answered Abraham, saying among whom I dwell. 4But thou shalt
unto him: 15’My lord, hearken unto go unto my country, and to my
me: a piece of land worth four hundred kindred, and take a wife for my son,
shekels of silver, what is that betwixt even for Isaac.’ 5And the servant said
me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.’ unto him: ‘Peradventure the woman
16
And Abraham hearkened unto will not be willing to follow me unto
Ephron; and Abraham weighed to this land; must I needs bring thy son
Ephron the silver, which he had named back unto the land from whence thou
in the hearing of the children of Heth, camest?’ 6And Abraham said unto
four hundred shekels of silver, current him: ‘Beware thou that thou bring not
money with the merchant. 17So the my son back thither. 7The LORD, the
field of Ephron, which was in God of heaven, who took me from my
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father’s house, and from the land of shown kindness unto my master.’
15
my nativity, and who spoke unto me, And it came to pass, before he had
and who swore unto me, saying: Unto done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah
thy seed will I give this land; He will came out, who was born to Bethuel the
send His angel before thee, and thou son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
shalt take a wife for my son from Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher
thence. 8And if the woman be not upon her shoulder. 16And the damsel
willing to follow thee, then thou shalt was very fair to look upon, a virgin,
be clear from this my oath; only thou neither had any man known her; and
shalt not bring my son back thither.’ she went down to the fountain, and
9
And the servant put his hand under filled her pitcher, and came up. 17And
the thigh of Abraham his master, and the servant ran to meet her, and said:
swore to him concerning this matter. ‘Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little
10
And the servant took ten camels, of water of thy pitcher.’ 18And she said:
the camels of his master, and departed; ‘Drink, my lord’; and she hastened,
having all goodly things of his and let down her pitcher upon her
master’s in his hand; and he arose, and hand, and gave him drink. 19And when
went to aAram-naharaim, unto the city she had done giving him drink, she
of Nahor. 11And he made the camels to said: ‘I will draw for thy camels also,
kneel down without the city by the until they have done drinking.’ 20And
well of water at the time of evening, she hastened, and emptied her pitcher
the time that women go out to draw into the trough, and ran again unto the
water. 12And he said: ‘O LORD, the God well to draw, and drew for all his
of my master Abraham, send me, I camels. 21And the man looked
pray Thee, good speed this day, and stedfastly on her; holding his peace, to
show kindness unto my master know whether the LORD had made his
Abraham. 13Behold, I stand by the journey prosperous or not. 22And it
fountain of water; and the daughters of came to pass, as the camels had done
the men of the city come out to draw drinking, that the man took a golden
water. 14So let it come to pass, that the ring of half a shekel weight, and two
damsel to whom I shall say: Let down bracelets for her hands of ten shekels
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may weight of gold; 23and said: ‘Whose
drink; and she shall say: Drink, and I daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee.
will give thy camels drink also; let the Is there room in thy father’s house for
same be she that Thou hast appointed us to lodge in?’ 24And she said unto
for Thy servant, even for Isaac; and him: ‘I am the daughter of Bethuel the
thereby shall I know that Thou hast son of Milcah, whom she bore unto
Nahor.’ 25She said moreover unto him:
‘We have both straw and provender
a
That is, Mesopotamia.
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enough, and room to lodge in.’ 26And Sarah my master’s wife bore a son to
the man bowed his head, and my master when she was old; and unto
prostrated himself before the LORD. him hath he given all that he hath.
27 37
And he said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, And my master made me swear,
the God of my master Abraham, who saying: Thou shalt not take a wife for
hath not forsaken His mercy and His my son of the daughters of the
truth toward my master; as for me, the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
38
LORD hath led me in the way to the But thou shalt go unto my father’s
house of my master’s brethren.’ 28And house, and to my kindred, and take a
the damsel ran, and told her mother’s wife for my son. 39And I said unto my
house according to these words. 29And master: Peradventure the woman will
Rebekah had a brother, and his name not follow me. 40And he said unto me:
was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the The LORD, before whom I walk, will
man, unto the fountain. 30And it came send His angel with thee, and prosper
to pass, when he saw the ring, and the thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for
bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and my son of my kindred, and of my
when he heard the words of Rebekah father’s house; 41then shalt thou be
his sister, saying: ‘Thus spoke the man clear from my oath, when thou comest
unto me, ‘that he came unto the man; to my kindred; and if they give her not
and, behold, he stood by the camels at to thee, thou shalt be clear from my
the fountain. 31And he said: ‘Come in, oath. 42And I came this day unto the
thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore fountain, and said: O LORD, the God of
standest thou without? for I have my master Abraham, if now Thou do
cleared the house, and made room for prosper my way which I go: 43behold, I
the camels.’ 32And the man came into stand by the fountain of water; and let
the house, and he ungirded the camels; it come to pass, that the maiden that
and he gave straw and provender for cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall
the camels, and water to wash his feet say: Give me, I pray thee, a little water
and the feet of the men that were with from thy pitcher to drink; 44and she
him. 33And there was set food before shall say to me: Both drink thou, and I
him to eat; but he said: ‘I will not eat, will also draw for thy camels; let the
until I have told mine errand.’ And he same be the woman whom the LORD
said: ‘Speak on.’ 34And he said: ‘I am hath appointed for my master’s son.
Abraham’s servant. 35And the LORD 45
And before I had done speaking to
hath blessed my master greatly; and he my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth
is become great; and He hath given with her pitcher on her shoulder; and
him flocks and herds, and silver and she went down unto the fountain, and
gold, and men-servants and maid- drew. And I said unto her: Let me
servants, and camels and asses. 36And drink, I pray thee. 46And she made
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haste, and let down her pitcher from damsel abide with us a few days, at the
her shoulder, and said: Drink, and I least ten; after that she shall go.’ 56And
will give thy camels drink also. So I he said unto them: ‘Delay me not,
drank, and she made the camels drink seeing the LORD hath prospered my
also. 47And I asked her, and said: way; send me away that I may go to
Whose daughter art thou? And she my master.’ 57And they said: ‘We will
said: The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s call the damsel, and inquire at her
son, whom Milcah bore unto him. And mouth.’ 58And they called Rebekah,
I put the ring upon her nose, and the and said unto her: ‘Wilt thou go with
bracelets upon her hands. 48And I this man?’ And she said: ‘I will go.’
59
bowed my head, and prostrated myself And they sent away Rebekah their
before the LORD, and blessed the LORD, sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s
the God of my master Abraham, who servant, and his men. 60And they
had led me in the right way to take my blessed Rebekah, and said unto her:
master’s brother’s daughter for his ‘Our sister, be thou the mother of
son. 49And now if ye will deal kindly thousands of ten thousands, and let thy
and truly with my master, tell me; and seed possess the gate of those that hate
if not, tell me; that I may turn to the them.’ 61And Rebekah arose, and her
right hand, or to the left.’ 50Then damsels, and they rode upon the
Laban and Bethuel answered and said: camels, and followed the man. And the
‘The thing proceedeth from the LORD; servant took Rebekah, and went his
we cannot speak unto thee bad or way. 62And Isaac came from the way
good. 51Behold, Rebekah is before of Beer-lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the
thee, take her, and go, and let her be land of the South. 63And Isaac went
thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD out to meditate in the field at the
hath spoken.’ 52And it came to pass, eventide; and he lifted up his eyes, and
that, when Abraham’s servant heard saw, and, behold, there were camels
their words, he bowed himself down to coming. 64And Rebekah lifted up her
the earth unto the LORD. 53And the eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
servant brought forth jewels of silver, alighted from the camel. 65And she
and jewels of gold, and raiment, and said unto the servant: ‘What man is
gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to this that walketh in the field to meet
her brother and to her mother precious us?’ And the servant said: ‘It is my
things. 54And they did eat and drink, master.’ And she took her veil, and
he and the men that were with him, covered herself. 66And the servant told
and tarried all night; and they rose up Isaac all the things that he had done.
67
in the morning, and he said: ‘Send me And Isaac brought her into his
away unto my master.’ 55And her mother Sarah’s tent, and took
brother and her mother said: ‘Let the Rebekah, and she became his wife;
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and he loved her. And Isaac was names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
comforted for his mother. names, according to their generations:
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And the one people shall be stronger and went his way. So Esau despised
than the other people; his birthright.
24
And the elder shall serve the
younger. 26 And there was a famine in the
land, beside the first famine
And when her days to be delivered that was in the days of Abraham. And
were fulfilled, behold, there were Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
twins in her womb. 25And the first Philistines unto Gerar. 2And the LORD
came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy appeared unto him, and said: ‘Go not
mantle; and they called his name Esau. down unto Egypt; dwell in the land
26
And after that came forth his brother, which I shall tell thee of. 3Sojourn in
and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel; this land, and I will be with thee, and
and his name was called aJacob. And will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto
Isaac was threescore years old when thy seed, I will give all these lands,
she bore them. 27And the boys grew; and I will establish the oath which I
and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man swore unto Abraham thy father; 4and I
of the field; and Jacob was a quiet will multiply thy seed as the stars of
man, dwelling in tents. 28Now Isaac heaven, and will give unto thy seed all
loved Esau, because he did eat of his these lands; and by thy seed shall all
venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob. the nations of the earth bless
29
And Jacob sod pottage; and Esau themselves; 5because that Abraham
came in from the field, and he was hearkened to My voice, and kept My
faint. 30And Esau said to Jacob: ‘Let charge, My commandments, My
me swallow, I pray thee, some of this statutes, and My laws.’ 6And Isaac
red, red pottage; for I am faint.’ dwelt in Gerar. 7And the men of the
Therefore was his name called bEdom. place asked him of his wife; and he
31
And Jacob said: ‘Sell me first thy said: ‘She is my sister’; for he feared
birth right.’ 32And Esau said: ‘Behold, to say: ‘My wife’; ‘lest the men of the
I am at the point to die; and what profit place should kill me for Rebekah,
shall the birthright do to me?’ 33And because she is fair to look upon.’ 8And
Jacob said: ‘Swear to me first’; and he it came to pass, when he had been
swore unto him; and he sold his there a long time, that Abimelech king
birthright unto Jacob. 34And Jacob of the Philistines looked out at a
gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac
and he did eat and drink, and rose up, was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said:
‘Behold, of a surety she is thy wife;
and how saidst thou: She is my sister?’
a
That is, One that takes by the heel, And Isaac said unto him: ‘Because I
or, supplants. said: Lest I die because of her.’ 10And
b
That is, Red.
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Abimelech said: ‘What is this thou name of the well aEsek; because they
hast done unto us? one of the people contended with him. 21And they
might easily have lain with thy wife, digged another well, and they strove
and thou wouldest have brought for that also. And he called the name
guiltiness upon us.’ 11And Abimelech of it bSitnah. 22And he removed from
charged all the people, saying: ‘He that thence, and digged another well; and
toucheth this man or his wife shall for that they strove not. And he called
surely be put to death.’ 12And Isaac the name of it cRehoboth; and he said:
sowed in that land, and found in the ‘For now the LORD hath made room for
same year a hundred-fold; and the us, and we shall be fruitful in the
LORD blessed him. 13And the man land.’ 23And he went up from thence to
waxed great, and grew more and more Beer-sheba. 24And the LORD appeared
until he became very great. 14And he unto him the same night, and said: ‘I
had possessions of flocks, and am the God of Abraham thy father.
possessions of herds, and a great Fear not, for I am with thee, and will
household; and the Philistines envied bless thee, and multiply thy seed for
him. 15Now all the wells which his My servant Abraham’s sake.’ 25And he
father’s servants had digged in the builded an altar there, and called upon
days of Abraham his father, the the name of the LORD, and pitched his
Philistines had stopped them, and tent there; and there Isaac’s servants
filled them with earth. 16And digged a well. 26Then Abimelech went
Abimelech said unto Isaac: ‘Go from to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his
us; for thou art much mightier than friend, and Phicol the captain of his
we.’ 17And Isaac departed thence, and host. 27And Isaac said unto them:
encamped in the valley of Gerar, and ‘Wherefore are ye come unto me,
dwelt there. 18And Isaac digged again seeing ye hate me, and have sent me
the wells of water, which they had away from you?’ 28And they said: ‘We
digged in the days of Abraham his saw plainly that the LORD was with
father; for the Philistines had stopped thee; and we said: Let there now be an
them after the death of Abraham; and oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and
he called their names after the names thee, and let us make a covenant with
by which his father had called them. thee; 29that thou wilt do us no hurt, as
19
And Isaac’s servants digged in the we have not touched thee, and as we
valley, and found there a well of living have done unto thee nothing but good,
water. 20And the herdmen of Gerar and have sent thee away in peace; thou
strove with Isaac’s herdmen, saying:
‘The water is ours.’ And he called the
a
That is, Contention.
b
That is, Enmity.
c
That is, Room.
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GENESIS
7
art now the blessed of the LORD.’ Bring me venison, and make me
30
And he made them a feast, and they savoury food, that I may eat, and bless
did eat and drink. 31And they rose up thee before the LORD before my death.
8
betimes in the morning, and swore one Now therefore, my son, hearken to
to another; and Isaac sent them away, my voice according to that which I
and they departed from him in peace. command thee. 9Go now to the flock,
32
And it came to pass the same day, and fetch me from thence two good
that Isaac’s servants came, and told kids of the goats; and I will make them
him concerning the well which they savoury food for thy father, such as he
had digged, and said unto him: ‘We loveth; 10and thou shalt bring it to thy
have found water.’ 33And he called it father, that he may eat, so that he may
Shibah. Therefore the name of the city bless thee before his death.’ 11And
is Beer-sheba unto this day. Jacob said to Rebekah his mother:
34
And when Esau was forty years ‘Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy
old, he took to wife Judith the man, and I am a smooth man. 12My
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and father peradventure will feel me, and I
Basemath the daughter of Elon the shall seem to him as a mocker; and I
Hittite. 35And they were a bitterness of shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah. blessing.’ 13And his mother said unto
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badest me. Arise, I pray thee, sit and And let thy mother’s sons bow
eat of my venison, that thy soul may down to thee.
bless me.’ 20And Isaac said unto his Cursed be every one that curseth
son: ‘How is it that thou hast found it thee,
so quickly, my son?’ And he said: And blessed be every one that
‘Because the LORD thy God sent me blesseth thee.
good speed.’ 21And Isaac said unto 30
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac
Jacob: ‘Come near, I pray thee, that I had made an end of blessing Jacob,
may feel thee, my son, whether thou and Jacob was yet scarce gone out
be my very son Esau or not.’ 22And from the presence of Isaac his father,
Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; that Esau his brother came in from his
and he felt him, and said: ‘The voice is hunting. 31And he also made savoury
the voice of Jacob, but the hands are food, and brought it unto his father;
the hands of Esau.’ 23And he discerned and he said unto his father: ‘Let my
him not, because his hands were hairy, father arise, and eat of his son’s
as his brother Esau’s hands; so he venison, that thy soul may bless me.’
blessed him. 24And he said: ‘Art thou 32
And Isaac his father said unto him:
my very son Esau?’ And he said: ‘I ‘Who art thou?’ And he said: ‘I am thy
am.’ 25And he said: ‘Bring it near to son, thy first-born, Esau.’ 33And Isaac
me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, trembled very exceedingly, and said:
that my soul may bless thee.’ And he ‘Who then is he that hath taken
brought it near to him, and he did eat; venison, and brought it me, and I have
and he brought him wine, and he eaten of all before thou camest, and
drank. 26And his father Isaac said unto have blessed him? yea, and he shall be
him: ‘Come near now, and kiss me, blessed.’ 34When Esau heard the words
my son.’ 27And he came near, and of his father, he cried with an
kissed him. And he smelled the smell exceeding great and bitter cry, and said
of his raiment, and blessed him, and unto his father: ‘Bless me, even me
said: also, O my father.’ 35And he said: ‘Thy
See, the smell of my son brother came with guile, and hath
Is as the smell of a field which the taken away thy blessing.’ 36And he
LORD hath blessed. said: ‘Is not he rightly named Jacob?
28
So God give thee of the dew of for he hath supplanted me these two
heaven, times: he took away my birthright;
And of the fat places of the earth, and, behold, now he hath taken away
And plenty of corn and wine. my blessing.’ And he said: ‘Hast thou
29
Let peoples serve thee, not reserved a blessing for me?’ 37And
And nations bow down to thee. Isaac answered and said unto Esau:
Be lord over thy brethren, ‘Behold, I have made him thy lord,
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and all his brethren have I given to from thence; why should I be bereaved
him for servants; and with corn and of you both in one day?’
46
wine have I sustained him; and what And Rebekah said to Isaac: ‘I am
then shall I do for thee, my son?’ weary of my life because of the
38
And Esau said unto his father: ‘Hast daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife
thou but one blessing, my father? bless of the daughters of Heth, such as these,
me, even me also, O my father.’ And of the daughters of the land, what good
Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. shall my life do me?’
28
39
And Isaac his father answered and And Isaac called Jacob, and
said unto him: blessed him, and charged him,
Behold, of the fat places of the earth and said unto him: ‘Thou shalt not take
shall be thy dwelling, a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2
And of the dew of heaven from Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the
above; house of Bethuel thy mother’s father;
40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and take thee a wife from thence of the
And thou shalt serve thy brother; daughters of Laban thy mother’s
And it shall come to pass when thou brother. 3And God Almighty bless
shalt break loose, thee, and make thee fruitful, and
That thou shalt shake his yoke from multiply thee, that thou mayest be a
off thy neck. congregation of peoples; 4and give
41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee,
blessing wherewith his father blessed and to thy seed with thee; that thou
him. And Esau said in his heart: ‘Let mayest inherit the land of thy
the days of mourning for my father be sojournings, which God gave unto
at hand; then will I slay my brother Abraham.’ 5And Isaac sent away
Jacob.’ 42And the words of Esau her Jacob; and he went to Paddan-aram
elder son were told to Rebekah; and unto Laban, son of Bethuel the
she sent and called Jacob her younger Aramean, the brother of Rebekah,
son, and said unto him: ‘Behold, thy Jacob’s and Esau’s mother. 6Now Esau
brother Esau, as touching thee, doth saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and
comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take
43
Now therefore, my son, hearken to him a wife from thence; and that as he
my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban blessed him he gave him a charge,
my brother to Haran; 44and tarry with saying: ‘Thou shalt not take a wife of
him a few days, until thy brother’s the daughters of Canaan’; 7and that
fury turn away; 45until thy brother’s Jacob hearkened to his father and his
anger turn away from thee, and he mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram;
8
forget that which thou hast done to and Esau saw that the daughters of
him; then I will send, and fetch thee Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
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9
so Esau went unto Ishmael, and took the gate of heaven.’ 18And Jacob rose
unto the wives that he had Mahalath up early in the morning, and took the
the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s stone that he had put under his head,
son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil
wife. upon the top of it. 19And he called the
ויצא name of that place aBeth-el, but the
10
And Jacob went out from Beer- name of the city was Luz at the first.
20
sheba, and went toward Haran. 11And And Jacob vowed a vow, saying: ‘If
he lighted upon the place, and tarried God will be with me, and will keep me
there all night, because the sun was in this way that I go, and will give me
set; and he took one of the stones of bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21
the place, and put it under his head, so that I come back to my father’s
and lay down in that place to sleep. house in peace, then shall the LORD be
12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder my God, 22and this stone, which I have
set up on the earth, and the top of it set up for a pillar, shall be God’s
reached to heaven; and behold the house; and of all that Thou shalt give
angels of God ascending and me I will surely give the tenth unto
descending on it. 13And, behold, the Thee.’
LORD stood beside him, and said: ‘I am
the LORD, the God of Abraham thy 29 Then Jacob went on his
journey, and came to the land
father, and the God of Isaac. The land of the children of the east. 2And he
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give looked, and behold a well in the field,
it, and to thy seed. 14And thy seed shall and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying
be as the dust of the earth, and thou there by it.—For out of that well they
shalt spread abroad to the west, and to watered the flocks. And the stone upon
the east, and to the north, and to the the well’s mouth was great. 3And
south. And in thee and in thy seed thither were all the flocks gathered;
shall all the families of the earth be and they rolled the stone from the
blessed. 15And, behold, I am with thee, well’s mouth, and watered the sheep,
and will keep thee whithersoever thou and put the stone back upon the well’s
goest, and will bring thee back into mouth in its place.— 4And Jacob said
this land; for I will not leave thee, until unto them: ‘My brethren, whence are
I have done that which I have spoken ye?’ And they said: ‘Of Haran are we.’
5
to thee of.’ 16And Jacob awaked out of And he said unto them: ‘Know ye
his sleep, and he said: ‘Surely the LORD Laban the son of Nahor?’ And they
is in this place; and I knew it not.’ said: ‘We know him.’ 6And he said
17
And he was afraid, and said: ‘How unto them: ‘Is it well with him?’ And
full of awe is this place! this is none
other than the house of God, and this is a
That is, The house of God.
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they said: ‘It is well; and, behold, the name of the younger was Rachel.
17
Rachel his daughter cometh with the And Leah’s eyes were weak; but
sheep.’ 7And he said: ‘Lo, it is yet high Rachel was of beautiful form and fair
day, neither is it time that the cattle to look upon. 18And Jacob loved
should be gathered together; water ye Rachel; and he said: ‘I will serve thee
the sheep, and go and feed them.’ seven years for Rachel thy younger
8
And they said: ‘We cannot, until all daughter.’ 19And Laban said: ‘It is
the flocks be gathered together, and better that I give her to thee, than that I
they roll the stone from the well’s should give her to another man; abide
mouth; then we water the sheep.’ with me.’ 20And Jacob served seven
9
While he was yet speaking with them, years for Rachel; and they seemed
Rachel came with her father’s sheep; unto him but a few days, for the love
for she tended them. 10And it came to he had to her. 21And Jacob said unto
pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the Laban: ‘Give me my wife, for my days
daughter of Laban his mother’s are filled, that I may go in unto her.’
22
brother, and the sheep of Laban his And Laban gathered together all the
mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, men of the place, and made a feast.
23
and rolled the stone from the well’s And it came to pass in the evening,
mouth, and watered the flock of Laban that he took Leah his daughter, and
his mother’s brother. 11And Jacob brought her to him; and he went in
kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, unto her. 24And Laban gave Zilpah his
and wept. 12And Jacob told Rachel that handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a
he was her father’s brother, and that he handmaid. 25And it came to pass in the
was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and morning that, behold, it was Leah; and
told her father. 13And it came to pass, he said to Laban: ‘What is this thou
when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob hast done unto me? did not I serve
his sister’s son, that he ran to meet with thee for Rachel? wherefore then
him, and embraced him, and kissed hast thou beguiled me?’ 26And Laban
him, and brought him to his house. said: ‘It is not so done in our place, to
And he told Laban all these things. give the younger before the first-born.
14 27
And Laban said to him: ‘Surely thou Fulfil the week of this one, and we
art my bone and my flesh.’ And he will give thee the other also for the
abode with him the space of a month. service which thou shalt serve with me
15
And Laban said unto Jacob: yet seven other years.’ 28And Jacob did
‘Because thou art my brother, so, and fulfilled her week; and he gave
shouldest thou therefore serve me for him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29And
nought? tell me, what shall thy wages Laban gave to Rachel his daughter
be?’ 16Now Laban had two daughters: Bilhah his handmaid to be her
the name of the elder was Leah, and handmaid. 30And he went in also unto
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Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than thee the fruit of the womb?’ 3And she
Leah, and served with him yet seven said: ‘Behold my maid Bilhah, go in
other years. unto her; that she may bear upon my
31
And the LORD saw that Leah was knees, and I also may be builded up
hated, and he opened her womb; but through her.’ 4And she gave him
Rachel was barren. 32And Leah Bilhah her handmaid to wife; and
conceived, and bore a son, and she Jacob went in unto her. 5And Bilhah
called his name Reuben; for she said: conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 6And
‘Because the LORD ahath looked upon Rachel said: ‘God hath gjudged me,
my affliction; for now my husband and hath also heard my voice, and hath
will love me.’ 33And she conceived given me a son.’ Therefore called she
again, and bore a son; and said: his name Dan. 7And Bilhah Rachel’s
‘Because the LORD bhath heard that I handmaid conceived again, and bore
am hated, He hath therefore given me Jacob a second son. 8And Rachel said:
this son also.’ And she called his name ‘With mighty wrestlings have I
c
Simeon. 34And she conceived again, h
wrestled with my sister, and have
and bore a son; and said: ‘Now this prevailed.’ And she called his name
time will my husband be djoined unto Naphtali. 9When Leah saw that she
me, because I have borne him three had left off bearing, she took Zilpah
sons.’ Therefore was his name called her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to
Levi. 35And she conceived again, and wife. 10And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid
bore a son; and she said: ‘This time bore Jacob a son. 11And Leah said:
will I epraise the LORD.’ Therefore she ‘Fortune is come! ’ And she called his
called his name fJudah; and she left off name iGad. 12And Zilpah Leah’s
bearing. handmaid bore Jacob a second son.
30
13
And when Rachel saw that she And Leah said: ‘Happy am I! for the
bore Jacob no children, Rachel daughters will call me happy.’ And she
envied her sister; and she said unto called his name jAsher. 14And Reuben
Jacob: ‘Give me children, or else I went in the days of wheat harvest, and
die.’ 2And Jacob’s anger was kindled found mandrakes in the field, and
against Rachel; and he said: ‘Am I in brought them unto his mother Leah.
God’s stead, who hath withheld from Then Rachel said to Leah: ‘Give me, I
pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.’
15
And she said unto her: ‘Is it a small
a
Heb. raah beonji.
b
Heb. shama.
c g
Heb. Shimeon. Heb. dan, he judged.
d h
From the Heb. root lavah. Heb. niphtal, he wrestled.
e i
From the Heb. hodah. That is, Fortune.
f j
Heb. Jehudah. That is, Happy.
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matter that thou hast taken away my Laban: ‘Send me away, that I may go
husband? and wouldest thou take away unto mine own place, and to my
my son’s mandrakes also?’ And country. 26Give me my wives and my
Rachel said: ‘Therefore he shall lie children for whom I have served thee,
with thee to-night for thy son’s and let me go; for thou knowest my
mandrakes.’ 16And Jacob came from service wherewith I have served thee.’
27
the field in the evening, and Leah went And Laban said unto him: ‘If now I
out to meet him, and said: ‘Thou must have found favour in thine eyes—I
come in unto me; for I have surely have observed the signs, and the LORD
hired thee with my son’s mandrakes.’ hath blessed me for thy sake.’ 28And
And he lay with her that night. 17And he said: ‘Appoint me thy wages, and I
God hearkened unto Leah, and she will give it.’ 29And he said unto him:
conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. ‘Thou knowest how I have served
18
And Leah said: ‘God hath given me thee, and how thy cattle have fared
my ahire, because I gave my handmaid with me. 30For it was little which thou
to my husband. And she called his hadst before I came, and it hath
name Issachar. 19And Leah conceived increased abundantly; and the LORD
again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. hath blessed thee whithersoever I
20
And Leah said: ‘God hath endowed turned. And now when shall I provide
me with a good dowry; now will my for mine own house also?’ 31And he
husband bdwell with me, because I said: ‘What shall I give thee?’ And
have borne him six sons.’ And she Jacob said: ‘Thou shalt not give me
called his name Zebulun. 21And aught; if thou wilt do this thing for me,
afterwards she bore a daughter, and I will again feed thy flock and keep it.
called her name Dinah. 22And God 32
I will pass through all thy flock to-
remembered Rachel, and God day, removing from thence every
hearkened to her, and opened her speckled and spotted one, and every
womb. 23And she conceived, and bore dark one among the sheep, and the
a son, and said: ‘God chath taken away spotted and speckled among the goats;
my reproach.’ 24And she called his and of such shall be my hire. 33So shall
name Joseph, saying: ‘The LORD dadd my righteousness witness against me
to me another son.’ hereafter, when thou shalt come to
25
And it came to pass, when Rachel look over my hire that is before thee:
had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto every one that is not speckled and
spotted among the goats, and dark
among the sheep, that if found with me
a
Heb. sachar. shall be counted stolen.’ 34And Laban
b
Heb. sabal, he dwelt. said: ‘Behold, would it might be
c
Heb. asaph. according to thy word.’ 35And he
d
Heb. joseph.
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removed that day the he-goats that Laban’s sons, saying: ‘Jacob hath
were streaked and spotted, and all the taken away all that was our father’s;
she-goats that were speckled and and of that which was our father’s hath
spotted, every one that had white in it, he gotten all this wealth.’ 2And Jacob
and all the dark ones among the sheep, beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
and gave them into the hand of his behold, it was not toward him as
sons. 36And he set three days’journey beforetime. 3And the LORD said unto
betwixt himself and Jacob. And Jacob Jacob: ‘Return unto the land of thy
fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. 37And fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will
Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, be with thee.’ 4And Jacob sent and
and of the almond and of the plane- called Rachel and Leah to the field
tree; and peeled white streaks in them, unto his flock, 5and said unto them: ‘I
making the white appear which was in see your father’s countenance, that it is
the rods. 38And he set the rods which not toward me as beforetime; but the
he had peeled over against the flocks God of my father hath been with me.
6
in the gutters in the watering-troughs And ye know that with all my power I
where the flocks came to drink; and have served your father. 7And your
they conceived when they came to father hath mocked me, and changed
drink. 39And the flocks conceived at my wages ten times; but God suffered
the sight of the rods, and the flocks him not to hurt me. 8If he said thus:
brought forth streaked, speckled, and The speckled shall be thy wages; then
spotted. 40And Jacob separated the all the flock bore speckled; and if he
lambs—he also set the faces of the said thus: The streaked shall be thy
flocks toward the streaked and all the wages; then bore all the flock streaked.
9
dark in the flock of Laban— and put Thus God hath taken away the cattle
his own droves apart, and put them not of your father, and given them to me.
unto Laban’s flock. 41And it came to 10
And it came to pass at the time that
pass, whensoever the stronger of the the flock conceived, that I lifted up
flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and,
rods before the eyes of the flock in the behold, the he-goats which leaped
gutters, that they might conceive upon the flock were streaked,
among the rods; 42but when the flock speckled, and grizzled. 11And the angel
were feeble, he put them not in; so the of God said unto me in the dream:
feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob; and I said: Here am I. 12And he
Jacob’s. 43And the man increased said: Lift up now thine eyes, and see,
exceedingly, and had large flocks, and all the he-goats which leap upon the
maid-servants and men-servants, and flock are streaked, speckled, and
camels and asses. grizzled; for I have seen all that Laban
31 And he heard the words of doeth unto thee. 13I am the God of
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Beth-el, where thou didst anoint a said unto him: ‘Take heed to thyself
pillar, where thou didst vow a vow that thou speak not to Jacob either
unto Me. Now arise, get thee out from good or bad.’ 25And Laban came up
this land, and return unto the land of with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his
thy nativity.’ 14And Rachel and Leah tent in the mountain; and Laban with
answered and said unto him: ‘Is there his brethren pitched in the mountain of
yet any portion or inheritance for us in Gilead. 26And Laban said to Jacob:
our father’s house? 15Are we not ‘What hast thou done, that thou hast
accounted by him strangers? for he outwitted me, and carried away my
hath sold us, and hath also quite daughters as though captives of the
devoured our price. 16For all the riches sword? 27Wherefore didst thou flee
which God hath taken away from our secretly, and outwit me; and didst not
father, that is ours and our children’s. tell me, that I might have sent thee
Now then, whatsoever God hath said away with mirth and with songs, with
unto thee, do.’ 17Then Jacob rose up, tabret and with harp; 28and didst not
and set his sons and his wives upon the suffer me to kiss my sons and my
camels; 18and he carried away all his daughters? now hast thou done
cattle, and all his substance which he foolishly. 29It is in the power of my
had gathered, the cattle of his getting, hand to do you hurt; but the God of
which he had gathered in Paddan- your father spoke unto me yesternight,
aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the saying: Take heed to thyself that thou
land of Canaan. 19Now Laban was speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30
gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel And now that thou art surely gone,
stole the teraphim that were her because thou sore longest after thy
father’s. 20And Jacob outwitted Laban father’s house, wherefore hast thou
the Aramean, in that he told him not stolen my gods?’ 31And Jacob
that he fled. 21So he fled with all that answered and said to Laban: ‘Because
he had; and he rose up, and passed I was afraid; for I said: Lest thou
over athe River, and set his face toward shouldest take thy daughters from me
the mountain of Gilead. by force. 32With whomsoever thou
22
And it was told Laban on the third findest thy gods, he shall not live;
day that Jacob was fled. 23And he took before our brethren discern thou what
his brethren with him, and pursued is thine with me, and take it to thee.’—
after him seven days’journey; and he For Jacob knew not that Rachel had
overtook him in the mountain of stolen them.— 33And Laban went into
Gilead. 24And God came to Laban the Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and
Aramean in a dream of the night, and into the tent of the two maid-servants;
but he found them not. And he went
out of Leah’s tent, and entered into
a
That is the Euphrates.
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Rachel’s tent. 34Now Rachel had taken labour of my hands, and gave
the teraphim, and put them in the judgment yesternight.’ 43And Laban
saddle of the camel, and sat upon answered and said unto Jacob: ‘The
them. And Laban felt about all the daughters are my daughters, and the
tent, but found them not. 35And she children are my children, and the
said to her father: ‘Let not my lord be flocks are my flocks, and all that thou
angry that I cannot rise up before thee; seest is mine; and what can I do this
for the manner of women is upon me.’ day for these my daughters, or for their
And he searched, but found not the children whom they have borne?
teraphim. 36And Jacob was wroth, and 44
And now come, let us make a
strove with Laban. And Jacob covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a
answered and said to Laban: ‘What is witness between me and thee.’ 45And
my trespass? what is my sin, that thou Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a
hast hotly pursued after me? pillar. 46And Jacob said unto his
37
Whereas thou hast felt about all my brethren: ‘Gather stones’; and they
stuff, what hast thou found of all thy took stones, and made a heap. And
household stuff? Set it here before my they did eat there by the heap. 47And
brethren and thy brethren, that they Laban called it aJegar-sahadutha; but
may judge betwixt us two. 38These Jacob called it bGaleed. 48And Laban
twenty years have I been with thee; thy said: ‘This heap is witness between me
ewes and thy she-goats have not cast and thee this day.’ Therefore was the
their young, and the rams of thy flocks name of it called Galeed; 49and
have I not eaten. 39That which was torn c
Mizpah, for he said: ‘The LORD watch
of beasts I brought not unto thee; I between me and thee, when we are
bore the loss of it; of my hand didst absent one from another. 50If thou shalt
thou require it, whether stolen by day afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt
or stolen by night. 40Thus I was: in the take wives beside my daughters, no
day the drought consumed me, and the man being with us; see, God is witness
frost by night; and my sleep fled from betwixt me and thee.’ 51And Laban
mine eyes. 41These twenty years have I said to Jacob: ‘Behold this heap, and
been in thy house: I served thee behold the pillar, which I have set up
fourteen years for thy two daughters, betwixt me and thee. 52This heap be
and six years for thy flock; and thou witness, and the pillar be witness, that
hast changed my wages ten times.
42
Except the God of my father, the
a
God of Abraham, and the Fear of That is, The heap of witness in
Isaac, had been on my side, surely now Aramaic.
b
hadst thou sent me away empty. God That is, The heap of witness in
hath seen mine affliction and the Hebrew.
c
That is, The watch-post.
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I will not pass over this heap to thee, with him.’ 8Then Jacob was greatly
and that thou shalt not pass over this afraid and was distressed. And he
heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. divided the people that was with him,
53
The God of Abraham, and the God of and the flocks, and the herds, and the
Nahor, the God of their father, judge camels, into two camps. 9And he said:
betwixt us.’ And Jacob swore by the ‘If Esau come to the one camp, and
Fear of his father Isaac. 54And Jacob smite it, then the camp which is left
offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and shall escape.’ 10And Jacob said: ‘O
called his brethren to eat bread; and God of my father Abraham, and God
they did eat bread, and tarried all night of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst
in the mountain. unto me: Return unto thy country, and
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27
The sons of Jacob came upon the terror of God was upon the cities that
slain, and spoiled the city, because were round about them, and they did
they had defiled their sister. 28They not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6So
took their flocks and their herds and Jacob came to Luz, which is in the
their asses, and that which was in the land of Canaan—the same is Beth-el—
city and that which was in the field; he and all the people that were with
29
and all their wealth, and all their little him. 7And he built there an altar, and
ones and their wives, took they captive called the place aEl-beth-el, because
and spoiled, even all that was in the there God was revealed unto him,
house. 30And Jacob said to Simeon and when he fled from the face of his
Levi: ‘Ye have troubled me, to make brother. 8And Deborah Rebekah’s
me odious unto the inhabitants of the nurse died, and she was buried below
land, even unto the Canaanites and the Beth-el under the oak; and the name of
Perizzites; and, I being few in number, it was called bAllon-bacuth.
9
they will gather themselves together And God appeared unto Jacob
against me and smite me; and I shall again, when he came from Paddan-
be destroyed, I and my house.’ 31And aram, and blessed him. 10And God said
they said: ‘Should one deal with our unto him: ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy
sister as with a harlot?’ name shall not be called any more
37 And Jacob dwelt in the land of ‘What is this dream that thou hast
his father’s sojournings, in the dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and
land of Canaan. 2These are the thy brethren indeed come to bow down
generations of Jacob. Joseph, being to thee to the earth?’ 11And his
seventeen years old, was feeding the brethren envied him; but his father
flock with his brethren, being still a kept the saying in mind.
lad even with the sons of Bilhah, and
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12
And his brethren went to feed their Joseph was come unto his brethren,
father’s flock in Shechem. 13And Israel that they stripped Joseph of his coat,
said unto Joseph: ‘Do not thy brethren the coat of many colours that was on
feed the flock in Shechem? come, and him; 24and they took him, and cast him
I will send thee unto them.’ And he into the pit—and the pit was empty,
said to him: ‘Here am I.’ 14And he said there was no water in it. 25And they sat
to him: ‘Go now, see whether it is well down to eat bread; and they lifted up
with thy brethren, and well with the their eyes and looked, and, behold, a
flock; and bring me back word.’ So he caravan of Ishmaelites came from
sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and Gilead, with their camels bearing
he came to Shechem. 15And a certain spicery and balm and ladanum, going
man found him, and, behold, he was to carry it down to Egypt. 26And Judah
wandering in the field. And the man said unto his brethren: ‘What profit is
asked him, saying: ‘What seekest it if we slay our brother and conceal
thou?’ 16And he said: ‘I seek my his blood? 27Come, and let us sell him
brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand
they are feeding the flock.’ 17And the be upon him; for he is our brother, our
man said: ‘They are departed hence; flesh.’ And his brethren hearkened
for I heard them say: Let us go to unto him. 28And there passed by
Dothan.’ And Joseph went after his Midianites, merchantmen; and they
brethren, and found them in Dothan. drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
18
And they saw him afar off, and pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
before he came near unto them, they for twenty shekels of silver. And they
conspired against him to slay him. brought Joseph into Egypt. 29And
19
And they said one to another: Reuben returned unto the pit; and,
‘Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20Come behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and
now therefore, and let us slay him, and he rent his clothes. 30And he returned
cast him into one of the pits, and we unto his brethren, and said: ‘The child
will say: An evil beast hath devoured is not; and as for me, whither shall I
him; and we shall see what will go?’ 31And they took Joseph’s coat,
become of his dreams.’ 21And Reuben and killed a he-goat, and dipped the
heard it, and delivered him out of their coat in the blood; 32and they sent the
hand; and said: ‘Let us not take his coat of many colours, and they brought
life.’ 22And Reuben said unto them: it to their father; and said: ‘This have
‘Shed no blood; cast him into this pit we found. Know now whether it is thy
that is in the wilderness, but lay no son’s coat or not.’ 33And he knew it,
hand upon him’—that he might deliver and said: ‘It is my son’s coat; an evil
him out of their hand, to restore him to beast hath devoured him; Joseph is
his father. 23And it came to pass, when without doubt torn in pieces.’ 34And
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Jacob rent his garments, and put ground, lest he should give seed to his
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned brother. 10And the thing which he did
for his son many days. 35And all his was evil in the sight of the LORD; and
sons and all his daughters rose up to He slew him also. 11Then said Judah to
comfort him; but he refused to be Tamar his daughter-in-law: ‘Remain a
comforted; and he said: ‘Nay, but I widow in thy father’s house, till
will go down to the grave to my son Shelah my son be grown up’; for he
mourning.’ And his father wept for said: ‘Lest he also die, like his
him. 36And the aMidianites sold him brethren.’ And Tamar went and dwelt
into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of in her father’s house. 12And in process
Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard. of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of
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and he ministered unto them; and they and make mention of me unto
continued a season in ward. 5And they Pharaoh, and bring me out of this
dreamed a dream both of them, each house. 15For indeed I was stolen away
man his dream, in one night, each man out of the land of the Hebrews; and
according to the interpretation of his here also have I done nothing that they
dream, the butler and the baker of the should put me into the dungeon.’
16
king of Egypt, who were bound in the When the chief baker saw that the
prison. 6And Joseph came in unto them interpretation was good, he said unto
in the morning, and saw them, and, Joseph: ‘I also saw in my dream, and,
behold, they were sad. 7And he asked behold, three baskets of white bread
Pharaoh’s officers that were with him were on my head; 17and in the
in the ward of his master’s house, uppermost basket there was of all
saying: ‘Wherefore look ye so sad to- manner of baked food for Pharaoh;
day?’ 8And they said unto him: ‘We and the birds did eat them out of the
have dreamed a dream, and there is basket upon my head.’ 18And Joseph
none that can interpret it.’ And Joseph answered and said: ‘This is the
said unto them: ‘Do not interpretations interpretation thereof: the three baskets
belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.’ are three days; 19within yet three days
9
And the chief butler told his dream to shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
Joseph, and said to him: ‘In my dream, thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and
behold, a vine was before me; 10and in the birds shall eat thy flesh from off
the vine were three branches; and as it thee.’ 20And it came to pass the third
was budding, its blossoms shot forth, day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday,
and the clusters thereof brought forth that he made a feast unto all his
ripe grapes, 11and Pharaoh’s cup was servants; and he lifted up the head of
in my hand; and I took the grapes, and the chief butler and the head of the
pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I chief baker among his servants. 21And
gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.’ he restored the chief butler back unto
12
And Joseph said unto him: ‘This is his butlership; and he gave the cup into
the interpretation of it: the three Pharaoh’s hand. 22But he hanged the
branches are three days; 13within yet chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted
three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy to them. 23Yet did not the chief butler
head, and restore thee unto thine remember Joseph, but forgot him.
office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s
cup into his hand, after the former מקץ
manner when thou wast his butler.
14
But have me in thy remembrance 41 And it came to pass at the end
of two full years, that Pharaoh
when it shall be well with thee, and
show kindness, I pray thee, unto me,
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dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the young man, a Hebrew, servant to the
a
river. 2And, behold, there came up out captain of the guard; and we told him,
of the river seven kine, well-favoured and he interpreted to us our dreams; to
and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the each man according to his dream he
reed-grass. 3And, behold, seven other did interpret. 13And it came to pass, as
kine came up after them out of the he interpreted to us, so it was: I was
river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; restored unto mine office, and he was
and stood by the other kine upon the hanged.’ 14Then Pharaoh sent and
brink of the river. 4And the ill- called Joseph, and they brought him
favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat hastily out of the dungeon. And he
up the seven well-favoured and fat shaved himself, and changed his
kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5And he slept raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
15
and dreamed a second time: and, And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I
behold, seven ears of corn came up have dreamed a dream, and there is
upon one stalk, rank and good. 6And, none that can interpret it; and I have
behold, seven ears, thin and blasted heard say of thee, that when thou
with the east wind, sprung up after hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.’
them. 7And the thin ears swallowed up 16
And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
the seven rank and full ears. And saying: ‘It is not in me; God will give
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a Pharaoh an answer of peace.’ 17And
dream. 8And it came to pass in the Pharaoh spoke unto Joseph: ‘In my
morning that his spirit was troubled; dream, behold, I stood upon the brink
and he sent and called for all the of the river. 18And, behold, there came
magicians of Egypt, and all the wise up out of the river seven kine, fat-
men thereof; and Pharaoh told them fleshed and well-favoured; and they
his dream; but there was none that fed in the reedgrass. 19And, behold,
could interpret them unto Pharaoh. seven other kine came up after them,
9
Then spoke the chief butler unto poor and very ill-favoured and lean-
Pharaoh, saying: ‘I make mention of fleshed, such as I never saw in all the
my faults this day: 10Pharaoh was land of Egypt for badness. 20And the
wroth with his servants, and put me in lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up
the ward of the house of the captain of the first seven fat kine. 21And when
the guard, me and the chief baker. they had eaten them up, it could not be
11
And we dreamed a dream in one known that they had eaten them; but
night, I and he; we dreamed each man they were still ill-favoured as at the
according to the interpretation of his beginning. So I awoke. 22And I saw in
dream. 12And there was with us there a my dream, and, behold, seven ears
came up upon one stalk, full and good.
23
And, behold, seven ears, withered,
a
That is, the Nile.
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thin, and blasted with the east wind, plenty. 35And let them gather all the
sprung up after them. 24And the thin food of these good years that come,
ears swallowed up the seven good and lay up corn under the hand of
ears. And I told it unto the magicians; Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let
but there was none that could declare it them keep it. 36And the food shall be
to me.’ 25And Joseph said unto for a store to the land against the seven
Pharaoh: ‘The dream of Pharaoh is years of famine, which shall be in the
one; what God is about to do He hath land of Egypt; that the land perish not
declared unto Pharaoh. 26The seven through the famine.’ 37And the thing
good kine are seven years; and the was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and
seven good ears are seven years: the in the eyes of all his servants. 38And
dream is one. 27And the seven lean and Pharaoh said unto his servants: ‘Can
ill-favoured kine that came up after we find such a one as this, a man in
them are seven years, and also the whom the spirit of God is?’ 39And
seven empty ears blasted with the east Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘Forasmuch
wind; they shall be seven years of as God hath shown thee all this, there
famine. 28That is the thing which I is none so discreet and wise as thou.
40
spoke unto Pharaoh: what God is Thou shalt be over my house, and
about to do He hath shown unto according unto thy word shall all my
Pharaoh. 29Behold, there come seven people be ruled; only in the throne will
years of great plenty throughout all the I be greater than thou.’ 41And Pharaoh
land of Egypt. 30And there shall arise said unto Joseph: ‘See, I have set thee
after them seven years of famine; and over all the land of Egypt.’ 42And
all the plenty shall be forgotten in the Pharaoh took off his signet ring from
land of Egypt; and the famine shall his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s
consume the land; 31and the plenty hand, and arrayed him in vestures of
shall not be known in the land by fine linen, and put a gold chain about
reason of that famine which followeth; his neck. 43And he made him to ride in
for it shall be very grievous. 32And for the second chariot which he had; and
that the dream was doubled unto they cried before him: ‘Abrech’; and
Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44
is established by God, and God will And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘I am
shortly bring it to pass. 33Now Pharaoh, and without thee shall no
therefore let Pharaoh look out a man man lift up his hand or his foot in all
discreet and wise, and set him over the the land of Egypt.’ 45And Pharaoh
land of Egypt. 34Let Pharaoh do this, called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-
and let him appoint overseers over the paneah; and he gave him to wife
land, and take up the fifth part of the Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera
land of Egypt in the seven years of priest of On. And Joseph went out
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over the land of Egypt.— 46And Joseph unto all the Egyptians: ‘Go unto
was thirty years old when he stood Joseph; what he saith to you, do.’
56
before Pharaoh king of Egypt.—And And the famine was over all the face
Joseph went out from the presence of of the earth; and Joseph opened all the
Pharaoh, and went throughout all the storehouses, and sold unto the
land of Egypt. 47And in the seven years Egyptians; and the famine was sore in
of plenty the earth brought forth in the land of Egypt. 57And all countries
heaps. 48And he gathered up all the came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn;
food of the seven years which were in because the famine was sore in all the
the land of Egypt, and laid up the food earth.
in the cities; the food of the field,
which was round about every city, laid 42 Now Jacob saw that there was
corn in Egypt, and Jacob said
he up in the same. 49And Joseph laid unto his sons: ‘Why do ye look one
up corn as the sand of the sea, very upon another?’ 2And he said: ‘Behold,
much, until they left off numbering; I have heard that there is corn in
for it was without number. 50And unto Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy
Joseph were born two sons before the for us from thence; that we may live,
year of famine came, whom Asenath and not die.’ 3And Joseph’s ten
the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On brethren went down to buy corn from
bore unto him. 51And Joseph called the Egypt. 4But Benjamin, Joseph’s
name of the first-born aManasseh: ‘for brother, Jacob sent not with his
God hath made me forget all my toil, brethren; for he said: ‘Lest
and all my father’s house.’ 52And the peradventure harm befall him.’ 5And
name of the second called he the sons of Israel came to buy among
b
Ephraim: ‘for God hath made me those that came; for the famine was in
fruitful in the land of my affliction.’ the land of Caanan. 6And Joseph was
53
And the seven years of plenty, that the governor over the land; he it was
was in the land of Egypt, came to an that sold to all the people of the land.
end. 54And the seven years of famine And Joseph’s brethren came, and
began to come, according as Joseph bowed down to him with their faces to
had said; and there was famine in all the earth. 7And Joseph saw his
lands; but in all the land of Egypt there brethren, and he knew them, but made
was bread. 55And when all the land of himself strange unto them, and spoke
Egypt was famished, the people cried roughly with them; and he said unto
to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said them: ‘Whence come ye?’ And they
said: ‘From the land of Canaan to buy
food.’ 8And Joseph knew his brethren,
a
That is, Making to forget. but they knew him not. 9And Joseph
b
From a Hebrew word signifying to remembered the dreams which he
be fruitful,
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dreamed of them, and said unto them: distress come upon us.’ 22And Reuben
‘Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of answered them, saying: ‘Spoke I not
the land ye are come.’ 10And they said unto you, saying: Do not sin against
unto him: ‘Nay, my lord, but to buy the child; and ye would not hear?
food are thy servants come. 11We are therefore also, behold, his blood is
all one man’s sons; we are upright required.’ 23And they knew not that
men, thy servants are no spies.’ 12And Joseph understood them; for the
he said unto them: ‘Nay, but to see the interpreter was between them. 24And
nakedness of the land ye are come.’ he turned himself about from them,
13
And they said: ‘We thy servants are and wept; and he returned to them, and
twelve brethren, the sons of one man spoke to them, and took Simeon from
in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the among them, and bound him before
youngest is this day with our father, their eyes. 25Then Joseph commanded
and one is not.’ 14And Joseph said unto to fill their vessels with corn, and to
them: ‘That is it that I spoke unto you, restore every man’s money into his
saying: Ye are spies. 15Hereby ye shall sack, and to give them provision for
be proved, as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall the way; and thus was it done unto
not go forth hence, except your them. 26And they laded their asses with
youngest brother come hither. 16Send their corn, and departed thence. 27And
one of you, and let him fetch your as one of them opened his sack to give
brother, and ye shall be bound, that his ass provender in the lodging-place,
your words may be proved, whether he espied his money; and, behold, it
there be truth in you; or else, as was in the mouth of his sack. 28And he
Pharaoh liveth, surely ye are spies.’ said unto his brethren: ‘My money is
17
And he put them all together into restored; and, lo, it is even in my
ward three days. 18And Joseph said sack.’ And their heart failed them, and
unto them the third day.’ This do, and they turned trembling one to another,
live; for I fear God: 19if ye be upright saying: ‘What is this that God hath
men, let one of your brethren be bound done unto us?’ 29And they came unto
in your prison-house; but go ye, carry Jacob their father unto the land of
corn for the famine of your houses; Canaan, and told him all that had
20
and bring your youngest brother unto befallen them, saying: 30’The man, the
me; so shall your words be verified, lord of the land, spoke roughly with
and ye shall not die.’ And they did so. us, and took us for spies of the
21
And they said one to another: ‘We country. 31And we said unto him: We
are verily guilty concerning our are upright men; we are no spies. 32We
brother, in that we saw the distress of are twelve brethren, sons of our father;
his soul, when he besought us, and we one is not, and the youngest is this day
would not hear; therefore is this with our father in the land of Canaan.
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33
And the man, the lord of the land, not see my face, except your brother
said unto us: Hereby shall I know that be with you. 4If thou wilt send our
ye are upright men: leave one of your brother with us, we will go down and
brethren with me, and take corn for the buy thee food; 5but if thou wilt not
famine of your houses, and go your send him, we will not go down, for the
way. 34And bring your youngest man said unto us: Ye shall not see my
brother unto me; then shall I know that face, except your brother be with you.’
6
ye are no spies, but that ye are upright And Israel said: ‘Wherefore dealt ye
men; so will I deliver you your so ill with me, as to tell the man
brother, and ye shall traffic in the whether ye had yet a brother?’ 7And
land.’ 35And it came to pass as they they said: ‘The man asked straitly
emptied their sacks, that, behold, every concerning ourselves, and concerning
man’s bundle of money was in his our kindred, saying: Is your father yet
sack; and when they and their father alive? have ye another brother? and we
saw their bundles of money, they were told him according to the tenor of
afraid. 36And Jacob their father said these words; could we in any wise
unto them: ‘Me have ye bereaved of know that he would say: Bring your
my children: Joseph is not, and brother down?’ 8And Judah said unto
Simeon is not, and ye will take Israel his father: ‘Send the lad with
Benjamin away; upon me are all these me, and we will arise and go, that we
things come.’ 37And Reuben spoke may live, and not die, both we, and
unto his father, saying: ‘Thou shalt thou, and also our little ones. 9I will be
slay my two sons, if I bring him not to surety for him; of my hand shalt thou
thee; deliver him into my hand, and I require him; if I bring him not unto
will bring him back to thee.’ 38And he thee, and set him before thee, then let
said: ‘My son shall not go down with me bear the blame for ever. 10For
you; for his brother is dead, and he except we had lingered, surely we had
only is left; if harm befall him by the now returned a second time.’ 11And
way in which ye go, then will ye bring their father Israel said unto them: ‘If it
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the be so now, do this: take of the choice
grave. fruits of the land in your vessels, and
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arise, go again unto the man; 14and sacks.’ 23And he said: ‘Peace be to
God Almighty give you mercy before you, fear not; your God, and the God
the man, that he may release unto you of your father, hath given you treasure
your other brother and Benjamin. And in your sacks; I had your money.’ And
as for me, if I be bereaved of my he brought Simeon out unto them.
24
children, I am bereaved.’ And the man brought the men into
15
And the men took that present, and Joseph’s house, and gave them water,
they took double money in their hand, and they washed their feet; and he
and Benjamin; and rose up, and went gave their asses provender. 25And they
down to Egypt, and stood before made ready the present against
Joseph. 16And when Joseph saw Joseph’s coming at noon; for they
Benjamin with them, he said to the heard that they should eat bread there.
26
steward of his house: ‘Bring the men And when Joseph came home, they
into the house, and kill the beasts, and brought him the present which was in
prepare the meat; for the men shall their hand into the house, and bowed
dine with me at noon.’ 17And the man down to him to the earth. 27And he
did as Joseph bade; and the man asked them of their welfare, and said:
brought the men into Joseph’s house. ‘Is your father well, the old man of
18
And the men were afraid, because whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?’
28
they were brought into Joseph’s house; And they said: ‘Thy servant our
and they said: ‘Because of the money father is well, he is yet alive.’ And
that was returned in our sacks at the they bowed the head, and made
first time are we brought in; that he obeisance. 29And he lifted up his eyes,
may seek occasion against us, and fall and saw Benjamin his brother, his
upon us, and take us for bondmen, and mother’s son, and said: ‘Is this your
our asses.’ 19And they came near to the youngest brother of whom ye spoke
steward of Joseph’s house, and they unto me?’ And he said: ‘God be
spoke unto him at the door of the gracious unto thee, my son.’ 30And
house, 20and said: ‘Oh my lord, we Joseph made haste; for his heart
came indeed down at the first time to yearned toward his brother; and he
buy food. 21And it came to pass, when sought where to weep; and he entered
we came to the lodging-place, that we into his chamber, and wept there.
31
opened our sacks, and, behold, every And he washed his face, and came
man’s money was in the mouth of his out; and he refrained himself, and said:
sack, our money in full weight; and we ‘Set on bread.’ 32And they set on for
have brought it back in our hand. him by himself, and for them by
22
And other money have we brought themselves, and for the Egyptians, that
down in our hand to buy food. We did eat with him, by themselves;
know not who put our money in our because the Egyptians might not eat
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bread with the Hebrews; for that is an thee out of the land of Canaan; how
abomination unto the Egyptians. 33And then should we steal out of thy lord’s
they sat before him, the firstborn house silver or gold? 9With
according to his birthright, and the whomsoever of thy servants it be
youngest according to his youth; and found, let him die, and we also will be
the men marvelled one with another. my lord’s bondmen.’ 10And he said:
34
And portions were taken unto them ‘Now also let it be according unto your
from before him; but Benjamin’s words: he with whom it is found shall
portion was five times so much as any be my bondman; and ye shall be
of theirs. And they drank, and were blameless.’ 11Then they hastened, and
merry with him. took down every man his sack to the
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ויגש bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave. 30Now therefore when I
18
Then Judah came near unto him, come to thy servant my father, and the
and said: ‘Oh my lord, let thy servant, lad is not with us; seeing that his soul
I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s is bound up with the lad’s soul; 31it
ears, and let not thine anger burn will come to pass, when he seeth that
against thy servant; for thou art even the lad is not with us, that he will die;
as Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his and thy servants will bring down the
servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a gray hairs of thy servant our father
brother? 20And we said unto my lord: with sorrow to the grave. 32For thy
We have a father, an old man, and a servant became surety for the lad unto
child of his old age, a little one; and my father, saying: If I bring him not
his brother is dead, and he alone is left unto thee, then shall I bear the blame
of his mother, and his father loveth to my father for ever. 33Now therefore,
him. 21And thou saidst unto thy let thy servant, I pray thee, abide
servants: Bring him down unto me, instead of the lad a bondman to my
that I may set mine eyes upon him. lord; and let the lad go up with his
22
And we said unto my lord: The lad brethren. 34For how shall I go up to my
cannot leave his father; for if he should father, if the lad be not with me? lest I
leave his father, his father would die. look upon the evil that shall come on
23
And thou saidst unto thy servants: my father.’
Except your youngest brother come
down with you, ye shall see my face
no more. 24And it came to pass when
45 Then Joseph could not refrain
himself before all them that
stood by him; and he cried: ‘Cause
we came up unto thy servant my every man to go out from me.’ And
father, we told him the words of my there stood no man with him, while
lord. 25And our father said: Go again, Joseph made himself known unto his
buy us a little food. 26And we said: We brethren. 2And he wept aloud; and the
cannot go down; if our youngest Egyptians heard, and the house of
brother be with us, then will we go Pharaoh heard. 3And Joseph said unto
down; for we may not see the man’s his brethren: ‘I am Joseph; doth my
face, except our youngest brother be father yet live?’ And his brethren
with us. 27And thy servant my father could not answer him; for they were
said unto us: Ye know that my wife affrighted at his presence. 4And Joseph
bore me two sons; 28and the one went said unto his brethren: ‘Come near to
out from me, and I said: Surely he is me, I pray you.’ And they came near.
torn in pieces; and I have not seen him And he said: ‘I am Joseph your
since; 29and if ye take this one also brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5
from me, and harm befall him, ye will And now be not grieved, nor angry
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16
with yourselves, that ye sold me And the report thereof was heard
hither; for God did send me before you in Pharaoh’s house, saying: ‘Joseph’s
to preserve life. 6For these two years brethren are come’; and it pleased
hath the famine been in the land; and Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17And
there are yet five years, in which there Pharaoh said unto Joseph: ‘Say unto
shall be neither plowing nor harvest. thy brethren: This do ye: lade your
7
And God sent me before you to give beasts, and go, get you unto the land of
you a remnant on the earth, and to save Canaan; 18and take your father and
you alive for a great deliverance. 8So your households, and come unto me;
now it was not you that sent me hither, and I will give you the good of the
but God; and He hath made me a land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat
father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his of the land. 19Now thou art
house, and ruler over all the land of commanded, this do ye: take you
Egypt. 9Hasten ye, and go up to my wagons out of the land of Egypt for
father, and say unto him: Thus saith your little ones, and for your wives,
thy son Joseph: God hath made me and bring your father, and come.
20
lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, Also regard not your stuff; for the
tarry not. 10And thou shalt dwell in the good things of all the land of Egypt are
land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near yours.’ 21And the sons of Israel did so;
unto me, thou, and thy children, and and Joseph gave them wagons,
thy children’s children, and thy flocks, according to the commandment of
and thy herds, and all that thou hast; Pharaoh, and gave them provision for
11
and there will I sustain thee; for there the way. 22To all of them he gave each
are yet five years of famine; lest thou man changes of raiment; but to
come to poverty, thou, and thy Benjamin he gave three hundred
household, and all that thou hast. shekels of silver, and five changes of
12
And, behold, your eyes see, and the raiment. 23And to his father he sent in
eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is like manner ten asses laden with the
my mouth that speaketh unto you. good things of Egypt, and ten she-
13
And ye shall tell my father of all my asses laden with corn and bread and
glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have victual for his father by the way. 24So
seen; and ye shall hasten and bring he sent his brethren away, and they
down my father hither.’ 14And he fell departed; and he said unto them: ‘See
upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and that ye fall not out by the way.’ 25And
wept; and Benjamin wept upon his they went up out of Egypt, and came
neck. 15And he kissed all his brethren, into the land of Canaan unto Jacob
and wept upon them; and after that his their father. 26And they told him,
brethren talked with him. saying: ‘Joseph is yet alive, and he is
ruler over all the land of Egypt.’ And
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his heart fainted, for he believed them Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and
not. 27And they told him all the words Hezron, and Carmi. 10And the sons of
of Joseph, which he had said unto Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,
them; and when he saw the wagons and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the
which Joseph had sent to carry him, son of a Canaanitish woman. 11And the
the spirit of Jacob their father revived. sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and
28
And Israel said: ‘It is enough; Joseph Merari. 12And the sons of Judah: Er,
my son is yet alive; I will go and see and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and
him before I die.’ Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the
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were fourteen. 23And the sons of Dan: keepers of cattle from our youth even
Hushim. 24And the sons of Naphtali: until now, both we, and our fathers;
Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and that ye may dwell in the land of
Shillem. 25These are the sons of Goshen; for every shepherd is an
Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel abomination unto the Egyptians.’
his daughter, and these she bore unto
Jacob; all the souls were seven. 26All 47 Then Joseph went in and told
Pharaoh, and said: ‘My father
the souls belonging to Jacob that came and my brethren, and their flocks, and
into Egypt, that came out of his loins, their herds, and all that they have, are
besides Jacob’s sons’wives, all the come out of the land of Canaan; and,
souls were threescore and six. 27And behold, they are in the land of
the sons of Joseph, who were born to Goshen.’ 2And from among his
him in Egypt, were two souls; all the brethren he took five men, and
souls of the house of Jacob, that came presented them unto Pharaoh. 3And
into Egypt, were threescore and ten. Pharaoh said unto his brethren: ‘What
28
And he sent Judah before him unto is your occupation?’ And they said
Joseph, to show the way before him unto Pharaoh: ‘Thy servants are
unto Goshen; and they came into the shepherds, both we, and our fathers.’
land of Goshen. 29And Joseph made 4
And they said unto Pharaoh: ‘To
ready his chariot, and went up to meet sojourn in the land are we come; for
Israel his father, to Goshen; and he there is no pasture for thy
presented himself unto him, and fell on servants’flocks; for the famine is sore
his neck, and wept on his neck a good in the land of Canaan. Now therefore,
while. 30And Israel said unto Joseph: we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in
‘Now let me die, since I have seen thy the land of Goshen.’ 5And Pharaoh
face, that thou art yet alive.’ 31And spoke unto Joseph, saying: ‘Thy father
Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto and thy brethren are come unto thee;
6
his father’s house: ‘I will go up, and the land of Egypt is before thee; in the
tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him: best of the land make thy father and
My brethren, and my father’s house, thy brethren to dwell; in the land of
who were in the land of Canaan, are Goshen let them dwell. And if thou
come unto me; 32and the men are knowest any able men among them,
shepherds, for they have been keepers then make them rulers over my cattle.’
7
of cattle; and they have brought their And Joseph brought in Jacob his
flocks, and their herds, and all that father, and set him before Pharaoh.
they have. 33And it shall come to pass, And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 8And
when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall Pharaoh said unto Jacob: ‘How many
say: What is your occupation? 34that ye are the days of the years of thy life?’
9
shall say: Thy servants have been And Jacob said unto Pharaoh: ‘The
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days of the years of my sojournings for the herds, and for the asses; and he
are a hundred and thirty years; few and fed them with bread in exchange for
evil have been the days of the years of all their cattle for that year. 18And
my life, and they have not attained when that year was ended, they came
unto the days of the years of the life of unto him the second year, and said
my fathers in the days of their unto him: ‘We will not hide from my
sojournings.’ 10And Jacob blessed lord, how that our money is all spent;
Pharaoh, and went out from the and the herds of cattle are my lord’s;
presence of Pharaoh. 11And Joseph there is nought left in the sight of my
placed his father and his brethren, and lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19
gave them a possession in the land of Wherefore should we die before
Egypt, in the best of the land, in the thine eyes, both we and our land? buy
land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had us and our land for bread, and we and
commanded. 12And Joseph sustained our land will be bondmen unto
his father, and his brethren, and all his Pharaoh; and give us seed, that we
father’s household, with bread, may live, and not die, and that the land
according to the want of their little be not desolate.’ 20So Joseph bought
ones. all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for
13
And there was no bread in all the the Egyptians sold every man his field,
land; for the famine was very sore, so because the famine was sore upon
that the land of Egypt and the land of them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.
21
Canaan languished by reason of the And as for the people, he removed
famine. 14And Joseph gathered up all them city by city, from one end of the
the money that was found in the land border of Egypt even to the other end
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, thereof. 22Only the land of the priests
for the corn which they bought; and bought he not, for the priests had a
Joseph brought the money into portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their
Pharaoh’s house. 15And when the portion which Pharaoh gave them;
money was all spent in the land of wherefore they sold not their land.
23
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all Then Joseph said unto the people:
the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and ‘Behold, I have bought you this day
said: ‘Give us bread; for why should and your land for Pharaoh. Lo, here is
we die in thy presence? for our money seed for you, and ye shall sow the
faileth.’ 16And Joseph said: ‘Give your land. 24And it shall come to pass at the
cattle, and I will give you [bread] for ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth
your cattle, if money fail.’ 17And they unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be
brought their cattle unto Joseph. And your own, for seed of the field, and for
Joseph gave them bread in exchange your food, and for them of your
for the horses, and for the flocks, and households, and for food for your little
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ones.’ 25And they said: ‘Thou hast himself, and sat upon the bed. 3And
saved our lives. Let us find favour in Jacob said unto Joseph: ‘God
the sight of my lord, and we will be Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in
Pharaoh’s bondmen.’ 26And Joseph the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4
made it a statute concerning the land and said unto me: Behold, I will make
of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I
should have the fifth; only the land of will make of thee a company of
the priests alone became not peoples; and will give this land to thy
Pharaoh’s. 27And Israel dwelt in the seed after thee for an everlasting
land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; possession. 5And now thy two sons,
and they got them possessions therein, who were born unto thee in the land of
and were fruitful, and multiplied Egypt before I came unto thee into
exceedingly. Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and
ויחי Manasseh, even as Reuben and
28
And Jacob lived in the land of Simeon, shall be mine. 6And thy issue,
Egypt seventeen years; so the days of that thou begettest after them, shall be
Jacob, the years of his life, were a thine; they shall be called after the
hundred forty and seven years. 29And name of their brethren in their
the time drew near that Israel must die; inheritance. 7And as for me, when I
and he called his son Joseph, and said came from Paddan, Rachel died unto
unto him: ‘If now I have found favour me in the land of Canaan in the way,
in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand when there was still some way to come
under my thigh, and deal kindly and unto Ephrath; and I buried her there in
truly with me; bury me not, I pray the way to Ephrath—the same is Beth-
thee, in Egypt. 30But when I sleep with lehem.’ 8And Israel beheld Joseph’s
my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of sons, and said: ‘Who are these?’ 9And
Egypt, and bury me in their burying- Joseph said unto his father: ‘They are
place.’ And he said: ‘I will do as thou my sons, whom God hath given me
hast said.’ 31And he said: ‘Swear unto here.’ And he said: ‘Bring them, I pray
me.’ And he swore unto him. And thee, unto me, and I will bless them.’
10
Israel bowed down upon the bed’s Now the eyes of Israel were dim for
head. age, so that he could not see. And he
48 And it came to pass after these brought them near unto him; and he
things, that one said to Joseph: kissed them, and embraced them.
11
‘Behold, thy father is sick.’ And he And Israel said unto Joseph: ‘I had
took with him his two sons, Manasseh not thought to see thy face; and, lo,
and Ephraim. 2And one told Jacob, and God hath let me see thy seed also.’
12
said: ‘Behold, thy son Joseph cometh And Joseph brought them out from
unto thee.’ And Israel strengthened between his knees; and he fell down
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on his face to the earth. 13And Joseph Manasseh.’ And he set Ephraim before
took them both, Ephraim in his right Manasseh. 21And Israel said unto
hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Joseph: ‘Behold, I die; but God will be
Manasseh in his left hand toward with you, and bring you back unto the
Israel’s right hand, and brought them land of your fathers. 22Moreover I have
near unto him. 14And Israel stretched given to thee one aportion above thy
out his right hand, and laid it upon brethren, which I took out of the hand
Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, of the Amorite with my sword and
and his left hand upon Manasseh’s with my bow.’
head, guiding his hands wittingly; for
Manasseh was the first-born. 15And he
blessed Joseph, and said: ‘The God 49 And Jacob called unto his
sons, and said: ‘Gather
before whom my fathers Abraham and yourselves together, that I may tell you
Isaac did walk, the God who hath been that which shall befall you in the end
my shepherd all my life long unto this of days.
day, 16the angel who hath redeemed 2
Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye
me from all evil, bless the lads; and let sons of Jacob;
my name be named in them, and the And hearken unto Israel your father.
3
name of my fathers Abraham and Reuben, thou art my first-born,
Isaac; and let them grow into a My might, and the first-fruits of my
multitude in the midst of the earth.’ strength;
17
And when Joseph saw that his father The excellency of dignity, and the
was laying his right hand upon the excellency of power.
4
head of Ephraim, it displeased him, Unstable as water, have not thou
and he held up his father’s hand, to the excellency;
remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Because thou wentest up to thy
Manasseh’s head. 18And Joseph said father’s bed;
unto his father: ‘Not so, my father, for Then defiledst thou it—he went up
this is the first-born; put thy right hand to my couch.
upon his head.’ 19And his father
5
refused, and said: ‘I know it, my son, I Simeon and Levi are brethren;
know it; he also shall become a Weapons of violence their kinship.
6
people, and he also shall be great; Let my soul not come into their
howbeit his younger brother shall be council;
greater than he, and his seed shall Unto their assembly let my glory not
become a multitude of nations.’ 20And be not united;
he blessed them that day, saying: ‘By For in their anger they slew men,
thee shall Israel bless, saying: God
make thee as Ephraim and as
a
Heb. schechem, shoulder.
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And in their self-will they houghed And he shall be a shore for ships,
oxen. And his flank shall be upon Zidon.
7
Cursed be their anger, for it was
14
fierce, Issachar is a large-boned ass,
And their wrath, for it was cruel; Couching down between the sheep-
I will divide them in Jacob, folds.
15
And scatter them in Israel For he saw a resting-place that it
was good,
8
Judah, thee shall thy brethren And the land that it was pleasant;
praise; And he bowed his shoulder to bear,
Thy hand shall be on the neck of And became a servant under task-
thine enemies; work
Thy father’s sons shall bow down
16
before thee. Dan shall judge his people,
9
Judah is a lion’s whelp; As one of the tribes of Israel.
17
From the prey, my son, thou art Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
gone up. A horned snake in the path,
He stooped down, he couched as a That biteth the horse’s heels,
lion, So that his rider falleth backward.
18
And as a lioness; who shall rouse I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.
him up?
10 19
The sceptre shall not depart from Gad, aa troop bshall troop upon
Judah, him;
Nor the ruler’s staff from between But he shall troop upon their heel.
his feet,
20
As long as men come to Shiloh; As for Asher, his bread shall be
And unto him shall the obedience of fat,
the peoples be. And he shall yield royal dainties.
11
Binding his foal unto the vine,
21
And his ass’s colt unto the choice Naphtali is a hind let loose:
vine; He giveth goodly words.
He washeth his garments in wine,
22
And his vesture in the blood of Joseph is a fruitful vine,
grapes; A fruitful vine by a fountain;
12
His eyes shall be red with wine, Its branches run over the wall.
And his teeth white with milk.
13
Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of
a
the sea, Heb. gedud.
b
From the Heb. root gadad.
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23
The archers have dealt bitterly gathered unto my people; bury me
with him, with my fathers in the cave that is in
And shot at him, and hated him; the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30in the
24
But his bow abode firm, cave that is in the field of Machpelah,
And the arms of his hands were which is before Mamre, in the land of
made supple, Canaan, which Abraham bought with
By the hands of the Mighty One of the field from Ephron the Hittite for a
Jacob, possession of a burying-place. 31There
From thence, from the Shepherd, the they buried Abraham and Sarah his
Stone of Israel, wife; there they buried Isaac and
25
Even by the God of thy father, Rebekah his wife; and there I buried
who shall help thee, Leah. 32The field and the cave that is
And by the Almighty, who shall therein, which was purchased from the
bless thee, children of Heth.’ 33And when Jacob
With blessings of heaven above, made an end of charging his sons, he
Blessings of the deep that coucheth gathered up his feet into the bed, and
beneath, expired, and was gathered unto his
Blessings of the breasts, and of the people.
26
womb.
The blessings of thy father 50 And Joseph fell upon his
father’s face, and wept upon
Are mighty beyond the blessings of him, and kissed him. 2And Joseph
my progenitors commanded his servants the
Unto the utmost bound of the physicians to embalm his father. And
everlasting hills; the physicians embalmed Israel. 3And
They shall be on the head of Joseph, forty days were fulfilled for him; for
And on the crown of the head of the so are fulfilled the days of embalming.
prince among his brethren. And the Egyptians wept for him
threescore and ten days.
27 4
Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth; And when the days of weeping for
In the morning he devoureth the him were past, Joseph spoke unto the
prey, house of Pharaoh, saying: ‘If now I
And at even he divideth the spoil.’ have found favour in your eyes, speak,
I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh,
28
All these are the twelve tribes of saying: 5My father made me swear,
Israel, and this is it that their father saying: Lo, I die; in my grave which I
spoke unto them and blessed them; have digged for me in the land of
every one according to his blessing he Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now
blessed them. 29And be charged them, therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and
and said unto them: ‘I am to be bury my father, and I will come back.’
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6
And Pharaoh said: ‘Go up, and bury was dead, they said: ‘It may be that
thy father, according as he made thee Joseph will hate us, and will fully
swear.’ 7And Joseph went up to bury requite us all the evil which we did
his father; and with him went up all unto him.’ 16And they sent a message
the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of unto Joseph, saying: ‘Thy father did
his house, and all the elders of the land command before he died, saying: 17So
of Egypt, 8and all the house of Joseph, shall ye say unto Joseph: Forgive, I
and his brethren, and his father’s pray thee now, the transgression of thy
house; only their little ones, and their brethren, and their sin, for that they did
flocks, and their herds, they left in the unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee,
land of Goshen. 9And there went up forgive the transgression of the
with him both chariots and horsemen; servants of the God of thy father.’ And
and it was a very great company. Joseph wept when they spoke unto
10
And they came to the threshing-floor him. 18And his brethren also went and
of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, fell down before his face; and they
and there they wailed with a very great said: ‘Behold, we are thy bondmen.’
19
and sore wailing; and he made a And Joseph said unto them: ‘Fear
mourning for his father seven days. not; for am I in the place of God?
11 20
And when the inhabitants of the land, And as for you, ye meant evil against
the Canaanites, saw the mourning in me; but God meant it for good, to
the floor of Atad, they said: ‘This is a bring to pass, as it is this day, to save
grievous amourning to the Egyptians.’ much people alive. 21Now therefore
Wherefore the name of it was called fear ye not; I will sustain you, and
Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the your little ones.’ And he comforted
Jordan. 12And his sons did unto him them, and spoke kindly unto them.
22
according as he commanded them. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he,
13
For his sons carried him into the land and his father’s house; and Joseph
of Canaan, and buried him in the cave lived a hundred and ten years. 23And
of the field of Machpelah, which Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the
Abraham bought with the field, for a third generation; the children also of
possession of a burying-place, of Machir the son of Manasseh were born
Ephron the Hittite, in front of Mamre. upon Joseph’s knees. 24And Joseph
14
And Joseph returned into Egypt, said unto his brethren: ‘I die; but God
he, and his brethren, and all that went will surely remember you, and bring
up with him to bury his father, after he you up out of this land unto the land
had buried his father. 15And when which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac,
Joseph’s brethren saw that their father and to Jacob.’ 25And Joseph took an
oath of the children of Israel, saying:
‘God will surely remember you, and
a
Heb. ebel.
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ye shall carry up my bones from embalmed him, and he was put in a
hence.’ 26So Joseph died, being a coffin in Egypt.
hundred and ten years old. And they
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שמות
EXODUS
1 NOW THESE are the names of the
sons of Israel, who came into
abroad. And they were adread because
of the children of Israel. 13And the
Egypt with Jacob; every man came Egyptians made the children of Israel
with his household: 2Reuben, Simeon, to serve with rigour. 14And they made
Levi, and Judah; 3Issachar, Zebulun, their lives bitter with hard service, in
and Benjamin; 4Dan and Naphtali, Gad mortar and in brick, and in all manner
and Asher. 5And all the souls that of service in the field; in all their
came out of the loins of Jacob were service, wherein they made them serve
seventy souls; and Joseph was in with rigour.
Egypt already. 6And Joseph died, and 15
And the king of Egypt spoke to the
all his brethren, and all that generation. Hebrew midwives, of whom the name
7
And the children of Israel were of the one was Shiphrah, and the name
fruitful, and increased abundantly, and of the other Puah; 16and he said:
multiplied, and waxed exceeding ‘When ye do the office of a midwife to
mighty; and the land was filled with the Hebrew women, ye shall look upon
them. the birthstool: if it be a son, then ye
shall kill him; but if it be a daughter,
8
Now there arose a new king over then she shall live.’ 17But the
Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 9And he midwives feared God, and did not as
said unto his people: ‘Behold, the the king of Egypt commanded them,
people of the children of Israel are too but saved the men-children alive.
many and too mighty for us; 10come, 18
And the king of Egypt called for the
let us deal wisely with them, lest they midwives, and said unto them: ‘Why
multiply, and it come to pass, that, have ye done this thing, and have
when there befalleth us any war, they saved the men-children alive?’ 19And
also join themselves unto our enemies, the midwives said unto Pharaoh:
and fight against us, and get them up ‘Because the Hebrew women are not
out of the land.’ 11Therefore they did as the Egyptian women; for they are
set over them taskmasters to afflict lively, and are delivered ere the
them with their burdens. And they midwife come unto them.’ 20And God
built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom dealt well with the midwives; and the
and Raamses. 12But the more they people multiplied, and waxed very
afflicted them, the more they mighty. 21And it came to pass, because
multiplied and the more they spread the midwives feared God, that He
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made them houses. 22And Pharaoh she brought him unto Pharaoh’s
charged all his people, saying: ‘Every daughter, and he became her son. And
son that is born ye shall cast into the she called his name aMoses, and said:
river, and every daughter ye shall save ‘Because I bdrew him out of the
alive.’ water.’
2
11
And there went a man of the And it came to pass in those days,
house of Levi, and took to wife a when Moses was grown up, that he
daughter of Levi. 2And the woman went out unto his brethren, and looked
conceived, and bore a son; and when on their burdens; and he saw an
she saw him that he was a goodly Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one of his
child, she hid him three months. 3And brethren. 12And he looked this way and
when she could not longer hide him, that way, and when he saw that there
she took for him an ark of bulrushes, was no man, he smote the Egyptian,
and daubed it with slime and with and hid him in the sand. 13And he went
pitch; and she put the child therein, out the second day, and, behold, two
and laid it in the flags by the river’s men of the Hebrews were striving
brink. 4And his sister stood afar off, to together; and he said to him that did
know what would be done to him. the wrong: ‘Wherefore smitest thou
5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came thy fellow?’ 14And he said: ‘Who
down to bathe in the river; and her made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
maidens walked along by the river- thinkest thou to kill me, as thou didst
side; and she saw the ark among the kill the Egyptian?’ And Moses feared,
flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch and said: ‘Surely the thing is known.’
it. 6And she opened it, and saw it, even 15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing,
the child; and behold a boy that wept. he sought to slay Moses. But Moses
And she had compassion on him, and fled from the face of Pharaoh, and
said: ‘This is one of the dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat
Hebrews’children.’ 7Then said his down by a well. 16Now the priest of
sister to Pharaoh’s daughter: ‘Shall I Midian had seven daughters; and they
go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew came and drew water, and filled the
women, that she may nurse the child troughs to water their father’s flock.
for thee?’ 8And Pharaoh’s daughter 17
And the shepherds came and drove
said to her: ‘Go.’ And the maiden went them away; but Moses stood up and
and called the child’s mother. 9And helped them, and watered their flock.
18
Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her: And when they came to Reuel their
‘Take this child away, and nurse it for father, he said: ‘How is it that ye are
me, and I will give thee thy wages.’
And the woman took the child, and a
nursed it. 10And the child grew, and Heb. Mosheh.
b
Heb. mashah, to draw out.
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come so soon to-day?’ 19And they turn aside now, and see this great
said: ‘An Egyptian delivered us out of sight, why the bush is not burnt.’ 4And
the hand of the shepherds, and when the LORD saw that he turned
moreover he drew water for us, and aside to see, God called unto him out
watered the flock.’ 20And he said unto of the midst of the bush, and said:
his daughters: ‘And where is he? Why ‘Moses, Moses.’ And he said: ‘Here
is it that ye have left the man? call am I.’ 5And He said: ‘Draw not nigh
him, that he may eat bread.’ 21And hither; put off thy shoes from off thy
Moses was content to dwell with the feet, for the place whereon thou
man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his standest is holy ground.’ 6Moreover
daughter. 22And she bore a son, and he He said: ‘I am the God of thy father,
called his name Gershom; for he said: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
‘I have been aa stranger in a strange and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid
land.’ his face; for he was afraid to look upon
God. 7And the LORD said: ‘I have
23
And it came to pass in the course surely seen the affliction of My people
of those many days that the king of that are in Egypt, and have heard their
Egypt died; and the children of Israel cry by reason of their taskmasters; for
sighed by reason of the bondage, and I know their pains; 8and I am come
they cried, and their cry came up unto down to deliver them out of the hand
God by reason of the bondage. 24And of the Egyptians, and to bring them up
God heard their groaning, and God out of that land unto a good land and a
remembered His covenant with large, unto a land flowing with milk
Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. and honey; unto the place of the
25
And God saw the children of Israel, Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the
and God took cognizance of them. Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the
11
9
And the LORD said unto And the LORD said unto Moses:
Moses: ‘Yet one plague more ‘Pharaoh will not hearken unto you;
will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon that My wonders may be multiplied in
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the land of Egypt.’ 10And Moses and remaineth of it until the morning ye
Aaron did all these wonders before shall burn with fire. 11And thus shall
Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened ye eat it: with your loins girded, your
Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the shoes on your feet, and your staff in
children of Israel go out of his land. your hand; and ye shall eat it in
b
That is, Trying.
a c
Heb. Man. That is Strife.
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Then came Amalek, and fought heard of all that God had done for
with Israel in Rephidim. 9And Moses Moses, and for Israel His people, how
said unto Joshua: ‘Choose us out men, that the LORD had brought Israel out of
and go out, fight with Amalek; Egypt. 2And Jethro, Moses’father-in-
tomorrow I will stand on the top of the law, took Zipporah, Moses’wife, after
hill with the rod of God in my hand.’ he had sent her away, 3and her two
10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to sons; of whom the name of the one
him, and fought with Amalek; and was Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the a stranger in a strange land’; 4and the
top of the hill. 11And it came to pass, name of the other was bEliezer: ‘for
when Moses held up his hand, that the God of my father was my help, and
Israel prevailed; and when he let down delivered me from the sword of
his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12But Pharaoh.’ 5And Jethro, Moses’father-
Moses’hands were heavy; and they in-law, came with his sons and his
took a stone, and put it under him, and wife unto Moses into the wilderness
he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur where he was encamped, at the mount
stayed up his hands, the one on the one of God; 6and he said unto Moses: ‘I
side, and the other on the other side; thy father-in-law Jethro am coming
and his hands were steady until the unto thee, and thy wife, and her two
going down of the sun. 13And Joshua sons with her.’ 7And Moses went out
discomfited Amalek and his people to meet his father-in-law, and bowed
with the edge of the sword. down and kissed him; and they asked
14
And the LORD said unto Moses: each other of their welfare; and they
‘Write this for a memorial in the book, came into the tent. 8And Moses told
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: his father-in-law all that the LORD had
for I will utterly blot out the done unto Pharaoh and to the
remembrance of Amalek from under Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the
heaven.’ 15And Moses built an altar, travail that had come upon them by the
and called the name of it aAdonai- way, and how the LORD delivered
nissi. 16And he said: ‘The hand upon them. 9And Jethro rejoiced for all the
the throne of the LORD: the LORD will goodness which the LORD had done to
have war with Amalek from Israel, in that He had delivered them
generation to generation.’ out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10And
Jethro said: ‘Blessed be the LORD, who
יתרו hath delivered you out of the hand of
18
1
Now Jethro, the priest of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of
Midian, Moses’father-in-law, Pharaoh; who hath delivered the
a b
That is, The Lord is my banner. Heb. El, God, and ezer, help.
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people from under the hand of the that they must do. 21Moreover thou
Egyptians. 11Now I know that the LORD shalt provide out of all the people able
is greater than all gods; yea, for that men, such as fear God, men of truth,
they dealt proudly against them.’ hating unjust gain; and place such over
12
And Jethro, Moses’father-in-law, them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers
took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
God; and Aaron came, and all the of tens. 22And let them judge the
elders of Israel, to eat bread with people at all seasons; and it shall be,
Moses’father-in-law before God. that every great matter they shall bring
13
And it came to pass on the morrow, unto thee, but every small matter they
that Moses sat to judge the people; and shall judge themselves; so shall they
the people stood about Moses from the make it easier for thee and bear the
morning unto the evening. 14And when burden with thee. 23If thou shalt do this
Moses’father-in-law saw all that he did thing, and God command thee so, then
to the people, he said: ‘What is this thou shalt be able to endure, and all
thing that thou doest to the people? this people also shall go to their place
why sittest thou thyself alone, and all in peace.’ 24So Moses hearkened to the
the people stand about thee from voice of his father-in-law, and did all
morning unto even?’ 15And Moses said that he had said. 25And Moses chose
unto his father-in-law: ‘Because the able men out of all Israel, and made
people come unto me to inquire of them heads over the people, rulers of
God; 16when they have a matter, it thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of
cometh unto me; and I judge between fifties, and rulers of tens. 26And they
a man and his neighbour, and I make judged the people at all seasons: the
them know the statutes of God, and hard causes they brought unto Moses,
His laws.’ 17And Moses’father-in-law but every small matter they judged
said unto him: ‘The thing that thou themselves. 27And Moses let his
doest is not good. 18Thou wilt surely father-in-law depart; and he went his
wear away, both thou, and this people way into his own land.
that is with thee; for the thing is too
heavy for thee; thou art not able to 19 In the third month after the
children of Israel were gone
perform it thyself alone. 19Hearken forth out of the land of Egypt, the
now unto my voice, I will give thee same day came they into the
counsel, and God be with thee: be thou wilderness of Sinai. 2And when they
for the people before God, and bring were departed from Rephidim, and
thou the causes unto God. 20And thou were come to the wilderness of Sinai,
shalt teach them the statutes and the they encamped in the wilderness; and
laws, and shalt show them the way there Israel encamped before the
wherein they must walk, and the work mount. 3And Moses went up unto God,
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and the LORD called unto him out of whosoever toucheth the mount shall be
the mountain, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou surely put to death; 13no hand shall
say to the house of Jacob, and tell the touch him, but he shall surely be
children of Israel: 4Ye have seen what stoned, or shot through; whether it be
I did unto the Egyptians, and how I beast or man, it shall not live; when
bore you on eagles’wings, and brought the ram’s horn soundeth long, they
you unto Myself. 5Now therefore, if ye shall come up to the mount.’ 14And
will hearken unto My voice indeed, Moses went down from the mount
and keep My covenant, then ye shall unto the people, and sanctified the
be Mine own treasure from among all people; and they washed their
peoples; for all the earth is Mine; 6and garments. 15And he said unto the
ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of people: ‘Be ready against the third
priests, and a holy nation. These are day; come not near a woman.’ 16And it
the words which thou shalt speak unto came to pass on the third day, when it
the children of Israel.’ 7And Moses was morning, that there were thunders
came and called for the elders of the and lightnings and a thick cloud upon
people, and set before them all these the mount, and the voice of a horn
words which the LORD commanded exceeding loud; and all the people that
him. 8And all the people answered were in the camp trembled. 17And
together, and said: ‘All that the LORD Moses brought forth the people out of
hath spoken we will do.’ And Moses the camp to meet God; and they stood
reported the words of the people unto at the nether part of the mount. 18Now
the LORD. 9And the LORD said unto mount Sinai was altogether on smoke,
Moses: ‘Lo, I come unto thee in a because the LORD descended upon it in
thick cloud, that the people may hear fire; and the smoke thereof ascended
when I speak with thee, and may also as the smoke of a furnace, and the
believe thee for ever.’ And Moses told whole mount quaked greatly. 19And
the words of the people unto the LORD. when the voice of the horn waxed
10
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Go louder and louder, Moses spoke, and
unto the people, and sanctify them to- God answered him by a voice. 20And
day and to-morrow, and let them wash the LORD came down upon mount
their garments, 11and be ready against Sinai, to the top of the mount; and the
the third day; for the third day the LORD called Moses to the top of the
LORD will come down in the sight of mount; and Moses went up. 21And the
all the people upon mount Sinai. 12And LORD said unto Moses: ‘Go down,
thou shalt set bounds unto the people charge the people, lest they break
round about, saying: Take heed to through unto the LORD to gaze, and
yourselves, that ye go not up into the many of them perish. 22And let the
mount, or touch the border of it; priests also, that come near to the
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LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the Remember the sabbath day, to keep
LORD break forth upon them.’ 23And it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labour,
Moses said unto the LORD: ‘The people and do all thy work; 10but the seventh
cannot come up to mount Sinai; for day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy
thou didst charge us, saying: Set God, in it thou shalt not do any manner
bounds about the mount, and sanctify of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy
it.’ 24And the LORD said unto him: ‘Go, daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy
get thee down, and thou shalt come up, maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy
thou, and Aaron with thee; but let not stranger that is within thy gates; 11for
the priests and the people break in six days the LORD made heaven and
through to come up unto the LORD, lest earth, the sea, and all that in them is,
He break forth upon them.’ 25So and rested on the seventh day;
Moses went down unto the people, and wherefore the LORD blessed the
told them. sabbath day, and hallowed it.
20
12
And God spoke all these Honour thy father and thy mother,
words, saying: that thy days may be long upon the
2
I am the LORD thy God, who land which the LORD thy God giveth
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, thee.
13
out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not murder.
3
Thou shalt have no other gods Thou shalt not commit adultery.
before Me. 4Thou shalt not make unto Thou shalt not steal.
thee a graven image, nor any manner Thou shalt not bear false witness
of likeness, of any thing that is in against thy neighbour.
14
heaven above, or that is in the earth Thou shalt not covet thy
beneath, or that is in the water under neighbour’s house; thou shalt not
the earth; 5thou shalt not bow down covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his
unto them, nor serve them; for I the man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor
LORD thy God am a jealous God, his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon thy neighbour’s.
the children unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate Me; 6and 15
And all the people perceived the
showing mercy unto the thousandth thunderings, and the lightnings, and
generation of them that love Me and the voice of the horn, and the
keep My commandments. mountain smoking; and when the
7
Thou shalt not take the name of the people saw it, they trembled, and stood
LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD afar off. 16And they said unto Moses:
will not hold him guiltless that taketh ‘Speak thou with us, and we will hear;
His name in vain. but let not God speak with us, lest we
die.’ 17And Moses said unto the
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people: ‘Fear not; for God is come to out by himself. 5But if the servant shall
prove you, and that His fear may be plainly say: I love my master, my wife,
before you, that ye sin not.’ 18And the and my children; I will not go out free;
6
people stood afar off; but Moses drew then his master shall bring him unto
a
near unto the thick darkness where God, and shall bring him to the door,
God was. or unto the door-post; and his master
19
And the LORD said unto Moses: shall bore his ear through with an awl;
Thus thou shalt say unto the children and he shall serve him for ever.
7
of Israel: Ye yourselves have seen that And if a man sell his daughter to be
I have talked with you from heaven. a maid-servant, she shall not go out as
20
Ye shall not make with Me—gods of the men-servants do. 8If she please not
silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not her master, who hath espoused her to
make unto you. 21An altar of earth thou himself, then shall he let her be
shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice redeemed; to sell her unto a foreign
thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy people he shall have no power, seeing
peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
9
oxen; in every place where I cause My And if he espouse her unto his son, he
name to be mentioned I will come unto shall deal with her after the manner of
thee and bless thee. 22And if thou make daughters. 10If he take him another
Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not wife, her food, her raiment, and her
build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.
11
up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned And if he do not these three unto her,
it. 23Neither shalt thou go up by steps then shall she go out for nothing,
unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be without money.
12
not uncovered thereon. He that smiteth a man, so that he
dieth, shall surely be put to death.
משפטים 13
And if a man lie not in wait, but God
29
36
And thou shalt make a plate of And this is the thing that thou
pure gold, and engrave upon it, like the shalt do unto them to hallow
engravings of a signet: HOLY TO them, to minister unto Me in the
THE LORD. 37And thou shalt put it on a priest’s office: take one young bullock
thread of blue, and it shall be upon the and two rams without blemish, 2and
mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it unleavened bread, and cakes
shall be. 38And it shall be upon unleavened mingled with oil, and
Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall wafers unleavened spread with oil; of
bear the iniquity committed in the holy fine wheaten flour shalt thou make
things, which the children of Israel them. 3And thou shalt put them into
shall hallow, even in all their holy one basket, and bring them in the
gifts; and it shall be always upon his basket, with the bullock and the two
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rams. 4And Aaron and his sons thou Aaron and his sons shall lay their
shalt bring unto the door of the tent of hands upon the head of the ram. 16And
meeting, and shalt wash them with thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt
water. 5And thou shalt take the take its blood, and dash it round about
garments, and put upon Aaron the against the altar. 17And thou shalt cut
tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ram into its pieces, and wash its
the ephod, and the breastplate, and inwards, and its legs, and put them
gird him with the skilfully woven band with its pieces, and with its head.
of the ephod. 6And thou shalt set the 18
And thou shalt make the whole ram
mitre upon his head, and put the holy smoke upon the altar; it is a burnt-
crown upon the mitre. 7Then shalt thou offering unto the LORD; it is a sweet
take the anointing oil, and pour it upon savour, an offering made by fire unto
his head, and anoint him. 8And thou the LORD. 19And thou shalt take the
shalt bring his sons, and put tunics other ram; and Aaron and his sons
upon them. 9And thou shalt gird them shall lay their hands upon the head of
with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and the ram. 20Then shalt thou kill the ram,
bind head-tires on them; and they shall and take of its blood, and put it upon
have the priesthood by a perpetual the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and
statute; and thou shalt consecrate upon the tip of the right ear of his
Aaron and his sons. 10And thou shalt sons, and upon the thumb of their right
bring the bullock before the tent of hand, and upon the great toe of their
meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall right foot, and dash the blood against
lay their hands upon the head of the the altar round about. 21And thou shalt
bullock. 11And thou shalt kill the take of the blood that is upon the altar,
bullock before the LORD, at the door of and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it
the tent of meeting. 12And thou shalt upon Aaron, and upon his garments,
take of the blood of the bullock, and and upon his sons, and upon the
put it upon the horns of the altar with garments of his sons with him; and he
thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all and his garments shall be hallowed,
the remaining blood at the base of the and his sons and his sons’garments
altar. 13And thou shalt take all the fat with him. 22Also thou shalt take of the
that covereth the inwards, and the lobe ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat
above the liver, and the two kidneys, that covereth the inwards, and the lobe
and the fat that is upon them, and of the liver, and the two kidneys, and
make them smoke upon the altar. 14But the fat that is upon them, and the right
the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, thigh; for it is a ram of consecration;
23
and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire and one loaf of bread, and one cake
without the camp; it is a sin-offering. of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of
15
Thou shalt also take the one ram; and the basket of unleavened bread that is
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before the LORD. 24And thou shalt put meeting. 33And they shall eat those
the whole upon the hands of Aaron, things wherewith atonement was
and upon the hands of his sons; and made, to consecrate and to sanctify
shalt wave them for a wave-offering them; but a stranger shall not eat
before the LORD. 25And thou shalt take thereof, because they are holy. 34And if
them from their hands, and make them aught of the flesh of the consecration,
smoke on the altar upon the burnt- or of the bread, remain unto the
offering, for a sweet savour before the morning, then thou shalt burn the
LORD; it is an offering made by fire remainder with fire; it shall not be
unto the LORD. 26And thou shalt take eaten, because it is holy. 35And thus
the breast of Aaron’s ram of shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his
consecration, and wave it for a wave- sons, according to all that I have
offering before the LORD; and it shall commanded thee; seven days shalt
be thy portion. 27And thou shalt thou consecrate them. 36And every day
sanctify the breast of the wave- shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-
offering, and the thigh of the heave- offering, beside the other offerings of
offering, which is waved, and which is atonement; and thou shalt do the
heaved up, of the ram of consecration, purification upon the altar when thou
even of that which is Aaron’s, and of makest atonement for it; and thou shalt
that which is his sons’. 28And it shall anoint it, to sanctify it. 37Seven days
be for Aaron and his sons as a due for thou shalt make atonement for the
ever from the children of Israel; for it altar, and sanctify it; thus shall the
is a heave-offering; and it shall be a altar be most holy; whatsoever
heave-offering from the children of toucheth the altar shall be holy.
38
Israel of their sacrifices of peace- Now this is that which thou shalt
offerings, even their heave-offering offer upon the altar: two lambs of the
unto the LORD. 29And the holy first year day by day continually. 39The
garments of Aaron shall be for his sons one lamb thou shalt offer in the
after him, to be anointed in them, and morning; and the other lamb thou shalt
to be consecrated in them. 30Seven offer at dusk. 40And with the one lamb
days shall the son that is priest in his a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour
stead put them on, even he who mingled with the fourth part of a hin of
cometh into the tent of meeting to beaten oil; and the fourth part of a hin
minister in the holy place. 31And thou of wine for a drink-offering. 41And the
shalt take the ram of consecration, and other lamb thou shalt offer at dusk,
seethe its flesh in a holy place. 32And and shalt do thereto according to the
Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh meal-offering of the morning, and
of the ram, and the bread that is in the according to the drink-offering thereof,
basket, at the door of the tent of for a sweet savour, an offering made
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by fire unto the LORD. 42It shall be a veil that is by the ark of the testimony,
continual burnt-offering throughout before the ark-cover that is over the
your generations at the door of the tent testimony, where I will meet with thee.
7
of meeting before the LORD, where I And Aaron shall burn thereon incense
will meet with you, to speak there unto of sweet spices; every morning, when
thee. 43And there I will meet with the he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
8
children of Israel; and [the Tent] shall And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at
be sanctified by My glory. 44And I will dusk, he shall burn it, a perpetual
sanctify the tent of meeting, and the incense before the LORD throughout
altar; Aaron also and his sons will I your generations. 9Ye shall offer no
sanctify, to minister to Me in the strange incense thereon, nor burnt-
priest’s office. 45And I will dwell offering, nor meal-offering; and ye
among the children of Israel, and will shall pour no drink-offering thereon.
be their God. 46And they shall know 10
And Aaron shall make atonement
that I am the LORD their God, that upon the horns of it once in the year;
brought them forth out of the land of with the blood of the sin-offering of
Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I atonement once in the year shall he
am the LORD their God. make atonement for it throughout your
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1 And tHE LORD called unto Moses,
and spoke unto him out of the tent
offering, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD.
of meeting, saying: 2Speak unto the 10
And if his offering be of the flock,
children of Israel, and say unto them: whether of the sheep, or of the goats,
When any man of you bringeth an for a burnt-offering, he shall offer it a
offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring male without blemish. 11And he shall
your offering of the cattle, even of the kill it on the side of the altar northward
herd or of the flock. before the LORD; and Aaron’s sons, the
3
If his offering be a burnt-offering priests, shall dash its blood against the
of the herd, he shall offer it a male altar round about. 12And he shall cut it
without blemish; he shall bring it to into its pieces; and the priest shall lay
the door of the tent of meeting, that he them, with its head and its suet, in
may be accepted before the LORD. order on the wood that is on the fire
4
And he shall lay his hand upon the which is upon the altar. 13But the
head of the burnt-offering; and it shall inwards and the legs shall he wash
be accepted for him to make with water; and the priest shall offer
atonement for him. 5And he shall kill the whole, and make it smoke upon the
the bullock before the LORD; and altar; it is a burnt-offering, an offering
Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the blood, and dash the blood round the LORD.
14
about against the altar that is at the And if his offering to the LORD be
door of the tent of meeting. 6And he a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall
shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of
into its pieces. 7And the sons of Aaron young pigeons. 15And the priest shall
the priest shall put fire upon the altar, bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its
and lay wood in order upon the fire. head, and make it smoke on the altar;
8
And Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall and the blood thereof shall be drained
lay the pieces, and the head, and the out on the side of the altar. 16And he
suet, in order upon the wood that is on shall take away its crop with the
the fire which is upon the altar; 9but its feathers thereof, and cast it beside the
inwards and its legs shall he wash with altar on the east part, in the place of
water; and the priest shall make the the ashes. 17And he shall rend it by the
whole smoke on the altar, for a burnt- wings thereof, but shall not divide it
asunder; and the priest shall make it
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smoke upon the altar, upon the wood from the meal-offering the memorial-
that is upon the fire; it is a burnt- part thereof, and shall make it smoke
offering, an offering made by fire, of a upon the altar—an offering made by
sweet savour unto the LORD. fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
2
10
And when any one bringeth a But that which is left of the meal-
meal-offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be Aaron’s and his
offering shall be of fine flour; and he sons’; it is a thing most holy of the
shall pour oil upon it, and put offerings of the LORD made by fire.
frankincense thereon. 2And he shall 11
No meal-offering, which ye shall
bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests; bring unto the LORD, shall be made
and he shall take thereout his handful with leaven; for ye shall make no
of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an
thereof, together with all the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
12
frankincense thereof; and the priest As an offering of first-fruits ye may
shall make the memorial-part thereof bring them unto the LORD; but they
smoke upon the altar, an offering made shall not come up for a sweet savour
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the on the altar. 13And every meal-offering
LORD. 3But that which is left of the of thine shalt thou season with salt;
meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the
sons’; it is a thing most holy of the covenant of thy God to be lacking
offerings of the LORD made by fire. from thy meal-offering; with all thy
4
And when thou bringest a meal- offerings thou shalt offer salt.
14
offering baked in the oven, it shall be And if thou bring a meal-offering
unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled of first-fruits unto the LORD, thou shalt
with oil, or unleavened wafers spread bring for the meal-offering of thy first-
with oil. fruits corn in the ear parched with fire,
5
And if thy offering be a meal- even groats of the fresh ear. 15And
offering baked on a griddle, it shall be thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay
of fine flour unleavened, mingled with frankincense thereon; it is a meal-
oil. 6Thou shalt break it in pieces, and offering. 16And the priest shall make
pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering. the memorial-part of it smoke, even of
7
And if thy offering be a meal- the groats thereof, and of the oil
offering of the stewing-pan, it shall be thereof, with all the frankincense
made of fine flour with oil. 8And thou thereof; it is an offering made by fire
shalt bring the meal-offering that is unto the LORD.
made of these things unto the LORD;
and it shall be presented unto the 3 And if his offering be a sacrifice
of peace-offerings: if he offer of
priest, and he shall bring it unto the the herd, whether male or female, he
altar. 9And the priest shall take off shall offer it without blemish before
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the LORD. 2And he shall lay his hand kidneys. 11And the priest shall make it
upon the head of his offering, and kill smoke upon the altar; it is the food of
it at the door of the tent of meeting; the offering made by fire unto the
and Aaron’s sons the priests shall dash LORD.
12
the blood against the altar round about. And if his offering be a goat, then
3
And he shall present of the sacrifice he shall present it before the LORD.
13
of peace-offerings an offering made by And he shall lay his hand upon the
fire unto the LORD: the fat that covereth head of it, and kill it before the tent of
the inwards, and all the fat that is upon meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall
the inwards, 4and the two kidneys, and dash the blood thereof against the altar
the fat that is on them, which is by the round about. 14And he shall present
loins, and the lobe above the liver, thereof his offering, even an offering
which he shall take away hard by the made by fire unto the LORD: the fat that
kidneys. 5And Aaron’s sons shall make covereth the inwards, and all the fat
it smoke on the altar upon the burnt- that is upon the inwards, 15and the two
offering, which is upon the wood that kidneys, and the fat that is upon them,
is on the fire; it is an offering made by which is by the loins, and the lobe
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. above the liver, which he shall take
6
And if his offering for a sacrifice of away by the kidneys. 16And the priest
peace-offerings unto the LORD be of shall make them smoke upon the altar;
the flock, male or female, he shall it is the food of the offering made by
offer it without blemish. 7If he bring a fire, for a sweet savour; all the fat is
lamb for his offering, then shall he the LORD’S. 17It shall be a perpetual
present it before the LORD. 8And he statute throughout your generations in
shall lay his hand upon the head of his all your dwellings, that ye shall eat
offering, and kill it before the tent of neither fat nor blood.
meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall dash
the blood thereof against the altar
round about. 9And he shall present of 4 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2Speak unto the children
the sacrifice of peace-offerings an of Israel, saying:
offering made by fire unto the LORD: If any one shall sin through error, in
the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, which any of the things which the LORD hath
he shall take away hard by the rump- commanded not to be done, and shall
bone; and the fat that covereth the do any one of them: 3if the anointed
inwards, and all the fat that is upon the priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on
inwards, 10and the two kidneys, and the people, then let him offer for his
the fat that is upon them, which is by sin, which he hath sinned, a young
the loins, and the lobe above the liver, bullock without blemish unto the LORD
which he shall take away by the for a sin-offering. 4And he shall bring
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the bullock unto the door of the tent of And if the whole congregation of
meeting before the LORD; and he shall Israel shall err, the thing being hid
lay his hand upon the head of the from the eyes of the assembly, and do
bullock, and kill the bullock before the any of the things which the LORD hath
LORD. 5And the anointed priest shall commanded not to be done, and are
take of the blood of the bullock, and guilty: 14when the sin wherein they
bring it to the tent of meeting. 6And have sinned is known, then the
the priest shall dip his finger in the assembly shall offer a young bullock
blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven for a sin-offering, and bring it before
times before the LORD, in front of the the tent of meeting. 15And the elders of
veil of the sanctuary. 7And the priest the congregation shall lay their hands
shall put of the blood upon the horns upon the head of the bullock before the
of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD; and the bullock shall be killed
LORD, which is in the tent of meeting; before the LORD. 16And the anointed
and all the remaining blood of the priest shall bring of the blood of the
bullock shall he pour out at the base of bullock to the tent of meeting. 17And
the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the priest shall dip his finger in the
the door of the tent of meeting. 8And blood, and sprinkle it seven times
all the fat of the bullock of the sin- before the LORD, in front of the veil.
18
offering he shall take off from it; the And he shall put of the blood upon
fat that covereth the inwards, and all the horns of the altar which is before
the fat that is upon the inwards, 9and the LORD, that is in the tent of meeting,
the two kidneys, and the fat that is and all the remaining blood shall he
upon them, which is by the loins, and pour out at the base of the altar of
the lobe above the liver, which he shall burnt-offering, which is at the door of
take away by kidneys, 10as it is taken the tent of meeting. 19And all the fat
off from the ox of the sacrifice of thereof shall he take off from it, and
peace-offerings; and the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar. 20Thus
make them smoke upon the altar of shall he do with the bullock; as he did
burnt-offering. 11But the skin of the with the bullock of the sin-offering, so
bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, shall he do with this; and the priest
and with its legs, and its inwards, and shall make atonement for them, and
its dung, 12even the whole bullock they shall be forgiven. 21And he shall
shall he carry forth without the camp carry forth the bullock without the
unto a clean place, where the ashes are camp, and burn it as he burned the first
poured out, and burn it on wood with bullock; it is the sin-offering for the
fire; where the ashes are poured out assembly.
22
shall it be burnt. When a ruler sinneth, and doeth
through error any one of all the things
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which the LORD his God hath the fat is taken away from off the
commanded not to be done, and is sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the
guilty: 23if his sin, wherein he hath priest shall make it smoke upon the
sinned, be known to him, he shall altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD;
bring for his offering a goat, a male and the priest shall make atonement
without blemish. 24And he shall lay his for him, and he shall be forgiven.
32
hand upon the head of the goat, and And if he bring a lamb as his
kill it in the place where they kill the offering for a sin-offering, he shall
burnt-offering before the LORD; it is a bring it a female without blemish.
sin-offering. 25And the priest shall take 33
And he shall lay his hand upon the
of the blood of the sin-offering with head of the sin-offering, and kill it for
his finger, and put it upon the horns of a sin-offering in the place where they
the altar of burnt-offering, and the kill the burnt-offering. 34And the priest
remaining blood thereof shall he pour shall take of the blood of the sin-
out at the base of the altar of burnt- offering with his finger, and put it
offering. 26And all the fat thereof shall upon the horns of the altar of burnt-
he make smoke upon the altar, as the offering, and all the remaining blood
fat of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; thereof shall he pour out at the base of
and the priest shall make atonement the altar. 35And all the fat thereof shall
for him as concerning his sin, and he he take away, as the fat of the lamb is
shall be forgiven. taken away from the sacrifice of
27
And if any one of the common peace-offerings; and the priest shall
people sin through error, in doing any make them smoke on the altar, upon
of the things which the LORD hath the offerings of the LORD made by fire;
commanded not to be done, and be and the priest shall make atonement
guilty: 28if his sin, which he hath for him as touching his sin that he hath
sinned, be known to him, then he shall sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
bring for his offering a goat, a female
without blemish, for his sin which he 5 And if any one sin, in that he
heareth the voice of adjuration, he
hath sinned. 29And he shall lay his being a witness, whether he hath seen
hand upon the head of the sin-offering, or known, if he do not utter it, then he
and kill the sin-offering in the place of shall bear his iniquity; 2or if any one
burnt-offering. 30And the priest shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be
take of the blood thereof with his the carcass of an unclean beast, or the
finger, and put it upon the horns of the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass
altar of burnt-offering, and all the of unclean swarming things, and be
remaining blood thereof shall he pour guilty, it being hidden from him that
out at the base of the altar. 31And all he is unclean; 3or if he touch the
the fat thereof shall he take away, as uncleanness of man, whatsoever his
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uncleanness be wherewith he is then he shall bring his offering for that
unclean, and it be hid from him; and, wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part
when he knoweth of it, be guilty; 4or if of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-
any one swear clearly with his lips to offering; he shall put no oil upon it,
do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be neither shall he put any frankincense
that a man shall utter clearly with an thereon; for it is a sin-offering. 12And
oath, and it be hid from him; and, he shall bring it to the priest, and the
when he knoweth of it, be guilty in one priest shall take his handful of it as the
of these things; 5and it shall be, when memorial-part thereof, and make it
he shall be guilty in one of these smoke on the altar, upon the offerings
things, that he shall confess that of the LORD made by fire; it is a sin-
wherein he hath sinned; 6and he shall offering. 13And the priest shall make
bring his forfeit unto the LORD for his atonement for him as touching his sin
sin which he hath sinned, a female that he hath sinned in any of these
from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a things, and he shall be forgiven; and
sin-offering; and the priest shall make the remnant shall be the priest’s, as the
atonement for him as concerning his meal-offering.
sin. 7And if his means suffice not for a 14
And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
lamb, then he shall bring his forfeit for saying: 15If any one commit a trespass,
that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle- and sin through error, in the holy
doves, or two young pigeons, unto the things of the LORD, then he shall bring
LORD: one for a sin-offering, and the his forfeit unto the LORD, a ram
other for a burnt-offering. 8And he without blemish out of the flock,
shall bring them unto the priest, who according to thy valuation in silver by
shall offer that which is for the sin- shekels, after the shekel of the
offering first, and pinch off its head sanctuary, for a guilt-offering. 16And
close by its neck, but shall not divide it he shall make restitution for that which
asunder. 9And he shall sprinkle of the he hath done amiss in the holy thing,
blood of the sin-offering upon the side and shall add the fifth part thereto, and
of the altar; and the rest of the blood give it unto the priest; and the priest
shall be drained out at the base of the shall make atonement for him with the
altar; it is a sin-offering. 10And he shall ram of the guilt-offering, and he shall
prepare the second for a burnt- be forgiven.
17
offering, according to the ordinance; And if any one sin, and do any of
and the priest shall make atonement the things which the LORD hath
for him as concerning his sin which he commanded not to be done, though he
hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall
11
But if his means suffice not for bear his iniquity. 18And he shall bring
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, a ram without blemish out of the flock,
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according to thy valuation, for a guilt-
offering, unto the priest; and the priest 6 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2 Command Aaron and his
shall make atonement for him sons, saying:
concerning the error which he This is the law of the burnt-offering:
committed, though he knew it not, and it is that which goeth up on its
he shall be forgiven. 19It is a guilt- firewood upon the altar all night unto
offering—he is certainly guilty before the morning; and the fire of the altar
the LORD. shall be kept burning thereby. 3And the
20
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, priest shall put on his linen garment,
saying: 21If any one sin, and commit a and his linen breeches shall he put
trespass against the LORD, and deal upon his flesh; and he shall take up the
falsely with his neighbour in a matter ashes whereto the fire hath consumed
of deposit, or of pledge, or of robbery, the burnt-offering on the altar, and he
or have oppressed his neighbour; 22or shall put them beside the altar. 4And he
have found that which was lost, and shall put off his garments, and put on
deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; other garments, and carry forth the
in any of all these that a man doeth, ashes without the camp unto a clean
sinning therein; 23then it shall be, if he place. 5And the fire upon the altar shall
hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall be kept burning thereby, it shall not go
restore that which he took by robbery, out; and the priest shall kindle wood
or the thing which he hath gotten by on it every morning; and he shall lay
oppression, or the deposit which was the burnt-offering in order upon it, and
deposited with him, or the lost thing shall make smoke thereon the fat of
which he found, 24or any thing about the peace-offerings. 6Fire shall be kept
which he hath sworn falsely, he shall burning upon the altar continually; it
even restore it in full, and shall add the shall not go out.
7
fifth part more thereto; unto him to And this is the law of the meal-
whom it appertaineth shall he give it, offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer
in the day of his being guilty. 25And he it before the LORD, in front of the altar.
8
shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, a And he shall take up therefrom his
ram without blemish out of the flock, handful, of the fine flour of the meal-
according to thy valuation, for a guilt- offering, and of the oil thereof, and all
offering, unto the priest. 26And the the frankincense which is upon the
priest shall make atonement for him meal-offering, and shall make the
before the LORD, and he shall be memorial-part thereof smoke upon the
forgiven, concerning whatsoever he altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
9
doeth so as to be guilty thereby. And that which is left thereof shall
Aaron and his sons eat; it shall be
צו eaten without leaven in a holy place; in
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the court of the tent of meeting they court of the tent of meeting.
shall eat it. 10It shall not be baked with 20
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh
leaven. I have given it as their portion thereof shall be holy; and when there
of My offerings made by fire; it is is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon
most holy, as the sin-offering, and as any garment, thou shalt wash that
the guilt-offering. 11Every male among whereon it was sprinkled in a holy
the children of Aaron may eat of it, as place. 21But the earthen vessel wherein
a due for ever throughout your it is sodden shall be broken; and if it
generations, from the offerings of the be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall
LORD made by fire; whatsoever be scoured, and rinsed in water.
22
toucheth them shall be holy. Every male among the priests may
12
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, eat thereof; it is most holy. 23And no
saying: 13This is the offering of Aaron sin-offering, whereof any of the blood
and of his sons, which they shall offer is brought into the tent of meeting to
unto the LORD in the day when he is make atonement in the holy place,
anointed: the tenth part of an ephah of shall be eaten; it shall be burnt with
fine flour for a meal-offering fire.
perpetually, half of it in the morning,
and half thereof in the evening. 14On a
griddle it shall be made with oil; when
7 And this is the law of the guilt-
offering: it is most holy. 2In the
place where they kill the burnt-
it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in; in offering shall they kill the guilt-
broken pieces shalt thou offer the offering: and the blood thereof shall be
meal-offering for a sweet savour unto dashed against the altar round about.
the LORD. 15And the anointed priest 3
And he shall offer of it all the fat
that shall be in his stead from among thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that
his sons shall offer it, it is a due for covereth the inwards, 4and the two
ever; it shall be wholly made to smoke kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
unto the LORD. 16And every meal- which is by the loins, and the lobe
offering of the priest shall be wholly above the liver, which he shall take
made to smoke; it shall not be eaten. away by the kidneys. 5And the priest
17
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, shall make them smoke upon the altar
saying: 18Speak unto Aaron and to his for an offering made by fire unto the
sons, saying: LORD; it is a guilt-offering. 6Every
This is the law of the sin-offering: in male among the priests may eat
the place where the burnt-offering is thereof; it shall be eaten in a holy
killed shall the sin-offering be killed place; it is most holy. 7As is the sin-
before the LORD; it is most holy. 19The offering, so is the guilt-offering; there
priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it; is one law for them; the priest that
in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the maketh atonement therewith, he shall
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have it. 8And the priest that offereth on the third day shall be burnt with
any man’s burnt-offering, even the fire. 18And if any of the flesh of the
priest shall have to himself the skin of sacrifice of his peace-offerings be at
the burnt-offering which he hath all eaten on the third day, it shall not
offered. 9And every meal-offering that be accepted, neither shall it be imputed
is baked in the oven, and all that is unto him that offereth it; it shall be an
dressed in the stewing-pan, and on the abhorred thing, and the soul that eateth
griddle, shall be the priest’s that of it shall bear his iniquity. 19And the
offereth it. 10And every meal-offering, flesh that toucheth any unclean thing
mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt
sons of Aaron have, one as well as with fire. And as for the flesh, every
another. one that is clean may eat thereof. 20But
11
And this is the law of the sacrifice the soul that eateth of the flesh of the
of peace-offerings, which one may sacrifice of peace-offerings, that
offer unto the LORD. 12If he offer it for pertain unto the LORD, having his
a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with uncleanness upon him, that soul shall
the sacrifice of thanksgiving be cut off from his people. 21And when
unleavened cakes mingled with oil, any one shall touch any unclean thing,
and unleavened wafers spread with oil, whether it be the uncleanness of man,
and cakes mingled with oil, of fine or an unclean beast, or any unclean
flour soaked. 13With cakes of leavened detestable thing, and eat of the flesh of
bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which
the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for pertain unto the LORD, that soul shall
thanksgiving. 14And of it he shall be cut off from his people.
22
present one out of each offering for a And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
gift unto the LORD; it shall be the saying: 23Speak unto the children of
priest’s that dasheth the blood of the Israel, saying:
peace-offerings against the altar. 15And Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep,
the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace- or goat. 24And the fat of that which
offerings for thanksgiving shall be dieth of itself, and the fat of that which
eaten on the day of his offering; he is torn of beasts, may be used for any
shall not leave any of it until the other service; but ye shall in no wise
morning. 16But if the sacrifice of his eat of it. 25For whosoever eateth the fat
offering be a vow, or a freewill- of the beast, of which men present an
offering, it shall be eaten on the day offering made by fire unto the LORD,
that he offereth his sacrifice; and on even the soul that eateth it shall be cut
the morrow that which remaineth of it off from his people. 26And ye shall eat
may be eaten. 17But that which no manner of blood, whether it be of
remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice fowl or of beast, in any of your
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dwellings. 27Whosoever it be that they were anointed. It is a due for ever
eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut throughout their generations.
37
off from his people. This is the law of the burnt-
28
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, offering, of the meal-offering, and of
saying: 29Speak unto the children of the sin-offering, and of the guilt-
Israel, saying: offering, and of the consecration-
He that offereth his sacrifice of offering, and of the sacrifice of peace-
38
peace-offerings unto the LORD shall offerings; which the LORD
bring his offering unto the LORD out of commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in
his sacrifice of peace-offerings. 30His the day that he commanded the
own hands shall bring the offerings of children of Israel to present their
the LORD made by fire: the fat with the offerings unto the LORD, in the
breast shall he bring, that the breast wilderness of Sinai.
may be waved for a wave-offering
before the LORD. 31And the priest shall
make the fat smoke upon the altar; but 8 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 2’Take Aaron and his sons
the breast shall be Aaron’s and his with him, and the garments, and the
sons’. 32And the right thigh shall ye anointing oil, and the bullock of the
give unto the priest for a heave- sin-offering, and the two rams, and the
offering out of your sacrifices of basket of unleavened bread; 3and
peace-offerings. 33He among the sons assemble thou all the congregation at
of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the the door of the tent of meeting.’ 4And
peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have Moses did as the LORD commanded
the right thigh for a portion. 34For the him; and the congregation was
breast of waving and the thigh of assembled at the door of the tent of
heaving have I taken of the children of meeting. 5And Moses said unto the
Israel out of their sacrifices of peace- congregation: ‘This is the thing which
offerings, and have given them unto the LORD hath commanded to be done.’
6
Aaron the priest and unto his sons as a And Moses brought Aaron and his
due for ever from the children of sons, and washed them with water.
7
Israel. And he put upon him the tunic, and
35
This is the consecrated portion of girded him with the girdle, and clothed
Aaron, and the consecrated portion of him with the robe, and put the ephod
his sons, out of the offerings of the upon him, and he girded him with the
LORD made by fire, in the day when skilfully woven band of the ephod, and
they were presented to minister unto bound it unto him therewith. 8And he
the LORD in the priest’s office; 36which placed the breastplate upon him; and
the LORD commanded to be given them in the breastplate he put the Urim and
of the children of Israel, in the day that the Thummim. 9And he set the mitre
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upon his head; and upon the mitre, in Moses dashed the blood against the
front, did he set the golden plate, the altar round about. 20And when the ram
holy crown; as the LORD commanded was cut into its pieces, Moses made
Moses. 10And Moses took the the head, and the pieces, and the suet
anointing oil, and anointed the smoke. 21And when the inwards and
tabernacle and all that was therein, and the legs were washed with water,
sanctified them. 11And he sprinkled Moses made the whole ram smoke
thereof upon the altar seven times, and upon the altar; it was a burnt-offering
anointed the altar and all its vessels, for a sweet savour; it was an offering
and the laver and its base, to sanctify made by fire unto the LORD; as the
them. 12And he poured of the anointing LORD commanded Moses. 22And the
oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed other ram was presented, the ram of
him, to sanctify him. 13And Moses consecration, and Aaron and his sons
brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed laid their hands upon the head of the
them with tunics, and girded them with ram. 23And when it was slain, Moses
girdles, and bound head-tires upon took of the blood thereof, and put it
them; as the LORD commanded Moses. upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and
14
And the bullock of the sin-offering upon the thumb of his right hand, and
was brought; and Aaron and his sons upon the great toe of his right foot.
24
laid their hands upon the head of the And Aaron’s sons were brought, and
bullock of the sin-offering. 15And Moses put of the blood upon the tip of
when it was slain, Moses took the their right ear, and upon the thumb of
blood, and put it upon the horns of the their right hand, and upon the great toe
altar round about with his finger, and of their right foot; and Moses dashed
purified the altar, and poured out the the blood against the altar round about.
25
remaining blood at the base of the And he took the fat, and the fat tail,
altar, and sanctified it, to make and all the fat that was upon the
atonement for it. 16And he took all the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and
fat that was upon the inwards, and the the two kidneys, and their fat, and the
lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, right thigh. 26And out of the basket of
and their fat, and Moses made it unleavened bread, that was before the
smoke upon the altar. 17But the LORD, he took one unleavened cake,
bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and and one cake of oiled bread, and one
its dung, were burnt with fire without wafer, and placed them on the fat, and
the camp; as the LORD commanded upon the right thigh. 27And he put the
Moses. 18And the ram of the burnt- whole upon the hands of Aaron, and
offering was presented; and Aaron and upon the hands of his sons, and waved
his sons laid their hands upon the head them for a wave-offering before the
of the ram. 19And when it was killed, LORD. 28And Moses took them from off
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their hands, and made them smoke on
the altar upon the burnt-offering; they
were a consecration-offering for a שמיני
9
sweet savour; it was an offering made And it came to pass on the eighth
by fire unto the LORD. 29And Moses day, that Moses called Aaron and
took the breast, and waved it for a his sons, and the elders of Israel; 2and
wave-offering before the LORD; it was he said unto Aaron: ‘Take thee a bull-
Moses’portion of the ram of calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a
consecration; as the LORD commanded burnt-offering, without blemish, and
Moses. 30And Moses took of the offer them before the LORD. 3And unto
anointing oil, and of the blood which the children of Israel thou shalt speak,
was upon the altar, and sprinkled it saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-
upon Aaron, and upon his garments, offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of
and upon his sons, and upon his the first year, without blemish, for a
sons’garments with him, and sanctified burnt-offering; 4and an ox and a ram
Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before
and his sons’garments with him. 31And the LORD; and a meal-offering mingled
Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons: with oil; for to-day the LORD appeareth
‘Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of unto you.’ 5And they brought that
meeting; and there eat it and the bread which Moses commanded before the
that is in the basket of consecration, as tent of meeting; and all the
I commanded, saying: Aaron and his congregation drew near and stood
sons shall eat it. 32And that which before the LORD. 6And Moses said:
remaineth of the flesh and of the bread ‘This is the thing which the LORD
shall ye burn with fire. 33And ye shall commanded that ye should do; that the
not go out from the door of the tent of glory of the LORD may appear unto
meeting seven days, until the days of you.’ 7And Moses said unto Aaron:
your consecration be fulfilled; for He ‘Draw near unto the altar, and offer
shall consecrate you seven days. 34As thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-
hath been done this day, so the LORD offering, and make atonement for
hath commanded to do, to make thyself, and for the people; and present
atonement for you. 35And at the door the offering of the people, and make
of the tent of meeting shall ye abide atonement for them; as the LORD
day and night seven days, and keep the commanded.’ 8So Aaron drew near
charge of the LORD, that ye die not; for unto the altar, and slew the calf of the
so I am commanded. 36And Aaron and sin-offering, which was for himself.
his sons did all the things which the 9
And the sons of Aaron presented the
LORD commanded by the hand of blood unto him; and he dipped his
Moses. finger in the blood, and put it upon the
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horns of the altar, and poured out the breasts and the right thigh Aaron
blood at the base of the altar. 10But the waved for a wave-offering before the
fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of LORD; as Moses commanded. 22And
the liver of the sin-offering, he made Aaron lifted up his hands toward the
smoke upon the altar; as the LORD people, and blessed them; and he came
commanded Moses. 11And the flesh down from offering the sin-offering,
and the skin were burnt with fire and the burnt-offering, and the peace-
without the camp. 12And he slew the offerings. 23And Moses and Aaron
burnt-offering; and Aaron’s sons went into the tent of meeting, and
delivered unto him the blood, and he came out, and blessed the people; and
dashed it against the altar round about. the glory of the LORD appeared unto all
13
And they delivered the burnt-offering the people. 24And there came forth fire
unto him, piece by piece, and the head; from before the LORD, and consumed
and he made them smoke upon the upon the altar the burnt-offering and
altar. 14And he washed the inwards and the fat; and when all the people saw it,
the legs, and made them smoke upon they shouted, and fell on their faces.
the burnt-offering on the altar. 15And
the people’s offering was presented; 10 And Nadab and Abihu, the
sons of Aaron, took each of
and he took the goat of the sin-offering them his censer, and put fire therein,
which was for the people, and slew it, and laid incense thereon, and offered
and offered it for sin, as the first. strange fire before the LORD, which He
16
And the burnt-offering was had not commanded them. 2And there
presented; and he offered it according came forth fire from before the LORD,
to the ordinance. 17And the meal- and devoured them, and they died
offering was presented; and he filled before the LORD. 3Then Moses said
his hand therefrom, and made it smoke unto Aaron: ‘This is it that the LORD
upon the altar, besides the burnt- spoke, saying: Through them that are
offering of the morning. 18He slew also nigh unto Me I will be sanctified, and
the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of before all the people I will be
peace-offerings, which was for the glorified.’ And Aaron held his peace.
4
people; and Aaron’s sons delivered And Moses called Mishael and
unto him the blood, and he dashed it Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle
against the altar round about, 19and the of Aaron, and said unto them: ‘Draw
fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat near, carry your brethren from before
tail, and that which covereth the the sanctuary out of the camp.’ 5So
inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe they drew near, and carried them in
of the liver. 20And they put the fat their tunics out of the camp, as Moses
upon the breasts, and he made the fat had said. 6And Moses said unto Aaron,
smoke upon the altar. 21And the and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his
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sons: ‘Let not the hair of your heads they are given as thy due, and thy
go loose, neither tend your clothes, sons’due, out of the sacrifices of the
that ye die not, and that He be not peace-offerings of the children of
wroth with all the congregation; but let Israel. 15The thigh of heaving and the
your brethren, the whole house of breast of waving shall they bring with
Israel, bewail the burning which the the offerings of the fat made by fire, to
LORD hath kindled. 7And ye shall not wave it for a wave-offering before the
go out from the door of the tent of LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy
meeting, lest ye die; for the anointing sons’with thee, as a due for ever; as
oil of the LORD is upon you.’ And they the LORD hath commanded.’
16
did according to the word of Moses. And Moses diligently inquired for
the goat of the sin-offering, and,
8
And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, behold, it was burnt; and he was angry
saying: 9’Drink no wine nor strong with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the
drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, sons of Aaron that were left, saying:
17
when ye go into the tent of meeting, ’Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-
that ye die not; it shall be a statute offering in the place of the sanctuary,
forever throughout your generations. seeing it is most holy, and He hath
10
And that ye may put difference given it you to bear the iniquity of the
between the holy and the common, and congregation, to make atonement for
between the unclean and the clean; them before the LORD? 18Behold, the
11
and that ye may teach the children of blood of it was not brought into the
Israel all the statutes which the LORD sanctuary within; ye should certainly
hath spoken unto them by the hand of have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I
Moses.’ commanded.’ 19And Aaron spoke unto
12
And Moses spoke unto Aaron, and Moses: ‘Behold, this day have they
unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his offered their sin-offering and their
sons that were left: ‘Take the meal- burnt-offering before the LORD, and
offering that remaineth of the offerings there have befallen me such things as
of the LORD made by fire, and eat it these; and if I had eaten the sin-
without leaven beside the altar; for it is offering to-day, would it have been
most holy. 13And ye shall eat it in a well-pleasing in the sight of the LORD?
20
holy place, because it is thy due, and And when Moses heard that, it was
thy sons’due, of the offerings of the well-pleasing in his sight.
LORD made by fire; for so I am
commanded. 14And the breast of
waving and the thigh of heaving shall 11 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses and to Aaron, saying
ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy unto them: 2Speak unto the children of
sons, and thy daughters with thee; for Israel, saying:
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These are the living things which ye not be eaten, they are a detestable
may eat among all the beasts that are thing: the great vulture, and the
on the earth. 3Whatsoever parteth the bearded vulture, and the ospray; 14and
hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and the kite, and the falcon after its kinds;
15
cheweth the cud, among the beasts, every raven after its kinds; 16and the
that may ye eat. 4Nevertheless these ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the
shall ye not eat of them that only chew sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;
17
the cud, or of them that only part the and the little owl, and the cormorant,
hoof: the camel, because he cheweth and the great owl; 18and the horned
the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-
unclean unto you. 5And the rock- vulture; 19and the stork, and the heron
badger, because he cheweth the cud after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the
but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean bat.
unto you. 6And the hare, because she 20
All winged swarming things that
cheweth the cud but parteth not the go upon all fours are a detestable thing
hoof, she is unclean unto you 7And the unto you. 21Yet these may ye eat of all
swine, because he parteth the hoof, winged swarming things that go upon
and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not all fours, which have jointed legs
the cud, he is unclean unto you. 8Of above their feet, wherewith to leap
their flesh ye shall not eat, and their upon the earth; 22even these of them ye
carcasses ye shall not touch; they are may eat: the locust after its kinds, and
unclean unto you. the bald locust after its kinds, and the
9
These may ye eat of all that are in cricket after its kinds, and the
the waters: whatsoever hath fins and grasshopper after its kinds. 23But all
scales in the waters, in the seas, and in winged swarming things, which have
the rivers, them may ye eat. 10And all four feet, are a detestable thing unto
that have not fins and scales in the you.
24
seas, and in the rivers, of all that And by these ye shall become
swarm in the waters, and of all the unclean; whosoever toucheth the
living creatures that are in the waters, carcass of them shall be unclean until
they are a detestable thing unto you, even. 25And whosoever beareth aught
11
and they shall be a detestable thing of the carcass of them shall wash his
unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, clothes, and be unclean until the even.
26
and their carcasses ye shall have in Every beast which parteth the hoof,
detestation. 12Whatsoever hath no fins but is not cloven footed, nor cheweth
nor scales in the waters, that is a the cud, is unclean unto you; every one
detestable thing unto you. that to toucheth them shall be unclean.
13 27
And these ye shall have in And whatsoever goeth upon its paws,
detestation among the fowls; they shall among all beasts that go on all fours,
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they are unclean unto you; whoso cistern wherein is a gathering of water
toucheth their carcass shall be unclean shall be clean; but he who toucheth
until the even. 28And he that beareth their carcass shall be unclean. 37And if
the carcass of them shall wash his aught of their carcass fall upon any
clothes, and be unclean until the even; sowing seed which is to be sown, it is
they are unclean unto you. clean. 38But if water be put upon the
29
And these are they which are seed, and aught of their carcass fall
unclean unto you among the swarming thereon, it is unclean unto you.
39
things that swarm upon the earth: the And if any beast, of which ye may
weasel, and the mouse, and the great eat, die, he that toucheth the carcass
lizard after its kinds, 30and the gecko, thereof shall be unclean until the even.
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and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, And he that eateth of the carcass of it
and the sand-lizard, and the shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
chameleon. 31These are they which are until the even; he also that beareth the
unclean to you among all that swarm; carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and
whosoever doth touch them, when be unclean until the even.
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they are dead, shall be unclean until And every swarming thing that
the even. 32And upon whatsoever any swarmeth upon the earth is a
of them, when they are dead, doth fall, detestable thing; it shall not be eaten.
42
it shall be unclean; whether it be any Whatsoever goeth upon the belly,
vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or and whatsoever goeth upon all fours,
sack, whatsoever vessel it be, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all
wherewith any work is done, it must swarming things that swarm upon the
be put into water, and it shall be earth, them ye shall not eat; for they
unclean until the even; then shall it be are a detestable thing. 43Ye shall not
clean. 33And every earthen vessel make yourselves detestable with any
whereinto any of them falleth, swarming thing that swarmeth, neither
whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, shall ye make yourselves unclean with
and it ye shall break. 34All food therein them, that ye should be defiled
which may be eaten, that on which thereby. 44For I am the LORD your God;
water cometh, shall be unclean; and all sanctify yourselves therefore, and be
drink in every such vessel that may be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye
drunk shall be unclean. 35And every defile yourselves with any manner of
thing whereupon any part of their swarming thing that moveth upon the
carcass falleth shall be unclean; earth. 45For I am the LORD that brought
whether oven, or range for pots, it you up out of the land of Egypt, to be
shall be broken in pieces; they are your God; ye shall therefore be holy,
unclean, and shall be unclean unto for I am holy.
you. 36Nevertheless a fountain or a
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This is the law of the beast, and of beareth, whether a male or a female.
8
the fowl, and of every living creature And if her means suffice not for a
that moveth in the waters, and of every lamb, then she shall take two turtle-
creature that swarmeth upon the earth; doves, or two young pigeons: the one
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to make a difference between the for a burnt-offering, and the other for a
unclean and the clean, and between the sin-offering; and the priest shall make
living thing that may be eaten and the atonement for her, and she shall be
living thing that may not be eaten. clean.
תזריע
12 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Speak unto 13 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses and unto Aaron,
the children of Israel, saying: saying:
2
If a woman be delivered, and bear a When a man shall have in the skin
man-child, then she shall be unclean of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a
seven days; as in the days of the bright spot, and it become in the skin
impurity of her sickness shall she be of his flesh the plague of leprosy, then
unclean. 3And in the eighth day the he shall be brought unto Aaron the
flesh of his foreskin shall be priest, or unto one of his sons the
circumcised. 4And she shall continue priests. 3And the priest shall look upon
in the blood of purification three and the plague in the skin of the flesh; and
thirty days; she shall touch no if the hair in the plague be turned
hallowed thing, nor come into the white, and the appearance of the
sanctuary, until the days of her plague be deeper than the skin of his
purification be fulfilled. 5But if she flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and
bear a maid-child, then she shall be the priest shall look on him, and
unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; pronounce him unclean. 4And if the
and she shall continue in the blood of bright spot be white in the skin of his
purification threescore and six days. flesh, and the appearance thereof be
6
And when the days of her purification not deeper than the skin, and the hair
are fulfilled, for a son, or for a thereof be not turned white, then the
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the priest shall shut up him that hath the
first year for a burnt-offering, and a plague seven days. 5And the priest
young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a shall look on him the seventh day; and,
sin-offering, unto the door of the tent behold, if the plague stay in its
of meeting, unto the priest. 7And he appearance, and the plague be not
shall offer it before the LORD, and spread in the skin, then the priest shall
make atonement for her; and she shall shut him up seven days more. 6And the
be cleansed from the fountain of her priest shall look on him again the
blood. This is the law for her that seventh day; and, behold, if the plague
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be dim, and the plague be not spread in him; and, behold, if the plague be
the skin, then the priest shall turned into white, then the priest shall
pronounce him clean: it is a scab; and pronounce him clean that hath the
he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. plague: he is clean.
7 18
But if the scab spread abroad in the And when the flesh hath in the
skin, after that he hath shown himself skin thereof a boil, and it is healed,
19
to the priest for his cleansing, he shall and in the place of the boil there is a
show himself to the priest again. 8And white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-
the priest shall look, and, behold, if the white, then it shall be shown to the
scab be spread in the skin, then the priest. 20And the priest shall look; and,
priest shall pronounce him unclean: it behold, if the appearance thereof be
is leprosy. lower than the skin, and the hair
9
When the plague of leprosy is in a thereof be turned white, then the priest
man, then he shall be brought unto the shall pronounce him unclean: it is the
priest. 10And the priest shall look, and, plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in
behold, if there be a white rising in the the boil. 21But if the priest look on it,
skin, and it have turned the hair white, and, behold, there be no white hairs
and there be quick raw flesh in the therein, and it be not lower than the
rising, 11it is an old leprosy in the skin skin, but be dim, then the priest shall
of his flesh, and the priest shall shut him up seven days. 22And if it
pronounce him unclean; he shall not spread abroad in the skin, then the
shut him up; for he is unclean. 12And if priest shall pronounce him unclean: it
the leprosy break out abroad in the is a plague. 23But if the bright spot stay
skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin in its place, and be not spread, it is the
of him that hath the plague from his scar of the boil; and the priest shall
head even to his feet, as far as pronounce him clean.
appeareth to the priest; 13then the priest 24
Or when the flesh hath in the skin
shall look; and, behold, if the leprosy thereof a burning by fire, and the quick
have covered all his flesh, he shall flesh of the burning become a bright
pronounce him clean that hath the spot, reddish-white, or white; 25then
plague; it is all turned white: he is the priest shall look upon it; and,
clean. 14But whensoever raw flesh behold, if the hair in the bright spot be
appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. turned white, and the appearance
15
And the priest shall look on the raw thereof be deeper than the skin, it is
flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the leprosy, it hath broken out in the
raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy. burning; and the priest shall pronounce
16
But if the raw flesh again be turned him unclean: it is the plague of
into white, then he shall come unto the leprosy. 26But if the priest look on it,
priest; 17and the priest shall look on and, behold, there be no white hair in
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the bright spot, and it be no lower than the scall be not spread in the skin, and
the skin, but be dim; then the priest the appearance thereof be not deeper
shall shut him up seven days. 27And than the skin, then the priest shall
the priest shall look upon him the pronounce him clean; and he shall
seventh day; if it spread abroad in the wash his clothes, and be clean. 35But if
skin, then the priest shall pronounce the scall spread abroad in the skin after
him unclean: it is the plague of his cleansing, 36then the priest shall
leprosy. 28And if the bright spot stay in look on him; and, behold, if the scall
its place, and be not spread in the skin, be spread in the skin, the priest shall
but be dim, it is the rising of the not seek for the yellow hair: he is
burning, and the priest shall pronounce unclean. 37But if the scall stay in its
him clean; for it is the scar of the appearance, and black hair be grown
burning. up therein; the scall is healed, he is
29
And when a man or woman hath a clean; and the priest shall pronounce
plague upon the head or upon the him clean.
beard, 30then the priest shall look on 38
And if a man or a woman have in
the plague; and, behold, if the the skin of their flesh bright spots,
appearance thereof be deeper than the even white bright spots; 39then the
skin, and there be in it yellow thin priest shall look; and, behold, if the
hair, then the priest shall pronounce bright spots in the skin of their flesh be
him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath
of the head or of the beard. 31And if broken out in the skin: he is clean.
40
the priest look on the plague of the And if a man’s hair be fallen off
scall, and, behold, the appearance his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.
41
thereof be not deeper than the skin, And if his hair be fallen off from the
and there be no black hair in it, then front part of his head, he is forehead-
the priest shall shut up him that hath bald; yet is he clean. 42But if there be
the plague of the scall seven days. in the bald head, or the bald forehead,
32
And in the seventh day the priest a reddish-white plague, it is leprosy
shall look on the plague; and, behold, breaking out in his bald head, or his
if the scall be not spread, and there be bald forehead. 43Then the priest shall
in it no yellow hair, and the look upon him; and, behold, if the
appearance of the scall be not deeper rising of the plague be reddish-white
than the skin, 33then he shall be in his bald head, or in his bald
shaven, but the scall shall he not forehead, as the appearance of leprosy
shave; and the priest shall shut up him in the skin of the flesh, 44he is a
that hath the scall seven days more. leprous man, he is unclean; the priest
34
And in the seventh day the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean:
shall look on the scall; and, behold, if his plague is in his head.
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And the leper in whom the plague and he shall shut it up seven days
is, his clothes shall be rent, and the more. 55And the priest shall look, after
hair of his head shall go loose, and he that the plague is washed; and, behold,
shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry: if the plague have not changed its
‘Unclean, unclean.’ 46All the days colour, and the plague be not spread, it
wherein the plague is in him he shall is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the
be unclean; he is unclean; he shall fire; it is a fret, whether the bareness
dwell alone; without the camp shall his be within or without. 56And if the
dwelling be. priest look, and, behold, the plague be
47
And when the plague of leprosy is dim after the washing thereof, then he
in a garment, whether it be a woolen shall rend it out of the garment, or out
garment, or a linen garment; 48or in the of the skin, or out of the warp, or out
warp, or in the woof, whether they be of the woof. 57And if it appear still in
of linen, or of wool; or in a skin, or in the garment, or in the warp, or in the
any thing made of skin. 49If the plague woof, or in any thing of skin, it is
be greenish or reddish in the garment, breaking out, thou shalt burn that
or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the wherein the plague is with fire. 58And
woof, or in any thing of skin, it is the the garment, or the warp, or the woof,
plague of leprosy, and shall be shown or whatsoever thing of skin it be,
unto the priest. 50And the priest shall which thou shalt wash, if the plague be
look upon the plague, and shut up that departed from them, then it shall be
which hath the plague seven days. washed the second time, and shall be
51
And he shall look on the plague on clean. 59This is the law of the plague of
the seventh day: if the plague be leprosy in a garment of wool or linen,
spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in
or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever any thing of skin, to pronounce it
service skin is used for, the plague is a clean, or to pronounce it unclean.
malignant leprosy: it is unclean. 52And
he shall burn the garment, or the warp, מצרע
or the woof, whether it be of wool or
of linen, or any thing of skin, wherein 14 2
And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying:
the plague is; for it is a malignant This shall be the law of the leper in
leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. the day of his cleansing: he shall be
53
And if the priest shall look, and, brought unto the priest. 3And the priest
behold, the plague be not spread in the shall go forth out of the camp; and the
garment, or in the warp, or in the priest shall look, and, behold, if the
woof, or in any thing of skin; 54then plague of leprosy be healed in the
the priest shall command that they leper; 4then shall the priest command
wash the thing wherein the plague is, to take for him that is to be cleansed
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two living clean birds, and cedar- log of oil, and wave them for a wave-
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop. 5And offering before the LORD. 13And he
the priest shall command to kill one of shall kill the he-lamb in the place
the birds in an earthen vessel over where they kill the sin-offering and the
running water. 6As for the living bird, burnt-offering, in the place of the
he shall take it, and the cedar-wood, sanctuary; for as the sin-offering is the
and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and priest’s, so is the guilt-offering; it is
shall dip them and the living bird in most holy. 14And the priest shall take
the blood of the bird that was killed of the blood of the guilt-offering, and
over the running water. 7And he shall the priest shall put it upon the tip of
sprinkle upon him that is to be the right ear of him that is to be
cleansed from the leprosy seven times, cleansed, and upon the thumb of his
and shall pronounce him clean, and right hand, and upon the great toe of
shall let go the living bird into the his right foot. 15And the priest shall
open field. 8And he that is to be take of the log of oil, and pour it into
cleansed shall wash his clothes, and the palm of his own left hand. 16And
shave off all his hair, and bathe the priest shall dip his right finger in
himself in water, and he shall be clean; the oil that is in his left hand, and shall
and after that he may come into the sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven
camp, but shall dwell outside his tent times before the LORD. 17And of the
seven days. 9And it shall be on the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall
seventh day, that he shall shave all his the priest put upon the tip of the right
hair off his head and his beard and his ear of him that is to be cleansed, and
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall upon the thumb of his right hand, and
shave off; and he shall wash his upon the great toe of his right foot,
clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in upon the blood of the guilt-offering.
water, and he shall be clean. 10And on 18
And the rest of the oil that is in the
the eighth day he shall take two he- priest’s hand he shall put upon the
lambs without blemish, and one ewe- head of him that is to be cleansed; and
lamb of the first year without blemish, the priest shall make atonement for
and three tenth parts of an ephah of him before the LORD. 19And the priest
fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled shall offer the sin-offering, and make
with oil, and one log of oil. 11And the atonement for him that is to be
priest that cleanseth him shall set the cleansed because of his uncleanness;
man that is to be cleansed, and those and afterward he shall kill the burnt-
things, before the LORD, at the door of offering. 20And the priest shall offer
the tent of meeting. 12And the priest the burnt-offering and the meal-
shall take one of the he-lambs, and offering upon the altar; and the priest
offer him for a guilt-offering, and the
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shall make atonement for him, and he hand he shall put upon the head of him
shall be clean. that is to be cleansed, to make
21
And if he be poor, and his means atonement for him before the LORD.
30
suffice not, then he shall take one he- And he shall offer one of the turtle-
lamb for a guilt-offering to be waved, doves, or of the young pigeons, such
to make atonement for him, and one as his means suffice for; 31even such as
tenth part of an ephah of fine flour his means suffice for, the one for a sin-
mingled with oil for a meal-offering, offering, and the other for a burnt-
and a log of oil; 22and two turtle-doves, offering, with the meal-offering; and
or two young pigeons, such as his the priest shall make atonement for
means suffice for; and the one shall be him that is to be cleansed before the
a sin-offering, and the other a burnt- LORD. 32This is the law of him in whom
offering. 23And on the eighth day he is the plague of leprosy, whose means
shall bring them for his cleansing unto suffice not for that which pertaineth to
the priest, unto the door of the tent of his cleansing.
meeting, before the LORD. 24And the 33
And the LORD spoke unto Moses
priest shall take the lamb of the guilt- and unto Aaron, saying:
34
offering, and the log of oil, and the When ye are come into the land of
priest shall wave them for a wave- Canaan, which I give to you for a
offering before the LORD. 25And he possession, and I put the plague of
shall kill the lamb of the guilt-offering, leprosy in a house of the land of your
and the priest shall take of the blood of possession; 35then he that owneth the
the guilt-offering, and put it upon the house shall come and tell the priest,
tip of the right ear of him that is to be saying: ‘There seemeth to me to be as
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his it were a plague in the house.’ 36And
right hand, and upon the great toe of the priest shall command that they
his right foot. 26And the priest shall empty the house, before the priest go
pour of the oil into the palm of his own in to see the plague, that all that is in
left hand. 27And the priest shall the house be not made unclean; and
sprinkle with his right finger some of afterward the priest shall go in to see
the oil that is in his left hand seven the house. 37And he shall look on the
times before the LORD. 28And the priest plague, and, behold, if the plague be in
shall put of the oil that is in his hand the walls of the house with hollow
upon the tip of the right ear of him that streaks, greenish or reddish, and the
is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb appearance thereof be lower than the
of his right hand, and upon the great wall; 38then the priest shall go out of
toe of his right foot, upon the place of the house to the door of the house, and
the blood of the guilt-offering. 29And shut up the house seven days. 39And
the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s the priest shall come again the seventh
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day, and shall look; and, behold, if the take to cleanse the house two birds,
plague be spread in the walls of the and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and
house; 40then the priest shall command hyssop. 50And he shall kill one of the
that they take out the stones in which birds in an earthen vessel over running
the plague is, and cast them into an water. 51And he shall take the cedar-
unclean place without the city. 41And wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet,
he shall cause the house to be scraped and the living bird, and dip them in the
within round about, and they shall blood of the slain bird, and in the
pour out the mortar that they scrape off running water, and sprinkle the house
without the city into an unclean place. seven times. 52And he shall cleanse the
42
And they shall take other stones, and house with the blood of the bird, and
put them in the place of those stones; with the running water, and with the
and he shall take other mortar, and living bird, and with the cedar-wood,
shall plaster the house. 43And if the and with the hyssop, and with the
plague come again, and break out in scarlet. 53But he shall let go the living
the house, after that the stones have bird out of the city into the open field;
been taken out, and after the house so shall he make atonement for the
hath been scraped, and after it is house; and it shall be clean.
plastered; 44then the priest shall come 54
This is the law for all manner of
in and look; and, behold, if the plague plague of leprosy, and for a scall; 55and
be spread in the house, it is a for the leprosy of a garment, and for a
malignant leprosy in the house: it is house; 56and for a rising, and for a
unclean. 45And he shall break down scab, and for a bright spot; 57to teach
the house, the stones of it, and the when it is unclean, and when it is
timber thereof, and all the mortar of clean; this is the law of leprosy.
the house; and he shall carry them
forth out of the city into an unclean
place. 46Moreover he that goeth into 15
2
And the LORD spoke unto
Moses and to Aaron, saying:
the house all the while that it is shut up Speak unto the children of Israel, and
shall be unclean until the even. 47And say unto them:
he that lieth in the house shall wash his When any man hath an issue out of
clothes; and he that eateth in the house his flesh, his issue is unclean. 3And
shall wash his clothes. 48And if the this shall be his uncleanness in his
priest shall come in, and look, and, issue: whether his flesh run with his
behold, the plague hath not spread in issue, or his flesh be stopped from his
the house, after the house was issue, it is his uncleanness. 4Every bed
plastered; then the priest shall whereon he that hath the issue lieth
pronounce the house clean, because shall be unclean; and every thing
the plague is healed. 49And he shall whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.
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And whosoever toucheth his bed shall before the LORD unto the door of the
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in tent of meeting, and give them unto
water, and be unclean until the even. the priest. 15And the priest shall offer
6
And he that sitteth on any thing them, the one for a sin-offering, and
whereon he that hath the issue sat shall the other for a burnt-offering; and the
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in priest shall make atonement for him
water, and be unclean until the even. before the LORD for his issue.
7 16
And he that toucheth the flesh of him And if the flow of seed go out
that hath the issue shall wash his from a man, then he shall bathe all his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, flesh in water, and be unclean until the
and be unclean until the even. 8And if even. 17And every garment, and every
he that hath the issue spit upon him skin, whereon is the flow of seed, shall
that is clean, then he shall wash his be washed with water, and be unclean
clothes, and bathe himself in water, until the even. 18The woman also with
and be unclean until the even. 9And whom a man shall lie carnally, they
what saddle soever he that hath the shall both bathe themselves in water,
issue rideth upon shall be unclean. and be unclean until the even.
10 19
And whosoever toucheth any thing And if a woman have an issue, and
that was under him shall be unclean her issue in her flesh be blood, she
until the even; and he that beareth shall be in her impurity seven days;
those things shall wash his clothes, and and whosoever toucheth her shall be
bathe himself in water, and be unclean unclean until the even. 20And every
until the even. 11And whomsoever he thing that she lieth upon in her
that hath the issue toucheth, without impurity shall be unclean; every thing
having rinsed his hands in water, he also that she sitteth upon shall be
shall wash his clothes, and bathe unclean. 21And whosoever toucheth
himself in water, and be unclean until her bed shall wash his clothes, and
the even. 12And the earthen vessel, bathe himself in water, and be unclean
which he that hath the issue toucheth, until the even. 22And whosoever
shall be broken; and every vessel of toucheth any thing that she sitteth
wood shall be rinsed in water. 13And upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe
when he that hath an issue is cleansed himself in water, and be unclean until
of his issue, then he shall number to the even. 23And if he be on the bed, or
himself seven days for his cleansing, on any thing whereon she sitteth, when
and wash his clothes; and he shall he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until
bathe his flesh in running water, and the even. 24And if any man lie with
shall be clean. 14And on the eighth day her, and her impurity be upon him, he
he shall take to him two turtle-doves, shall be unclean seven days; and every
or two young pigeons, and come bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
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And if a woman have an issue of issue, whether it be a man, or a
her blood many days not in the time of woman; and of him that lieth with her
her impurity, or if she have an issue that is unclean.
beyond the time of her impurity; all
the days of the issue of her אחרי מות
uncleanness she shall be as in the days
of her impurity: she is unclean.
26
16 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, after the death of the
Every bed whereon she lieth all the two sons of Aaron, when they drew
days of her issue shall be unto her as near before the LORD, and died; 2and
the bed of her impurity; and every the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Speak unto
thing whereon she sitteth shall be Aaron thy brother, that he come not at
unclean, as the uncleanness of her all times into the holy place within the
impurity. 27And whosoever toucheth veil, before the ark-cover which is
those things shall be unclean, and shall upon the ark; that he die not; for I
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in appear in the cloud upon the ark-cover.
3
water, and be unclean until the even. Herewith shall Aaron come into the
28
But if she be cleansed of her issue, holy place: with a young bullock for a
then she shall number to herself seven sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-
days, and after that she shall be clean. offering. 4He shall put on the holy
29
And on the eighth day she shall take linen tunic, and he shall have the linen
unto her two turtle-doves, or two breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
young pigeons, and bring them unto girded with the linen girdle, and with
the priest, to the door of the tent of the linen mitre shall he be attired; they
meeting. 30And the priest shall offer are the holy garments; and he shall
the one for a sin-offering, and the bathe his flesh in water, and put them
other for a burnt-offering; and the on. 5And he shall take of the
priest shall make atonement for her congregation of the children of Israel
before the LORD for the issue of her two he-goats for a sin-offering, and
uncleanness. one ram for a burnt-offering. 6And
31
Thus shall ye separate the children Aaron shall present the bullock of the
of Israel from their uncleanness; that sin-offering, which is for himself, and
they die not in their uncleanness, when make atonement for himself, and for
they defile My tabernacle that is in the his house. 7And he shall take the two
midst of them. goats, and set them before the LORD at
32
This is the law of him that hath an the door of the tent of meeting. 8And
issue, and of him from whom the flow Aaron shall cast lots upon the two
of seed goeth out, so that he is unclean goats: one lot for the LORD, and the
thereby; 33and of her that is sick with other lot for Azazel. 9And Aaron shall
her impurity, and of them that have an present the goat upon which the lot fell
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for the LORD, and offer him for a sin- man in the tent of meeting when he
offering. 10But the goat, on which the goeth in to make atonement in the holy
lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive place, until he come out, and have
before the LORD, to make atonement made atonement for himself, and for
over him, to send him away for Azazel his household, and for all the assembly
into the wilderness. 11And Aaron shall of Israel. 18And he shall go out unto
present the bullock of the sin-offering, the altar that is before the LORD, and
which is for himself, and shall make make atonement for it; and shall take
atonement for himself, and for his of the blood of the bullock, and of the
house, and shall kill the bullock of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the
sin-offering which is for himself. horns of the altar round about. 19And
12
And he shall take a censer full of he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it
coals of fire from off the altar before with his finger seven times, and
the LORD, and his hands full of sweet cleanse it, and hallow it from the
incense beaten small, and bring it uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
within the veil. 13And he shall put the 20
And when he hath made an end of
incense upon the fire before the LORD, atoning for the holy place, and the tent
that the cloud of the incense may cover of meeting, and the altar, he shall
the ark-cover that is upon the present the live goat. 21And Aaron
testimony, that he die not. 14And he shall lay both his hands upon the head
shall take of the blood of the bullock, of the live goat, and confess over him
and sprinkle it with his finger upon the all the iniquities of the children of
ark-cover on the east; and before the Israel, and all their transgressions,
ark-cover shall he sprinkle of the even all their sins; and he shall put
blood with his finger seven times. them upon the head of the goat, and
15
Then shall he kill the goat of the sin- shall send him away by the hand of an
offering, that is for the people, and appointed man into the wilderness.
22
bring his blood within the veil, and do And the goat shall bear upon him all
with his blood as he did with the blood their iniquities unto a land which is cut
of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the off; and he shall let go the goat in the
ark-cover, and before the ark-cover. wilderness. 23And Aaron shall come
16
And he shall make atonement for the into the tent of meeting, and shall put
holy place, because of the off the linen garments, which he put
uncleannesses of the children of Israel, on when he went into the holy place,
and because of their transgressions, and shall leave them there. 24And he
even all their sins; and so shall he do shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy
for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth place and put on his other vestments,
with them in the midst of their and come forth, and offer his burnt-
uncleannesses. 17And there shall be no offering and the burnt-offering of the
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people, and make atonement for all the people of the assembly. 34And
himself and for the people. 25And the this shall be an everlasting statute unto
fat of the sin-offering shall he make you, to make atonement for the
smoke upon the altar. 26And he that children of Israel because of all their
letteth go the goat for Azazel shall sins once in the year.’ And he did as
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in the LORD commanded Moses.
water, and afterward he may come into
the camp. 27And the bullock of the sin-
offering, and the goat of the sin- 17 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Speak unto
offering, whose blood was brought in Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all
to make atonement in the holy place, the children of Israel, and say unto
shall be carried forth without the them: This is the thing which the LORD
camp; and they shall burn in the fire hath commanded, saying:
3
their skins, and their flesh, and their What man soever there be of the
dung. 28And he that burneth them shall house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that
water, and afterward he may come into killeth it without the camp, 4and hath
the camp. not brought it unto the door of the tent
29
And it shall be a statute for ever unto of meeting, to present it as an offering
you: in the seventh month, on the tenth unto the LORD before the tabernacle of
day of the month, ye shall afflict your the LORD, blood shall be imputed unto
souls, and shall do no manner of work, that man; he hath shed blood; and that
the home-born, or the stranger that man shall be cut off from among his
sojourneth among you. 30For on this people. 5To the end that the children of
day shall atonement be made for you, Israel may bring their sacrifices, which
to cleanse you; from all your sins shall they sacrifice in the open field, even
ye be clean before the LORD. 31It is a that they may bring them unto the
sabbath of solemn rest unto you, and LORD, unto the door of the tent of
ye shall afflict your souls; it is a statute meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice
for ever. 32And the priest, who shall be them for sacrifices of peace-offerings
anointed and who shall be consecrated unto the LORD. 6And the priest shall
to be priest in his father’s stead, shall dash the blood against the altar of the
make the atonement, and shall put on LORD at the door of the tent of meeting,
the linen garments, even the holy and make the fat smoke for a sweet
garments. 33And he shall make savour unto the LORD. 7And they shall
atonement for the most holy place, and no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto
he shall make atonement for the tent of the satyrs, after whom they go astray.
meeting and for the altar; and he shall This shall be a statute for ever unto
make atonement for the priests and for them throughout their generations.
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And thou shalt say unto them: be home-born or a stranger, he shall
Whatsoever man there be of the house wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
of Israel, or of the strangers that water, and be unclean until the even;
sojourn among them, that offereth a then shall he be clean. 16But if he wash
burnt-offering or sacrifice, 9and them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he
bringeth it not unto the door of the tent shall bear his iniquity.
of meeting, to sacrifice it unto the
LORD, even that man shall be cut off
from his people.
10
18 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Speak unto
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, and say unto
the house of Israel, or of the strangers them:
that sojourn among them, that eateth I am the LORD your God. 3After the
any manner of blood, I will set My doings of the land of Egypt, wherein
face against that soul that eateth blood, ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the
and will cut him off from among his doings of the land of Canaan, whither I
people. 11For the life of the flesh is in bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall
the blood; and I have given it to you ye walk in their statutes. 4Mine
upon the altar to make atonement for ordinances shall ye do, and My
your souls; for it is the blood that statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein:
maketh atonement by reason of the I am the LORD your God. 5Ye shall
life. 12Therefore I said unto the therefore keep My statutes, and Mine
children of Israel: No soul of you shall ordinances, which if a man do, he shall
eat blood, neither shall any stranger live by them: I am the LORD.
6
that sojourneth among you eat blood. None of you shall approach to any
13
And whatsoever man there be of the that is near of kin to him, to uncover
children of Israel, or of the strangers their nakedness. I am the LORD.
7
that sojourn among them, that taketh in The nakedness of thy father, and
hunting any beast or fowl that may be the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou
eaten, he shall pour out the blood not uncover: she is thy mother; thou
thereof, and cover it with dust. 14For as shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8
to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof The nakedness of thy father’s wife
is all one with the life thereof; shalt thou not uncover: it is thy
therefore I said unto the children of father’s nakedness.
9
Israel: Ye shall eat the blood of no The nakedness of thy sister, the
manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh daughter of thy father, or the daughter
is the blood thereof; whosoever eateth of thy mother, whether born at home,
it shall be cut off. 15And every soul or born abroad, even their nakedness
that eateth that which dieth of itself, or thou shalt not uncover.
that which is torn of beasts, whether he
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The nakedness of thy son’s neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with
daughter, or of thy daughter’s her. 21And thou shalt not give any of
daughter, even their nakedness thou thy seed to set them apart to Molech,
shalt not uncover; for theirs is thine neither shalt thou profane the name of
own nakedness. thy God: I am the LORD. 22Thou shalt
11
The nakedness of thy father’s not lie with mankind, as with
wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, womankind; it is abomination. 23And
she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover thou shalt not lie with any beast to
her nakedness. defile thyself therewith; neither shall
12
Thou shalt not uncover the any woman stand before a beast, to lie
nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is down thereto; it is perversion.
24
thy father’s near kinswoman. Defile not ye yourselves in any of
13
Thou shalt not uncover the these things; for in all these the nations
nakedness of thy mother’s sister; for are defiled, which I cast out from
she is thy mother’s near kinswoman. before you. 25And the land was defiled,
14
Thou shalt not uncover the therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof
nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou upon it, and the land vomited out her
shalt not approach to his wife: she is inhabitants. 26Ye therefore shall keep
thine aunt. My statutes and Mine ordinances, and
15
Thou shalt not uncover the shall not do any of these abominations;
nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she neither the home-born, nor the stranger
is thy son’wife; thou shalt not uncover that sojourneth among you— 27for all
her nakedness. these abominations have the men of
16
Thou shalt not uncover the the land done, that were before you,
nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is and the land is defiled— 28that the land
thy brother’s nakedness. 17Thou shalt vomit not you out also, when ye defile
not uncover the nakedness of a woman it, as it vomited out the nation that was
and her daughter; thou shalt not take before you. 29For whosoever shall do
her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s any of these abominations, even the
daughter, to uncover her nakedness: souls that do them shall be cut off
they are near kinswomen; it is from among their people. 30Therefore
lewdness. 18And thou shalt not take a shall ye keep My charge, that ye do
woman to her sister, to be a rival to not any of these abominable customs,
her, to uncover her nakedness, beside which were done before you, and that
the other in her lifetime. 19And thou ye defile not yourselves therein: I am
shalt not approach unto a woman to the LORD your God.
uncover her nakedness, as long as she קדשים
is impure by her uncleanness. 20And
thou shalt not lie carnally with thy 19 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Speak unto all
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the congregation of the children of morning. 14Thou shalt not curse the
Israel, and say unto them: deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before
Ye shall be holy; for I the LORD your the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I
God am holy. 3Ye shall fear every man am the LORD. 15Ye shall do no
his mother, and his father, and ye shall unrighteousness in judgment; thou
keep My sabbaths: I am the LORD your shalt not respect the person of the
God. 4Turn ye not unto the idols, nor poor, nor favour the person of the
make to yourselves molten gods: I am mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou
the LORD your God. judge thy neighbour. 16Thou shalt not
5
And when ye offer a sacrifice of go up and down as a talebearer among
peace-offerings unto the LORD, ye shall thy people; neither shalt thou stand
offer it that ye may be accepted. 6It idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I
shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, am the LORD. 17Thou shalt not hate thy
and on the morrow; and if aught brother in thy heart; thou shalt surely
remain until the third day, it shall be rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin
burnt with fire. 7And if it be eaten at because of him. 18Thou shalt not take
all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it vengeance, nor bear any grudge
shall not be accepted. 8But every one against the children of thy people, but
that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, thou shalt love thy neighbour as
because he hath profaned the holy thyself: I am the LORD. 19Ye shall keep
thing of the LORD; and that soul shall My statutes. Thou shalt not let thy
be cut off from his people. cattle gender with a diverse kind; thou
9
And when ye reap the harvest of shalt not sow thy field with two kinds
your land, thou shalt not wholly reap of seed; neither shall there come upon
the corner of thy field, neither shalt thee a garment of two kinds of stuff
thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. mingled together. 20And whosoever
10
And thou shalt not glean thy lieth carnally with a woman, that is a
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the bondmaid, designated for a man, and
fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt not at all redeemed, nor was freedom
leave them for the poor and for the given her; there shall be inquisition;
stranger: I am the LORD your God. 11Ye they shall not be put to death, because
shall not steal; neither shall ye deal she was not free. 21And he shall bring
falsely, nor lie one to another. 12And his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door
ye shall not swear by My name falsely, of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a
so that thou profane the name of thy guilt-offering. 22And the priest shall
God: I am the LORD. 13Thou shalt not make atonement for him with the ram
oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; of the guilt-offering before the LORD
the wages of a hired servant shall not for his sin which he hath sinned; and
abide with thee all night until the
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he shall be forgiven for his sin which strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the
he hath sinned. LORD your God. 35Ye shall do no
23
And when ye shall come into the unrighteousness in judgment, in
land, and shall have planted all manner meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36
of trees for food, then ye shall count Just balances, just weights, a just
the fruit thereof as forbidden; three ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I
years shall it be as forbidden unto you; am the LORD your God, who brought
it shall not be eaten. 24And in the you out of the land of Egypt. 37And ye
fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be shall observe all My statutes, and all
holy, for giving praise unto the LORD. Mine ordinances, and do them: I am
25
But in the fifth year may ye eat of the the LORD.
fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you
more richly the increase thereof: I am 20 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Moreover,
the LORD your God. 26Ye shall not eat thou shalt say to the children of Israel:
with the blood; neither shall ye Whosoever he be of the children of
practise divination nor soothsaying. Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn
27
Ye shall not round the corners of in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto
your heads, neither shalt thou mar the Molech; he shall surely be put to
corners of thy beard. 28Ye shall not death; the people of the land shall
make any cuttings in your flesh for the stone him with stones. 3I also will set
dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: My face against that man, and will cut
I am the LORD. 29Profane not thy him off from among his people,
daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the because he hath given of his seed unto
land fall into harlotry, and the land Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to
become full of lewdness. 30Ye shall profane My holy name. 4And if the
keep My sabbaths, and reverence My people of the land do at all hide their
sanctuary: I am the LORD. 31Turn ye eyes from that man, when he giveth of
not unto the ghosts, nor unto familiar his seed unto Molech, and put him not
spirits; seek them not out, to be defiled to death; 5then I will set My face
by them: I am the LORD your God. against that man, and against his
32
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary family, and will cut him off, and all
head, and honour the face of the old that go astray after him, to go astray
man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am after Molech, from among their
the LORD. 33And if a stranger sojourn people. 6And the soul that turneth unto
with thee in your land, ye shall not do the ghosts, and unto the familiar
him wrong. 34The stranger that spirits, to go astray after them, I will
sojourneth with you shall be unto you even set My face against that soul, and
as the home-born among you, and thou will cut him off from among his
shalt love him as thyself; for ye were people. 7Sanctify yourselves therefore,
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and be ye holy; for I am the LORD your daughter, and see her nakedness, and
God. 8And keep ye My statutes, and do she see his nakedness: it is a shameful
them: I am the LORD who sanctify you. thing; and they shall be cut off in the
9
For whatsoever man there be that sight of the children of their people: he
curseth his father or his mother shall hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness;
surely be put to death; he hath cursed he shall bear his iniquity. 18And if a
his father or his mother; his blood shall man shall lie with a woman having her
be upon him. 10And the man that sickness, and shall uncover her
committeth adultery with another nakedness—he hath made naked her
man’s wife, even he that committeth fountain, and she hath uncovered the
adultery with his neighbour’s wife, fountain of her blood—both of them
both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be cut off from among their
shall surely be put to death. 11And the people. 19And thou shalt not uncover
man that lieth with his father’s wife— the nakedness of thy mother’s sister,
he hath uncovered his father’s nor of thy father’s sister; for he hath
nakedness—both of them shall surely made naked his near kin; they shall
be put to death; their blood shall be bear their iniquity. 20And if a man shall
upon them. 12And if a man lie with his lie with his uncle’s wife—he hath
daughter-in-law, both of them shall uncovered his uncle’s nakedness—
surely be put to death; they have they shall bear their sin; they shall die
wrought corruption; their blood shall childless. 21And if a man shall take his
be upon them. 13And if a man lie with brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath
mankind, as with womankind, both of uncovered his brother’s nakedness;
them have committed abomination: they shall be childless.
22
they shall surely be put to death; their Ye shall therefore keep all My
blood shall be upon them. 14And if a statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and
man take with his wife also her do them, that the land, whither I bring
mother, it is wickedness: they shall be you to dwell therein, vomit you not
burnt with fire, both he and they; that out. 23And ye shall not walk in the
there be no wickedness among you. customs of the nation, which I am
15
And if a man lie with a beast, he casting out before you; for they did all
shall surely be put to death; and ye these things, and therefore I abhorred
shall slay the beast. 16And if a woman them. 24But I have said unto you: ‘Ye
approach unto any beast, and lie down shall inherit their land, and I will give
thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and it unto you to possess it, a land flowing
the beast: they shall surely be put to with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD
death; their blood shall be upon them. your God, who have set you apart
17
And if a man shall take his sister, his from the peoples. 25Ye shall therefore
father’s daughter, or his mother’s separate between the clean beast and
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the unclean, and between the unclean that is a harlot, or profaned; neither
fowl and the clean; and ye shall not shall they take a woman put away
make your souls detestable by beast, or from her husband; for he is holy unto
by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the his God. 8Thou shalt sanctify him
ground teemeth, which I have set apart therefore; for he offereth the bread of
for you to hold unclean. 26And ye shall thy God; he shall be holy unto thee;
be holy unto Me; for I the LORD am for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am
holy, and have set you apart from the holy. 9And the daughter of any priest,
peoples, that ye should be Mine. if she profane herself by playing the
27
A man also or a woman that harlot, she profaneth her father: she
divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall be burnt with fire.
10
shall surely be put to death; they shall And the priest that is highest
stone them with stones; their blood among his brethren, upon whose head
shall be upon them. the anointing oil is poured, and that is
consecrated to put on the garments,
אמר shall not let the hair of his head go
25
2
And the LORD spoke unto
Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye
shall return every man unto his
Speak unto the children of Israel, and possession, and ye shall return every
say unto them: man unto his family. 11A jubilee shall
When ye come into the land which I that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall
give you, then shall the land keep a not sow, neither reap that which
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groweth of itself in it, nor gather the in perpetuity; for the land is Mine; for
grapes in it of the undressed vines. ye are strangers and settlers with Me.
12 24
For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy And in all the land of your
unto you; ye shall eat the increase possession ye shall grant a redemption
thereof out of the field. 13In this year for the land.
25
of jubilee ye shall return every man If thy brother be waxen poor, and
unto his possession. 14And if thou sell sell some of his possession, then shall
aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of his kinsman that is next unto him
thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not come, and shall redeem that which his
wrong one another. 15According to the brother hath sold. 26And if a man have
number of years after the jubilee thou no one to redeem it, and he be waxen
shalt buy of thy neighbour, and rich and find sufficient means to
according unto the number of years of redeem it; 27then let him count the
the crops he shall sell unto thee. years of the sale thereof, and restore
16
According to the multitude of the the overplus unto the man to whom he
years thou shalt increase the price sold it; and he shall return unto his
thereof, and according to the fewness possession. 28But if he have not
of the years thou shalt diminish the sufficient means to get it back for
price of it; for the number of crops himself, then that which he hath sold
doth he sell unto thee. 17And ye shall shall remain in the hand of him that
not wrong one another; but thou shalt hath bought it until the year of jubilee;
fear thy God; for I am the LORD your and in the jubilee it shall go out, and
God. 18Wherefore ye shall do My he shall return unto his possession.
29
statutes, and keep Mine ordinances And if a man sell a dwelling-house
and do them; and ye shall dwell in the in a walled city, then he may redeem it
land in safety. 19And the land shall within a whole year after it is sold; for
yield her fruit, and ye shall eat until ye a full year shall he have the right of
have enough, and dwell therein in redemption. 30And if it be not
safety. 20And if ye shall say: ‘What redeemed within the space of a full
shall we eat the seventh year? behold, year, then the house that is in the
we may not sow, nor gather in our walled city shall be made sure in
increase’; 21then I will command My perpetuity to him that bought it,
blessing upon you in the sixth year, throughout his generations; it shall not
and it shall bring forth produce for the go out in the jubilee. 31But the houses
three years. 22And ye shall sow the of the villages which have no wall
eighth year, and eat of the produce, the round about them shall be reckoned
old store; until the ninth year, until her with the fields of the country; they
produce come in, ye shall eat the old may be redeemed, and they shall go
store. 23And the land shall not be sold out in the jubilee. 32But as for the cities
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of the Levites, the houses of the cities God. 44And as for thy bondmen, and
of their possession, the Levites shall thy bondmaids, whom thou mayest
have a perpetual right of redemption. have: of the nations that are round
33
And if a man purchase of the Levites, about you, of them shall ye buy
then the house that was sold in the city bondmen and bondmaids. 45Moreover
of his possession, shall go out in the of the children of the strangers that do
jubilee; for the houses of the cities of sojourn among you, of them may ye
the Levites are their possession among buy, and of their families that are with
the children of Israel. 34But the fields you, which they have begotten in your
of the open land about their cities may land; and they may be your possession.
46
not be sold; for that is their perpetual And ye may make them an
possession. inheritance for your children after you,
35
And if thy brother be waxen poor, to hold for a possession: of them may
and his means fail with thee; then thou ye take your bondmen for ever; but
shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a over your brethren the children of
settler shall he live with thee. 36Take Israel ye shall not rule, one over
thou no interest of him or increase; but another, with rigour.
47
fear thy God; that thy brother may live And if a stranger who is a settler
with thee. 37Thou shalt not give him with thee be waxen rich, and thy
thy money upon interest, nor give him brother be waxen poor beside him, and
thy victuals for increase. 38I am the sell himself unto the stranger who is a
LORD your God, who brought you forth settler with thee, or to the offshoot of a
out of the land of Egypt, to give you stranger’s family, 48after that he is sold
the land of Canaan, to be your God. he may be redeemed; one of his
39
And if thy brother be waxen poor brethren may redeem him; 49or his
with thee, and sell himself unto thee, uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem
thou shalt not make him to serve as a him, or any that is nigh of kin unto
bondservant. 40As a hired servant, and him of his family may redeem him; or
as a settler, he shall be with thee; he if he be waxen rich, he may redeem
shall serve with thee unto the year of himself. 50And he shall reckon with
jubilee. 41Then shall he go out from him that bought him from the year that
thee, he and his children with him, and he sold himself to him unto the year of
shall return unto his own family, and jubilee; and the price of his sale shall
unto the possession of his fathers shall be according unto the number of years;
he return. 42For they are My servants, according to the time of a hired servant
whom I brought forth out of the land shall he be with him. 51If there be yet
of Egypt; they shall not be sold as many years, according unto them he
bondmen. 43Thou shalt not rule over shall give back the price of his
him with rigour; but shalt fear thy redemption out of the money that he
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was bought for. 52And if there remain land, neither shall the sword go
but few years unto the year of jubilee, through your land. 7And ye shall chase
then he shall reckon with him; your enemies, and they shall fall
according unto his years shall he give before you by the sword. 8And five of
back the price of his redemption. 53As you shall chase a hundred, and a
a servant hired year by year shall he be hundred of you shall chase ten
with him; he shall not rule with rigour thousand; and your enemies shall fall
over him in thy sight. 54And if he be before you by the sword. 9And I will
not redeemed by any of these means, have respect unto you, and make you
then he shall go out in the year of fruitful, and multiply you; and will
jubilee, he, and his children with him. establish My covenant with you. 10And
55
For unto Me the children of Israel are ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye
servants; they are My servants whom I shall bring forth the old from before
brought forth out of the land of Egypt: the new. 11And I will set My
I am the LORD your God. tabernacle among you, and My soul
בחקתי 14
But if ye will not hearken unto
3
If ye walk in My statutes, and keep Me, and will not do all these
My commandments, and do them; commandments; 15and if ye shall reject
4
then I will give your rains in their My statutes, and if your soul abhor
season, and the land shall yield her Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do
produce, and the trees of the field shall all My commandments, but break My
yield their fruit. 5And your threshing covenant; 16I also will do this unto
shall reach unto the vintage, and the you: I will appoint terror over you,
vintage shall reach unto the sowing even consumption and fever, that shall
time; and ye shall eat your bread until make the eyes to fail, and the soul to
ye have enough, and dwell in your languish; and ye shall sow your seed in
land safely. 6And I will give peace in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17
the land, and ye shall lie down, and And I will set My face against you,
none shall make you afraid; and I will and ye shall be smitten before your
cause evil beasts to cease out of the enemies; they that hate you shall rule
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over you; and ye shall flee when none unto you in fury; and I also will
pursueth you. 18And if ye will not yet chastise you seven times for your sins.
29
for these things hearken unto Me, then And ye shall eat the flesh of your
I will chastise you seven times more sons, and the flesh of your daughters
for your sins. 19And I will break the shall ye eat. 30And I will destroy your
pride of your power; and I will make high places, and cut down your sun-
your heaven as iron, and your earth as pillars, and cast your carcasses upon
brass. 20And your strength shall be the carcasses of your idols; and My
spent in vain; for your land shall not soul shall abhor you. 31And I will
yield her produce, neither shall the make your cities a waste, and will
trees of the land yield their fruit. 21And bring your sanctuaries unto desolation,
if ye walk contrary unto Me, and will and I will not smell the savour of your
not hearken unto Me; I will bring sweet odours. 32And I will bring the
seven times more plagues upon you land into desolation; and your enemies
according to your sins. 22And I will that dwell therein shall be astonished
send the beast of the field among you, at it. 33And you will I scatter among
which shall rob you of your children, the nations, and I will draw out the
and destroy your cattle, and make you sword after you; and your land shall be
few in number; and your ways shall a desolation, and your cities shall be a
become desolate. 23And if in spite of waste. 34Then shall the land be paid
these things ye will not be corrected her sabbaths, as long as it lieth
unto Me, but will walk contrary unto desolate, and ye are in your
Me; 24then will I also walk contrary enemies’land; even then shall the land
unto you; and I will smite you, even I, rest, and repay her sabbaths. 35As long
seven times for your sins. 25And I will as it lieth desolate it shall have rest;
bring a sword upon you, that shall even the rest which it had not in your
execute the vengeance of the covenant; sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36And
and ye shall be gathered together as for them that are left of you, I will
within your cities; and I will send the send a faintness into their heart in the
pestilence among you; and ye shall be lands of their enemies; and the sound
delivered into the hand of the enemy. of a driven leaf shall chase them; and
26
When I break your staff of bread, ten they shall flee, as one fleeth from the
women shall bake your bread in one sword; and they shall fall when none
oven, and they shall deliver your bread pursueth. 37And they shall stumble one
again by weight; and ye shall eat, and upon another, as it were before the
not be satisfied. sword, when none pursueth; and ye
27
And if ye will not for all this shall have no power to stand before
hearken unto Me, but walk contrary your enemies. 38And ye shall perish
unto Me; 28then I will walk contrary among the nations, and the land of
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your enemies shall eat you up. 39And 46
These are the statutes and
they that are left of you shall pine ordinances and laws, which the LORD
away in their iniquity in your made between Him and the children of
enemies’lands; and also in the Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of
iniquities of their fathers shall they Moses.
pine away with them. 40And they shall
confess their iniquity, and the iniquity
of their fathers, in their treachery 27 And the LORD spoke unto
Moses, saying: 2Speak unto
which they committed against Me, and the children of Israel, and say unto
also that they have walked contrary them:
unto Me. 41I also will walk contrary When a man shall clearly utter a
unto them, and bring them into the vow of persons unto the LORD,
land of their enemies; if then according to thy valuation, 3then thy
perchance their uncircumcised heart be valuation shall be for the male from
humbled, and they then be paid the twenty years old even unto sixty years
punishment of their iniquity; 42then old, even thy valuation shall be fifty
will I remember My covenant with shekels of silver, after the shekel of the
Jacob, and also My covenant with sanctuary. 4And if it be a female, then
Isaac, and also My covenant with thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
5
Abraham will I remember; and I will And if it be from five years old even
remember the land. 43For the land shall unto twenty years old, then thy
lie forsaken without them, and shall be valuation shall be for the male twenty
paid her sabbaths, while she lieth shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6
desolate without them; and they shall And if it be from a month old even
be paid the punishment of their unto five years old, then thy valuation
iniquity; because, even because they shall be for the male five shekels of
rejected Mine ordinances, and their silver, and for the female thy valuation
soul abhorred My statutes. 44And yet shall be three shekels of silver. 7And if
for all that, when they are in the land it be from sixty years old and upward:
of their enemies, I will not reject them, if it be a male, then thy valuation shall
neither will I abhor them, to destroy be fifteen shekels, and for the female
them utterly, and to break My ten shekels. 8But if he be too poor for
covenant with them; for I am the LORD thy valuation, then he shall be set
their God. 45But I will for their sakes before the priest, and the priest shall
remember the covenant of their value him; according to the means of
ancestors, whom I brought forth out of him that vowed shall the priest value
the land of Egypt in the sight of the him.
9
nations, that I might be their God: I am And if it be a beast, whereof men
the LORD. bring an offering unto the LORD, all
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that any man giveth of such unto the indeed redeem it, then he shall add the
LORD shall be holy. 10He shall not alter fifth part of the money of thy valuation
it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20
bad for a good; and if he shall at all And if he will not redeem the field,
change beast for beast, then both it and or if he have sold the field to another
that for which it is changed shall be man, it shall not be redeemed any
holy. 11And if it be any unclean beast, more. 21But the field, when it goeth out
of which they may not bring an in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the
offering unto the LORD, then he shall LORD, as a field devoted; the
set the beast before the priest. 12And possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
22
the priest shall value it, whether it be And if he sanctify unto the LORD a
good or bad; as thou the priest valuest field which he hath bought, which is
it, so shall it be. 13But if he will indeed not of the field of his possession;
23
redeem it, then he shall add the fifth then the priest shall reckon unto him
part thereof unto thy valuation. the worth of thy valuation unto the
14
And when a man shall sanctify his year of jubilee; and he shall give thy
house to be holy unto the LORD, then valuation in that day, as a holy thing
the priest shall value it, whether it be unto the LORD. 24In the year of jubilee
good or bad; as the priest shall value it, the field shall return unto him of
so shall it stand. 15And if he that whom it was bought, even to him to
sanctified it will redeem his house, whom the possession of the land
then he shall add the fifth part of the belongeth. 25And all thy valuations
money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be according to the shekel of the
shall be his. sanctuary; twenty gerahs shall be the
16
And if a man shall sanctify unto shekel.
26
the LORD part of the field of his Howbeit the firstling among
possession, then thy valuation shall be beasts, which is born as a firstling to
according to the sowing thereof; the the LORD, no man shall sanctify it;
sowing of a homer of barley shall be whether it be ox or sheep, it is the
valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he LORD’S. 27And if it be of an unclean
sanctify his field from the year of beast, then he shall ransom it
jubilee, according to thy valuation it according to thy valuation, and shall
shall stand. 18But if he sanctify his add unto it the fifth part thereof; or if it
field after the jubilee, then the priest be not redeemed, then it shall be sold
shall reckon unto him the money according to thy valuation.
28
according to the years that remain unto Notwithstanding, no devoted
the year of jubilee, and an abatement thing, that a man may devote unto the
shall be made from thy valuation. LORD of all that he hath, whether of
19
And if he that sanctified the field will man or beast, or of the field of his
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possession, shall be sold or redeemed; all the tithe of the herd or the flock,
every devoted thing is most holy unto whatsoever passeth under the rod, the
the LORD. 29None devoted, that may be tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. 33He
devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall not inquire whether it be good or
shall surely be put to death. bad, neither shall he change it; and if
30
And all the tithe of the land, he change it at all, then both it and that
whether of the seed of the land, or of for which it is changed shall be holy; it
the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’S; it is shall not be redeemed.
holy unto the LORD. 31And if a man 34
These are the commandments,
will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall which the LORD commanded Moses for
add unto it the fifth part thereof. 32And the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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1 AND THE LORD spoke unto Moses
in the wilderness of Sinai, in the
congregation, the princes of the tribes
of their fathers; they were the heads of
tent of meeting, on the first day of the the thousands of Israel. 17And Moses
second month, in the second year after and Aaron took these men that are
the were come out of the land of pointed out by name. 18And they
Egypt, saying: 2’Take ye the sum of all assembled all the congregation
the congregation of the children of together on the first day of the second
Israel, by their families, by their month, and they declared their
fathers’houses, according to the pedigrees after their families, by their
number of names, every male, by their fathers’houses, according to the
polls; 3from twenty years old and number of names, from twenty years
upward, all that are able to go forth to old and upward, by their polls. 19As
war in Israel: ye shall number them by the LORD commanded Moses, so did he
their hosts, even thou and Aaron. 4And number them in the wilderness of
with you there shall be a man of every Sinai.
20
tribe, every one head of his And the children of Reuben,
fathers’house. 5And these are the Israel’s first-born, their generations, by
names of the men that shall stand with their families, by their fathers’houses,
you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of according to the number of names, by
Shedeur. 6Of Simeon, Shelumiel the their polls, every male from twenty
son of Zurishaddai. 7Of Judah, years old and upward, all that were
Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8Of able to go forth to war; 21those that
Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar. 9Of were numbered of them, of the tribe of
Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon. 10Of Reuben, were forty and six thousand
the children of Joseph: of Ephraim, and five hundred.
22
Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Of the children of Simeon, their
Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of generations, by their families, by their
Pedahzur. 11Of Benjamin, Abidan the fathers’houses, those that were
son of Gideoni. 12Of Dan, Ahiezer the numbered thereof, according to the
son of Ammishaddai. 13Of Asher, number of names, by their polls, every
Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14Of Gad, male from twenty years old and
Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15Of upward, all that were able to go forth
Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.’ to war; 23those that were numbered of
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These were the elect of the
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them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty Of the children of Joseph, namely,
and nine thousand and three hundred. of the children of Ephraim, their
24
Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the
fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years
number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 33those that were
go forth to war; 25those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of
numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, Ephraim, were forty thousand and five
were forty and five thousand six hundred.
34
hundred and fifty. Of the children of Manasseh, their
26
Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the
fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years
number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 35those that were
go forth to war; 27those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of
numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two
Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and two hundred.
36
thousand and six hundred. Of the children of Benjamin, their
28
Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the
fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years
number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 37those that were
go forth to war; 29those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of
numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five
Issachar, were fifty and four thousand thousand and four hundred.
38
and four hundred. Of the children of Dan, their
30
Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their
generations, by their families, by their fathers’houses, according to the
fathers’houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years
number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 39those that were
go forth to war; 31those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan,
numbered of them, of the tribe of were threescore and two thousand and
Zebulun, were fifty and seven seven hundred.
40
thousand and four hundred. Of the children of Asher, their
generations, by their families, by their
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fathers’houses, according to the it; they shall bear the tabernacle, and
number of names, from twenty years all the furniture thereof; and they shall
old and upward, all that were able to minister unto it, and shall encamp
go forth to war; 41those that were round about the tabernacle. 51And
numbered of them, of the tribe of when the tabernacle setteth forward,
Asher, were forty and one thousand the Levites shall take it down; and
and five hundred. when the tabernacle is to be pitched,
42
Of the children of Naphtali, their the Levites shall set it up; and the
generations, by their families, by their common man that draweth nigh shall
fathers’houses, according to the be put to death. 52And the children of
number of names, from twenty years Israel shall pitch their tents, every man
old and upward, all that were able to with his own camp, and every man
go forth to war; 43those that were with his own standard, according to
numbered of them, of the tribe of their hosts. 53But the Levites shall
Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand pitch round about the tabernacle of the
and four hundred. testimony, that there be no wrath upon
44
These are those that were the congregation of the children of
numbered, which Moses and Aaron Israel; and the Levites shall keep the
numbered, and the princes of Israel, charge of the tabernacle of the
being twelve men; they were each one testimony.’ 54Thus did the children of
for his fathers’house. 45And all those Israel; according to all that the LORD
that were numbered of the children of commanded Moses, so did they.
Israel by their fathers’houses, from
twenty years old and upward, all that 2 And the LORD spoke unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying: 2’The
were able to go forth to war in Israel; children of Israel shall pitch by their
46
even all those that were numbered fathers’houses; every man with his
were six hundred thousand and three own standard, according to the
thousand and five hundred and fifty. ensigns; a good way off shall they
47
But the Levites after the tribe of their pitch round about the tent of meeting.
3
fathers were not numbered among Now those that pitch on the east side
them. toward the sunrising shall be they of
48
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, the standard of the camp of Judah,
saying: 49’Howbeit the tribe of Levi according to their hosts; the prince of
thou shalt not number, neither shalt the children of Judah being Nahshon
thou take the sum of them among the the son of Amminadab, 4and his host,
children of Israel; 50but appoint thou and those that were numbered of them,
the Levites over the tabernacle of the threescore and fourteen thousand and
testimony, and over all the furniture six hundred; 5and those that pitch next
thereof, and over all that belongeth to unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar;
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the prince of the children of Issachar to their hosts; and they shall set forth
being Nethanel the son of Zuar, 6and second.
17
his host, even those that were Then the tent of meeting, with the
numbered thereof, fifty and four camp of the Levites, shall set forward
thousand and four hundred; 7and the in the midst of the camps; as they
tribe of Zebulun; the prince of the encamp, so shall they set forward,
children of Zebulun being Eliab the every man in his place, by their
son of Helon, 8and his host, and those standards.
18
that were numbered thereof, fifty and On the west side shall be the
seven thousand and four hundred; 9all standard of the camp of Ephraim
that were numbered of the camp of according to their hosts; the prince of
Judah being a hundred thousand and the children of Ephraim being
fourscore thousand and six thousand Elishama the son of Ammihud, 19and
and four hundred, according to their his host, and those that were numbered
hosts; they shall set forth first. of them, forty thousand and five
10
On the south side shall be the hundred; 20and next unto him shall be
standard of the camp of Reuben the tribe of Manasseh; the prince of the
according to their hosts; the prince of children of Manasseh being Gamaliel
the children of Reuben being Elizur the son of Pedahzur, 21and his host,
the son of Shedeur, 11and his host, and and those that were numbered of them,
those that were numbered thereof, thirty and two thousand and two
forty and six thousand and five hundred; 22and the tribe of Benjamin;
hundred; 12and those that pitch next the prince of the children of Benjamin
unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon; being Abidan the son of Gideoni, 23and
the prince of the children of Simeon his host, and those that were numbered
being Shelumiel the son of of them, thirty and five thousand and
Zurishaddai, 13and his host, and those four hundred; 24all that were numbered
that were numbered of them, fifty and of the camp of Ephraim being a
nine thousand and three hundred; 14and hundred thousand and eight thousand
the tribe of Gad; the prince of the and a hundred, according to their
children of Gad being Eliasaph the son hosts; and they shall set forth third.
of Reuel, 15and his host, even those 25
On the north side shall be the
that were numbered of them, forty and standard of the camp of Dan according
five thousand and six hundred and to their hosts; the prince of the
fifty; 16all that were numbered of the children of Dan being Ahiezer the son
camp of Reuben being a hundred of Ammishaddai, 26and his host, and
thousand and fifty and one thousand those that were numbered of them,
and four hundred and fifty, according threescore and two thousand and seven
hundred; 27and those that pitch next
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unto him shall be the tribe of Asher; whom he consecrated to minister in
the prince of the children of Asher the priest’s office. 4And Nadab and
being Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28and Abihu died before the LORD, when they
his host, and those that were numbered offered strange fire before the LORD, in
of them, forty and one thousand and the wilderness of Sinai, and they had
five hundred; 29and the tribe of no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar
Naphtali; the prince of the children of ministered in the priest’s office in the
Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, presence of Aaron their father.
30 5
and his host, and those that were And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
numbered of them, fifty and three saying: 6’Bring the tribe of Levi near,
thousand and four hundred; 31all that and set them before Aaron the priest,
were numbered of the camp of Dan that they may minister unto him. 7And
being a hundred thousand and fifty and they shall keep his charge, and the
seven thousand and six hundred; they charge of the whole congregation
shall set forth hindmost by their before the tent of meeting, to do the
standards.’ service of the tabernacle. 8And they
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These are they that were numbered shall keep all the furniture of the tent
of the children of Israel by their of meeting, and the charge of the
fathers’houses; all that were numbered children of Israel, to do the service of
of the camps according to their hosts the tabernacle. 9And thou shalt give
were six hundred thousand and three the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons;
thousand and five hundred and fifty. they are wholly given unto him from
33
But the Levites were not numbered the children of Israel. 10And thou shalt
among the children of Israel; as the appoint Aaron and his sons, that they
LORD commanded Moses. 34Thus did may keep their priesthood; and the
the children of Israel: according to all common man that draweth nigh shall
that the LORD commanded Moses, so be put to death.’
11
they pitched by their standards, and so And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
they set forward, each one according saying: 12’And I, behold, I have taken
to its families, and according to its the Levites from among the children of
fathers’houses. Israel instead of every first-born that
5
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These are they that were numbered And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
of the families of the sons of Gershon, saying: 2’Command the children
of all that did serve in the tent of of Israel, that they put out of the camp
meeting, whom Moses and Aaron every leper, and every one that hath an
numbered according to the issue, and whosoever is unclean by the
commandment of the LORD. dead; 3both male and female shall ye
42
And those that were numbered of put out, without the camp shall ye put
the families of the sons of Merari, by them; that they defile not their camp,
their families, by their fathers’houses, in the midst whereof I dwell.’ 4And the
43
from thirty years old and upward children of Israel did so, and put them
even unto fifty years old, every one out without the camp; as the LORD
that entered upon the service, for spoke unto Moses, so did the children
service in the tent of meeting, 44even of Israel.
those that were numbered of them by
5
their families, were three thousand and And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
two hundred. 45These are they that saying: 6Speak unto the children of
were numbered of the families of the Israel:
sons of Merari, whom Moses and When a man or woman shall
Aaron numbered according to the commit any sin that men commit, to
commandment of the LORD by the hand commit a trespass against the LORD,
of Moses. and that soul be guilty; 7then they shall
46
All those that were numbered of confess their sin which they have
the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron done; and he shall make restitution for
and the princes of Israel numbered, by his guilt in full, and add unto it the
their families, and by their fifth part thereof, and give it unto him
fathers’houses, 47from thirty years old in respect of whom he hath been
and upward even unto fifty years old, guilty. 8But if the man have no
every one that entered in to do the kinsman to whom restitution may be
work of service, and the work of made for the guilt, the restitution for
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guilt which is made shall be the it into the water. 18And the priest shall
LORD’S, even the priest’s; besides the set the woman before the LORD, and let
ram of the atonement, whereby the hair of the woman’s head go loose,
atonement shall be made for him. 9And and put the meal-offering of memorial
every heave-offering of all the holy in her hands, which is the meal-
things of the children of Israel, which offering of jealousy; and the priest
they present unto the priest, shall be shall have in his hand the water of
his. 10And every man’s hallowed bitterness that causeth the curse. 19And
things shall be his: whatsoever any the priest shall cause her to swear, and
man giveth the priest, it shall be his. shall say unto the woman: ‘If no man
have lain with thee, and if thou hast
11
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, not gone aside to uncleanness, being
saying: 12Speak unto the children of under thy husband, be thou free from
Israel, and say unto them: this water of bitterness that causeth the
If any man’s wife go aside, and act curse; 20but if thou hast gone aside,
unfaithfully against him, 13and a man being under thy husband, and if thou
lie with her carnally, and it be hid from be defiled, and some man have lain
the eyes of her husband, she being with thee besides thy husband— 21then
defiled secretly, and there be no the priest shall cause the woman to
witness against her, neither she be swear with the oath of cursing, and the
taken in the act; 14and the spirit of priest shall say unto the woman—the
jealousy come upon him, and he be LORD make thee a curse and an oath
jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; among thy people, when the LORD doth
or if the spirit of jealousy come upon make thy thigh to fall away, and thy
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and belly to swell; 22and this water that
she be not defiled; 15then shall the man causeth the curse shall go into thy
bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bowels, and make thy belly to swell,
bring her offering for her, the tenth and thy thigh to fall away’; and the
part of an ephah of barley meal; he woman shall say: ‘Amen, Amen.’
23
shall pour no oil upon it, nor put And the priest shall write these
frankincense thereon; for it is a meal- curses in a scroll, and he shall blot
offering of jealousy, a meal-offering of them out into the water of bitterness.
24
memorial, bringing iniquity to And he shall make the woman drink
remembrance. 16And the priest shall the water of bitterness that causeth the
bring her near, and set her before the curse; and the water that causeth the
LORD. 17And the priest shall take holy curse shall enter into her and become
water in an earthen vessel; and of the bitter. 25And the priest shall take the
dust that is on the floor of the meal-offering of jealousy out of the
tabernacle the priest shall take, and put woman’s hand, and shall wave the
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meal-offering before the LORD, and of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried.
bring it unto the altar. 26And the priest 4
All the days of his Naziriteship shall
shall take a handful of the meal- he eat nothing that is made of the
offering, as the memorial-part thereof, grape-vine, from the pressed grapes
and make it smoke upon the altar, and even to the grapestone. 5All the days of
afterward shall make the woman drink his vow of Naziriteship there shall no
the water. 27And when he hath made razor come upon his head; until the
her drink the water, then it shall come days be fulfilled, in which he
to pass, if she be defiled, and have consecrateth himself unto the LORD, he
acted unfaithfully against her husband, shall be holy, he shall let the locks of
that the water that causeth the curse the hair of his head grow long. 6All the
shall enter into her and become bitter, days that he consecrateth himself unto
and her belly shall swell, and her thigh the LORD he shall not come near to a
shall fall away; and the woman shall dead body. 7He shall not make himself
be a curse among her people. 28And if unclean for his father, or for his
the woman be not defiled, but be mother, for his brother, or for his
clean; then she shall be cleared, and sister, when they die; because his
shall conceive seed. 29This is the law consecration unto God is upon his
of jealousy, when a wife, being under head. 8All the days of his Naziriteship
her husband, goeth aside, and is he is holy unto the LORD. 9And if any
defiled; 30or when the spirit of jealousy man die very suddenly beside him, and
cometh upon a man, and he be jealous he defile his consecrated head, then he
over his wife; then shall he set the shall shave his head in the day of his
woman before the LORD, and the priest cleansing, on the seventh day shall he
shall execute upon her all this law. shave it. 10And on the eighth day he
31
And the man shall be clear from shall bring two turtledoves, or two
iniquity, and that woman shall bear her young pigeons, to the priest, to the
iniquity. door of the tent of meeting. 11And the
priest shall prepare one for a sin-
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And he took up his parable, and when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
said: son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose
Alas, who shall live after God hath up from the midst of the congregation,
appointed him? and took a spear in his hand. 8And he
24
But ships shall come from the went after the man of Israel into the
coast of Kittim, chamber, and thrust both of them
And they shall afflict Asshur, and through, the man of Israel, and the
shall afflict Eber, woman through her belly. So the
And he also shall come to plague was stayed from the children of
destruction. Israel. 9And those that died by the
plague were twenty and four thousand.
25
And Balaam rose up, and went and פינחס
returned to his place; and Balak also 10
And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
went his way. saying: 11’Phinehas, the son of Eleazar,
the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned
25 And Israel abode in Shittim,
and the people began to
My wrath away from the children of
Israel, in that he was very jealous for
commit harlotry with the daughters of My sake among them, so that I
Moab. 2And they called the people consumed not the children of Israel in
unto the sacrifices of their gods; and My jealousy. 12Wherefore say: Behold,
the people did eat, and bowed down to I give unto him My covenant of peace;
their gods. 3And Israel joined himself 13
and it shall be unto him, and to his
unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of seed after him, the covenant of an
the LORD was kindled against Israel. everlasting priesthood; because he was
4
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take jealous for his God, and made
all the chiefs of the people, and hang atonement for the children of Israel.’
them up unto the LORD in face of the 14
Now the name of the man of Israel
sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD that was slain, who was slain with the
may turn away from Israel.’ 5And Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the
Moses said unto the judges of Israel: son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’house
‘Slay ye every one his men that have among the Simeonites. 15And the name
joined themselves unto the Baal of of the Midianitish woman that was
Peor.’ 6And, behold, one of the slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur;
children of Israel came and brought he was head of the people of a
unto his brethren a Midianitish woman fathers’house in Midian.
in the sight of Moses, and in the sight 16
And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
of all the congregation of the children saying: 17’Harass the Midianites, and
of Israel, while they were weeping at smite them; 18for they harass you, by
the door of the tent of meeting. 7And their wiles wherewith they have
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beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and them up together with Korah, when
in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of that company died; what time the fire
the prince of Midian, their sister, who devoured two hundred and fifty men,
was slain on the day of the plague in and they became a sign.
11
the matter of Peor.’ Notwithstanding the sons of Korah
19
And it came to pass after the died not.
27
11
Then drew near the daughters And if his father have no brethren,
of Zelophehad, the son of then ye shall give his inheritance unto
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of his kinsman that is next to him of his
Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the family, and he shall possess it. And it
families of Manasseh the son of shall be unto the children of Israel a
Joseph; and these are the names of his statute of judgment, as the LORD
daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, commanded Moses.’
and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2And they 12
And the LORD said unto Moses:
stood before Moses, and before ‘Get thee up into this mountain of
Eleazar the priest, and before the Abarim, and behold the land which I
princes and all the congregation, at the have given unto the children of Israel.
13
door of the tent of meeting, saying: And when thou hast seen it, thou also
3
’Our father died in the wilderness, shalt be gathered unto thy people, as
and he was not among the company of Aaron thy brother was gathered;
14
them that gathered themselves together because ye rebelled against My
against the LORD in the company of commandment in the wilderness of
Korah, but he died in his own sin; and Zin, in the strife of the congregation,
he had no sons. 4Why should the name to sanctify Me at the waters before
of our father be done away from their eyes.’—These are the waters of
among his family, because he had no Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of
son? Give unto us a possession among Zin.—15And Moses spoke unto the
the brethren of our father.’ 5And LORD, saying: 16’Let the LORD, the God
Moses brought their cause before the of the spirits of all flesh, set a man
LORD. 6And the LORD spoke unto over the congregation, 17who may go
Moses, saying: 7’The daughters of out before them, and who may come in
Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt before them, and who may lead them
surely give them a possession of an out, and who may bring them in; that
inheritance among their father’s the congregation of the LORD be not as
brethren; and thou shalt cause the sheep which have no shepherd.’ 18And
inheritance of their father to pass unto the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Take thee
them. 8And thou shalt speak unto the Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom
children of Israel, saying: If a man die, is spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;
19
and have no son, then ye shall cause and set him before Eleazar the priest,
his inheritance to pass unto his and before all the congregation; and
daughter. 9And if he have no daughter, give him a charge in their sight. 20And
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thou shalt put of thy honour upon him, the LORD. 7And the drink-offering
that all the congregation of the thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin
children of Israel may hearken. 21And for the one lamb; in the holy place
he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of
who shall inquire for him by the strong drink unto the LORD. 8And the
judgment of the Urim before the LORD; other lamb shalt thou present at dusk;
at his word shall they go out, and at his as the meal-offering of the morning,
word they shall come in, both he, and and as the drink-offering thereof, thou
all the children of Israel with him, shalt present it, an offering made by
even all the congregation.’ 22And fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
9
Moses did as the LORD commanded And on the sabbath day two he-
him; and he took Joshua, and set him lambs of the first year without
before Eleazar the priest, and before blemish, and two tenth parts of an
all the congregation. 23And he laid his ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering,
hands upon him, and gave him a mingled with oil, and the drink-
charge, as the LORD spoke by the hand offering thereof. 10This is the burnt-
of Moses. offering of every sabbath, beside the
continual burnt-offering, and the
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1 THESE ARE the words which Moses
spoke unto all Israel beyond the
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to
give unto them and to their seed after
Jordan; in the wilderness, in the them.’
9
Arabah, over against Suph, between And I spoke unto you at that time,
Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and saying: ‘I am not able to bear you
Hazeroth, and Di-zahab. 2It is eleven myself alone; 10the LORD your God
days journey from Horeb unto Kadesh- hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye
barnea by the way of mount Seir. 3And are this day as the stars of heaven for
it came to pass in the fortieth year, in multitude.—11The LORD, the God of
the eleventh month, on the first day of your fathers, make you a thousand
the month, that Moses spoke unto the times so many more as ye are, and
children of Israel, according unto all bless you, as He hath promised you!—
12
that the LORD had given him in How can I myself alone bear your
commandment unto them; 4after he cumbrance, and your burden, and your
had smitten Sihon the king of the strife? 13Get you, from each one of
Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and your tribes, wise men, and
Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in understanding, and full of knowledge,
Ashtaroth, at Edrei; 5beyond the and I will make them heads over you.’
14
Jordan, in the land of Moab, took And ye answered me, and said: ‘The
Moses upon him to expound this law, thing which thou hast spoken is good
saying: 6The LORD our God spoke unto for us to do.’ 15So I took the heads of
us in Horeb, saying: ‘Ye have dwelt your tribes, wise men, and full of
long enough in this mountain; 7turn knowledge, and made them heads over
you, and take your journey, and go to you, captains of thousands, and
the hill-country of the Amorites and captains of hundreds, and captains of
unto all the places nigh thereunto, in fifties, and captains of tens, and
the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in officers, tribe by tribe. 16And I charged
the Lowland, and in the South, and by your judges at that time, saying: ‘Hear
the sea-shore; the land of the the causes between your brethren, and
Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the judge righteously between a man and
great river, the river Euphrates. his brother, and the stranger that is
8
Behold, I have set the land before with him. 17Ye shall not respect
you: go in and possess the land which persons in judgment; ye shall hear the
the LORD swore unto your fathers, to small and the great alike; ye shall not
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be afraid of the face of any man; for and said: ‘Because the LORD hated us,
the judgment is God’s; and the cause He hath brought us forth out of the
that is too hard for you ye shall bring land of Egypt, to deliver us into the
unto me, and I will hear it.’ 18And I hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
28
commanded you at that time all the Whither are we going up? our
things which ye should do. brethren have made our heart to melt,
19
And we journeyed from Horeb, saying: The people is greater and taller
and went through all that great and than we; the cities are great and
dreadful wilderness which ye saw, by fortified up to heaven; and moreover
the way to the hill-country of the we have seen the sons of the Anakim
Amorites, as the LORD our God there.’ 29Then I said unto you: ‘Dread
commanded us; and we came to not, neither be afraid of them. 30The
Kadesh-barnea. 20And I said unto you: LORD your God who goeth before you,
‘Ye are come unto the hill-country of He shall fight for you, according to all
the Amorites, which the LORD our God that He did for you in Egypt before
giveth unto us. 21Behold, the LORD thy your eyes; 31and in the wilderness,
God hath set the land before thee; go where thou hast seen how that the
up, take possession, as the LORD, the LORD thy God bore thee, as a man doth
God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto bear his son, in all the way that ye
thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.’ went, until ye came unto this place.
22 32
And ye came near unto me every one Yet in this thing ye do not believe the
of you, and said: ‘Let us send men LORD your God, 33Who went before
before us, that they may search the you in the way, to seek you out a place
land for us, and bring us back word of to pitch your tents in: in fire by night,
the way by which we must go up, and to show you by what way ye should
the cities unto which we shall come.’ go, and in the cloud by day.’
23 34
And the thing pleased me well; and I And the LORD heard the voice of
took twelve men of you, one man for your words, and was wroth, and swore,
every tribe; 24and they turned and went saying: 35’Surely there shall not one of
up into the mountains, and came unto these men, even this evil generation,
the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out. see the good land, which I swore to
25
And they took of the fruit of the land give unto your fathers, 36save Caleb
in their hands, and brought it down the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it;
unto us, and brought us back word, and to him will I give the land that he
and said: ‘Good is the land which the hath trodden upon, and to his children;
LORD our God giveth unto us.’ 26Yet ye because he hath wholly followed the
would not go up, but rebelled against LORD.’ 37Also the LORD was angry with
the commandment of the LORD your me for your sakes, saying: Thou also
God; 27and ye murmured in your tents, shalt not go in thither; 38Joshua the son
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of Nun, who standeth before thee, he way to the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke
shall go in thither; encourage thou unto me; and we compassed mount
him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit Seir many days.
it. 39Moreover your little ones, that ye 2
And the LORD spoke unto me,
said should be a prey, and your saying: 3’Ye have compassed this
children, that this day have no mountain long enough; turn you
knowledge of good or evil, they shall northward. 4And command thou the
go in thither, and unto them will I give people, saying: Ye are to pass through
it, and they shall possess it. 40But as the border of your brethren the
for you, turn you, and take your children of Esau, that dwell in Seir;
journey into the wilderness by the way and they will be afraid of you; take ye
to the Red Sea.’ 41Then ye answered good heed unto yourselves therefore;
5
and said unto me: ‘We have sinned contend not with them; for I will not
against the LORD, we will go up and give you of their land, no, not so much
fight, according to all that the LORD our as for the sole of the foot to tread on;
God commanded us.’ And ye girded because I have given mount Seir unto
on every man his weapons of war, and Esau for a possession. 6Ye shall
deemed it a light thing to go up into purchase food of them for money, that
the hill-country. 42And the LORD said ye may eat; and ye shall also buy
unto me: ‘Say unto them: Go not up, water of them for money, that ye may
neither fight; for I am not among you; drink. 7For the LORD thy God hath
lest ye be smitten before your blessed thee in all the work of thy
enemies.’ 43So I spoke unto you, and hand; He hath known thy walking
ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled through this great wilderness; these
against the commandment of the LORD, forty years the LORD thy God hath been
and were presumptuous, and went up with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.’
into the hill-country. 44And the 8
So we passed by from our brethren
Amorites, that dwell in that hill- the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir,
country, came out against you, and from the way of the Arabah, from
chased you, as bees do, and beat you Elath and from Ezion-geber.
down in Seir, even unto Hormah. And we turned and passed by the
45
And ye returned and wept before the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9And
LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to the LORD said unto me: ‘Be not at
your voice, nor gave ear unto you. 46So enmity with Moab, neither contend
ye abode in Kadesh many days, with them in battle; for I will not give
according unto the days that ye abode thee of his land for a possession;
there. because I have given Ar unto the
8
10
All the commandment which I And thou shalt eat and be satisfied,
command thee this day shall ye and bless the LORD thy God for the
observe to do, that ye may live, and good land which He hath given thee.
11
multiply, and go in and possess the Beware lest thou forget the LORD thy
land which the LORD swore unto your God, in not keeping His
fathers. 2And thou shalt remember all commandments, and His ordinances,
the way which the LORD thy God hath and His statutes, which I command
led thee these forty years in the thee this day; 12lest when thou hast
wilderness, that He might afflict thee, eaten and art satisfied, and hast built
to prove thee, to know what was in thy goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13
heart, whether thou wouldest keep His and when thy herds and thy flocks
commandments, or no. 3And He multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is
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multiplied, and all that thou hast is thou hast heard say: ‘Who can stand
multiplied; 14then thy heart be lifted before the sons of Anak?’ 3Know
up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, therefore this day, that the LORD thy
who brought thee forth out of the land God is He who goeth over before thee
of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; as a devouring fire; He will destroy
15
who led thee through the great and them, and He will bring them down
dreadful wilderness, wherein were before thee; so shalt thou drive them
serpents, fiery serpents, and scorpions, out, and make them to perish quickly,
and thirsty ground where was no as the LORD hath spoken unto thee.
4
water; who brought thee forth water Speak not thou in thy heart, after that
out of the rock of flint; 16who fed thee the LORD thy God hath thrust them out
in the wilderness with manna, which from before thee, saying: ‘For my
thy fathers knew not, that He might righteousness the LORD hath brought
afflict thee, and that He might prove me in to possess this land’; whereas
thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; for the wickedness of these nations the
17
and thou say in thy heart: ‘My power LORD doth drive them out from before
and the might of my hand hath gotten thee. 5Not for thy righteousness, or for
me this wealth.’ 18But thou shalt the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou
remember the LORD thy God, for it is go in to possess their land; but for the
He that giveth thee power to get wickedness of these nations the LORD
wealth, that He may establish His thy God doth drive them out from
covenant which He swore unto thy before thee, and that He may establish
fathers, as it is this day. the word which the LORD swore unto
19
And it shall be, if thou shalt forget thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
the LORD thy God, and walk after other to Jacob. 6Know therefore that it is not
gods, and serve them, and worship for thy righteousness that the LORD thy
them, I forewarn you this day that ye God giveth thee this good land to
shall surely perish. 20As the nations possess it; for thou art a stiffnecked
that the LORD maketh to perish before people.
7
you, so shall ye perish; because ye Remember, forget thou not, how
would not hearken unto the voice of thou didst make the LORD thy God
the LORD your God. wroth in the wilderness; from the day
11
10
Therefore thou shalt love the For the land, whither thou goest in
LORD thy God, and keep His to possess it, is not as the land of
charge, and His statutes, and His Egypt, from whence ye came out,
ordinances, and His commandments, where thou didst sow thy seed, and
alway. 2And know ye this day; for I didst water it with thy foot, as a garden
speak not with your children that have of herbs; 11but the land, whither ye go
not known, and that have not seen the over to possess it, is a land of hills and
chastisement of the LORD your God, valleys, and drinketh water as the rain
His greatness, His mighty hand, and of heaven cometh down; 12a land
His outstretched arm, 3and His signs, which the LORD thy God careth for; the
and His works, which He did in the eyes of the LORD thy God are always
midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king upon it, from the beginning of the year
of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4and even unto the end of the year.
what He did unto the army of Egypt,
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And it shall come to pass, if ye For if ye shall diligently keep all
shall hearken diligently unto My this commandment which I command
commandments which I command you you, to do it, to love the LORD your
this day, to love the LORD your God, God, to walk in all His ways, and to
and to serve Him with all your heart cleave unto Him, 23then will the LORD
and with all your soul, 14that I will drive out all these nations from before
give the rain of your land in its season, you, and ye shall dispossess nations
the former rain and the latter rain, that greater and mightier than yourselves.
24
thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy Every place whereon the sole of your
wine, and thine oil. 15And I will give foot shall tread shall be yours: from
grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the
thou shalt eat and be satisfied. 16Take river, the river Euphrates, even unto
heed to yourselves, lest your heart be the hinder sea shall be your border.
25
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve There shall no man be able to stand
other gods, and worship them; 17and against you: the LORD your God shall
the anger of the LORD be kindled lay the fear of you and the dread of
against you, and He shut up the you upon all the land that ye shall
heaven, so that there shall be no rain, tread upon, as He hath spoken unto
and the ground shall not yield her fruit; you.
and ye perish quickly from off the ראה
good land which the LORD giveth you. 26
Behold, I set before you this day a
18
Therefore shall ye lay up these My blessing and a curse: 27the blessing, if
words in your heart and in your soul; ye shall hearken unto the
and ye shall bind them for a sign upon commandments of the LORD your God,
your hand, and they shall be for which I command you this day; 28and
frontlets between your eyes. 19And ye the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto
shall teach them your children, talking the commandments of the LORD your
of them, when thou sittest in thy God, but turn aside out of the way
house, and when thou walkest by the which I command you this day, to go
way, and when thou liest down, and after other gods, which ye have not
when thou risest up. 20And thou shalt known.
write them upon the door-posts of thy 29
And it shall come to pass, when
house, and upon thy gates; 21that your the LORD thy God shall bring thee into
days may be multiplied, and the days the land whither thou goest to possess
of your children, upon the land which it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon
the LORD swore unto your fathers to mount Gerizim, and the curse upon
give them, as the days of the heavens mount Ebal. 30Are they not beyond the
above the earth. Jordan, behind the way of the going
down of the sun, in the land of the
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Canaanites that dwell in the Arabah, shall eat before the LORD your God,
over against Gilgal, beside the and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put
terebinths of Moreh? 31For ye are to your hand unto, ye and your
pass over the Jordan to go in to households, wherein the LORD thy God
possess the land which the LORD your hath blessed thee. 8Ye shall not do
God giveth you, and ye shall possess after all that we do here this day, every
it, and dwell therein. 32And ye shall man whatsoever is right in his own
observe to do all the statutes and the eyes; 9for ye are not as yet come to the
ordinances which I set before you this rest and to the inheritance, which the
day. LORD your God giveth thee. 10But
when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell
17 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto thee up unto the place which the LORD
the LORD thy God an ox, or a thy God shall choose. 9And thou shall
sheep, wherein is a blemish, even any come unto the priests the Levites, and
evil thing; for that is an abomination unto the judge that shall be in those
unto the LORD thy God. days; and thou shalt inquire; and they
2
If there be found in the midst of shall declare unto thee the sentence of
thee, within any of thy gates which the judgment. 10And thou shalt do
LORD thy God giveth thee, man or according to the tenor of the sentence,
woman, that doeth that which is evil in which they shall declare unto thee
the sight of the LORD thy God, in from that place which the LORD shall
transgressing His covenant, 3and hath choose; and thou shalt observe to do
gone and served other gods, and according to all that they shall teach
worshipped them, or the sun, or the thee. 11According to the law which
moon, or any of the host of heaven, they shall teach thee, and according to
which I have commanded not; 4and it the judgment which they shall tell
be told thee, and thou hear it, then thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn
shalt thou inquire diligently, and, aside from the sentence which they
behold, if it be true, and the thing shall declare unto thee, to the right
certain, that such abomination is hand, nor to the left. 12And the man
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that doeth presumptuously, in not brethren, and that he turn not aside
hearkening unto the priest that from the commandment, to the right
standeth to minister there before the hand, or to the left; to the end that he
LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even may prolong his days in his kingdom,
that man shall die; and thou shalt he and his children, in the midst of
exterminate the evil from Israel. 13And Israel.
all the people shall hear, and fear, and
do no more presumptuously.
14
18 The priests the Levites, even
all the tribe of Levi, shall have
When thou art come unto the land no portion nor inheritance with Israel;
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, they shall eat the offerings of the LORD
and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell made by fire, and His inheritance.
2
therein; and shalt say: ‘I will set a king And they shall have no inheritance
over me, like all the nations that are among their brethren; the LORD is their
round about me’; 15thou shalt in any inheritance, as He hath spoken unto
wise set him king over thee, whom the them.
3
LORD thy God shall choose; one from And this shall be the priests’due
among thy brethren shalt thou set king from the people, from them that offer a
over thee; thou mayest not put a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep,
foreigner over thee, who is not thy that they shall give unto the priest the
brother. 16Only he shall not multiply shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the
horses to himself, nor cause the people maw. 4The first-fruits of thy corn, of
to return to Egypt, to the end that he thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first
should multiply horses; forasmuch as of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou
the LORD hath said unto you: ‘Ye shall give him. 5For the LORD thy God hath
henceforth return no more that way.’ chosen him out of all thy tribes, to
17
Neither shall he multiply wives to stand to minister in the name of the
himself, that his heart turn not away; LORD, him and his sons for ever.
6
neither shall he greatly multiply to And if a Levite come from any of
himself silver and gold. 18And it shall thy gates out of all Israel, where he
be, when he sitteth upon the throne of sojourneth, and come with all the
his kingdom, that he shall write him a desire of his soul unto the place which
copy of this law in a book, out of that the LORD shall choose; 7then he shall
which is before the priests the Levites. minister in the name of the LORD his
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And it shall be with him, and he shall God, as all his brethren the Levites do,
read therein all the days of his life; that who stand there before the LORD.
8
he may learn to fear the LORD his God, They shall have like portions to eat,
to keep all the words of this law and beside that which is his due according
these statutes, to do them; 20that his to the fathers’houses.
heart be not lifted up above his
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When thou art come into the land unto My words which he shall speak in
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, My name, I will require it of him.
20
thou shalt not learn to do after the But the prophet, that shall speak a
abominations of those nations. 10There word presumptuously in My name,
shall not be found among you any one which I have not commanded him to
that maketh his son or his daughter to speak, or that shall speak in the name
pass through the fire, one that useth of other gods, that same prophet shall
divination, a soothsayer, or an die.’ 21And if thou say in thy heart:
enchanter, or a sorcerer, 11or a ‘How shall we know the word which
charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost the LORD hath not spoken?’ 22When a
or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. prophet speaketh in the name of the
12
For whosoever doeth these things is LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come
an abomination unto the LORD; and to pass, that is the thing which the
because of these abominations the LORD hath not spoken; the prophet hath
LORD thy God is driving them out from spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt
before thee. 13Thou shalt be whole- not be afraid of him.
hearted with the LORD thy God. 14For
these nations, that thou art to 19 When the LORD thy God shall
cut off the nations, whose land
dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou
and unto diviners; but as for thee, the dost succeed them, and dwell in their
LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so cities, and in their houses; 2thou shalt
to do. 15A prophet will the LORD thy separate three cities for thee in the
God raise up unto thee, from the midst midst of thy land, which the LORD thy
of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; GOD giveth thee to possess it. 3Thou
unto him ye shall hearken; 16according shalt prepare thee the way, and divide
to all that thou didst desire of the LORD the borders of thy land, which the
thy God in Horeb in the day of the LORD thy God causeth thee to inherit,
assembly, saying: ‘Let me not hear into three parts, that every manslayer
again the voice of the LORD my God, may flee thither. 4And this is the case
neither let me see this great fire any of the manslayer, that shall flee thither
more, that I die not.’ 17And the LORD and live: whoso killeth his neighbour
said unto me: ‘They have well said unawares, and hated him not in time
that which they have spoken. 18I will past; 5as when a man goeth into the
raise them up a prophet from among forest with his neighbour to hew wood,
their brethren, like unto thee; and I and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the
will put My words in his mouth, and axe to cut down the tree, and the head
he shall speak unto them all that I shall slippeth from the helve, and lighteth
command him. 19And it shall come to upon his neighbour, that he die; he
pass, that whosoever will not hearken shall flee unto one of these cities and
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live; 6lest the avenger of blood pursue that the LORD thy God giveth thee to
the manslayer, while his heart is hot, possess it.
15
and overtake him, because the way is One witness shall not rise up
long, and smite him mortally; whereas against a man for any iniquity, or for
he was not deserving of death, any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at
inasmuch as he hated him not in time the mouth of two witnesses, or at the
past. 7Wherefore I command thee, mouth of three witnesses, shall a
saying: ‘Thou shalt separate three matter be establishment16If an
cities for thee.’ 8And if the LORD thy unrighteous witness rise up against any
God enlarge thy border, as He hath man to bear perverted witness against
sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee him; 17then both the men, between
all the land which He promised to give whom the controversy is, shall stand
unto thy fathers— 9if thou shalt keep before the LORD, before the priests and
all this commandment to do it, which I the judges that shall be in those days.
18
command thee this day, to love the And the judges shall inquire
LORD thy God, and to walk ever in His diligently; and, behold, if the witness
ways—then shalt thou add three cities be a false witness, and hath testified
more for thee, beside these three; 10that falsely against his brother; 19then shall
innocent blood be not shed in the ye do unto him, as he had purposed to
midst of thy land, which the LORD thy do unto his brother; so shalt thou put
God giveth thee for an inheritance, and away the evil from the midst of thee.
20
so blood be upon thee. And those that remain shall hear, and
11
But if any man hate his neighbour, fear, and shall henceforth commit no
and lie in wait for him, and rise up more any such evil in the midst of
against him, and smite him mortally thee. 21And thine eye shall not pity:
that he die; and he flee into one of life for life, eye for eye, tooth for
these cities; 12then the elders of his city tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
shall send and fetch him thence, and
deliver him into the hand of the
avenger of blood, that he may die.
13
20 When thou goest forth to
battle against thine enemies,
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou and seest horses, and chariots, and a
shalt put away the blood of the people more than thou, thou shalt not
innocent from Israel, that it may go be afraid of them; for the LORD thy
well with thee. God is with thee, who brought thee up
14
Thou shalt not remove thy out of the land of Egypt. 2And it shall
neighbour’s landmark, which they of be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle,
old time have set, in thine inheritance that the priest shall approach and
which thou shalt inherit, in the land speak unto the people, 3and shall say
unto them: ‘Hear, O Israel, ye draw
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nigh this day unto battle against your serve thee. 12And if it will make no
enemies; let not your heart faint; fear peace with thee, but will make war
not, nor be alarmed, neither be ye against thee, then thou shalt besiege it.
affrighted at them; 4for the LORD your 13
And when the LORD thy God
God is He that goeth with you, to fight delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt
for you against your enemies, to save smite every male thereof with the edge
you.’ 5And the officers shall speak of the sword; 14but the women, and the
unto the people, saying: ‘What man is little ones, and the cattle, and all that is
there that hath built a new house, and in the city, even all the spoil thereof,
hath not dedicated it? let him go and shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself;
return to his house, lest he die in the and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine
battle, and another man dedicate it. enemies, which the LORD thy God hath
6
And what man is there that hath given thee. 15Thus shalt thou do unto
planted a vineyard, and hath not used all the cities which are very far off
the fruit thereof? let him go and return from thee, which are not of the cities
unto his house, lest he die in the battle, of these nations. 16Howbeit of the
and another man use the fruit thereof. cities of these peoples, that the LORD
7
And what man is there that hath thy God giveth thee for an inheritance,
betrothed a wife, and hath not taken thou shalt save alive nothing that
her? let him go and return unto his breatheth, 17but thou shalt utterly
house, lest he die in the battle, and destroy them: the Hittite, and the
another man take her.’ 8And the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the
officers shall speak further unto the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite;
people, and they shall say: ‘What man as the LORD thy God hath commanded
is there that is fearful and faint- thee; 18that they teach you not to do
hearted? let him go and return unto his after all their abominations, which
house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as they have done unto their gods, and so
his heart.’ 9And it shall be, when the ye sin against the LORD your God.
19
officers have made an end of speaking When thou shalt besiege a city a
unto the people, that captains of hosts long time, in making war against it to
shall be appointed at the head of the take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees
people. thereof by wielding an axe against
10
When thou drawest nigh unto a them; for thou mayest eat of them, but
city to fight against it, then proclaim thou shalt not cut them down; for is
peace unto it. 11And it shall be, if it the tree of the field man, that it should
make thee answer of peace, and open be besieged of thee? 20Only the trees
unto thee, then it shall be, that all the of which thou knowest that they are
people that are found therein shall not trees for food, them thou mayest
become tributary unto thee, and shall destroy and cut down, that thou mayest
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build bulwarks against the city that midst of thee, when thou shalt do that
maketh war with thee, until it fall. which is right in the eyes of the LORD.
22
9
Thou shalt not see thy Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard
brother’s ox or his sheep with two kinds of seed; lest the fulness
driven away, and hide thyself from of the seed which thou hast sown be
them; thou shalt surely bring them forfeited together with the increase of
back unto thy brother. 2And if thy the vineyard.
10
brother be not nigh unto thee, and thou Thou shalt not plow with an ox
know him not, then thou shalt bring it and an ass together. 11Thou shalt not
home to thy house, and it shall be with wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen
thee until thy brother require it, and together.
thou shalt restore it to him. 3And so
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Thou shalt make thee twisted deed in Israel, to play the harlot in her
cords upon the four corners of thy father’s house; so shalt thou put away
covering, wherewith thou coverest the evil from the midst of thee.
22
thyself. If a man be found lying with a
13
If any man take a wife, and go in woman married to a husband, then
unto her, and hate her, 14and lay they shall both of them die, the man
wanton charges against her, and bring that lay with the woman, and the
up an evil name upon her, and say: ‘I woman; so shalt thou put away the evil
took this woman, and when I came from Israel.
23
nigh to her, I found not in her the If there be a damsel that is a virgin
tokens of virginity’; 15then shall the betrothed unto a man, and a man find
father of the damsel, and her mother, her in the city, and lie with her; 24then
take and bring forth the tokens of the ye shall bring them both out unto the
damsel’s virginity unto the elders of gate of that city, and ye shall stone
the city in the gate. 16And the damsel’s them with stones that they die: the
father shall say unto the elders: ‘I gave damsel, because she cried not, being in
my daughter unto this man to wife, the city; and the man, because he hath
and he hateth her; 17and, lo, he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife; so thou
laid wanton charges, saying: I found shalt put away the evil from the midst
not in thy daughter the tokens of of thee.
25
virginity; and yet these are the tokens But if the man find the damsel that
of my daughter’s virginity.’ And they is betrothed in the field, and the man
shall spread the garment before the take hold of her, and lie with her; then
elders of the city. 18And the elders of the man only that lay with her shall
that city shall take the man and die. 26But unto the damsel thou shalt
chastise him. 19And they shall fine him do nothing; there is in the damsel no
a hundred shekels of silver, and give sin worthy of death; for as when a man
them unto the father of the damsel, riseth against his neighbour, and
because he hath brought up an evil slayeth him, even so is this matter.
27
name upon a virgin of Israel; and she For he found her in the field; the
shall be his wife; he may not put her betrothed damsel cried, and there was
away all his days. none to save her.
20 28
But if this thing be true, that the If a man find a damsel that is a
tokens of virginity were not found in virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay
the damsel; 21then they shall bring out hold on her, and lie with her, and they
the damsel to the door of her father’s be found; 29then the man that lay with
house, and the men of her city shall her shall give unto the damsel’s father
stone her with stones that she die; fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be
because she hath wrought a wanton
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his wife, because he hath humbled her; keep thee from every evil thing. 11If
he may not put her away all his days. there be among you any man, that is
33 And this is the blessing With whom Thou didst strive at the
wherewith Moses the man of waters of Meribah;
9
God blessed the children of Israel Who said of his father, and of his
before his death. 2And he said: mother: ‘I have not seen him’;
The LORD came from Sinai, Neither did he acknowledge his
And rose from Seir unto them; brethren,
He shined forth from mount Paran, Nor knew he his own children;
And He came from the myriads For they have observed Thy word,
holy, And keep Thy covenant.
10
At His right hand was a fiery law They shall teach Jacob Thine
unto them. ordinances,
3
Yea, He loveth the peoples, And Israel Thy law;
All His holy ones—they are in Thy They shall put incense before Thee,
hand; And whole burnt-offering upon
And they sit down at Thy feet, Thine altar.
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Bless, LORD, his substance, His firstling bullock, majesty is
And accept the work of his hands; his;
Smite through the loins of them that And his horns are the horns of the
rise up against him, wild-ox;
And of them that hate him, that they With them he shall gore the peoples
rise not again. all of them, even the ends of the
earth;
12
Of Benjamin he said: And they are the ten thousands of
The beloved of the LORD shall dwell Ephraim,
in safety by Him; And they are the thousands of
He covereth him all the day, Manasseh.
And He dwelleth between his
18
shoulders. And of Zebulun he said:
Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out,
13
And of Joseph he said: And, Issachar, in thy tents.
19
Blessed of the LORD be his land; They shall call peoples unto the
For the precious things of heaven, mountain;
for the dew, There shall they offer sacrifices of
And for the deep that coucheth righteousness;
beneath, For they shall suck the abundance of
14
And for the precious things of the the seas,
fruits of the sun, And the hidden treasures of the
And for the precious things of the sand.
yield of the moons,
15 20
And for the tops of the ancient And of Gad he said:
mountains, Blessed be He that enlargeth Gad;
And for the precious things of the He dwelleth as a lioness,
everlasting hills, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown
16
And for the precious things of the of the head.
21
earth and the fulness thereof, And he chose a first part for
And the good will of Him that dwelt himself,
in the bush; For there a portion of a ruler was
Let the blessing come upon the head reserved;
of And there came the heads of the
Joseph, people,
And upon the crown of the head of He executed the righteousness of the
him that is prince among his LORD,
brethren. And His ordinances with Israel.
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And of Dan he said: And that is the sword of thy
Dan is a lion’s whelp, excellency!
That leapeth forth from Bashan. And thine enemies shall dwindle
away before thee;
23
And of Naphtali he said: And thou shalt tread upon their high
O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, places.
And full with the blessing of the
LORD:
Possess thou the sea and the south. 34 And Moses went up from the
plains of Moab unto mount
Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over
24
And of Asher he said: against Jericho. And the LORD showed
Blessed be Asher above sons; him all the land, even Gilead as far as
Let him be the favoured of his Dan; 2and all Naphtali, and the land of
brethren, Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the
And let him dip his foot in oil. land of Judah as far as the hinder sea;
25 3
Iron and brass shall be thy bars; and the South, and the Plain, even the
And as thy days, so shall thy valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees,
strength be. as far as Zoar. 4And the LORD said unto
him: ‘This is the land which I swore
26
There is none like unto God, O unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
Jeshurun, Jacob, saying: I will give it unto thy
Who rideth upon the heaven as thy seed; I have caused thee to see it with
help, thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over
And in His excellency on the skies. thither.’ 5So Moses the servant of the
27
The eternal God is a dwelling- LORD died there in the land of Moab,
place, according to the word of the LORD.
6
And underneath are the everlasting And he was buried in the valley in the
arms; land of Moab over against Beth-peor;
And He thrust out the enemy from and no man knoweth of his sepulchre
before thee, unto this day. 7And Moses was a
And said: ‘Destroy.’ hundred and twenty years old when he
28
And Israel dwelleth in safety, died: his eye was not dim, nor his
The fountain of Jacob alone, natural force abated. 8And the children
In a land of corn and wine; of Israel wept for Moses in the plains
Yea, his heavens drop down dew. of Moab thirty days; so the days of
29
Happy art thou, O Israel, who is weeping in the mourning for Moses
like unto thee? were ended. 9And Joshua the son of
A people saved by the LORD, Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom;
The shield of thy help, for Moses had laid his hands upon
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him; and the children of Israel wonders, which the LORD sent him to
hearkened unto him, and did as the do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh,
LORD commanded Moses. 10And there and to all his servants, and to all his
hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel land; 12and in all the mighty hand, and
like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew in all the great terror, which Moses
face to face; 11in all the signs and the wrought in the sight of all Israel.
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THE PROPHETS
JOSHUA THE TWELVE
JUDGES HOSEA
I SAMUEL JOEL
II SAMUEL AMOS
I KINGS OBADIAH
II KINGS JONAH
ISAIAH MICAH
JEREMIAH NAHUM
EZEKIEL HABAKKUK
ZEPHAIAH
HAGGAI
ZECHARIAH
MALACHAI
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JOSHUA
1 Now it came to pass after the
death of Moses the servant of the
observe to do according to all that is
written therein; for then thou shalt
LORD, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua make thy ways prosperous, and then
the son of Nun, Moses’minister, thou shalt have good success. 9Have
saying: 2’Moses My servant is dead; not I commanded thee? Be strong and
now therefore arise, go over this of good courage; be not affrighted,
Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD
the land which I do give to them, even thy God is with thee whithersoever
to the children of Israel. 3Every place thou goest.’
10
that the sole of your foot shall tread Then Joshua commanded the
upon, to you have I given it, as I spoke officers of the people, saying: 11’Pass
unto Moses. 4From the wilderness, and through the midst of the camp, and
this Lebanon, even unto the great command the people, saying: Prepare
river, the river Euphrates, all the land you victuals; for within three days ye
of the Hittites, and unto the Great Sea are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to
toward the going down of the sun, possess the land, which the LORD your
shall be your border. 5There shall not God giveth you to possess it.’
12
any man be able to stand before thee And to the Reubenites, and to the
all the days of thy life; as I was with Gadites, and to the half-tribe of
Moses, so I will be with thee; I will Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying:
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6Be 13
’Remember the word which Moses
strong and of good courage; for thou the servant of the LORD commanded,
shalt cause this people to inherit the you, saying: The LORD your God
land which I swore unto their fathers giveth you rest, and will give you this
to give them. 7Only be strong and very land. 14Your wives, your little ones,
courageous, to observe to do according and your cattle, shall abide in the land
to all the law, which Moses My which Moses gave you beyond the
servant commanded thee; turn not Jordan; but ye shall pass over before
from it to the right hand or to the left, your brethren armed, all the mighty
that thou mayest have good success men of valour, and shall help them;
whithersoever thou goest. 8This book 15
until the LORD have given your
of the law shall not depart out of thy brethren rest, as unto you, and they
mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein also have possessed the land which the
day and night, that thou mayest LORD your God giveth them; then ye
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shall return unto the land of your pursue after them quickly; for ye shall
possession, and possess it, which overtake them.’ 6But she had brought
Moses the servant of the LORD gave them up to the roof, and hid them with
you beyond the Jordan toward the the stalks of flax, which she had
sunrising.’ spread out upon the roof. 7And the
16
And they answered Joshua, saying: men pursued after them the way to the
‘All that thou hast commanded us we Jordan unto the fords; and as soon as
will do, and whithersoever thou they that pursued after them were gone
sendest us we will go. 17According as out, the gate was shut. 8And before
we hearkened unto Moses in all things, they were laid down, she came up unto
so will we hearken unto thee; only the them upon the roof; 9and she said unto
LORD thy God be with thee, as He was the men: ‘I know that the LORD hath
with Moses. 18Whosoever he be that given you the land, and that your terror
shall rebel against thy commandment, is fallen upon us, and that all the
and shall not hearken unto thy words inhabitants of the land melt away
in all that thou commandest him, he before you. 10For we have heard how
shall be put to death; only be strong the LORD dried up the water of the Red
and of good courage.’ Sea before you, when ye came out of
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is mighty; that ye may fear the LORD which the LORD swore unto their
your God for ever.’ fathers that He would give us, a land
a b
That is, The hill of the foreskins. That is, Rolling.
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And he said: ‘Nay, but I am captain Joshua had spoken unto the people, the
of the host of the LORD; I am now seven priests bearing the seven
come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to rams’horns before the LORD passed on,
the earth, and bowed down, and said and blew with the horns; and the ark of
unto him: ‘What saith my lord unto his the covenant of the LORD followed
servant?’ 15And the captain of the them. 9And the armed men went
LORD’S host said unto Joshua: ‘Put off before the priests that blew the horns,
thy shoe from off thy foot; for the and the rearward went after the ark,
place whereon thou standest is holy.’ [the priests] blowing with the horns
And Joshua did so. continually. 10And Joshua commanded
21
8
Then came near the heads of And the children of Israel gave by
fathers’houses of the Levites lot unto the Levites these cities with
unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the open land about them, as the LORD
Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the commanded by the hand of Moses.
9
heads of fathers’houses of the tribes of And they gave out of the tribe of
the children of Israel; 2and they spoke the children of Judah, and out of the
unto them at Shiloh in the land of tribe of the children of Simeon, these
Canaan, saying: ‘The LORD cities which are here mentioned by
commanded by the hand of Moses to name. 10And they were for the children
give us cities to dwell in, with the open of Aaron, of the families of the
land thereabout for our cattle.’ 3And Kohathites, who were of the children
the children of Israel gave unto the of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
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And they gave them Kiriath-arba, refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer
which Arba was the father of aAnak— with the open land about it; 22and
the same is Hebron—in the hill- Kibzaim with the open land about it,
country of Judah, with the open land and Beth-horon with the open land
round about it. 12But the fields of the about it; four cities. 23And out of the
city, and the villages thereof, gave tribe of Dan, Elteke with the open land
they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for about it, Gibbethon with the open land
his possession. about it; 24Aijalon with the open land
13
And unto the children of Aaron the about it, Gath-rimmon with the open
priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it; four cities. 25And out of
land about it, the city of refuge for the the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach
manslayer, and Libnah with the open with the open land about it, and Gath-
land about it; 14and Jattir with the open rimmon with the open land about it;
land about it, and Eshtemoa with the two cities. 26All the cities of the
open land about it; 15and Holon with families of the rest of the children of
the open land about it, and Debir with Kohath were ten with the open land
the open land about it; 16and Ain with about them.
27
the open land about it, and Juttah with And unto the children of Gershon,
the open land about it, and Beth- of the families of the Levites, out of
shemesh with the open land about it; the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave
nine cities out of those two tribes. Golan in Bashan with the open land
17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, about it, the city of refuge for the
Gibeon with the open land about it, manslayer; and Beeshterah with the
Geba with the open land about it; open land about it; two cities. 28And
18
Anathoth with the open land about it, out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion
and Almon with the open land about it; with the open land about it, Dobrath
four cities. 19All the cities of the with the open land about it; 29Jarmuth
children of Aaron, the priests, were with the open land about it, En-gannim
thirteen cities with the open land about with the open land about it; four cities.
30
them. And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal
20
And the families of the children of with the open land about it, Abdon
Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of with the open land about it; 31Helkath
the children of Kohath, they had the with the open land about it, and Rehob
cities of their lot out of the tribe of with the open land about it; four cities.
Ephraim. 21And they gave them 32
And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Shechem with the open land about it in Kedesh in Galilee with the open land
the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of about it, the city of refuge for the
manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with the
a
open land about it, and Kartan with the
Heb. Anok.
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open land about it; three cities. 33All open land round about it; thus it shall
the cities of the Gershonites according be with all these cities.
43
to their families were thirteen cities So the LORD gave unto Israel all
with the open land about them. the land which He swore to give unto
34
And unto the families of the their fathers; and they possessed it, and
children of Merari, the rest of the dwelt therein. 44And the LORD gave
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, them rest round about, according to all
Jokneam with the open land about it, that He swore unto their fathers; and
and Kartah with the open land about it; there stood not a man of all their
35
Dimnah with the open land about it, enemies against them; the LORD
Nahalal with the open land about it; delivered all their enemies into their
four cities. [a36And out of the tribe of hand. 45There failed not aught of any
Reuben, Bezer with the open land good thing which the LORD had spoken
about it, and Jahaz with the open land unto the house of Israel; all came to
about it; 37Kedemoth with the open pass.
land about it, and Mephaath with the
open land about it; four cities.] 38And 22 Then Joshua called the
Reubenites, and the Gadites,
out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 2and
Gilead with the open land about it, the said unto them: ‘Ye have kept all that
city of refuge for the manslayer, and Moses the servant of the LORD
Mahanaim with the open land about it; commanded you, and have hearkened
39
Heshbon with the open land about it, unto my voice in all that I commanded
Jazer with the open land about it; four you; 3ye have not left your brethren
cities in all. 40All these were the cities these many days unto this day, but
of the children of Merari according to have kept the charge of the
their families, even the rest of the commandment of the LORD your God.
4
families of the Levites; and their lot And now the LORD your God hath
was twelve cities. given rest unto your brethren, as He
41
All the cities of the Levites—forty spoke unto them; therefore now turn
and eight cities with the open land ye, and get you unto your tents, unto
about them—shall be in the midst of the land of your possession, which
the possession of the children of Israel, Moses the servant of the LORD gave
42
even these cities, every one with the you beyond the Jordan. 5Only take
diligent heed to do the commandment
and the law, which Moses the servant
a
of the LORD commanded you, to love
These two verses, taken from I the LORD your God, and to walk in all
Chron. Vi 63-64, are excluded from His ways, and to keep His
the text in authorative codicies and commandments, and to cleave unto
placed in the margin.
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Him, and to serve Him with all your on the side that pertaineth to the
heart and with all your soul.’ 6So children of Israel.’ 12And when the
Joshua blessed them, and sent them children of Israel heard of it, the whole
away; and they went unto their tents. congregation of the children of Israel
7
Now to the one half-tribe of gathered themselves together at
Manasseh Moses had given Shiloh, to go up against them to war.
13
inheritance in Bashan; but unto the And the children of Israel sent
other half gave Joshua among their unto the children of Reuben, and to the
brethren beyond the Jordan westward. children of Gad, and to the half-tribe
Moreover when Joshua sent them of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead,
away unto their tents, he blessed them, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest;
8 14
and spoke unto them, saying: ‘Return and with him ten princes, one prince
with much wealth unto your tents, and of a fathers’house for each of the tribes
with very much cattle, with silver, and of Israel; and they were every one of
with gold, and with brass, and with them head of their fathers’houses
iron, and with very much raiment; among the thousands of Israel. 15And
divide the spoil of your enemies with they came unto the children of
your brethren.’ Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
9
And the children of Reuben and the and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, unto
children of Gad and the half-tribe of the land of Gilead, and they spoke
Manasseh returned, and departed from with them, saying: 16’Thus saith the
the children of Israel out of Shiloh, whole congregation of the LORD: What
which is in the land of Canaan, to go treachery is this that ye have
unto the land of Gilead, to the land of committed against the God of Israel, to
their possession, whereof they were turn away this day from following the
possessed, according to the LORD, in that ye have builded you an
commandment of the LORD by the hand altar, to rebel this day against the
of Moses. 10And when they came unto LORD? 17Is the iniquity of Peor too little
the region about the Jordan, that is in for us, from which we have not
the land of Canaan, the children of cleansed ourselves unto this day,
Reuben and the children of Gad and although there came a plague upon the
the half-tribe of Manasseh built there congregation of the LORD, 18that ye
an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to must turn away this day from
look upon. 11And the children of Israel following the LORD? and it will be,
heard say: ‘Behold, the children of seeing ye rebel to-day against the
Reuben and the children of Gad and LORD, that to-morrow He will be wroth
the half-tribe of Manasseh have built with the whole congregation of Israel.
19
an altar in the forefront of the land of Howbeit, if the land of your
Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, possession be unclean, then pass ye
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over unto the land of the possession of burnt-offering, nor for sacrifice; 27but
the LORD, wherein the LORD’S it shall be a witness between us and
tabernacle dwelleth, and take you, and between our generations after
possession among us; but rebel not us, that we may do the service of the
against the LORD, nor rebel against us, LORD before Him with our burnt-
in building you an altar besides the offerings, and with our sacrifices, and
altar of the LORD our God. 20Did not with our peace-offerings; that your
Achan the son of Zerah commit a children may not say to our children in
trespass concerning the devoted thing, time to come: Ye have no portion in
and wrath fell upon all the the LORD. 28Therefore said we: It shall
congregation of Israel? and that man be, when they so say to us or to our
perished not alone in his iniquity.’ generations in time to come, that we
21
Then the children of Reuben and shall say: Behold the pattern of the
the children of Gad and the half-tribe altar of the LORD, which our fathers
of Manasseh answered, and spoke unto made, not for burnt-offering, nor for
the heads of the thousands of Israel: sacrifice; but it is a witness between us
22
’God, God, the LORD, God, God, the and you. 29Far be it from us that we
LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall should rebel against the LORD, and turn
know; if it be in rebellion, or if in away this day from following the
treachery against the LORD—save Thou LORD, to build an altar for burnt-
us not this day— 23that we have built offering, for meal-offering, or for
us an altar to turn away from following sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD
the LORD; or if to offer thereon burnt- our God that is before His tabernacle.’
30
offering or meal-offering, or if to offer And when Phinehas the priest, and
sacrifices of peace-offerings thereon, the princes of the congregation, even
let the LORD Himself require it; 24and if the heads of the thousands of Israel
we have not rather out of anxiety about that were with him, heard the words
a matter done this, saying: In time to that the children of Reuben and the
come your children might speak unto children of Gad and the children of
our children, saying: What have ye to Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
31
do with the LORD, the God of Israel? And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
25
for the LORD hath made the Jordan a priest said unto the children of
border between us and you, ye Reuben, and to the children of Gad,
children of Reuben and children of and to the children of Manasseh: ‘This
Gad; ye have no portion in the LORD; day we know that the LORD is in the
so might your children make our midst of us, because ye have not
children cease from fearing the LORD. committed this treachery against the
26
Therefore we said: Let us now LORD; now have ye delivered the
prepare to build us an altar, not for children of Israel out of the hand of the
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LORD.’ 32And Phinehas the son of sight; and ye shall possess their land,
Eleazar the priest, and the princes, as the LORD your God spoke unto you.
6
returned from the children of Reuben, Therefore be ye very courageous to
and from the children of Gad, out of keep and to do all that is written in the
the land of Gilead, unto the land of book of the law of Moses, that ye turn
Canaan, to the children of Israel, and not aside therefrom to the right hand or
brought them back word. 33And the to the left; 7that ye come not among
thing pleased the children of Israel; these nations, these that remain among
and the children of Israel blessed God, you; neither make mention of the
and spoke no more of going up against name of their gods, nor cause to swear
them to war, to destroy the land by them, neither serve them, nor
wherein the children of Reuben and worship them; 8but cleave unto the
the children of Gad dwelt. 34And the LORD your God, as ye have done unto
children of Reuben and the children of this day; 9wherefore the LORD hath
Gad called the altar—: ‘for it is a driven out from before you great
witness between us that the LORD is nations and mighty; but as for you, no
God.’ man hath stood against you unto this
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1 AND IT came to pass after the
death of Joshua, that the children
against the Canaanites that dwelt in the
hill-country, and in the South, and in
of Israel asked the LORD, saying: ‘Who the Lowland. 10And Judah went
shall go up for us first against the against the Canaanites that dwelt in
Canaanites, to fight against them?’ Hebron—now the name of Hebron
2
And LORD said: ‘Judah shall go up; beforetime was Kiriath-arba—and they
behold, I have delivered the land into smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and
his hand.’ 3And Judah said unto Talmai. 11And from thence he went
Simeon his brother: ‘Come up with me against the inhabitants of Debir—now
into my lot, that we may fight against the name of Debir beforetime was
the Canaanites; and I likewise will go Kiriath-sepher. 12And Caleb said: ‘He
with thee into thy lot.’ So Simeon that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh
went with him. 4And Judah went up; it, to him will I give Achsah my
and the LORD delivered the Canaanites daughter to wife.’ 13And Othniel the
and the Perizzites into their hand; and son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger
they smote of them in Bezek ten brother, took it; and he gave him
thousand men. 5And they found Achsah his daughter to wife. 14And it
Adoni-bezek in Bezek; and they came to pass, when she came unto
fought against him, and they smote the him, that she moved him to ask of her
Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6But father a field; and she alighted from
Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued off her ass; and Caleb said unto her:
after him, and caught him, and cut off ‘What wouldest thou?’ 15And she said
his thumbs and his great toes. 7And unto him: ‘Give me a blessing; for that
Adoni-bezek said: ‘Threescore and ten thou hast set me in the Southland, give
kings, having their thumbs and their me therefore springs of water.’ And
great toes cut off, gathered food under Caleb gave her the Upper Springs and
my table; as I have done, so God hath the Nether Springs.
16
requited me.’ And they brought him to And the children of the Kenite,
Jerusalem, and he died there. Moses’father-in-law, went up out of
8
And the children of Judah fought the city of palm-trees with the children
Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,
with the edge of the sword, and set the which is in the south of Arad; and they
city on fire. 9And afterward the went and dwelt with the people. 17And
children of Judah went down to fight Judah went with Simeon his brother,
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and they smote the Canaanites that towns, nor of Taanach and its towns,
inhabited Zephath, and utterly nor the inhabitants of Dor and its
destroyed it. And the name of the city towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam
was called Hormah. 18Also Judah took and its towns, nor the inhabitants of
Gaza with the border thereof, and Megiddo and its towns; but the
Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Canaanites were resolved to dwell in
Ekron with the border thereof. 19And that land. 28And it came to pass, when
the LORD was with Judah; and he drove Israel was waxen strong, that they put
out the inhabitants of the hill-country; the Canaanites to task-work, but did in
for he could not drive out the no wise drive them out.
29
inhabitants of the valley, because they And Ephraim drove not out the
had chariots of iron. 20And they gave Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the
Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among
spoken; and he drove out thence the them.
three sons of Anak. 21And the children 30
Zebulun drove not out the
of Benjamin did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the:
Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but inhabitants of Nahalol; but the
the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Canaanites dwelt among them, and
Benjamin in Jerusalem, unto this day. became tributary.
22 31
And the house of Joseph, they also Asher drove not out the inhabitants
went up against Beth-el; and the LORD of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon,
was with them. 23And the house of nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of
Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el—now Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;
32
the name of the city beforetime was but the Asherites dwelt among the
Luz. 24And the watchers saw a man Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land;
come forth out of the city, and they for they did not drive them out.
33
said unto him: ‘Show us, we pray thee, Naphtali drove not out the
the entrance into the city, and we will inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the
deal kindly with thee.’ 25And he inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt
showed them the entrance into the city, among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
and they smote the city with the edge of the land; nevertheless the
of the sword; but they let the man go inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of
and all his family. 26And the man went Beth-anath became tributary unto
into the land of the Hittites, and built a them.
34
city, and called the name thereof Luz, And the Amorites forced the
which is the name thereof unto this children of Dan into the hill-country;
day. for they would not suffer them to come
27
And Manasseh did not drive out down to the valley. 35But the Amorites
the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in
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Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand son of Nun, the servant of the LORD,
of the house of Joseph prevailed, so died, being a hundred and ten years
that they became tributary. 36And the old. 9And they buried him in the
border of the Amorites was from the border of his inheritance in Timnath-
ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela, and heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim,
upward. on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
2
10
And the angel of the LORD came And also all that generation were
up from Gilgal to Bochim. And gathered unto their fathers; and there
he said: ‘. . . I made you to go up out arose another generation after them,
of Egypt, and have brought you unto that knew not the LORD, nor yet the
the land which I swore unto your work which He had wrought for Israel.
11
fathers; and I said: I will never break And the children of Israel did that
My covenant with you; 2and ye shall which was evil in the sight of the
make no covenant with the inhabitants LORD, and served the Baalim. 12And
of this land; ye shall break down their they forsook the LORD, the God of their
altars; but ye have not hearkened unto fathers, who brought them out of the
My voice; what is this ye have done? land of Egypt, and followed other
3
Wherefore I also said: I will not drive gods, of the gods of the peoples that
them out from before you; but they were round about them, and
shall be unto you as snares, and their worshipped them; and they provoked
gods shall be a trap unto you.’ 4And it the LORD. 13And they forsook the LORD,
came to pass, when the angel of the and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
14
LORD spoke these words unto all the And the anger of the LORD was
children of Israel, that the people lifted kindled against Israel, and He
up their voice, and wept. 5And they delivered them into the hands of
called the name of that place aBochim; spoilers that spoiled them, and He
and they sacrificed there unto the gave them over into the hands of their
LORD. enemies round about, so that they
6
Now when Joshua had sent the could not any longer stand before their
people away, the children of Israel enemies. 15Whithersoever they went
went every man unto his inheritance to out, the hand of the LORD was against
possess the land. 7And the people them for evil, as the LORD had spoken,
served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and as the LORD had sworn unto them;
and all the days of the elders that and they were sore distressed. 16And
outlived Joshua, who had seen all the the LORD raised up judges, who saved
great work of the LORD, that He had them out of the hand of those that
wrought for Israel. 8And Joshua the spoiled them. 17And yet they
hearkened not unto their judges, for
a
That is, Weepers. they went astray after other gods, and
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worshipped them; they turned aside least such as beforetime knew nothing
quickly out of the way wherein their thereof; 3namely, the five lords of the
fathers walked, obeying the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and
commandments of the LORD; they did the Zidonians, and the Hivites that
not so. 18And when the LORD raised dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount
them up judges, then the LORD was Baal-hermon unto the entrance of
with the judge, and saved them out of Hamath. 4And they were there, to
the hand of their enemies all the days prove Israel by them, to know whether
of the judge; for it repented the LORD they would hearken unto the
because of their groaning by reason of commandments of the LORD, which He
them that oppressed them and crushed commanded their fathers by the hand
them. 19But it came to pass, when the of Moses. 5And the children of Israel
judge was dead, that they turned back, dwelt among the Canaanites, the
and dealt more corruptly than their Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
fathers, in following other gods to Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the
serve them, and to worship them; they Jebusites; 6and they took their
left nothing undone of their practices, daughters to be their wives, and gave
nor of their stubborn way. 20And the their own daughters to their sons, and
anger of the LORD was kindled against served their gods.
7
Israel; and He said: ‘Because this And the children of Israel did that
nation have transgressed My covenant which was evil in the sight of the
which I commanded their fathers, and LORD, and forgot the LORD their God,
have not hearkened unto My voice; 21I and served the Baalim and the
also will not henceforth drive out any Asheroth. 8Therefore the anger of the
from before them of the nations that LORD was kindled against Israel, and
Joshua left when he died; 22that by He gave them over into the hand of
them I may prove Israel, whether they Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-
will keep the way of the LORD to walk naharaim; and the children of Israel
therein, as their fathers did keep it, or served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
not.’ 23So the LORD left those nations, 9
And when the children of Israel cried
without driving them out hastily; unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a
neither delivered He them into the saviour to the children of Israel, who
hand of Joshua. saved them, even Othniel the son of
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O my soul, tread them down with ‘Why is his chariot so long in
strength. coming?
22
Then did the horsehoofs stamp Why tarry the wheels of his
By reason of the prancings, the chariots?
29
prancings of their mighty ones. The wisest of her princesses
23
’Curse ye Meroz’, said the angel answer her,
of the LORD, Yea, she returneth answer to herself:
30
‘Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants ’Are they not finding, are they not
thereof, dividing the spoil?
Because they came not to the help A damsel, two damsels to every
of the LORD, man;
To the help of the LORD against the To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments,
mighty.’ A spoil of dyed garments of
24
Blessed above women shall Jael embroidery,
be, Two dyed garments of broidery for
The wife of Heber the Kenite, the neck of every spoiler?’
Above women in the tent shall she
31
be blessed. So perish all Thine enemies, O
25
Water he asked, milk she gave LORD;
him; But they that love Him be as the sun
In a lordly bowl she brought him when he goeth forth in his might.
curd. And the land had rest forty years.
6
26
Her hand she put to the tent-pin, And the children of Israel did that
And her right hand to the which was evil in the sight of the
workmen’s hammer; LORD; and the LORD delivered them
And with the hammer she smote into the hand of Midian seven years.
2
Sisera, she smote through his And the hand of Midian prevailed
head, against Israel; and because of Midian
Yea, she pierced and struck through the children of Israel made them the
his temples. dens which are in the mountains, and
27
At her feet he sunk, he fell, he lay; the caves, and the strongholds. 3And so
At her feet he sunk, he fell; it was, when Israel had sown, that the
Where he sunk, there he fell down Midianites came up, and the
dead. Amalekites, and the children of the
east; they came up against them; 4and
28
Through the window she looked they encamped against them, and
forth, and peered, destroyed the produce of the earth, till
The mother of Sisera, through the thou come unto Gaza, and left no
lattice: sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor
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ox, nor ass. 5For they came up with LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now
their cattle and their tents, and they the LORD hath cast us off, and
came in as locusts for multitude; both delivered us into the hand of Midian.’
14
they and their camels were without And the LORD turned towards him,
number; and they came into the land to and said: ‘Go in this thy might, and
destroy it. 6And Israel was brought save Israel from the hand of Midian;
very low because of Midian; and the have not I sent thee?’ 15And he said
children of Israel cried unto the LORD. unto him: ‘Oh, my lord, wherewith
7
And it came to pass, when the shall I save Israel? behold, my family
children of Israel cried unto the LORD is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am
because of Midian, 8that the LORD sent the least in my father’s house.’ 16And
a prophet unto the children of Israel; the LORD said unto him: ‘Surely I will
and he said unto them: ‘Thus saith the be with thee, and thou shalt smite the
LORD, the God of Israel: I brought you Midianites as one man.’ 17And he said
up from Egypt, and brought you forth unto him: ‘If now I have found favour
out of the house of bondage; 9and I in thy sight, then show me a sign that
delivered you out of the hand of the it is thou that talkest with me. 18Depart
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all not hence, I pray thee, until I come
that oppressed you, and drove them unto thee, and bring forth my present,
out from before you, and gave you and lay it before thee.’ And he said: ‘I
their land. 10And I said unto you: I am will tarry until thou come back.’ 19And
the LORD your God; ye shall not fear Gideon went in, and made ready a kid,
the gods of the Amorites, in whose and unleavened cakes of an ephah of
land ye dwell; but ye have not meal; the flesh he put in a basket, and
hearkened unto My voice.’ he put the broth in a pot, and brought it
11
And the angel of the LORD came, out unto him under the terebinth, and
and sat under the terebinth which was presented it. 20And the angel of God
in Ophrah, that belonged unto Joash said unto him: ‘Take the flesh and the
the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was unleavened cakes, and lay them upon
beating out wheat in the winepress, to this rock, and pour out the broth.’ And
hide it from the Midianites. 12And the he did so. 21Then the angel of the LORD
angel of the LORD appeared unto him, put forth the end of the staff that was
and said unto him: ‘The LORD is with in his hand, and touched the flesh and
thee, thou mighty man of valour.’ the unleavened cakes; and there went
13
And Gideon said unto him: ‘Oh, my up fire out of the rock, and consumed
lord, if the LORD be with us, why then the flesh and the unleavened cakes;
is all this befallen us? and where are and the angel of the LORD departed out
all His wondrous works which our of his sight. 22And Gideon saw that he
fathers told us of, saying: Did not the was the angel of the LORD; and Gideon
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said: ‘Alas, O Lord GOD! forasmuch as said unto Joash: ‘Bring out thy son,
I have seen the angel of the LORD face that he may die; because he hath
to face.’ 23And the LORD said unto him: broken down the altar of Baal, and
‘Peace be unto thee; fear not; thou because he hath cut down the Asherah
shalt not die.’ 24Then Gideon built an that was by it.’ 31And Joash said unto
altar there unto the LORD, and called it all that stood against him: ‘Will ye
a
‘Adonai-shalom’; unto this day it is contend for Baal? or will ye save him?
yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. he that will contend for him, shall be
25
And it came to pass the same put to death before morning; if he be a
night, that the LORD said unto him: god, let him contend for himself,
‘Take thy father’s bullock, and the because one hath broken down his
second bullock of seven years old, and altar.’ 32Therefore on that day he was
throw down the altar of Baal that thy called bJerubbaal, saying: ‘Let Baal
father hath, and cut down the Asherah contend against him, because he hath
that is by it; 26and build an altar unto broken down his altar.’
33
the LORD thy God upon the top of this Now all the Midianites and the
stronghold, in the ordered place, and Amalekites and the children of the east
take the second bullock, and offer a assembled themselves together; and
burnt-offering with the wood of the they passed over, and pitched in the
Asherah which thou shalt cut down.’ valley of Jezreel. 34But the spirit of the
27
Then Gideon took ten men of his LORD clothed Gideon; and he blew a
servants, and did as the LORD had horn; and Abiezer was gathered
spoken unto him; and it came to pass, together after him. 35And he sent
because he feared his father’s messengers throughout all Manasseh;
household and the men of the city, so and they also were gathered together
that he could not do it by day, that he after him; and he sent messengers unto
did it by night. 28And when the men of Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto
the city arose early in the morning, Naphtali; and they came up to meet
behold, the altar of Baal was broken them. 36And Gideon said unto God: ‘If
down, and the Asherah was cut down Thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as
that was by it, and the second bullock Thou hast spoken, 37behold, I will put
was offered upon the altar that was a fleece of wool on the threshing-floor;
built. 29And they said one to another: if there be dew on the fleece only, and
‘Who hath done this thing?’ And when it be dry upon all the ground, then
they inquired and asked, they said: shall I know that Thou wilt save Israel
‘Gideon the son of Joash hath done by my hand, as Thou hast spoken.’
this thing.’ 30Then the men of the city 38
And it was so; for he rose up early on
a b
That is, The LORD is peace. That is, Let Baal contend.
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the morrow, and pressed the fleece thee: This shall not go with thee, the
together, and wrung dew out of the same shall not go.’ 5So he brought
fleece, a bowlful of water. 39And down the people unto the water; and
Gideon said unto God: ‘Let not Thine the LORD said unto Gideon: ‘Everyone
anger be kindled against me, and I will that lappeth of the water with his
speak but this once: let me make trial, tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt
I pray Thee, but this once with the thou set by himself; likewise every one
fleece; let it now be dry only upon the that boweth down upon his knees to
fleece, and upon all the ground let drink.’ 6And the number of them that
there be dew.’ 40And God did so that lapped, putting their hand to their
night; for it was dry upon the fleece mouth, was three hundred men; but all
only, and there was dew on all the the rest of the people bowed down
ground. upon their knees to drink water. 7And
9
26
And the weight of the golden ear- And Abimelech the son of
rings that he requested was a thousand Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto
and seven hundred shekels of gold; his mother’s brethren, and spoke with
beside the crescents, and the pendants, them, and with all the family of the
and the purple raiment that was on the house of his mother’s father, saying:
2
kings of Midian, and beside the chains ’Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all
that were about their camels’necks. the men of Shechem: Which is better
27
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal,
and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; who are threescore and ten persons,
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rule over you, or that one rule over good fruitage, and go to hold sway
you? remember also that I am your over the trees? 12And the trees said
bone and your flesh.’ 3And his unto the vine: Come thou, and reign
mother’s brethren spoke of him in the over us. 13And the vine said unto them:
ears of all the men of Shechem all Should I leave my wine, which
these words; and their hearts inclined cheereth God and man, and go to hold
to follow Abimelech; for they said: sway over the trees? 14Then said all the
‘He is our brother.’ 4And they gave trees unto the bramble: Come thou,
him threescore and ten pieces of silver and reign over us. 15And the bramble
out of the house of Baal-berith, said unto the trees: If in truth ye anoint
wherewith Abimelech hired vain and me king over you, then come and take
light fellows, who followed him. 5And refuge in my shadow; and if not, let
he went unto his father’s house at fire come out of the bramble, and
Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons devour the cedars of Lebanon. 16Now
of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten therefore, if ye have dealt truly and
persons, upon one stone; but Jotham uprightly, in that ye have made
the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt
for he hid himself. well with Jerubbaal and his house, and
6
And all the men of Shechem have done unto him according to the
assembled themselves together, and all deserving of his hands—17for my
Beth-millo, and went and made father fought for you, and adventured
Abimelech king, by the terebinth of his life, and delivered you out of the
the pillar that was in Shechem. 7And hand of Midian; 18and ye are risen up
when they told it to Jotham, he went against my father’s house this day, and
and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, have slain his sons, threescore and ten
and lifted up his voice, and cried, and persons, upon one stone, and have
said unto them: ‘Hearken unto me, ye made Abimelech, the son of his maid-
men of Shechem, that God may servant, king over the men of
hearken unto you. 8The trees went Shechem, because he is your brother—
19
forth on a time to anoint a king over if ye then have dealt truly and
them; and they said unto the olive-tree: uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his
Reign thou over us. 9But the olive-tree house this day, then rejoice ye in
said unto them: Should I leave my Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in
fatness, seeing that by me they honour you. 20But if not, let fire come out
God and man, and go to hold sway from Abimelech, and devour the men
over the trees? 10And the trees said to of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let
the fig-tree: Come thou, and reign over fire come out from the men of
us. 11But the fig-tree said unto them: Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and
Should I leave my sweetness, and my devour Abimelech.’ 21And Jotham ran
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away, and fled, and went to Beer, and come out.’ 30And when Zebul the ruler
dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his of the city heard the words of Gaal the
brother. son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
22 31
And Abimelech was prince over And he sent messengers unto
Israel three years. 23And God sent an Abimelech in Tormah, saying:
evil spirit between Abimelech and the ‘Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his
men of Shechem; and the men of brethren are come to Shechem; and,
Shechem dealt treacherously with behold, they will incite the city against
Abimelech; 24that the violence done to thee. 32Now therefore, up by night,
the threescore and ten sons of thou and the people that are with thee,
Jerubbaal might come, and that their and lie in wait in the field. 33And it
blood might be laid upon Abimelech shall be, that in the morning, as soon
their brother, who slew them, and as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early,
upon the men of Shechem, who and set upon the city; and, behold,
strengthened his hands to slay his when he and the people that are with
brethren. 25And the men of Shechem him come out against thee, then
set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of mayest thou do to them as thou shalt
the mountains, and they robbed all that be able.’
34
came along that way by them; and it And Abimelech rose up, and all
was told Abimelech. the people that were with him, by
26
And Gaal the son of Ebed came night, and they lay in wait against
with his brethren, and went on to Shechem in four companies. 35And
Shechem; and the men of Shechem put Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and
their trust in him. 27And they went out stood in the entrance of the gate of the
into the field, and gathered their city; and Abimelech rose up, and the
vineyards, and trod the grapes, and people that were with him, from the
held festival, and went into the house ambushment. 36And when Gaal saw
of their god, and did eat and drink, and the people, he said to Zebul: ‘Behold,
cursed Abimelech. 28And Gaal the son there come people down from the tops
of Ebed said: ‘Who is Abimelech, and of the mountains.’ And Zebul said
who is Shechem, that we should serve unto him: ‘Thou seest the shadow of
him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? the mountains as if they were men.’
37
and Zebul his officer? serve ye the And Gaal spoke again and said: ‘See,
men of Hamor the father of Shechem; there come people down by the middle
but why should we serve him? 29And of the land, and one company cometh
would that this people were under my by the way of Elon-meonenim.’ 38Then
hand! then would I remove said Zebul unto him: ‘Where is now
Abimelech.’ And he said to thy mouth, that thou saidst: Who is
Abimelech: ‘Increase thine army, and Abimelech, that we should serve him?
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is not this the people that thou hast were with him; and Abimelech took an
despised? go out now, I pray, and fight axe in his hand, and cut down a bough
with them.’ 39And Gaal went out from the trees, and took it up, and laid
before the men of Shechem, and it on his shoulder; and he said unto the
fought with Abimelech. 40And people that were with him: ‘What ye
Abimelech chased him, and he fled have seen me do, make haste, and do
before him, and there fell many as I have done.’ 49And all the people
wounded, even unto the entrance of likewise cut down every man his
the gate. 41And Abimelech dwelt at bough, and followed Abimelech, and
Arumah; and Zebul drove out Gaal put them to the hold, and set the hold
and his brethren, that they should not on fire upon them; so that all the men
dwell in Shechem. of the tower of Shechem died also,
42
And it came to pass on the about a thousand men and women.
50
morrow, that the people went out into Then went Abimelech to Thebez,
the field; and it was told Abimelech. and encamped against Thebez, and
43
And he took the people, and divided took it. 51But there was a strong tower
them into three companies, and lay in within the city, and thither fled all the
wait in the field; and he looked, and, men and women, even all they of the
behold, the people were coming forth city, and shut themselves in, and got
out of the city; and he rose up against them up to the roof of the tower. 52And
them, and smote them. 44And Abimelech came unto the tower, and
Abimelech, and the companies that fought against it, and went close unto
were with him, rushed forward, and the door of the tower to burn it with
stood in the entrance of the gate of the fire. 53And a certain woman cast an
city; and the two companies rushed upper millstone upon Abimelech’s
upon all that were in the field, and head, and broke his skull. 54Then he
smote them. 45And Abimelech fought called hastily unto the young man his
against the city all that day; and he armour-bearer, and said unto him:
took the city, and slew the people that ‘Draw thy sword, and kill me, that
were therein; and he beat down the men say not of me: A woman slew
city, and sowed it with salt. him.’ And his young man thrust him
46
And when all the men of the tower through, and he died. 55And when the
of Shechem heard thereof, they men of Israel saw that Abimelech was
entered into the hold of the house of dead, they departed every man unto his
El-berith. 47And it was told Abimelech place. 56Thus God requited the
that all the men of the tower of wickedness of Abimelech, which he
Shechem were gathered together. did unto his father, in slaying his
48
And Abimelech got him up to mount seventy brethren; 57and all the
Zalmon, he and all the people that wickedness of the men of Shechem did
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God requite upon their heads; and passed over the Jordan to fight also
upon them came the curse of Jotham against Judah, and against Benjamin,
the son of Jerubbaal. and against the house of Ephraim, so
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1 Now there was a certain man of
Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-
had drunk—now Eli the priest sat
upon his seat by the door-post of the
country of Ephraim, and his name was temple of the LORD; 10and she was in
Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son bitterness of soul—and prayed unto
of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of the LORD, and wept sore. 11And she
Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2And he had two vowed a vow, and said: ‘O LORD of
wives: the name of the one was hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the
Hannah, and the name of the other affliction of Thy handmaid, and
Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, remember me, and not forget Thy
but Hannah had no children. 3And this handmaid, but wilt give unto Thy
man went up out of his city from year handmaid a man-child, then I will give
to year to worship and to sacrifice unto him unto the LORD all the days of his
the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the life, and there shall no razor come
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, upon his head.’ 12And it came to pass,
were there priests unto the LORD. 4And as she prayed long before the LORD,
it came to pass upon a day, when that Eli watched her mouth. 13Now
Elkanah sacrificed, that he gave to Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only
Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons her lips moved, but her voice could not
and her daughters, portions; 5but unto be heard; therefore, Eli thought she
Hannah he gave a double portion; for had been drunken. 14And Eli said unto
he loved Hannah, but the LORD had her: ‘How long wilt thou be drunken?
shut up her womb. 6And her rival put away thy wine from thee.’ 15And
vexed her sore, to make her fret, Hannah answered and said: ‘No, my
because the LORD had shut up her lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful
womb. 7And as he did so year by year, spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor
when she went up to the house of the strong drink, but I poured out my soul
LORD, so she vexed her; therefore she before the LORD. 16Count not thy
wept, and would not eat. 8And Elkanah handmaid for a wicked woman: for out
her husband said unto her: ‘Hannah, of the abundance of my complaint and
why weepest thou? and why eatest my vexation have I spoken hitherto.’
17
thou not? and why is thy heart Then Eli answered and said: ‘Go in
grieved? am not I better to thee than peace, and the God of Israel grant thy
ten sons?’ 9So Hannah rose up after petition that thou hast asked of Him.’
18
they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they And she said: ‘Let thy servant find
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favour in thy sight.’ So the woman of Him; 28therefore I also have lent
went her way, and did eat, and her him to the LORD; as long as he liveth
countenance was no more sad. 19And he is lent to the LORD.’ And he
they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped the LORD there.
worshipped before the LORD, and
returned, and came to their house to
Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his 2 And Hannah prayed, and said:
My heart exulteth in the LORD,
wife; and the LORD remembered her. My horn is exalted in the LORD;
20
And it came to pass, when the time My mouth is enlarged over mine
was come about, that Hannah enemies;
conceived, and bore a son; and she Because I rejoice in Thy salvation.
2
called his name Samuel: ‘because I There is none holy as the LORD,
have asked him of the LORD.’ For there is none beside Thee;
21
And the man Elkanah, and all his Neither is there any rock like our
house, went up to offer unto the LORD God.
the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22But 3
Multiply not exceeding proud talk;
Hannah went not up; for she said unto Let not arrogancy come out of your
her husband: ‘Until the child be mouth;
weaned, when I will bring him, that he For the LORD is a God of knowledge,
may appear before the LORD, and there And by Him actions are weighed.
abide for ever.’ 23And Elkanah her 4
The bows of the mighty men are
husband said unto her: ‘Do what broken,
seemeth thee good; tarry until thou And they that stumbled are girded
have weaned him; only the LORD with strength.
5
establish His word.’ So the woman They that were full have hired out
tarried and gave her son suck, until she themselves for bread;
weaned him. 24And when she had And they that were hungry have
weaned him, she took him up with her, ceased;
with three bullocks, and one ephah of While the barren hath borne seven,
meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought She that had many children hath
him unto the house of the LORD in languished.
Shiloh; and the child was young.
25 6
And when the bullock was slain, the The LORD killeth, and maketh alive;
child was brought to Eli. 26And she He bringeth down to the grave, and
said: ‘Oh, my lord, as thy soul liveth, bringeth up.
7
my lord, I am the woman that stood by The LORD maketh poor, and maketh
thee here, praying unto the LORD. 27For rich;
this child I prayed; and the LORD hath He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
granted me my petition which I asked
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He raiseth up the poor out of the flesh-hook brought up the priest took
dust, therewith. So they did unto all the
He lifteth up the needy from the Israelites that came thither in Shiloh.
15
dung-hill, Yea, before the fat was made to
To make them sit with princes, smoke, the priest’s servant came, and
And inherit the throne of glory; said to the man that sacrificed: ‘Give
For the pillars of the earth are the flesh to roast for the priest; for he will
LORD’S, not have sodden flesh of thee, but
And He hath set the world upon raw.’ 16And if the man said unto him:
them. ‘Let the fat be made to smoke first of
all, and then take as much as thy soul
9
He will keep the feet of His holy desireth’; then he would say: ‘Nay, but
ones, thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I
But the wicked shall be put to will take it by force.’ 17And the sin of
silence in darkness; the young men was very great before
For not by strength shall man the LORD; for the men dealt
prevail. contemptuously with the offering of
10
They that strive with the LORD the LORD.
18
shall be broken to pieces; But Samuel ministered before the
Against them will He thunder in LORD, being a child, girded with a
heaven; linen ephod. 19Moreover his mother
The LORD will judge the ends of the made him a little robe, and brought it
earth; to him from year to year, when she
And He will give strength unto His came up with her husband to offer the
king, yearly sacrifice. 20And Eli would bless
And exalt the horn of His anointed. Elkanah and his wife, and say: ‘The
LORD give thee seed of this woman for
11
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his the loan which was lent to the LORD.’
house. And the child did minister unto And they would go unto their own
the LORD before Eli the priest. home. 21So the LORD remembered
12
Now the sons of Eli were base Hannah, and she conceived, and bore
men; they knew not the LORD. 13And three sons and two daughters. And the
the custom of the priests with the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22
people was, that, when any man Now Eli was very old; and he
offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant heard all that his sons did unto all
came, while the flesh was in seething, Israel, and how that they lay with the
with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his women that did service at the door of
band; 14and he struck it into the pan, or the tent of meeting. 23And he said unto
kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the them: ‘Why do ye such things? for I
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hear evil reports concerning you from that there shall not be an old man in
all this people. 24Nay, my sons; for it is thy house. 32And thou shalt behold a
no good report which I hear the rival in My habitation, in all the good
LORD’S people do spread abroad. 25If which shall be done to Israel; and there
one man sin against another, God shall shall not be an old man in thy house
judge him; but if a man sin against the for ever. 33Yet will I not cut off every
LORD, who shall entreat for him?’ But man of thine from Mine altar, to make
they hearkened not unto the voice of thine eyes to fail, and thy heart to
their father, because the LORD would languish; and all the increase of thy
slay them. 26And the child Samuel house shall die young men. 34And this
grew on, and increased in favour both shall be the sign unto thee, that which
with the LORD, and also with men. shall come upon thy two sons, on
27
And there came a man of God unto Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they
Eli, and said unto him: ‘Thus saith the shall die both of them. 35And I will
LORD: Did I reveal Myself unto the raise Me up a faithful priest, that shall
house of thy father, when they were in do according to that which is in My
Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house? heart and in My mind; and I will build
28
And did I choose him out of all the him a sure house; and he shall walk
tribes of Israel to be My priest, to go before Mine anointed for ever. 36And it
up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to shall come to pass, that every one that
wear an ephod before Me? and did I is left in thy house shall come and bow
give unto the house of thy father all down to him for a piece of silver and a
the offerings of the children of Israel loaf of bread, and shall say: Put me, I
made by fire? 29Wherefore kick ye at pray thee, into one of the
My sacrifice and at Mine offering, priests’offices, that I may eat a morsel
which I have commanded in My of bread.’
habitation; and honourest thy sons
above Me, to make yourselves fat with 3 And the child Samuel ministered
unto the LORD before Eli. And the
the chiefest of all the offerings of word of the LORD was precious in
Israel My people? 30Therefore the those days; there was no frequent
LORD, the God of Israel, saith: I said vision. 2And it came to pass at that
indeed that thy house, and the house of time, when Eli was laid down in his
thy father, should walk before Me for place—now his eyes had begun to wax
ever; but now the LORD saith: Be it far dim, that he could not see— 3and the
from Me: for them that honour Me I lamp of God was not yet gone out, and
will honour, and they that despise Me Samuel was laid down to sleep in the
shall be lightly esteemed. 31Behold, the temple of the LORD, where the ark of
days come, that I will cut off thine God was, 4that the LORD called
arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, Samuel; and he said: ‘Here am I.’
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And he ran unto Eli, and said: ‘Here sacrifice nor offering for ever.’ 15And
am I; for thou didst call me.’ And he Samuel lay until the morning, and
said: ‘I called not; lie down again.’ opened the doors of the house of the
And he went and lay down. 6And the LORD. And Samuel feared to tell Eli the
LORD called yet again Samuel. And vision. 16Then Eli called Samuel, and
Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said: ‘Samuel, my son.’ And he said:
said: ‘Here am I; for thou didst call ‘Here am I.’ 17And he said: ‘What is
me.’ And he answered: ‘I called not, the thing that He hath spoken unto
my son; lie down again.’ 7Now Samuel thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me,
did not yet know the LORD, neither was God do so to thee, and more also, if
the word of the LORD yet revealed unto thou hide any thing from me of all the
him. 8And the LORD called Samuel things that He spoke unto thee.’ 18And
again the third time. And he arose and Samuel told him all the words, and hid
went to Eli, and said: ‘Here am I; for nothing from him. And he said: ‘It is
thou didst call me.’ And Eli perceived the LORD; let Him do what seemeth
that the LORD was calling the child. Him good.’
9 19
Therefore Eli said unto Samuel: ‘Go, And Samuel grew, and the LORD
lie down; and it shall be, if thou be was with him, and did let none of his
called, that thou shalt say: Speak, words fall to the ground. 20And all
LORD; for Thy servant heareth.’ So Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba
Samuel went and lay down in his knew that Samuel was established to
place. 10And the LORD came, and stood, be a prophet of the LORD. 21And the
and called as at other times: ‘Samuel, LORD appeared again in Shiloh; for the
Samuel.’ Then Samuel said: ‘Speak; LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in
for Thy servant heareth.’ 11And the Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
LORD said to Samuel: ‘Behold, I will
do a thing in Israel, at which both the 4 And the word of Samuel came to
all Israel.
ears of every one that heareth it shall Now Israel went out against the
tingle. 12In that day I will perform Philistines to battle, and pitched beside
against Eli all that I have spoken Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched
concerning his house, from the in Aphek. 2And the Philistines put
beginning even unto the end. 13For I themselves in array against Israel; and
have told him that I will judge his when the battle was spread, Israel was
house for ever, for the iniquity, in that smitten before the Philistines; and they
he knew that his sons did bring a curse slew of the army in the field about four
upon themselves, and he rebuked them thousand men. 3And when the people
not. 14And therefore I have sworn unto were come into the camp, the elders of
the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Israel said: ‘Wherefore hath the LORD
Eli’s house shall not be expiated with smitten us to-day before the
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Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh and Phinehas, were slain.
12
unto us, that He may come among us, And there ran a man of Benjamin
and save us out of the hand of our out of the army, and came to Shiloh
enemies.’ 4So the people sent to the same day with his clothes rent, and
Shiloh, and they brought from thence with earth upon his head. 13And when
the ark of the covenant of the LORD of he came, lo, Eli sat upon his seat by
hosts, who sitteth upon the cherubim; the wayside watching; for his heart
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and trembled for the ark of God. And when
Phinehas, were there with the ark of the man came into the city, and told it,
the covenant of God. 5And when the all the city cried out. 14And when Eli
ark of the covenant of the LORD came heard the noise of the crying, he said:
into the camp, all Israel shouted with a ‘What meaneth the noise of this
great shout, so that the earth rang. tumult?’ And the man made haste, and
6
And when the Philistines heard the came and told Eli. 15Now Eli was
noise of the shout, they said: ‘What ninety and eight years old; and his
meaneth the noise of this great shout in eyes were set, that he could not see.
16
the camp of the Hebrews?’ And they And the man said unto Eli: ‘I am he
knew that the ark of the LORD was that came out of the army, and I fled
come into the camp. 7And the to-day out of the army.’ And he said:
Philistines were afraid, for they said: ‘How went the matter, my son?’ 17And
‘God is come into the camp.’ And they he that brought the tidings answered
said: ‘Woe unto us! for there was not and said: ‘Israel is fled before the
such a thing yesterday and the day Philistines, and there hath been also a
before. 8Woe unto us! who shall great slaughter among the people, and
deliver us out of the hand of these thy two sons also, Hophni and
mighty gods? these are the gods that Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God
smote the Egyptians with all manner is taken.’ 18And it came to pass, when
of plagues and in the wilderness. 9Be he made mention of the ark of God,
strong, and quit yourselves like men, that he fell from off his seat backward
O ye Philistines, that ye be not by the side of the gate, and his neck
servants unto the Hebrews, as they broke, and he died; for he was an old
have been to you; quit yourselves like man, and heavy. And he had judged
men, and fight.’ 10And the Philistines Israel forty years.
19
fought, and Israel was smitten, and And his daughter-in-law,
they fled every man to his tent; and Phinehas’wife, was with child, near to
there was a very great slaughter; for be delivered; and when she heard the
there fell of Israel thirty thousand tidings that the ark of God was taken,
footmen. 11And the ark of God was and that her father-in-law and her
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husband were dead, she bowed herself But the hand of the LORD was heavy
and brought forth; for her pains came upon them of Ashdod, and He
suddenly upon her. 20And about the destroyed them, and smote them with
time of her death the women that stood emerods, even Ashdod and the borders
by her said unto her: ‘Fear not; for thereof. 7And when the men of Ashdod
thou hast brought forth a son.’ But she saw that it was so, they said: ‘The ark
answered not, neither did she regard it. of the God of Israel shall not abide
21
And she named the child aIchabod, with us; for His hand is sore upon us,
saying: ‘The glory is departed from and upon Dagon our god.’ 8They sent
Israel’; because the ark of God was therefore and gathered all the lords of
taken, and because of her father-in-law the Philistines unto them, and said:
and her husband. 22And she said: ‘The ‘What shall we do with the ark of the
glory is departed from Israel; for the God of Israel?’ And they answered:
ark of God is taken.’ ‘Let the ark of the God of Israel be
7
8
And the men of Kiriath-jearim And the children of Israel said to
came, and fetched up the ark of Samuel: ‘Cease not to cry unto the
the LORD, and brought it into the house LORD our God for us, that He save us
of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified out of the hand of the Philistines.’
9
Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and
LORD. offered it for a whole burnt-offering
unto the LORD; and Samuel cried unto
a
the LORD for Israel; and the LORD
From the Hebrew root abel.
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answered him. 10And as Samuel was the name of his second, Abijah; they
offering up the burnt-offering, the were judges in Beer-sheba. 3And his
Philistines drew near to battle against sons walked not in his ways, but
Israel; but the LORD thundered with a turned aside after lucre, and took
great thunder on that day upon the bribes, and perverted justice.
4
Philistines, and discomfited them; and Then all the elders of Israel
they were smitten down before Israel. gathered themselves together, and
11
And the men of Israel went out of came to Samuel unto Ramah. 5And
Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, they said unto him: ‘Behold, thou art
and smote them, until they came under old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways;
Beth-car. 12Then Samuel took a stone, now make us a king to judge us like all
and set it between Mizpah and Shen, the nations.’ 6But the thing displeased
and called the name of it aEben-ezer, Samuel, when they said: ‘Give us a
saying: ‘Hitherto hath the LORD helped king to judge us.’ And Samuel prayed
us.’ 13So the Philistines were subdued, unto the LORD. 7And the LORD said unto
and they came no more within the Samuel: ‘Hearken unto the voice of
border of Israel; and the hand of the the people in all that they say unto
LORD was against the Philistines all the thee; for they have not rejected thee,
days of Samuel. 14And the cities which but they have rejected Me, that I
the Philistines had taken from Israel should not be king over them.
8
were restored to Israel, from Ekron According to all the works which they
even unto Gath; and the border thereof have done since the day that I brought
did Israel deliver out of the hand of the them up out of Egypt even unto this
Philistines. And there was peace day, in that they have forsaken Me,
between Israel and the Amorites. and served other gods, so do they also
15
And Samuel judged Israel all the unto thee. 9Now therefore hearken
days of his life. 16And he went from unto their voice; howbeit thou shalt
year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and earnestly forewarn them, and shalt
Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged declare unto them the manner of the
Israel in all those places. 17And his king that shall reign over them.’
10
return was to Ramah, for there was his And Samuel told all the words of
house; and there he judged Israel; and the LORD unto the people that asked of
he built there an altar unto the LORD. him a king. 11And he said: ‘This will
10
8
Then Samuel took the vial of And thou shalt go down before me to
oil, and poured it upon his Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down
head, and kissed him, and said: ‘Is it unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and
not that the LORD hath anointed thee to to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-
be prince over His inheritance? 2When offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry,
thou art departed from me to-day, then till I come unto thee, and tell thee what
thou shalt find two men by the tomb of thou shalt do.’
9
Rachel, in the border of Benjamin at And it was so, that when he had
Zelzah; and they will say unto thee: turned his back to go from Samuel,
The asses which thou wentest to seek God gave him another heart; and all
are found; and, lo, thy father hath left those signs came to pass that day.
10
off caring for the asses, and is anxious And when they came thither to the
concerning you, saying: What shall I hill, behold, a band of prophets met
do for my son? 3Then shalt thou go on him; and the spirit of God came
forward from thence, and thou shalt mightily upon him, and he prophesied
come to the terebinth of Tabor, and among them. 11And it came to pass,
there shall meet thee there three men when all that knew him beforetime
going up to God to Beth-el, one saw that, behold, he prophesied with
carrying three kids, and another the prophets, then the people said one
carrying three loaves of bread, and to another: ‘What is this that is come
another carrying a bottle of wine. 4And unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also
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among the prophets?’ 12And one of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son
same place answered and said: ‘And of Kish was taken; but when they
who is their father?’ Therefore it sought him, he could not be found.
22
became a proverb: ‘Is Saul also among Therefore they asked of the LORD
the prophets?’ 13And when he had further: ‘Is there yet a man come
made an end of prophesying, he came hither?’ And the LORD answered:
to the high place. ‘Behold, he hath hid himself among
14
And Saul’s uncle said unto him the baggage.’ 23And they ran and
and to his servant: ‘Whither went ye?’ fetched him thence; and when he stood
And he said: ‘To seek the asses; and among the people, he was higher than
when we saw that they were not found, any of the people from his shoulders
we came to Samuel.’ 15And Saul’s and upward. 24And Samuel said to all
uncle said: ‘Tell me, I pray thee, what the people: ‘See ye him whom the
Samuel said unto you.’ 16And Saul LORD hath chosen, that there is none
said unto his uncle: ‘He told us plainly like him among all the people?’ And
that the asses were found.’ But all the people shouted, and said: ‘Long
concerning the matter of the kingdom, live the king.’
25
whereof Samuel spoke, he told him Then Samuel told the people the
not. manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in
17
And Samuel called the people a book, and laid it up before the LORD.
together unto the LORD to Mizpah. And Samuel sent all the people away,
18
And he said unto the children of every man to his house. 26And Saul
Israel: ‘Thus saith the LORD, the God also went to his house to Gibeah; and
of Israel: I brought up Israel out of there went with him the men of valour,
Egypt, and I delivered you out of the whose hearts God had touched. 27But
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the certain base fellows said: ‘How shall
hand of all the kingdoms that this man save us?’ And they despised
oppressed you. 19But ye have this day him, and brought him no present. But
rejected your God, who Himself he was as one that held his peace.
saveth you out of all your calamities
and your distresses; and ye have said 11 Then Nahash the Ammonite
came up, and encamped
unto Him: Nay, but set a king over us. against Jabesh-gilead; and all the men
Now therefore present yourselves of Jabesh said unto Nahash: ‘Make a
before the LORD by your tribes, and by covenant with us, and we will serve
your thousands.’ 20So Samuel brought thee.’ 2And Nahash the Ammonite said
all the tribes of Israel near, and the unto them: ‘On this condition will I
tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21And he make it with you, that all your right
brought the tribe of Benjamin near by eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a
their families, and the family of the reproach upon all Israel.’ 3And the
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elders of Jabesh said unto him: ‘Give And it was so on the morrow, that
us seven days’respite, that we may Saul put the people in three
send messengers unto all the borders companies; and they came into the
of Israel; and then, if there be none to midst of the camp in the morning
deliver us, we will come out to thee.’ watch, and smote the Ammonites until
4
Then came the messengers to the heat of the day; and it came to
Gibeath-shaul, and spoke these words pass, that they that remained were
in the ears of the people; and all the scattered, so that two of them were not
people lifted up their voice, and wept. left together. 12And the people said
5
And, behold, Saul came following the unto Samuel: ‘Who is he that said:
oxen out of the field; and Saul said: Shall Saul reign over us? bring the
‘What aileth the people that they men, that we may put them to death.’
13
weep?’ And they told him the words of And Saul said: ‘There shall not a
the men of Jabesh. 6And the spirit of man be put to death this day; for to-
God came mightily upon Saul when he day the LORD hath wrought deliverance
heard those words, and his anger was in Israel.’
kindled greatly. 7And he took a yoke 14
Then said Samuel to the people:
of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and ‘Come and let us go to Gilgal, and
sent them throughout all the borders of renew the kingdom there.’ 15And all
Israel by the hand of messengers, the people went to Gilgal; and there
saying: ‘Whosoever cometh not forth they made Saul king before the LORD
after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed
be done unto his oxen.’ And the dread sacrifices of peace-offerings before the
of the LORD fell on the people, and LORD; and there Saul and all the men
they came out as one man. 8And he of Israel rejoiced greatly.
numbered them in Bezek; and the
children of Israel were three hundred 12 And Samuel said unto all
Israel: ‘Behold, I have
thousand, and the men of Judah thirty hearkened unto your voice in all that
thousand. 9And they said unto the ye said unto me, and have made a king
messengers that came: ‘Thus shall ye over you. 2And now, behold, the king
say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To- walketh before you; and I am old and
morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are
shall have deliverance.’ And the with you; and I have walked before
messengers came and told the men of you from my youth unto this day.
Jabesh; and they were glad. 10And the 3
Here I am; witness against me before
men of Jabesh said: ‘To-morrow we the LORD, and before His anointed:
will come out unto you, and ye shall whose ox have I taken? or whose ass
do with us all that seemeth good unto have I taken? or whom have I
you.’ defrauded? or whom have I oppressed?
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or of whose hand have I taken a enemies on every side, and ye dwelt in
ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? safety. 12And when ye saw that Nahash
and I will restore it you.’ 4And they the king of the children of Ammon
said: ‘Thou hast not defrauded us, nor came against you, ye said unto me:
oppressed us, neither hast thou taken Nay, but a king shall reign over us;
aught of any man’s hand.’ 5And he when the LORD your God was your
said unto them: ‘The LORD is witness king. 13Now therefore behold the king
against you, and His anointed is whom ye have chosen, and whom ye
witness this day, that ye have not have asked for; and, behold, the LORD
found aught in my hand.’ And they hath set a king over you. 14If ye will
said: ‘He is witness.’ fear the LORD, and serve Him, and
6
And Samuel said unto the people: hearken unto His voice, and not rebel
‘It is the LORD that made Moses and against the commandment of the LORD,
Aaron, and that brought your fathers and both ye and also the king that
up out of the land of Egypt. 7Now reigneth over you be followers of the
therefore stand still, that I may plead LORD your God—; 15but if ye will not
with you before the LORD concerning hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but
all the righteous acts of the LORD, rebel against the commandment of the
which He did to you and to your LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD
fathers. 8When Jacob was come into be against you, and against your
Egypt, then your fathers cried unto the fathers. 16Now therefore stand still and
LORD, and the LORD sent Moses and see this great thing, which the LORD
Aaron, who brought forth your fathers will do before your eyes. 17Is it not
out of Egypt, and they were made to wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto
dwell in this place. 9But they forgot the the LORD, that He may send thunder
LORD their God, and He gave them and rain; and ye shall know and see
over into the hand of Sisera, captain of that your wickedness is great, which
the host of Hazor, and into the hand of ye have done in the sight of the LORD,
the Philistines, and into the hand of the in asking you a king.’ 18So Samuel
king of Moab, and they fought against called unto the LORD; and the LORD
them. 10And they cried unto the LORD, sent thunder and rain that day; and all
and said: We have sinned, because we the people greatly feared the LORD and
have forsaken the LORD, and have Samuel. 19And all the people said unto
served the Baalim and the Ashtaroth; Samuel: ‘Pray for thy servants unto the
but now deliver us out of the hand of LORD thy God, that we die not; for we
our enemies, and we will serve Thee. have added unto all our sins this evil,
11
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and to ask us a king.’ 20And Samuel said
Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and unto the people: ‘Fear not; ye have
delivered you out of the hand of your indeed done all this evil; yet turn not
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aside from following the LORD, but made himself odious with the
serve the LORD with all your heart; Philistines. And the people were
21
and turn ye not aside; for then should gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
5
ye go after vain things which cannot And the Philistines assembled
profit nor deliver, for they are vain. themselves together to fight with
22
For the LORD will not forsake His Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six
people for His great name’s sake; thousand horsemen, and people as the
because it hath pleased the LORD to sand which is on the sea-shore in
make you a people unto Himself. multitude; and they came up, and
23
Moreover as for me, far be it from pitched in Michmas, eastward of Beth-
me that I should sin against the LORD aven. 6When the men of Israel saw that
in ceasing to pray for you; but I will they were in a strait—for the people
instruct you in the good and the right were distressed—then the people did
way. 24Only fear the LORD, and serve hide themselves in caves, and in
Him in truth with all your heart; for thickets, and in rocks, and in holds,
consider how great things He hath and in pits. 7Now some of the Hebrews
done for you. 25But if ye shall still do had gone over the Jordan to the land of
wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he
ye and your king.’ was yet in Gilgal, and all the people
a b
Heb. Geba. That is, two-thirds of a shekel.
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crag on the other side; and the name of fell before Jonathan; and his armour-
the one was Bozez, and the name of bearer slew them after him. 14And that
the other Seneh. 5The one crag rose up first slaughter, which Jonathan and his
on the north in front of Michmas, and armour-bearer made, was about twenty
the other on the south in front of Geba. men, within as it were half a furrow’s
6
And Jonathan said to the young length in an acre of land. 15And there
man that bore his armour: ‘Come and was a trembling in the camp in the
let us go over unto the garrison of field, and among all the people; the
these uncircumcised; it may be that the garrison, and the spoilers, they also
LORD will work for us; for there is no trembled; and the earth quaked; so it
restraint to the LORD to save by many grew into a terror from God. 16And the
or by few.’ 7And his armour-bearer watchmen of Saul in Gibeath-
said unto him: ‘Do all that is in thy benjamin looked; and, behold, the
heart; turn thee, behold I am with thee multitude melted away, and they went
according to thy heart.’ 8Then said hither and thither.
17
Jonathan: ‘Behold, we will pass over Then said Saul unto the people
unto the men, and we will disclose that were with him: ‘Number now, and
ourselves unto them. 9If they say thus see who is gone from us.’ And when
unto us: Tarry until we come to you; they had numbered, behold, Jonathan
then we will stand still in our place, and his armour-bearer were not there.
and will not go up unto them. 10But if 18
And Saul said unto Ahijah: ‘Bring
they say thus: Come up unto us; then hither the ark of God.’ For the ark of
we will go up; for the LORD hath God was there at that time with the
delivered them into our hand; and this children of Israel. 19And it came to
shall be the sign unto us.’ 11And both pass, while Saul talked unto the priest,
of them disclosed themselves unto the that the tumult that was in the camp of
garrison of the Philistines; and the the Philistines went on and increased;
Philistines said: ‘Behold Hebrews and Saul said unto the priest:
coming forth out of the holes where ‘Withdraw thy hand.’ 20And Saul and
they hid themselves.’ 12And the men of all the people that were with him were
the garrison spoke to Jonathan and his gathered together, and came to the
armour-bearer, and said: ‘Come up to battle; and, behold, every man’s sword
us, and we will show you a thing.’ was against his fellow, and there was a
And Jonathan said unto his armour- very great discomfiture. 21Now the
bearer: ‘Come up after me; for the Hebrews that were with the Philistines
LORD hath delivered them into the hand as beforetime, and that went up with
of Israel.’ 13And Jonathan climbed up them into the camp round about; even
upon his hands and upon his feet, and they also turned to be with the
his armour-bearer after him; and they Israelites that were with Saul and
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Jonathan. 22Likewise all the men of among the Philistines?’ 31And they
Israel that had hid themselves in the smote of the Philistines that day from
hill-country of Ephraim, when they Michmas to Aijalon; and the people
heard that the Philistines fled, even were very faint. 32And the people flew
they also followed hard after them in upon the spoil, and took sheep, and
the battle. 23So the LORD saved Israel oxen, and calves, and slew them on the
that day; and the battle passed on as ground; and the people did eat them
far as Beth-aven. with the blood. 33Then they told Saul,
24
And the men of Israel were saying: ‘Behold, the people sin against
distressed that day; but Saul adjured the LORD, in that they eat with the
the people, saying: ‘Cursed be the man blood.’ And he said: ‘Ye have dealt
that eateth any food until it be evening, treacherously; roll a great stone unto
and I be avenged on mine enemies.’ me this day.’ 34And Saul said:
So none of the people tasted food. ‘Disperse yourselves among the
25
And all the people came into the people, and say unto them: Bring me
forest; and there was honey upon the hither every man his ox, and every
ground. 26And when the people were man his sheep, and slay them here, and
come unto the forest, behold a flow of eat; and sin not against the LORD in
honey; but no man put his hand to his eating with the blood.’ And all the
mouth; for the people feared the oath. people brought every man his ox with
27
But Jonathan heard not when his him that night, and slew them there.
35
father charged the people with the And Saul built an altar unto the
oath; and he put forth the end of the LORD; the same was the first altar that
rod that was in his hand, and dipped it he built unto the LORD.
36
in the honeycomb, and put his hand to And Saul said: ‘Let us go down
his mouth; and his eyes brightened. after the Philistines by night, and spoil
28
Then answered one of the people, them until the morning light, and let us
and said: ‘Thy father straitly charged not leave a man of them.’ And they
the people with an oath, saying: said: ‘Do whatsoever seemeth good
Cursed be the man that eateth food this unto thee.’ Then said the priest: ‘Let
day; and the people are faint.’ 29Then us draw near hither unto God.’ 37And
said Jonathan: ‘My father hath Saul asked counsel of God: ‘Shall I go
troubled the land; see, I pray you, how down after the Philistines? wilt Thou
mine eyes are brightened, because I deliver them into the hand of Israel?’
tasted a little of this honey. 30How But He answered him not that day.
38
much more, if haply the people had And Saul said: ‘Draw nigh hither, all
eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their ye chiefs of the people; and know and
enemies which they found? had there see wherein this sin hath been this day.
39
not been then a much greater slaughter For, as the LORD liveth, who saveth
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Israel, though it be in Jonathan my turned himself, he put them to the
son, he shall surely die.’ But there was worse. 48And he did valiantly, and
not a man among all the people that smote the Amalekites, and delivered
answered him. 40Then said he unto all Israel out of the hands of them that
Israel: ‘Be ye on one side, and I and spoiled them.
49
Jonathan my son will be on the other Now the sons of Saul were
side.’ And the people said unto Saul: Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua;
‘Do what seemeth good unto thee.’ and the names of his two daughters
41
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD, were these: the name of the first-born
the God of Israel: ‘Declare the right.’ Merab, and the name of the younger
And Jonathan and Saul were taken by Michal; 50and the name of Saul’s wife
lot; but the people escaped. 42And Saul was Ahinoam the daughter of
said: ‘Cast lots between me and Ahimaaz; and the name of the captain
Jonathan my son.’ And Jonathan was of his host was aAbner, the son of Ner,
taken. 43Then Saul said to Jonathan: Saul’s uncle. 51And Kish was the
‘Tell me what thou hast done.’ And father of Saul, and Ner the father of
Jonathan told him, and said: ‘I did Abner was the son of Abiel.
52
certainly taste a little honey with the And there was sore war against the
end of the rod that was in my hand; Philistines all the days of Saul; and
here am I: I will die.’ 44And Saul said: when Saul saw any mighty man, or
‘God do so and more also; thou shalt any valiant man, he took him unto
surely die, Jonathan.’ 45And the people him.
said unto Saul: ‘Shall Jonathan die,
who hath wrought this great salvation 15 And Samuel said unto Saul:
‘The LORD sent me to anoint
in Israel? Far from it; as the LORD thee to be king over His people, over
liveth, there shall not one hair of his Israel; now therefore hearken thou
head fall to the ground; for he hath unto the voice of the words of the
wrought with God this day.’ So the LORD. 2Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I
people rescued Jonathan, that he died remember that which Amalek did to
not. 46Then Saul went up from Israel, how he set himself against him
following the Philistines; and the in the way, when he came up out of
Philistines went to their own place. Egypt. 3Now go and smite Amalek,
47
So Saul took the kingdom over and utterly destroy all that they have,
Israel, and fought against all his and spare them not; but slay both man
enemies on every side, against Moab, and woman, infant and suckling, ox
and against the children of Ammon, and sheep, camel and ass.’
and against Edom, and against the
kings of Zobah, and against the
Philistines; and whithersoever he a
Heb. Abiner.
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And Saul summoned the people, And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul
and numbered them in Telaim, two said unto him: ‘Blessed be thou of the
hundred thousand footmen, and ten LORD; I have performed the
thousand men of Judah. 5And Saul commandment of the LORD.’ 14And
came to the city of Amalek, and lay in Samuel said: ‘What meaneth then this
wait in the valley. 6And Saul said unto bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and
the Kenites: ‘Go, depart, get you down the lowing of the oxen which I hear?’
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from among the Amalekites, lest I And Saul said: ‘They have brought
destroy you with them; for ye showed them from the Amalekites; for the
kindness to all the children of Israel, people spared the best of the sheep and
when they came up out of Egypt.’ So of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD
the Kenites departed from among the thy God; and the rest we have utterly
Amalekites. 7And Saul smote the destroyed.’ 16Then Samuel said unto
Amalekites, from Havilah as thou Saul: ‘Stay, and I will tell thee what
goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt. the LORD hath said to me this night.’
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And he took Agag the king of the And he said unto him: ‘Say on.’
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Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed And Samuel said: ‘Though thou be
all the people with the edge of the little in thine own sight, art thou not
sword. 9But Saul and the people spared head of the tribes of Israel? And the
Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of LORD anointed thee king over Israel;
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the oxen, even the young of the second and the LORD sent thee on a journey,
birth, and the lambs, and all that was and said: Go and utterly destroy the
good, and would not utterly destroy sinners the Amalekites, and fight
them; but every thing that was of no against them until they be consumed.
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account and feeble, that they destroyed Wherefore then didst thou not
utterly. hearken to the voice of the LORD, but
10
Then came the word of the LORD didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that
unto Samuel, saying: 11’It repenteth which was evil in the sight of the
Me that I have set up Saul to be king; LORD?’ 20And Saul said unto Samuel:
for he is turned back from following ‘Yea, I have hearkened to the voice of
Me, and hath not performed My the LORD, and have gone the way
commandments.’ And it grieved which the LORD sent me, and have
Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all brought Agag the king of Amalek, and
night. 12And Samuel rose early to meet have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
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Saul in the morning; and it was told But the people took of the spoil,
Samuel, saying: ‘Saul came to Carmel, sheep and oxen, the chief of the
and, behold, he is setting him up a devoted things, to sacrifice unto the
monument, and is gone about, and LORD thy God in Gilgal.’ 22And
passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.’ Samuel said:
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‘Hath the LORD as great delight in LORD thy God.’ 31So Samuel returned
burnt-offerings and sacrifices, after Saul; and Saul worshipped the
As in hearkening to the voice of the LORD.
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LORD? Then said Samuel: ‘Bring ye hither
Behold, to obey is better than to me Agag the king of the
sacrifice, Amalekites.’ And Agag came unto
And to hearken than the fat of rams. him in chains. And Agag said: ‘Surely
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For rebellion is as the sin of the bitterness of death is at hand.’
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witchcraft, And Samuel said:
And stubbornness is as idolatry and As thy sword hath made women
teraphim. childless,
Because thou hast rejected the word So shall thy mother be childless
of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee among women.
from being king.’ 24And Saul said unto And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces
Samuel: ‘I have sinned; for I have before the LORD in Gilgal.
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transgressed the commandment of the Then Samuel went to Ramah; and
LORD, and thy words; because I feared Saul went up to his house to Gibeath-
the people, and hearkened to their shaul. 35And Samuel never beheld Saul
voice. 25Now therefore, I pray thee, again until the day of his death; for
pardon my sin, and return with me, Samuel mourned for Saul; and the
that I may worship the LORD.’ 26And LORD repented that He had made Saul
Samuel said unto Saul: ‘I will not king over Israel.
return with thee; for thou hast rejected
the word of the LORD, and the LORD 16 And the LORD said unto
Samuel: ‘How long wilt thou
hath rejected thee from being king mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected
over Israel.’ 27And as Samuel turned him from being king over Israel? fill
about to go away, he laid hold upon thy horn with oil, and go, I will send
the skirt of his robe, and it rent. 28And thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I
Samuel said unto him: ‘The LORD hath have provided Me a king among his
rent the kingdom of Israel from thee sons.’ 2And Samuel said: ‘How can I
this day, and hath given it to a go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me.’
neighbour of thine, that is better than And the LORD said: ‘Take a heifer with
thou. 29And also the Glory of Israel thee, and say: I am come to sacrifice to
will not lie nor repent; for He is not a the LORD. 3And call Jesse to the
man, that He should repent.’ 30Then he sacrifice, and I will tell thee what thou
said: ‘I have sinned; yet honour me shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto Me
now, I pray thee, before the elders of him whom I name unto thee.’ 4And
my people, and before Israel, and Samuel did that which the LORD spoke,
return with me, that I may worship the and came to Beth-lehem. And the
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elders of the city came to meet him brethren; and the spirit of the LORD
trembling, and said: ‘Comest thou came mightily upon David from that
peaceably?’ 5And he said: ‘Peaceably; day forward. So Samuel rose up, and
I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD; went to Ramah.
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sanctify yourselves and come with me Now the spirit of the LORD had
to the sacrifice.’ And he sanctified departed from Saul, and an evil spirit
Jesse and his sons, and called them to from the LORD terrified him. 15And
the sacrifice. 6And it came to pass, Saul’s servants said unto him: ‘Behold
when they were come, that he beheld now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth
Eliab, and said: ‘Surely the LORD’S thee. 16Let our lord now command thy
anointed is before Him.’ 7But the LORD servants, that are before thee, to seek
said unto Samuel: ‘Look not on his out a man who is a skilful player on
countenance, or on the height of his the harp; and it shall be, when the evil
stature; because I have rejected him; spirit from God cometh upon thee, that
for it is not as man seeth: for man he shall play with his hand, and thou
looketh on the outward appearance, shalt be well.’ 17And Saul said unto his
but the LORD looketh on the heart.’ servants: ‘Provide me now a man that
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Then Jesse called Abinadab, and can play well, and bring him to me.’
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made him pass before Samuel. And he Then answered one of the young
said: ‘Neither hath the LORD chosen men, and said: ‘Behold, I have seen a
this.’ 9Then Jesse made Shammah to son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is
pass by. And he said: ‘Neither hath the skilful in playing, and a mighty man of
LORD chosen this.’ 10And Jesse made valour, and a man of war, and prudent
seven of his sons to pass before in affairs, and a comely person, and
Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse: the LORD is with him.’ 19Wherefore
‘The LORD hath not chosen these.’ Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and
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And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘Are said: ‘Send me David thy son, who is
here all thy children?’ And he said: with the sheep.’ 20And Jesse took an
‘There remaineth yet the youngest, ass laden with bread, and a bottle of
and, behold, he keepeth the sheep.’ wine, and a kid, and sent them by
And Samuel said unto Jesse: ‘Send David his son unto Saul. 21And David
and fetch him; for we will not sit down came to Saul, and stood before him;
till he come hither.’ 12And he sent, and and he loved him greatly; and he
brought him in. Now he was ruddy, became his armour-bearer. 22And Saul
and withal of beautiful eyes, and sent to Jesse, saying: ‘Let David, I
goodly to look upon. And the LORD pray thee, stand before me; for he hath
said: ‘Arise, anoint him; for this is he.’ found favour in my sight.’ 23And it
13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, came to pass, when the [evil] spirit
and anointed him in the midst of his from God was upon Saul, that David
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took the harp, and played with his we be your servants; but if I prevail
hand; so Saul found relief, and it was against him, and kill him, then shall ye
well with him, and the evil spirit be our servants, and serve us.’ 10And
departed from him. the Philistine said: ‘I do taunt the
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a
that place Sela- went out of the cave, and cried after
hammahlekoth. 1And David Saul, saying: ‘My lord the king.’ And
went up from thence, and dwelt in the when Saul looked behind him, David
strongholds of En-gedi. bowed with his face to the earth, and
prostrated himself. 10And David said to
a
Saul: ‘Wherefore hearkenest thou to
That is, The rock of divisions.
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men’s words, saying: Behold, David hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as
seeketh thy hurt? 11Behold, this day when the LORD had delivered me up
thine eyes have seen how that the LORD into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.
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had delivered thee to-day into my hand For if a man find his enemy, will he
in the cave; and some bade me kill let him go well away? wherefore the
thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I LORD reward thee good for that which
said: I will not put forth my hand thou hast done unto me this day. 21And
against my lord; for he is the LORD’S now, behold, I know that thou shalt
anointed. 12Moreover, my father, see, surely be king, and that the kingdom
yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my of Israel shall be established in thy
hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of hand. 22Swear now therefore unto me
thy robe, and killed thee not, know by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off
thou and see that there is neither evil my seed after me, and that thou wilt
nor transgression in my hand, and I not destroy my name out of my
have not sinned against thee, though father’s house.’ 23And David swore
thou layest wait for my soul to take it. unto Saul. And Saul went home; but
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The LORD judge between me and David and his men got them up unto
thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee; the stronghold.
but my hand shall not be upon thee.
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As saith the proverb of the ancients: 25 And Samuel died; and all
Israel gathered themselves
Out of the wicked cometh forth together, and lamented him, and buried
wickedness; but my hand shall not be him in his house at Ramah. And David
upon thee. 15After whom is the king of arose, and went down to the
Israel come out? after whom dost thou wilderness of Paran.
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pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. And there was a man in Maon,
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The LORD therefore be judge, and whose possessions were in Carmel;
give sentence between me and thee, and the man was very great, and he
and see, and plead my cause, and had three thousand sheep, and a
deliver me out of thy hand.’ thousand goats; and he was shearing
17
And it came to pass, when David his sheep in Carmel. 3Now the name of
had made an end of speaking these the man was Nabal; and the name of
words unto Saul, that Saul said: ‘Is this his wife Abigail; and the woman was
thy voice, my son David?’ And Saul of good understanding, and of a
lifted up his voice, and wept. 18And he beautiful form; but the man was
said to David: ‘Thou art more churlish and evil in his doings; and he
righteous than I; for thou hast rendered was of the house of Caleb. 4And David
unto me good, whereas I have heard in the wilderness that Nabal was
rendered unto thee evil. 19And thou shearing his sheep. 5And David sent
hast declared this day how that thou ten young men, and David said unto
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the young men: ‘Get you up to But one of the young men told
Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying:
him in my name; 6and thus ye shall ‘Behold, David sent messengers out of
say: All hail! and peace be both unto the wilderness to salute our master;
thee, and peace be to thy house, and and he flew upon them. 15But the men
peace be unto all that thou hast. 7And were very good unto us, and we were
now I have heard that thou hast not hurt, neither missed we any thing,
shearers; thy shepherds have now been as long as we went with them, when
with us, and we did them no hurt, we were in the fields; 16they were a
neither was there aught missing unto wall unto us both by night and by day,
them, all the while they were in all the while we were with them
Carmel. 8Ask thy young men, and they keeping the sheep. 17Now therefore
will tell thee; wherefore let the young know and consider what thou wilt do;
men find favour in thine eyes; for we for evil is determined against our
come on a good day; give, I pray thee, master, and against all his house; for
whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto he is such a base fellow, that one
thy servants, and to thy son David.’ cannot speak to him.’
9 18
And when David’s young men Then Abigail made haste, and took
came, they spoke to Nabal according two hundred loaves, and two bottles of
to all those words in the name of wine, and five sheep ready dressed,
David, and ceased. 10And Nabal and five measures of parched corn, and
answered David’s servants, and said: a hundred clusters of raisins, and two
‘Who is David? and who is the son of hundred cakes of figs, and laid them
Jesse? there are many servants now-a- on asses. 19And she said unto her
days that break away every man from young men: ‘Go on before me; behold,
his master; 11shall I then take my I come after you.’ But she told not her
bread, and my water, and my flesh that husband Nabal. 20And it was so, as she
I have killed for my shearers, and give rode on her ass, and came down by the
it unto men of whom I know not covert of the mountain, that, behold,
whence they are?’ 12So David’s young David and his men came down
men turned on their way, and went towards her; and she met them.—
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back, and came and told him according Now David had said: ‘Surely in vain
to all these words. 13And David said have I kept all that this fellow hath in
unto his men: ‘Gird ye on every man the wilderness, so that nothing was
his sword.’ And they girded on every missed of all that pertained unto him;
man his sword; and David also girded and he hath returned me evil for good.
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on his sword; and there went up after God do so unto the enemies of
David about four hundred men; and David, and more also, if I leave of all
two hundred abode by the baggage. that pertain to him by the morning
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light so much as one male.’— 23And sling out, as from the hollow of a
when Abigail saw David, she made sling. 30And it shall come to pass,
haste, and alighted from her ass, and when the LORD shall have done to my
fell before David on her face, and lord according to all the good that He
bowed down to the ground. 24And she hath spoken concerning thee, and shall
fell at his feet, and said: ‘Upon me, my have appointed thee prince over Israel;
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lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let that this shall be no stumbling-block
thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my
thine ears, and hear thou the words of lord, either that thou hast shed blood
thy handmaid. 25Let not my lord, I without cause, or that my lord hath
pray thee, regard this base fellow, even found redress for himself. And when
Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: the LORD shall have dealt well with my
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Nabal is his name, and churlishness is lord, then remember thy handmaid.’
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with him; but I thy handmaid saw not And David said to bAbigail:
the young men of my lord, whom thou ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of
didst send. 26Now therefore, my lord, Israel, who sent thee this day to meet
as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul me; 33and blessed be thy discretion,
liveth, seeing the LORD hath and blessed be thou, that hast kept me
withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, this day from bloodguiltiness, and
and from finding redress for thyself from finding redress for myself with
with thine own hand, now therefore let mine own hand. 34For in very deed, as
thine enemies, and them that seek evil the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth,
to my lord, be as Nabal. 27And now who hath withholden me from hurting
this present which thy servant hath thee, except thou hadst made haste and
brought unto my lord, let it be given come to meet me, surely there had not
unto the young men that follow my been left unto Nabal by the morning
lord. 28Forgive, I pray thee, the light so much as one male.’ 35So David
trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD received of her hand that which she
will certainly make my lord a sure had brought him; and he said unto her:
house, because my lord fighteth the ‘Go up in peace to thy house; see, I
battles of the LORD; and evil is not have hearkened to thy voice, and have
found in thee all thy days. 29And accepted thy person.’
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though man be risen up to pursue thee, And Abigail came to Nabal; and,
and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my behold, he held a feast in his house,
lord shall be bound in the bundle of like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s
life with the LORD thy God; and the heart was merry within him, for he
souls of thine enemies, them shall he was very drunken; wherefore she told
a b
That is, Churl. Heb. Abigal.
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him nothing, less or more, until the not David hide himself in the hill of
morning light. 37And it came to pass in Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?’
2
the morning, when the wine was gone Then Saul arose, and went down to
out of Nabal, that his wife told him the wilderness of Ziph, having three
these things, and his heart died within thousand chosen men of Israel with
him, and he became as a stone. 38And him, to seek David in the wilderness of
it came to pass about ten days after, Ziph. 3And Saul pitched in the hill of
that the LORD smote Nabal, so that he Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon,
died. by the way. But David abode in the
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And when David heard that Nabal wilderness, and he saw that Saul came
was dead, he said: ‘Blessed be the after him into the wilderness. 4David
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of therefore sent out spies, and
my reproach from the hand of Nabal, understood that Saul was come of a
and hath kept back His servant from certainty. 5And David arose, and came
evil; and the evil-doing of Nabal hath to the place where Saul had pitched;
the LORD returned upon his own head.’ and David beheld the place where Saul
And David sent and spoke concerning lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the
Abigail, to take her to him to wife. captain of his host; and Saul lay within
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And when the servants of David the barricade, and the people pitched
were come to Abigail to Carmel, they round about him.
6
spoke unto her, saying: ‘David hath Then answered David and said to
sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai
wife.’ 41And she arose, and bowed the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab,
down with her face to the earth, and saying: ‘Who will go down with me to
said: ‘Behold, thy handmaid is a Saul to the camp?’ And Abishai said:
servant to wash the feet of the servants ‘I will go down with thee.’ 7So David
of my lord.’ 42And Abigail hastened, and Abishai came to the people by
and arose, and rode upon an ass, with night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping
five damsels of hers that followed her; within the barricade, with his spear
and she went after the messengers of stuck in the ground at his head; and
David, and became his wife. Abner and the people lay round about
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David also took Ahinoam of him. 8Then said Abishai to David:
Jezreel; and they became both of them ‘God hath delivered up thine enemy
his wives. 44Now Saul had given into thy hand this day; now therefore
Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to let me smite him, I pray thee, with the
Palti the son of Laish, who was of spear to the earth at one stroke, and I
Gallim. will not smite him the second time.’
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9
And the Ziphites came unto And David said to Abishai: ‘Destroy
Saul to Gibeah, saying: ‘Doth him not; for who can put forth his
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hand against the LORD’S anointed, and And Saul knew David’s voice, and
be guiltless?’ 10And David said: ‘As said: ‘Is this thy voice, my son
the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall David?’ And David said: ‘It is my
smite him; or his day shall come to voice, my lord, O king.’ 18And he said:
die; or he shall go down into battle, ‘Wherefore doth my lord pursue after
and be swept away. 11The LORD forbid his servant? for what have I done? or
it me, that I should put forth my hand what evil is in my hand? 19Now
against the LORD’S anointed; but now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the
take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his king hear the words of his servant. If it
head, and the cruse of water and let us be the LORD that hath stirred thee up
go.’ 12So David took the spear and the against me, let Him accept an offering;
cruse of water from Saul’s head; and but if it be the children of men, cursed
they got them away, and no man saw be they before the LORD; for they have
it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; driven me out this day that I should
for they were all asleep; because a not cleave unto the inheritance of the
deep sleep from the LORD was fallen LORD, saying: Go, serve other gods.
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upon them. Now therefore, let not my blood fall
13
Then David went over to the other to the earth away from the presence of
side, and stood on the top of the the LORD; for the king of Israel is come
mountain afar off; a great space being out to seek a single flea, as when one
between them. 14And David cried to doth hunt a partridge in the
the people, and to Abner the son of mountains.’
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Ner, saying: ‘Answerest thou not, Then said Saul: ‘I have sinned;
Abner?’ Then Abner answered and return, my son David; for I will no
said: ‘Who art thou that criest to the more do thee harm, because my life
king?’ 15And David said to Abner: ‘Art was precious in thine eyes this day;
not thou a valiant man? and who is behold, I have played the fool and
like to thee in Israel? wherefore then erred exceedingly.’ 22And David
hast thou not kept watch over thy lord answered and said: ‘Behold the king’s
the king? for there came one of the spear! let then one of the young men
people in to destroy the king thy lord. come over and fetch it. 23And the LORD
16
This thing is not good that thou hast will render to every man his
done. As the LORD liveth, ye deserve to righteousness and his faithfulness;
die, because ye have not kept watch forasmuch as the LORD delivered thee
over your lord, the LORD’S anointed. into my hand to-day, and I would not
And now, see, where the king’s spear put forth my hand against the LORD’S
is, and the cruse of water that was at anointed. 24And, behold, as thy life
his head.’ was much set by this day in mine eyes,
so let my life be much set by in the
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eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver months. 8And David and his men went
me out of all tribulation.’ 25Then Saul up, and made a raid upon the
said to David: ‘Blessed be thou, my Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the
son David; thou shalt both do mightily, Amalekites; for those were the
and shalt surely prevail.’ So David inhabitants of the land, who were of
went his way, and Saul returned to his old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto
place. the land of Egypt. 9And David smote
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5
And David said unto Achish: ‘If And it came to pass in those
now I have found favour in thine eyes, days, that the Philistines
let them give me a place in one of the gathered their hosts together for
cities in the country, that I may dwell warfare, to fight with Israel. And
there; for why should thy servant Achish said unto David: ‘Know thou
dwell in the royal city with thee?’ assuredly, that thou shalt go out with
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Then Achish gave him Ziklag that me in the host, thou and thy men.’
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day; wherefore Ziklag belongeth unto And David said to Achish: ‘Therefore
the kings of Judah unto this day. thou shalt know what thy servant will
7
And the number of the days that do.’ And Achish said to David:
David dwelt in the country of the ‘Therefore will I make thee keeper of
Philistines was a full year and four my head for ever.’
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Now Samuel was dead, and all said: ‘Bring me up Samuel.’ 12And
Israel had lamented him, and buried when the woman saw Samuel, she
him in Ramah, even in his own city. cried with a loud voice; and the
And Saul had put away those that woman spoke to Saul, saying: ‘Why
divined by a ghost or a familiar spirit hast thou deceived me? for thou art
out of the land. 4And the Philistines Saul.’ 13And the king said unto her:
gathered themselves together, and ‘Be not afraid; for what seest thou?’
came and pitched in Shunem; and Saul And the woman said unto Saul: ‘I see
gathered all Israel together, and they a godlike being coming up out of the
pitched in Gilboa. 5And when Saul earth.’ 14And he said unto her: ‘What
saw the host of the Philistines, he was form is he of?’ And she said: ‘An old
afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. man cometh up; and he is covered with
6
And when Saul inquired of the LORD, a robe.’ And Saul perceived that it was
the LORD answered him not, neither by Samuel, and he bowed with his face to
dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. the ground, and prostrated himself.
7 15
Then said Saul unto his servants: And Samuel said to Saul: ‘Why
‘Seek me a woman that divineth by a hast thou disquieted me, to bring me
ghost, that I may go to her, and inquire up?’ And Saul answered: ‘I am sore
of her.’ And his servants said to him: distressed; for the Philistines make war
‘Behold, there is a woman that against me, and God is departed from
divineth by a ghost at En-dor.’ me, and answereth me no more,
8
And Saul disguised himself, and neither by prophets, nor by dreams;
put on other raiment, and went, he and therefore I have called thee, that thou
two men with him, and they came to mayest make known unto me what I
the woman by night; and he said: shall do.’ 16And Samuel said:
‘Divine unto me, I pray thee, by a ‘Wherefore then dost thou ask of me,
ghost, and bring me up whomsoever I seeing the LORD is departed from thee,
shall name unto thee.’ 9And the and is become thine adversary? 17And
woman said unto him: ‘Behold, thou the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as
knowest what Saul hath done, how he He spoke by me; and the LORD hath
hath cut off those that divine by a rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and
ghost or a familiar spirit out of the given it to thy neighbour, even to
land; wherefore then layest thou a David. 18Because thou didst not
snare for my life, to cause me to die?’ hearken to the voice of the LORD, and
10
And Saul swore to her by the LORD, didst not execute His fierce wrath
saying: ‘As the LORD liveth, there shall upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD
no punishment happen to thee for this done this thing unto thee this day.
thing.’ 11Then said the woman: ‘Whom 19
Moreover the LORD will deliver Israel
shall I bring up unto thee?’ And he also with thee into the hand of the
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Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou by hundreds, and by thousands; and
and thy sons be with me; the LORD will David and his men passed on in the
deliver the host of Israel also into the rearward with Achish. 3Then said the
hand of the Philistines.’ princes of the Philistines: ‘What do
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Then Saul fell straightway his full these Hebrews here?’ And Achish said
length upon the earth, and was sore unto the princes of the Philistines: ‘Is
afraid, because of the words of not this David, the servant of Saul the
Samuel; and there was no strength in king of Israel, who hath been with me
him; for he had eaten no bread all the these days or these years, and I have
day, nor all the night. 21And the found no fault in him since he fell
woman came unto Saul, and saw that away unto me unto this day?’ 4But the
he was sore affrighted, and said unto princes of the Philistines were wroth
him: ‘Behold, thy handmaid hath with him; and the princes of the
hearkened unto thy voice, and I have Philistines said unto him: ‘Make the
put my life in my hand, and have man return, that he may go back to his
hearkened unto thy words which thou place where thou hast appointed him,
spokest unto me. 22Now therefore, I and let him not go down with us to
pray thee, hearken thou also unto the battle, lest in the battle he become an
voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a adversary to us; for wherewith should
morsel of bread before thee; and eat, this fellow reconcile himself unto his
that thou mayest have strength, when lord? should it not be with the heads of
thou goest on thy way.’ 23But he these men? 5Is not this David, of
refused, and said: ‘I will not eat.’ But whom they sang one to another in
his servants, together with the woman, dances, saying:
urged him; and he hearkened unto Saul hath slain his thousands,
their voice. So he arose from the earth, And David his ten thousands?’
and sat upon the bed. 24And the 6
Then Achish called David, and said
woman had a fatted calf in the house; unto him: ‘As the LORD liveth, thou
and she made haste, and killed it; and hast been upright, and thy going out
she took flour, and kneaded it, and did and thy coming in with me in the host
bake unleavened bread thereof; 25and is good in my sight; for I have not
she brought it before Saul, and before found evil in thee since the day of thy
his servants; and they did eat. Then coming unto me unto this day;
they rose up, and went away that night. nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
29
7
Now the Philistines gathered Wherefore now return, and go in
together all their hosts to peace, that thou displease not the lords
Aphek; and the Israelites pitched by of the Philistines.’ 8And David said
the fountain which is in Jezreel. 2And unto Achish: ‘But what have I done?
the lords of the Philistines passed on and what hast thou found in thy
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servant so long as I have been before greatly distressed; for the people spoke
thee unto this day, that I may not go of stoning him, because the soul of all
and fight against the enemies of my the people was grieved, every man for
lord the king?’ 9And Achish answered his sons and for his daughters; but
and said to David: ‘I know that thou David strengthened himself in the
art good in my sight, as an angel of LORD his God.
7
God; notwithstanding the princes of And David said to Abiathar the
the Philistines have said: He shall not priest, the son of Ahimelech: ‘I pray
go up with us to the battle. thee, bring me hither the ephod.’ And
10
Wherefore now rise up early in the Abiathar brought thither the ephod to
morning with the servants of thy lord David. 8And David inquired of the
that are come with thee; and as soon as LORD, saying: ‘Shall I pursue after this
ye are up early in the morning, and troop? shall I overtake them?’ And He
have light, depart.’ 11So David rose up answered him: ‘Pursue; for thou shalt
early, he and his men, to depart in the surely overtake them, and shalt
morning, to return into the land of the without fail recover all.’ 9So David
Philistines. And the Philistines went went, he and the six hundred men that
up to Jezreel. were with him, and came to the brook
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1 And it came to pass after the
death of Saul, when David was
thee, beside me, and slay me, for the
agony hath taken hold of me; because
returned from the slaughter of the my life is just yet in me. 10So I stood
Amalekites, and David had abode two beside him, and slew him, because I
days in Ziklag; 2it came even to pass was sure that he could not live after
on the third day, that, behold, a man that he was fallen; and I took the
came out of the camp from Saul with crown that was upon his head, and the
his clothes rent, and earth upon his bracelet that was on his arm, and have
head; and so it was, when he came to brought them hither unto my lord.’
11
David, that he fell to the earth, and Then David took hold on his
prostrated himself. 3And David said clothes, and rent them; and likewise all
unto him: ‘From whence comest the men that were with him. 12And
thou?’ And he said unto him: ‘Out of they wailed, and wept, and fasted until
the camp of Israel am I escaped.’ 4And even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his
David said unto him: ‘How went the son, and for the people of the LORD,
matter? I pray thee, tell me.’ And he and for the house of Israel; because
answered: ‘The people are fled from they were fallen by the sword. 13And
the battle, and many of the people also David said unto the young man that
are fallen and dead; and Saul and told him: ‘Whence art thou?’ And he
Jonathan his son are dead also.’ 5And answered: ‘I am the son of an
David said unto the young man that Amalekite stranger.’ 14And David said
told him: ‘How knowest thou that Saul unto him: ‘How wast thou not afraid to
and Jonathan his son are dead?’ 6And put forth thy hand to destroy the
the young man that told him said: ‘As LORD’S anointed?’ 15And David called
I happened by chance upon mount one of the young men, and said: ‘Go
Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his near, and fall upon him.’ And he smote
spear; and, lo, the chariots and the him that he died. 16And David said
horsemen pressed hard upon him. unto him: ‘Thy blood be upon thy
7
And when he looked behind him, he head; for thy mouth hath testified
saw me, and called unto me. And I against thee, saying: I have slain the
answered: Here am I. 8And he said LORD’S anointed.’
17
unto me: Who art thou? And I And David lamented with this
answered him: I am an Amalekite. lamentation over Saul and over
9
And he said unto me: Stand, I pray Jonathan his son, 18and said—To teach
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the sons of Judah the bow. Behold, it How are the mighty fallen in the
is written in the book of Jashar: midst of the battle!
19
Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy
high places is slain! Jonathan upon thy high places is
How are the mighty fallen! slain!
26
I am distressed for thee, my
20
Tell it not in Gath, brother Jonathan;
Publish it not in the streets of Very pleasant hast thou been unto
Ashkelon; me;
Lest the daughters of the Philistines Wonderful was thy love to me,
rejoice, Passing the love of women.
27
Lest the daughters of the How are the mighty fallen,
uncircumcised triumph. And the weapons of war perished!
21
Ye mountains of Gilboa,
Let there be no dew nor rain upon
you, 2 And it came to pass after this, that
David inquired of the LORD,
Neither fields of choice fruits; saying: ‘Shall I go up into any of the
For there the shield of the mighty cities of Judah?’ And the LORD said
was vilely cast away, unto him: ‘Go up.’ And David said:
The shield of Saul, not anointed ‘Whither shall I go up?’ And He said:
with oil. ‘Unto Hebron.’ 2So David went up
22
From the blood of the slain, from thither, and his two wives also,
the fat of the mighty, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail
The bow of Jonathan turned not the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 3And
back, his men that were with him did David
And the sword of Saul returned not bring up, every man with his
empty. household; and they dwelt in the cities
23
Saul and Jonathan, the lovely and of Hebron. 4And the men of Judah
the pleasant came, and they there anointed David
In their lives, even in their death king over the house of Judah.
they were not divided; And they told David, saying: ‘The
They were swifter than eagles, men of Jabesh-gilead were they that
They were stronger than lions. buried Saul.’ 5And David sent
24
Ye daughters of Israel, weep over messengers unto the men of Jabesh-
Saul, gilead, and said unto them: ‘Blessed be
Who clothed you in scarlet, with ye of the LORD, that ye have shown this
other delights, kindness unto your lord, even unto
Who put ornaments of gold upon Saul, and have buried him. 6And now
your apparel. the LORD show kindness and truth unto
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you; and I also will requite you this fellow’s side; so they fell down
kindness, because ye have done this together; wherefore that place was
thing. 7Now therefore let your hands called aHelkath-hazzurim, which is in
be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul Gibeon. 17And the battle was very sore
your lord is dead, and also the house of that day; and Abner was beaten, and
Judah have anointed me king over the men of Israel, before the servants
them.’ of David.
8 18
Now Abner the son of Ner, captain And the three sons of Zeruiah
of Saul’s host, had taken Ish-bosheth were there, Joab, and Abishai, and
the son of Saul, and brought him over Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot
to Mahanaim; 9and he made him king as one of the roes that are in the field.
19
over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, And Asahel pursued after Abner; and
and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, in going he turned not to the right hand
and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. nor to the left from following Abner.
10 20
Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty Then Abner looked behind him, and
years old when he began to reign over said: ‘Is it thou, Asahel?’ And he
Israel, and he reigned two years. But answered: ‘It is I.’ 21And Abner said to
the house of Judah followed David. him: ‘Turn thee aside to thy right hand
11
And the time that David was king in or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one
Hebron over the house of Judah was of the young men, and take thee his
seven years and six months. armour.’ But Asahel would not turn
12
And Abner the son of Ner, and the aside from following him. 22And
servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Abner said again to Asahel: ‘Turn thee
Saul, went out from Mahanaim to aside from following me; wherefore
Gibeon. 13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, should I smite thee to the ground? how
and the servants of David, went out; then should I hold up my face to Joab
and they met together by the pool of thy brother?’ 23Howbeit he refused to
Gibeon, and sat down, the one on the turn aside; wherefore Abner with the
one side of the pool, and the other on hinder end of the spear smote him in
the other side of the pool. 14And Abner the groin, that the spear came out
said to Joab: ‘Let the young men, I behind him; and he fell down there,
pray thee, arise and play before us.’ and died in the same place; and it
And Joab said: ‘Let them arise.’ came to pass, that as many as came to
15
Then they arose and passed over by the place where Asahel fell down and
number: twelve for Benjamin, and for died stood still.
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and
twelve of the servants of David. 16And
they caught every one his fellow by a
the head, and thrust his sword in his That is, The field of the sharp
knives.
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3
24
But Joab and Abishai pursued after Now there was long war between
Abner; and the sun went down when the house of Saul and the house of
they were come to the hill of Ammah, David; and David waxed stronger and
that lieth before Giah by the way of stronger, but the house of Saul waxed
the wilderness of Gibeon. 25And the weaker and weaker.
2
children of Benjamin gathered And unto David were sons born in
themselves together after Abner, and Hebron; and his first-born was
became one band, and stood on the top Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
of a hill. 26Then Abner called to Joab, 3
and his second, Chileab, of Abigail
and said: ‘Shall the sword devour for the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and
ever? knowest thou not that it will be the third, Absalom the son of Maacah
bitterness in the end? how long shall it the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4
be then, ere thou bid the people return and the fourth, Adonijah the son of
from following their brethren?’ 27And Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the
Joab said: ‘As God liveth, if thou hadst son of Abital; 5and the sixth, Ithream,
not spoken, surely then only after the of Eglah David’s wife. These were
morning the people had gone away, born to David in Hebron.
6
every one from following his brother.’ And it came to pass, while there
28
So Joab blew the horn, and all the was war between the house of Saul
people stood still, and pursued after and the house of David, that Abner
Israel no more, neither fought they any showed himself strong in the house of
more. 29And Abner and his men went Saul. 7Now Saul had a concubine,
all that night through the Arabah; and whose name was Rizpah, the daughter
they passed over the Jordan, and went of Aiah; and [Ish-bosheth] said to
through all Bithron, and came to Abner: ‘Wherefore hast thou gone in
Mahanaim. unto my father’s concubine?’ 8Then
30
And Joab returned from following was Abner very wroth for the words of
Abner; and when he had gathered all Ish-bosheth, and said: ‘Am I a dog’s
the people together, there lacked of head that belongeth to Judah? This day
David’s servants nineteen men and do I show kindness unto the house of
Asahel. 31But the servants of David Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to
had smitten of Benjamin, even of his friends, and have not delivered thee
Abner’s men—three hundred and into the hand of David, and yet thou
threescore men died. 32And they took chargest me this day with a fault
up Asahel, and buried him in the concerning this woman. 9God do so to
sepulchre of his father, which was in Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD
Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men hath sworn to David, I do not even so
went all night, and the day broke upon to him; 10to transfer the kingdom from
them at Hebron. the house of Saul, and to set up the
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throne of David over Israel and over Benjamin. 20So Abner came to David
Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.’ to Hebron, and twenty men with him.
11
And he could not answer Abner And David made Abner and the men
another word, because he feared him. that were with him a feast. 21And
12
And Abner sent messengers to Abner said unto David: ‘I will arise
David straightway, saying: ‘Whose is and go, and will gather all Israel unto
the land?’ saying also: ‘Make thy my lord the king, that they may make a
league with me, and, behold, my hand covenant with thee, and that thou
shall be with thee, to bring over all mayest reign over all that thy soul
Israel unto thee.’ 13And he said: ‘Well; desireth.’ And David sent Abner away;
I will make a league with thee; but one and he went in peace.
22
thing I require of thee, that is, thou And, behold, the servants of David
shalt not see my face, except thou first and Joab came from a foray, and
bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when brought in a great spoil with them; but
thou comest to see my face.’ 14And Abner was not with David in Hebron;
David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth for he had sent him away, and he was
Saul’s son, saying: ‘Deliver me my gone in peace. 23When Joab and all the
wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me host that was with him were come,
for a hundred foreskins of the they told Joab, saying: ‘Abner the son
Philistines.’ 15And Ish-bosheth sent, of Ner came to the king, and he hath
and took her from her husband, even sent him away, and he is gone in
from Paltiel the son of Laish. 16And peace.’ 24Then Joab came to the king,
her husband went with her, weeping as and said: ‘What hast thou done?
he went, and followed her to Bahurim. behold, Abner came unto thee; why is
Then said Abner unto him: ‘Go, it that thou hast sent him away, and he
return’; and he returned. is quite gone? 25Thou knowest Abner
17
And Abner had communication the son of Ner, that he came to deceive
with the elders of Israel, saying: ‘In thee, and to know thy going out and
times past ye sought for David to be thy coming in, and to know all that
king over you; 18now then do it; for the thou doest.’ 26And when Joab was
LORD hath spoken of David, saying: By come out from David, he sent
the hand of My servant David I will messengers after Abner, and they
save My people Israel out of the hand brought him back from Bor-sirah; but
of the Philistines, and out of the hand David knew it not.
of all their enemies.’ 19And Abner also 27
And when Abner was returned to
spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Hebron, Joab took him aside into the
Abner went also to speak in the ears of midst of the gate to speak with him
David in Hebron all that seemed good quietly, and smote him there in the
to Israel, and to the whole house of groin, that he died, for the blood of
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Asahel his brother. 28And afterward Israel understood that day that it was
when David heard it, he said: ‘I and not of the king to slay Abner the son of
my kingdom are guiltless before the Ner. 38And the king said unto his
LORD for ever from the blood of Abner servants: ‘Know ye not that there is a
the son of Ner; 29let it fall upon the prince and a great man fallen this day
head of Joab, and upon all his father’s in Israel? 39And I am this day weak,
house; and let there not fail from the and just anointed king; and these men
house of Joab one that hath an issue, or the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for
that is a leper, or that leaneth on a me; the LORD reward the evildoer
staff, or that falleth by the sword, or according to his wickedness.’
that lacketh bread.’ 30So Joab and
Abishai his brother slew Abner,
because he had killed their brother 4 And when Saul’s son heard that
Abner was dead in Hebron, his
Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. hands became feeble, and all the
31
And David said to Joab, and to all Israelites were affrighted. 2And Saul’s
the people that were with him: ‘Rend son had two men that were captains of
your clothes, and gird you with bands; the name of the one was
sackcloth, and wail before Abner.’ Baanah, and the name of the other
And king David followed the bier. Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the
32
And they buried Abner in Hebron; Beerothite, of the children of
and the king lifted up his voice, and Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned
wept at the grave of Abner; and all the to Benjamin; 3and the Beerothites fled
people wept. 33And the king lamented to Gittaim, and have been sojourners
for Abner, and said: there until this day.
4
Should Abner die as a churl dieth Now Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a
34
Thy hands were not bound, nor thy son that was lame of his feet. He was
feet put into fetters; five years old when the tidings came
As a man falleth before the children of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel,
of iniquity, so didst thou fall. and his nurse took him up, and fled;
And all the people wept again over and it came to pass, as she made haste
him. 35And all the people came to to flee, that he fell, and became lame.
cause David to eat bread while it was And his name was Mephibosheth.
5
yet day; but David swore, saying: And the sons of Rimmon the
‘God do so to me, and more also, if I Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,
taste bread, or aught else, till the sun and came about the heat of the day to
be down.’ 36And all the people took the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took
notice of it, and it pleased them; his rest at noon. 6And they came
whatsoever the king did, pleased all thither into the midst of the house, as
the people. 37So all the people and all though they would have fetched
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wheat; and they smote him in the thy flesh. 2In times past, when Saul
groin; and Rechab and Baanah his was king over us, it was thou that didst
brother escaped. 7Now when they lead out and bring in Israel; and the
came into the house, as he lay on his LORD said to thee: Thou shalt feed My
bed in his bed-chamber, they smote people Israel, and thou shalt be prince
him, and slew him, and beheaded him, over Israel.’ 3So all the elders of Israel
and took his head, and went by the came to the king to Hebron; and king
way of the Arabah all night. 8And they David made a covenant with them in
brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto Hebron before the LORD; and they
David to Hebron, and said to the king: anointed David king over Israel.
4
‘Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the David was thirty years old when he
son of Saul thine enemy, who sought began to reign, and he reigned forty
thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my years. 5In Hebron he reigned over
lord the king this day of Saul, and of Judah seven years and six months; and
his seed.’ 2009And David answered in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and
Rechab and Baanah his brother, the three years over all Israel and Judah.
6
sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and And the king and his men went to
said unto them: ‘As the LORD liveth, Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the
who hath redeemed my soul out of all inhabitants of the land, who spoke
adversity, 10when one told me, saying: unto David, saying: ‘Except thou take
Behold, Saul is dead, and he was in his away the blind and the lame, thou shalt
own eyes as though he brought good not come in hither’; thinking: ‘David
tidings, I took hold of him, and slew cannot come in hither.’ 7Nevertheless
him in Ziklag, instead of giving a David took the stronghold of Zion; the
reward for his tidings. 11How much same is the city of David. 8And David
more, when wicked men have slain a said on that day: ‘Whosoever smiteth
righteous person in his own house the Jebusites, and getteth up to the
upon his bed, shall I not now require gutter, and [taketh away] the lame and
his blood of your hand, and take you the blind, that are hated of David’s
away from the earth?’ 12And David soul—.’ Wherefore they say: ‘There
commanded his young men, and they are the blind and the lame; he cannot
slew them, and cut off their hands and come into the house.’ 9And David
their feet, and hanged them up beside dwelt in the stronghold, and called it
the pool in Hebron. But they took the the city of David. And David built
head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in round about from Millo and inward.
10
the grave of Abner in Hebron. And David waxed greater and
6
17
And when the Philistines heard And David again gathered
that David was anointed king over together all the chosen men of
Israel, all the Philistines went up to Israel, thirty thousand. 2And David
seek David; and David heard of it, and arose, and went with all the people that
went down to the hold. 18Now the were with him, from Baale-judah, to
Philistines had come and spread bring up from thence the ark of God,
themselves in the valley of Rephaim. whereupon is called the Name, even
19
And David inquired of the LORD, the name of the LORD of hosts that
saying: ‘Shall I go up against the sitteth upon the cherubim. 3And they
Philistines? wilt Thou deliver them set the ark of God upon a new cart,
into my hand?’ And the LORD said unto and brought it out of the house of
David: ‘Go up; for I will certainly Abinadab that was in the hill; and
deliver the Philistines into thy hand.’ Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of
20
And David came to Baal-perazim, Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4And
and David smote them there; and he they brought it out of the house of
said: ‘The LORD hath broken mine Abinadab, which was in the hill, with
enemies before me, like the breach of the ark of God, and Ahio went before
waters.’ Therefore the name of that the ark. 5And David and all the house
a
That is, The possessor of breaches.
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of Israel played before the LORD with fatling. 14And David danced before the
all manner of instruments made of LORD with all his might; and David
cypress-wood, and with harps, and was girded with a linen ephod. 15So
with psalteries, and with timbrels, and David and all the house of Israel
with sistra, and with cymbals. brought up the ark of the LORD with
6
And when they came to the shouting, and with the sound of the
threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put horn.
16
forth his hand to the ark of God, and And it was so, as the ark of the
took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled. LORD came into the city of David, that
7
And the anger of the LORD was Michal the daughter of Saul looked out
kindled against Uzzah; and God smote at the window, and saw king David
him there for his error; and there he leaping and dancing before the LORD;
died by the ark of God. 8And David and she despised him in her heart.
17
was displeased, because the LORD had And they brought in the ark of the
broken forth upon Uzzah; and that LORD, and set it in its place, in the
place was called aPerez-uzzah, unto midst of the tent that David had
this day 9And David was afraid of the pitched for it; and David offered burnt-
LORD that day; and he said: ‘How shall offerings and peace-offerings before
the ark of the LORD come unto me?’ the LORD. 18And when David had made
10
So David would not remove the ark an end of offering the burnt-offering
of the LORD unto him into the city of and the peace-offerings, he blessed the
David; but David carried it aside into people in the name of the LORD of
the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. hosts. 19And he dealt among all the
11
And the ark of the LORD remained in people, even among the whole
the house of Obed-edom the Gittite multitude of Israel, both to men and
three months; and the LORD blessed women, to every one a cake of bread,
Obed-edom, and all his house. and a cake made in a pan, and a sweet
12
And it was told king David, cake. So all the people departed every
saying: ‘The LORD hath blessed the one to his house.
20
house of Obed-edom, and all that Then David returned to bless his
pertaineth unto him, because of the ark household. And Michal the daughter
of God.’ And David went and brought of Saul came out to meet David, and
up the ark of God from the house of said: ‘How did the king of Israel get
Obed-edom into the city of David with him honour to-day, who uncovered
joy. 13And it was so, that when they himself to-day in the eyes of the
that bore the ark of the LORD had gone handmaids of his servants, as one of
six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a the vain fellows shamelessly
uncovereth himself! ’ 21And David
a
said unto Michal: ‘Before the LORD,
That is, The breach of Uzzah.
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who chose me above thy father, and sheepcote, from following the sheep,
above all his house, to appoint me that thou shouldest be prince over My
prince over the people of the LORD, people, over Israel. 9And I have been
over Israel, before the LORD will I with thee whithersoever thou didst go,
make merry. 22And I will be yet more and have cut off all thine enemies from
vile than thus, and will be base in mine before thee; and I will make thee a
own sight; and with the handmaids great name, like unto the name of the
whom thou hast spoken of, with them great ones that are in the earth. 10And I
will I get me honour.’ 23And Michal will appoint a place for My people
the daughter of Saul had no child unto Israel, and will plant them, that they
the day of her death. may dwell in their own place, and be
9
9
And when Toi king of Hamath And David said: ‘Is there yet any
heard that David had smitten all the that is left of the house of Saul,
host of Hadadezer, 10then Toi sent that I may show him kindness for
Joram his son unto king David, to Jonathan’s sake?’ 2Now there was of
salute him, and to bless him—because the house of Saul a servant whose
he had fought against Hadadezer and name was Ziba, and they called him
smitten him; for Hadadezer had wars unto David; and the king said unto
with Toi—and he brought with him him: ‘Art thou Ziba?’ And he said:
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, ‘Thy servant is he.’ 3And the king said:
and vessels of brass. 11These also did ‘Is there not yet any of the house of
king David dedicate unto the LORD, Saul, that I may show the kindness of
with the silver and gold that he God unto him?’ And Ziba said unto
dedicated of all the nations which he the king: ‘Jonathan hath yet a son, who
subdued: 12of Aram, and of Moab, and is lame on his feet.’ 4And the king said
of the children of Ammon, and of the unto him: ‘Where is he?’ And Ziba
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the said unto the king: ‘Behold, he is in
spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king the house of Machir the son of
of Zobah. 13And David got him a name Ammiel, in Lo-debar.’ 5Then king
when he returned from smiting the David sent, and fetched him out of the
Arameans in the Valley of Salt, even house of Machir the son of Ammiel,
eighteen thousand men. 14And he put from Lo-debar. 6And Mephibosheth,
garrisons in Edom; throughout all the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
Edom put he garrisons, and all the came unto David, and fell on his face,
Edomites became servants to David. and prostrated himself. And David
And the LORD gave victory to David said: ‘Mephibosheth! ’ And he
whithersoever he went. answered: ‘Behold thy servant! ’ 7And
David said unto him: ‘Fear not; for I
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will surely show thee kindness for the hand of his servants to comfort him
Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will concerning his father. And David’s
restore thee all the land of Saul thy servants came into the land of the
father; and thou shalt eat bread at my children of Ammon. 3But the princes
table continually.’ 8And he bowed of the children of Ammon said unto
down, and said: ‘What is thy servant, Hanun their lord: ‘Thinkest thou that
that thou shouldest look upon such a David doth honour thy father, that he
dead dog as I am?’ hath sent comforters unto thee? hath
9
Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s not David sent his servants unto thee
servant, and said unto him: ‘All that to search the city, and to spy it out, and
pertained to Saul and to all his house to overthrow it?’ 4So Hanun took
have I given unto thy master’s son. David’s servants, and shaved off the
10
And thou shalt till the land for him, one half of their beards, and cut off
thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; their garments in the middle, even to
and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that their buttocks, and sent them away.
5
thy master’s son may have bread to When they told it unto David, he sent
eat; but Mephibosheth thy master’s to meet them; for the men were greatly
son shall eat bread continually at my ashamed. And the king said: ‘Tarry at
table.’ Now Ziba had fifteen sons and Jericho until your beards be grown,
twenty servants. 11Then said Ziba unto and then return.’
6
the king: ‘According to all that my And when the children of Ammon
lord the king commandeth his servant, saw that they were become odious to
so shall thy servant do; but David, the children of Ammon sent
Mephibosheth eateth at my table as and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob,
one of the king’s sons.’ 12Now and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty
Mephibosheth had a young son, whose thousand footmen, and the king of
name was Mica. And all that dwelt in Maacah with a thousand men, and the
the house of Ziba were servants unto men of Tob twelve thousand men.
Mephibosheth. 13But Mephibosheth 7
And when David heard of it, he sent
dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat Joab, and all the host of the mighty
continually at the king’s table; and he men. 8And the children of Ammon
was lame on both his feet. came out, and put the battle in array at
The saying of David the son of These are the names of the mighty
Jesse, men whom David had: Josheb-
And the saying of the man raised on basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of
high, the captains; the same was Adino the
The anointed of the God of Jacob, Eznite; [he lifted up his spear] against
And the sweet singer of Israel: eight hundred, whom he slew at one
2
The spirit of the LORD spoke by me, time.
9
And His word was upon my tongue. And after him was Eleazar the son
of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, one of
3
The God of Israel said, the three mighty men with David,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me: when they jeoparded their lives against
‘Ruler over men shall be the Philistines that were there gathered
The righteous, even he that ruleth in together to battle, and the men of
the fear of God, Israel were gone away; 10he stood
4
And as the light of the morning, firm, and smote the Philistines until his
when the sun riseth, hand was weary, and his hand did
A morning without clouds; cleave unto the sword; and the LORD
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wrought a great victory that day; and against three hundred and slew them,
the people returned after him only to and had a name among the three. 19He
strip the slain. was most honourable of the three;
11
And after him was Shammah the therefore he was made their captain;
son of Age the Ararite. And the howbeit he attained not unto the first
Philistines were gathered together into three.
20
a troop, where was a plot of ground And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
full of lentils; and the people fled from the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
the Philistines. 12But he stood in the who had done mighty deeds, he smote
midst of the plot, and defended it, and the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went
slew the Philistines; and the LORD down also and slew a lion in the midst
wrought a great victory. of a pit in time of snow; 21and he slew
13
And three of the thirty chief went an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the
down, and came to David in the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but
harvest time unto the cave of Adullam; he went down to him with a staff, and
and the troop of the Philistines were plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s
encamped in the valley of Rephaim. hand, and slew him with his own
14
And David was then in the spear. 22These things did Benaiah the
stronghold, and the garrison of the son of Jehoiada, and had a name
Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. among the three mighty men. 23He was
15
And David longed, and said: ‘Oh that more honourable than the thirty, but he
one would give me water to drink of attained not to the first three. And
the well of Beth-lehem, which is by David set him over his guard.
the gate! ’ 16And the three mighty men 24
Asahel the brother of Joab was one
broke through the host of the of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo
Philistines, and drew water out of the of Beth-lehem; 25Shammah the
well of Beth-lehem, that was by the Harodite, Elika the Harodite; 26Helez
gate, and took it, and brought it to the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the
David; but he would not drink thereof, Tekoite; 27Abiezer the Anathothite,
but poured it out unto the LORD. 17And Mebunnai the Hushathite; 28Zalmon
he said: ‘Be it far from me, O LORD, the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite;
29
that I should do this; shall I drink the Heleb the son of Baanah the
blood of the men that went in jeopardy Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of
of their lives?’ therefore he would not Gibeah of the children of Benjamin;
30
drink it. These things did the three Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of
31
mighty men. Nahale-gaash; Abi-albon the
18
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite;
32
the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons
three. And he lifted up his spear of Jashen, Jonathan; 33Shammah the
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Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the came to Dan-jaan, and round about to
Ararite; 34Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, Zidon, 7and came to the stronghold of
the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the Tyre, and to all the cities of the
son of Ahithophel the Gilonite; Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and
35
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the they went out to the south of Judah, at
Arbite; 36Igal the son of Nathan of Beer-sheba. 8So when they had gone to
Zobah, Bani the Gadite; 37Zelek the and fro through all the land, they came
Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, to Jerusalem at the end of nine months
armour-bearer to Joab the son of and twenty days. 9And Joab gave up
Zeruiah; 38Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the the sum of the numbering of the
Ithrite; 39Uriah the Hittite. Thirty and people unto the king; and there were in
seven in all. Israel eight hundred thousand valiant
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1 Now King David was old and
stricken in years; and they
and oxen and fatlings by the stone of
Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel;
covered him with clothes, but he could and he called all his brethren the
get no heat. 2Wherefore his servants king’s sons, and all the men of Judah
said unto him: ‘Let there be sought for the king’s servants; 10but Nathan the
my lord the king a young virgin; and prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty
let her stand before the king, and be a men, and Solomon his brother, he
companion unto him; and let her lie in called not.
11
thy bosom, that my lord the king may Then Nathan spoke unto Bath-
get heat.’ 3So they sought for a fair sheba the mother of Solomon, saying:
damsel throughout all the borders of ‘Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the
Israel, and found Abishag the son of Haggith doth reign, and David
Shunammite, and brought her to the our lord knoweth it not? 12Now
king. 4And the damsel was very fair; therefore come, let me, I pray thee,
and she became a companion unto the give thee counsel, that thou mayest
king, and ministered to him; but the save thine own life, and the life of thy
king knew her not. son Solomon. 13Go and get thee in
5
Now Adonijah the son of Haggith unto king David, and say unto him:
exalted himself, saying: ‘I will be Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear
king’; and he prepared him chariots unto thy handmaid, saying: Assuredly
and horsemen, and fifty men to run Solomon thy son shall reign after me,
before him. 6And his father had not and he shall sit upon my throne? why
grieved him all his life in saying: then doth Adonijah reign? 14Behold,
‘Why hast thou done so?’ and he was while thou yet talkest there with the
also a very goodly man; and he was king, I also will come in after thee, and
born after Absalom. 7And he conferred confirm thy words.’
15
with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with And Bath-sheba went in unto the
Abiathar the priest; and they following king into the chamber.—Now the king
Adonijah helped him. 8But Zadok the was very old; and Abishag the
priest, and Benaiah the son of Shunammite ministered unto the
Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and king.—16And Bath-sheba bowed, and
Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men prostrated herself unto the king. And
that belonged to David, were not with the king said: ‘What wouldest thou?’
Adonijah. 9And Adonijah slew sheep 17
And she said unto him: ‘My lord,
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thou didst swear by the LORD thy God of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon
unto thy handmaid: Assuredly hath he not called. 27Is this thing done
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, by my lord the king, and thou hast not
and he shall sit upon my throne. 18And declared unto thy servant who should
now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and sit on the throne of my lord the king
thou, my lord the king, knowest it not. after him?’
19 28
And he hath slain oxen and fatlings Then king David answered and
and sheep in abundance, and hath said: ‘Call me Bath-sheba.’ And she
called all the sons of the king, and came into the king’s presence, and
Abiathar, the priest, and Joab the stood before the king. 29And the king
captain of the host; but Solomon thy swore and said: ‘As the LORD liveth,
servant hath he not called. 20And thou, who hath redeemed my soul out of all
my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel adversity, 30verily as I swore unto thee
are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell by the LORD, the God of Israel, saying:
them who shall sit on the throne of my Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
lord the king after him. 21Otherwise it after me, and he shall sit upon my
will come to pass, when my lord the throne in my stead; verily so will I do
king shall sleep with his fathers, that I this day.’ 31Then Bath-sheba bowed
and my son Solomon shall be counted with her face to the earth, and
offenders.’ prostrated herself to the king, and said:
22
And, lo, while she yet talked with ‘Let my lord king David live for ever.’
32
the king, Nathan the prophet came in. And king David said: ‘Call me
23
And they told the king, saying: Zadok the priest, and Nathan the
‘Behold Nathan the prophet.’ And prophet, and Benaiah the son of
when he was come in before the king, Jehoiada.’ And they came before the
he bowed down before the king with king. 33And the king said unto them:
his face to the ground. 24And Nathan ‘Take with you the servants of your
said: ‘My lord, O king, hast thou said: lord, and cause Solomon my son to
Adonijah shall reign after me, and he ride upon mine own mule, and bring
shall sit upon my throne? 25For he is him down to Gihon. 34And let Zadok
gone down this day, and hath slain the priest and Nathan the prophet
oxen and fatlings and sheep in anoint him there king over Israel; and
abundance, and hath called all the blow ye with the horn, and say: Long
king’s sons, and the captains of the live king Solomon. 35Then ye shall
host, and Abiathar the priest; and, come up after him, and he shall come
behold, they eat and drink before him, and sit upon my throne; for he shall be
and say: Long live king Adonijah. king in my stead; and I have appointed
26
But me, even me thy servant, and him to be prince over Israel and over
Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son Judah.’ 36And Benaiah the son of
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Jehoiada answered the king, and said: they have caused him to ride upon the
‘Amen; so say the LORD, the God of king’s mule. 45And Zadok the priest
my lord the king. 37As the LORD hath and Nathan the prophet have anointed
been with my lord the king, even so be him king in Gihon; and they are come
He with Solomon, and make his throne up from thence rejoicing, so that the
greater than the throne of my lord king city is in an uproar. This is the noise
David.’ that ye have heard. 46And also
38
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan Solomon sitteth on the throne of the
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of kingdom. 47And moreover the king’s
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the servants came to bless our lord king
Pelethites, went down, and caused David, saying: God make the name of
Solomon to ride upon king David’s Solomon better than thy name, and
mule, and brought him to Gihon. make his throne greater than thy
39
And Zadok the priest took the horn throne; and the king bowed down upon
of oil out of the Tent, and anointed the bed. 48And also thus said the king:
Solomon. And they blew the ram’s Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
horn; and all the people said: ‘Long who hath given one to sit on my throne
live king Solomon.’ 40And all the this day, mine eyes even seeing it.’
49
people came up after him, and the And all the guests of Adonijah
people piped with pipes, and rejoiced were afraid, and rose up, and went
with great joy, so that the earth rent every man his way. 50And Adonijah
with the sound of them. feared because of Solomon; and he
41
And Adonijah and all the guests arose, and went, and caught hold on
that were with him heard it as they had the horns of the altar. 51And it was told
made an end of eating. And when Joab Solomon, saying: ‘Behold, Adonijah
heard the sound of the horn, he said: feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath
‘Wherefore is this noise of the city laid hold on the horns of the altar,
being in an uproar?’ 42While he yet saying: Let king Solomon swear unto
spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of me first of all that he will not slay his
Abiathar the priest came; and servant with the sword.’ 52And
Adonijah said: ‘Come in; for thou art a Solomon said: ‘If he shall show
worthy man, and bringest good himself a worthy man, there shall not a
tidings.’ 43And Jonathan answered and hair of him fall to the earth; but if
said to Adonijah: ‘Verily our lord king wickedness be found in him, he shall
David hath made Solomon king. 44And die.’ 53So king Solomon sent, and they
the king hath sent with him Zadok the brought him down from the altar. And
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and he came and prostrated himself before
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the king Solomon; and Solomon said unto
Cherethites and the Pelethites, and him: ‘Go to thy house.’
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2 Now the days of David drew nigh
that he should die; and he charged
Bahurim, who cursed me with a
grievous curse in the day when I went
Solomon his son, saying: 2’I go the to Mahanaim; but he came down to
way of all the earth; be thou strong meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to
therefore, and show thyself a man; him by the LORD, saying: I will not put
3
and keep the charge of the LORD thy thee to death with the sword. 9Now
God, to walk in His ways, to keep His therefore hold him not guiltless, for
statutes, and His commandments, and thou art a wise man; and thou wilt
His ordinances, and His testimonies, know what thou oughtest to do unto
according to that which is written in him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head
the law of Moses, that thou mayest down to the grave with blood.’
10
prosper in all that thou doest, and And David slept with his fathers,
whithersoever thou turnest thyself; and was buried in the city of David.
4 11
that the LORD may establish His word And the days that David reigned over
which He spoke concerning me, Israel were forty years: seven years
saying: If thy children take heed to reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and
their way, to walk before Me in truth three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
12
with all their heart and with all their And Solomon sat upon the throne of
soul, there shall not fail thee, said He, David his father; and his kingdom was
a man on the throne of Israel. established firmly.
5 13
Moreover thou knowest also what Then Adonijah the son of Haggith
Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, came to Bath-sheba the mother of
even what he did to the two captains of Solomon. And she said: ‘Comest thou
the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son peaceably?’ And he said: ‘Peaceably.’
14
of Ner and unto Amasa the son of He said moreover: ‘I have somewhat
Jether, whom he slew, and shed the to say unto thee.’ And she said: ‘Say
blood of war in peace, and put the on.’ 15And he said: ‘Thou knowest that
blood of war upon his girdle that was the kingdom was mine, and that all
about his loins, and in his shoes that Israel set their faces on me, that I
were on his feet. 6Do therefore should reign; howbeit the kingdom is
according to thy wisdom, and let not turned about, and is become my
his hoar head go down to the grave in brother’s; for it was his from the LORD.
peace. 7But show kindness unto the 16
And now I ask one petition of thee,
sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let deny me not.’ And she said unto him:
them be of those that eat at thy table; ‘Say on.’ 17And he said: ‘Speak, I pray
for so they drew nigh unto me when I thee, unto Solomon the king—for he
fled from Absalom thy brother. 8And, will not say thee nay—that he give me
behold, there is with thee Shimei the Abishag the Shunammite to wife.’
son of Gera, the Benjamite, of
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And Bath-sheba said: ‘Well; I will thee to death, because thou didst bear
speak for thee unto the king.’ the ark of the Lord GOD before David
19
Bath-sheba therefore went unto my father, and because thou wast
king Solomon, to speak unto him for afflicted in all wherein my father was
Adonijah. And the king rose up to afflicted.’ 27So Solomon thrust out
meet her, and bowed down unto her, Abiathar from being priest unto the
and sat down on his throne, and caused LORD; that the word of the LORD might
a throne to be set for the king’s be fulfilled, which He spoke
mother; and she sat on his right hand. concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
20 28
Then she said: ‘I ask one small And the tidings came to Joab; for
petition of thee; deny me not.’ And the Joab had turned after Adonijah, though
king said unto her: ‘Ask on, my he turned not after Absalom. And Joab
mother; for I will not deny thee.’ fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and
21
And she said: ‘Let Abishag the caught hold on the horns of the altar.
29
Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy And it was told king Solomon: ‘Joab
brother to wife.’ 22And king Solomon is fled unto the Tent of the LORD, and,
answered and said unto his mother: behold, he is by the altar.’ Then
‘And why dost thou ask Abishag the Solomon sent Benaiah the son of
Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him Jehoiada, saying: ‘Go, fall upon him.’
30
the kingdom also; for he is mine elder And Benaiah came to the Tent of the
brother; even for him, and for Abiathar LORD, and said unto him: ‘Thus saith
the priest, and for Joab the son of the king: Come forth.’ And he said:
Zeruiah.’ 23Then king Solomon swore ‘Nay; but I will die here.’ And
by the LORD, saying: ‘God do so to me, Benaiah brought back word unto the
and more also, if Adonijah have not king, saying: ‘Thus said Joab, and thus
spoken this word against his own life. he answered me.’ 31And the king said
24
Now therefore as the LORD liveth, unto him: ‘Do as he hath said, and fall
who hath established me, and set me upon him, and bury him; that thou
on the throne of David my father, and mayest take away the blood, which
who hath made me a house, as He Joab shed without cause, from me and
promised, surely Adonijah shall be put from my father’s house. 32And the
to death this day.’ 25And king Solomon LORD will return his blood upon his
sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of own head, because he fell upon two
Jehoiada; and he fell upon him, so that men more righteous and better than he,
he died. and slew them with the sword, and my
26
And unto Abiathar the priest said father David knew it not: Abner the
the king: ‘Get thee to Anathoth, unto son of Ner, captain of the host of
thine own fields; for thou art deserving Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether,
of death; but I will not at this time put captain of the host of Judah. 33So shall
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their blood return upon the head of said unto him: ‘Did I not make thee to
Joab, and upon the head of his seed for swear by the LORD, and forewarned
ever; but unto David, and unto his thee, saying: Know for certain, that on
seed, and unto his house, and unto his the day thou goest out, and walkest
throne, shall there be peace for ever abroad any whither, thou shalt surely
from the LORD.’ 34Then Benaiah the die? and thou saidst unto me: The
son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon saying is good; I have heard it. 43Why
him, and slew him; and he was buried then hast thou not kept the oath of the
in his own house in the wilderness. LORD, and the commandment that I
35
And the king put Benaiah the son of have charged thee with?’ 44The king
Jehoiada in his room over the host; and said moreover to Shimei: ‘Thou
Zadok the priest did the king put in the knowest all the wickedness which thy
room of Abiathar. heart is privy to, that thou didst to
36
And the king sent and called for David my father; therefore the LORD
Shimei, and said unto him: Build thee shall return thy wickedness upon thine
a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, own head. 45But king Solomon shall be
and go not forth thence any whither. blessed, and the throne of David shall
37
For on the day thou goest out, and be established before the LORD for
passest over the brook Kidron, know ever.’ 46So the king commanded
thou for certain that thou shalt surely Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he
die; thy blood shall be upon thine own went out, and fell upon him, so that he
head.’ 38And Shimei said unto the died.
king: ‘The saying is good; as my lord And the kingdom was established in
the king hath said, so will thy servant
do.’ And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem 3 the hand of Solomon. 1And
Solomon became allied to
many days. Pharaoh king of Egypt by marriage,
39
And it came to pass at the end of and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and
three years, that two of the servants of brought her into the city of David,
Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of until he had made an end of building
Maacah, king of Gath. And they told his own house, and the house of the
Shimei, saying: ‘Behold, thy servants LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round
are in Gath.’ 40And Shimei arose, and about. 2Only the people sacrificed in
saddled his ass, and went to Gath to the high places, because there was no
Achish, to seek his servants; and house built for the name of the LORD
Shimei went, and brought his servants until those days. 3And Solomon loved
from Gath. 41And it was told Solomon the LORD, walking in the statutes of
that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem David his father; only he sacrificed
to Gath, and was come back. 42And the and offered in the high places.
king sent and called for Shimei, and
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And the king went to Gibeon to an understanding heart; so that there
sacrifice there; for that was the great hath been none like thee before thee,
high place; a thousand burnt-offerings neither after thee shall any arise like
did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5In unto thee. 13And I have also given thee
Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon that which thou hast not asked, both
in a dream by night; and God said: riches and honour—so that there hath
‘Ask what I shall give thee.’ 6And not been any among the kings like
Solomon said: ‘Thou hast shown unto unto thee—all thy days. 14And if thou
Thy servant David my father great wilt walk in My ways, to keep My
kindness, according as he walked statutes and My commandments, as
before Thee in truth, and in thy father David did walk, then I will
righteousness, and in uprightness of lengthen thy days.’ 15And Solomon
heart with Thee; and Thou hast kept awoke, and, behold, it was a dream;
for him this great kindness, that Thou and he came to Jerusalem, and stood
hast given him a son to sit on his before the ark of the covenant of the
throne, as it is this day. 7And now, O LORD, and offered up burnt-offerings,
LORD my God, Thou hast made Thy and offered peace-offerings, and made
servant king instead of David my a feast to all his servants.
16
father; and I am but a little child; I Then came there two women, that
know not how to go out or come in. were harlots, unto the king, and stood
8
And Thy servant is in the midst of before him. 17And the one woman
Thy people which Thou hast chosen, a said: ‘Oh, my lord, I and this woman
great people, that cannot be numbered dwell in one house; and I was
nor counted for multitude. 9Give Thy delivered of a child with her in the
servant therefore an understanding house. 18And it came to pass the third
heart to judge Thy people, that I may day after I was delivered, that this
discern between good and evil; for woman was delivered also; and we
who is able to judge this Thy great were together; there was no stranger
people?’ 10And the speech pleased the with us in the house, save we two in
LORD, that Solomon had asked this the house. 19And this woman’s child
thing. 11And God said unto him: died in the night; because she overlay
‘Because thou hast asked this thing, it. 20And she arose at midnight, and
and hast not asked for thyself long life; took my son from beside me, while thy
neither hast asked riches for thyself, handmaid slept, and laid it in her
nor hast asked the life of thine bosom, and laid her dead child in my
enemies; but hast asked for thyself bosom. 21And when I rose in the
understanding to discern justice; morning to give my child suck,
12
behold, I have done according to thy behold, it was dead; but when I had
word: lo, I have given thee a wise and looked well at it in the morning,
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behold, it was not my son, whom I did Azariah the son of Nathan was over
bear.’ 22And the other woman said: the officers; and Zabud the son of
‘Nay; but the living is my son, and the Nathan was chief minister and the
dead is thy son.’ And this said: ‘No; king’s friend; 6and Ahishar was over
but the dead is thy son, and the living the household; and Adoniram the son
is my son.’ Thus they spoke before the of Abda was over the levy.
7
king. And Solomon had twelve officers
23
Then said the king: ‘The one saith: over all Israel, who provided victuals
This is my son that liveth, and thy son for the king and his household: each
is the dead; and the other saith: Nay; man had to make provision for a
but thy son is the dead, and my son is month in the year. 8And these are their
the living.’ 24And the king said: ‘Fetch names: The son of Hur, in the hill-
me a sword.’ And they brought a country of Ephraim; 9the son of Deker,
sword before the king. 25And the king in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-
said: ‘Divide the living child in two, shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; 10the
and give half to the one, and half to the son of Hesed, in Arubboth; to him
other.’ 26Then spoke the woman whose pertained Socoh, and all the land of
the living child was unto the king, for Hepher; 11the son of Abinadab, in all
her heart yearned upon her son, and the region of Dor; he had Taphath the
she said: ‘Oh, my lord, give her the daughter of Solomon to wife; 12Baana
living child, and in no wise slay it.’ the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and
But the other said: ‘It shall be neither Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is
mine nor thine; divide it.’ 27Then the beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from
king answered and said: ‘Give her the Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as
living child, and in no wise slay it: she beyond Jokmeam; 13the son of Geber,
is the mother thereof.’ 28And all Israel in Ramoth-gilead; to him pertained the
heard of the judgment which the king villages of Jair the son of Manasseh,
had judged; and they feared the king; which are in Gilead; even to him
for they saw that the wisdom of God pertained the region of Argob, which
was in him, to do justice. is in Bashan, threescore great cities
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1 2
AND Moab rebelled against Israel
after the death of Ahab.
him: ‘He was a hairy man, and girt
with a girdle of leather about his
And Ahaziah fell down through the loins.’ And he said: ‘It is Elijah the
lattice in his upper chamber that was in Tishbite.’
9
Samaria, and was sick; and he sent Then the king sent unto him a
messengers, and said unto them: ‘Go, captain of fifty with his fifty. And he
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of went up to him; and, behold, he sat on
Ekron whether I shall recover of this the top of the hill. And he spoke unto
sickness.’ 3But an angel of the LORD him: ‘O man of God, the king hath
said to Elijah the Tishbite: ‘Arise, go said: Come down.’ 10And Elijah
up to meet the messengers of the king answered and said to the captain of
of Samaria, and say unto them: Is it fifty: ‘If I be a man of God, let fire
because there is no God in Israel, that come down from heaven, and consume
ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god thee and thy fifty.’ And there came
of Ekron? 4Now therefore thus saith down fire from heaven, and consumed
the LORD: Thou shalt not come down him and his fifty. 11And again he sent
from the bed whither thou art gone up, unto him another captain of fifty with
but shalt surely die.’ And Elijah his fifty. And he answered and said
departed. 5And the messengers unto him: ‘O man of God, thus hath
returned unto him, and he said unto the king said: Come down quickly.’
12
them: ‘Why is it that ye are returned?’ And Elijah answered and said unto
6
And they said unto him: ‘There came them: ‘If I be a man of God, let fire
up a man to meet us, and said unto us: come down from heaven, and consume
Go, return unto the king that sent you, thee and thy fifty.’ And the fire of God
and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: came down from heaven, and
Is it because there is no God in Israel, consumed him and his fifty. 13And
that thou sendest to inquire of Baal- again he sent the captain of a third
zebub the god of Ekron? therefore fifty with his fifty. And the third
thou shalt not come down from the bed captain of fifty went up, and came and
whither thou art gone up, but shalt fell on his knees before Elijah, and
surely die.’ 7And he said unto them: besought him, and said unto him: ‘O
‘What manner of man was he that man of God, I pray thee, let my life,
came up to meet you, and told you and the life of these fifty thy servants,
these words?’ 8And they answered be precious in thy sight. 14Behold,
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there came fire down from heaven, and away thy master from thy head to-
consumed the two former captains of day?’ And he said: ‘Yea, I know it;
fifty with their fifties; but now let my hold ye your peace.’— 4And Elijah
life be precious in thy sight’15And the said unto him: ‘Elisha, tarry here, I
angel of the LORD said unto Elijah: ‘Go pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to
down with him; be not afraid of him.’ Jericho.’ And he said: ‘As the LORD
And he arose, and went down with liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not
him unto the king. 16And he said unto leave thee.’ So they came to Jericho.—
5
him: ‘Thus saith the LORD: Forasmuch And the sons of the prophets that
as thou hast sent messengers to inquire were at Jericho came near to Elisha,
of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it and said unto him: ‘Knowest thou that
because there is no God in Israel to the LORD will take away thy master
inquire of His word? therefore thou from thy head to-day?’ And he
shalt not come down from the bed answered: ‘Yea, I know it; hold ye
whether thou art gone up, but shalt your peace.’— 6And Elijah said unto
surely die.’ him: ‘Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
17
So he died according to the word LORD hath sent me to the Jordan.’ And
of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. he said: ‘As the LORD liveth, and as thy
And Jehoram began to reign in his soul liveth, I will not leave thee.’ And
stead in the second year of Jehoram they two went on.
7
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; And fifty men of the sons of the
because he had no son. 18Now the rest prophets went, and stood over against
of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, them afar off; and they two stood by
are they not written in the book of the the Jordan. 8And Elijah took his
chronicles of the kings of Israel? mantle, and wrapped it together, and
smote the waters, and they were
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1 The Vision of Isaiah the son of
Amoz, which he saw concerning
There is no soundness in it;
But wounds, and bruises, and
Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of festering sores:
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, They have not been pressed, neither
kings of Judah. bound up,
Neither mollified with oil.
2 7
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O Your country is desolate;
earth, Your cities are burned with fire;
For the LORD hath spoken: Your land, strangers devour it in
Children I have reared, and brought your presence,
up, And it is desolate, as overthrown by
And they have rebelled against Me. floods.
3 8
The ox knoweth his owner, And the daughter of Zion is left
And the ass his master’s crib; As a booth in a vineyard,
But Israel doth not know, As a lodge in a garden of
My people doth not consider. cucumbers,
As a besieged city.
4 9
Ah sinful nation, Except the LORD of hosts
A people laden with iniquity, Had left unto us a very small
A seed of evil-doers, remnant,
Children that deal corruptly; We should have been as Sodom,
They have forsaken the LORD, We should have been like unto
They have contemned the Holy One Gomorrah.
of
10
Israel, Hear the word of the LORD,
They are turned away backward. Ye rulers of Sodom;
5
On what part will ye yet be Give ear unto the law of our God,
stricken, Ye people of Gomorrah.
11
Seeing ye stray away more and To what purpose is the multitude
more? of your sacrifices unto Me?
The whole head is sick, Saith the LORD;
And the whole heart faint; I am full of the burnt-offerings of
6
From the sole of the foot even unto rams,
the head And the fat of fed beasts;
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And I delight not in the blood Though they be red like crimson,
Of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he- They shall be as wool.
19
goats. If ye be willing and obedient,
12
When ye come to appear before Ye shall eat the good of the land;
20
Me, But if ye refuse and rebel,
Who hath required this at your hand, Ye shall be devoured with the
To trample My courts? sword;
13
Bring no more vain oblations; For the mouth of the LORD hath
It is an offering of abomination unto spoken.
Me;
21
New moon and sabbath, the holding How is the faithful city
of convocations— Become a harlot!
I cannot endure iniquity along with She that was full of justice,
the solemn assembly. Righteousness lodged in her,
14
Your new moons and your But now murderers.
22
appointed seasons Thy silver is become dross,
My soul hateth; Thy wine mixed with water.
23
They are a burden unto Me; Thy princes are rebellious,
I am weary to bear them. And companions of thieves;
15
And when ye spread forth your Every one loveth bribes,
hands, And followeth after rewards;
I will hide Mine eyes from you; They judge not the fatherless,
Yea, when ye make many prayers, Neither doth the cause of the widow
I will not hear; come unto them.
Your hands are full of blood.
16 24
Wash you, make you clean, Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD
Put away the evil of your doings of hosts,
From before Mine eyes, The Mighty One of Israel:
Cease to do evil; Ah, I will ease Me of Mine
17
Learn to do well; adversaries,
Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, And avenge Me of Mine enemies;
25
Judge the fatherless, plead for the And I will turn My hand upon
widow. thee,
And purge away thy dross as with
18
Come now, and let us reason lye,
together, And will take away all thine alloy;
26
Saith the LORD; And I will restore thy judges as at
Though your sins be as scarlet, the first,
They shall be as white as snow;
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ISAIAH 3
And thy counsellors as at the And many peoples shall go and
beginning; say:
Afterward thou shalt be called The ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the
city of righteousness, mountain of the LORD,
The faithful city. To the house of the God of Jacob;
27
Zion shall be redeemed with And He will teach us of His ways,
justice, And we will walk in His paths.’
And they that return of her with For out of Zion shall go forth the
righteousness. law,
28
But the destruction of the And the word of the LORD from
transgressors and the sinners shall Jerusalem.
4
be together, And He shall judge between the
And they that forsake the LORD shall nations,
be consumed. And shall decide for many peoples;
29
For they shall be ashamed of the And they shall beat their swords into
terebinths which ye have desired, plowshares,
And ye shall be confounded for the And their spears into pruninghooks;
gardens that ye have chosen. Nation shall not lift up sword
30
For ye shall be as a terebinth against nation,
whose leaf fadeth, Neither shall they learn war any
And as a garden that hath no water. more.
31
And the strong shall be as tow,
5
And his work as a spark; O house of Jacob, come ye, and let
And they shall both burn together, us walk
And none shall quench them. In the light of the LORD.
6
For Thou hast forsaken Thy people
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Neither is there any end of their And the LORD alone shall be exalted
chariots. in that day.
8
Their land also is full of idols;
18
Every one worshippeth the work of And the idols shall utterly pass
his own hands, away.
19
That which his own fingers have And men shall go into the caves of
made. the rocks,
9
And man boweth down, And into the holes of the earth,
And man lowereth himself; From before the terror of the LORD,
And Thou canst not bear with them. And from the glory of His majesty,
10
Enter into the rock, When He ariseth to shake mightily
And hide thee in the dust, the earth.
20
From before the terror of the LORD, In that day a man shall cast away
And from the glory of His majesty. His idols of silver, and his idols of
11
The lofty looks of man shall be gold,
brought low, Which they made for themselves to
And the haughtiness of men shall be worship,
bowed down, To the moles and to the bats;
21
And the LORD alone shall be exalted To go into the clefts of the rocks,
in that day. And into the crevices of the crags,
From before the terror of the LORD,
12
For the LORD of hosts hath a day And from the glory of His majesty,
Upon all that is proud and lofty, When he ariseth to shake mightily
And upon all that is lifted up, and it the earth.
shall be brought low;
13 22
And upon all the cedars of Cease ye from man, in whose
Lebanon nostrils is a breath;
That are high and lifted up, For how little is he to be accounted!
And upon all the oaks of Bashan;
3
14
And upon all the high mountains, For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of
And upon all the hills that are lifted hosts,
up; 15And upon every lofty tower, Doth take away from Jerusalem and
And upon every fortified wall; from Judah
16
And upon all the ships of Tarshish, Stay and staff,
And upon all delightful imagery. Every stay of bread, and every stay
17
And the loftiness of man shall be of water;
2
bowed down, The mighty man, and the man of
And the haughtiness of men shall be war;
brought low; The judge, and the prophet,
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ISAIAH
And the diviner, and the elder; For they have wrought evil unto
3
The captain of fifty, and the man of themselves.
10
rank, Say ye of the righteous, that it
And the counsellor, and the cunning shall be well with him;
charmer, and the skilful For they shall eat the fruit of their
enchanter. doings.
4 11
And I will give children to be their Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill
princes, with him;
And babes shall rule over them. For the work of his hands shall be
5
And the people shall oppress one done to him.
12
another, As for My people, a babe is their
Every man his fellow, and every master,
man his neighbour; And women rule over them.
The child shall behave insolently O My people, they that lead thee
against the aged, cause thee to err,
And the base against the And destroy the way of thy paths.
honourable,
6 13
For a man shall take hold of his The LORD standeth up to plead,
brother of the house of his father: And standeth to judge the peoples.
14
‘Thou hast a mantle, The LORD will enter into judgment
Be thou our ruler, With the elders of His people, and
And let this ruin be under thy hand.’ the princes thereof:
7
In that day shall he swear, saying: ‘It is ye that have eaten up the
‘I will not be a healer; vineyard; The spoil of the poor is
For in my house is neither bread nor in your houses;
15
a mantle; What mean ye that ye crush My
Ye shall not make me ruler of a people,
people.’ And grind the face of the poor?’
8
For Jerusalem is ruined, Saith the Lord, the GOD of hosts.
16
And Judah is fallen; Moreover the LORD said:
Because their tongue and their Because the daughters of Zion are
doings are against the LORD, haughty,
To provoke the eyes of His glory. And walk with stretched-forth necks
And wanton eyes,
9
The show of their countenance doth Walking and mincing as they go,
witness against them; And making a tinkling with their
And they declare their sin as feet;
17
Sodom, they hide it not. Therefore the Lord will smite with
Woe unto their soul! a scab
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The crown of the head of the And the fruit of the land excellent
daughters of Zion, and comely
And the LORD will lay bare their For them that are escaped of Israel.
3
secret parts. And it shall come to pass, that he
18
In that day the Lord will take away that is left in Zion, and he that
the bravery of their anklets, and the remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called
fillets, and the crescents; 19the holy, even every one that is written
pendants, and the bracelets, and the unto life in Jerusalem; 4when the Lord
veils; 20the headtires, and the armlets, shall have washed away the filth of the
and the sashes, and the corselets, and daughters of Zion, and shall have
the amulets; 21the rings, and the nose- purged the blood of Jerusalem from
jewels; 22the aprons, and the mantelets, the midst thereof, by the spirit of
and the cloaks, and the girdles; 23and judgment, and by the spirit of
the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and destruction. 5And the LORD will create
the turbans, and the mantles. 24And it over the whole habitation of mount
shall come to pass, that Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud
Instead of sweet spices there shall and smoke by day, and the shining of a
be rottenness; flaming fire by night; for over all the
And instead of a girdle rags; glory shall be a canopy. 6And there
And instead of curled hair baldness; shall be a pavilion for a shadow in the
And instead of a stomacher a day-time from the heat, and for a
girding of sackcloth; refuge and for a covert from storm and
Branding instead of beauty. from rain.
25
Thy men shall fall by the sword,
And thy mighty in the war.
26
And her gates shall lament and 5 Let me sing of my well-beloved,
A song of my beloved touching
mourn; his vineyard.
And utterly bereft she shall sit upon My well-beloved had a vineyard
the ground. In a very fruitful hill;
2
And he digged it, and cleared it of
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3
ISAIAH
And now, O inhabitants of Of a truth many houses shall be
Jerusalem and men of Judah, desolate,
Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and Even great and fair, without
my vineyard. inhabitant.
4 10
What could have been done more For ten acres of vineyard shall
to my vineyard, yield one bath,
That I have not done in it? And the seed of a homer shall yield
Wherefore, when I looked that it an ephah.
should bring forth grapes,
11
Brought it forth wild grapes? Woe unto them that rise up early
in the morning,
5
And now come, I will tell you That they may follow strong drink;
What I will do to my vineyard: That tarry late into the night,
I will take away the hedge thereof, Till wine inflame them!
12
And it shall be eaten up; And the harp and the psaltery, the
I will break down the fence thereof, tabret and the pipe,
And it shall be trodden down; And wine, are in their feasts;
6
And I will lay it waste: But they regard not the work of the
It shall not be pruned nor hoed, LORD,
But there shall come up briers and Neither have they considered the
thorns; operation of His hands.
13
I will also command the clouds Therefore My people are gone into
That they rain no rain upon it. captivity,
For want of knowledge;
7
For the vineyard of the LORD of And their honourable men are
hosts is the house of Israel, famished,
And the men of Judah the plant of And their multitude are parched
His delight; with thirst.
14
And He looked for justice, but Therefore the nether-world hath
behold violence; enlarged her desire,
For righteousness, but behold a cry. And opened her mouth without
measure;
8
Woe unto them that join house to And down goeth their glory, and
house, their tumult, and their uproar,
That lay field to field, And he that rejoiceth among them.
15
Till there be no room, and ye be And man is bowed down,
made to dwell And man is humbled,
Alone in the midst of the land! And the eyes of the lofty are
9
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts: humbled;
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ISAIAH 24
But the LORD of hosts is exalted Therefore as the tongue of fire
through justice, devoureth the stubble,
And God the Holy One is sanctified And as the chaff is consumed in the
through righteousness. flame,
17
Then shall the lambs feed as in So their root shall be as rottenness,
their pasture, And their blossom shall go up as
And the waste places of the fat ones dust;
shall wanderers eat. Because they have rejected the law
of the LORD of hosts,
18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity And contemned the word of the
with cords of vanity, Holy One of Israel.
And sin as it were with a cart rope,
19 25
That say: ‘Let Him make speed, let Therefore is the anger of the LORD
Him hasten His work, kindled against His people,
That we may see it; And He hath stretched forth His
And let the counsel of the Holy One hand against them, and hath
of Israel draw nigh and come, smitten them,
That we may know it! ’ And the hills did tremble,
And their carcasses were as refuse
20
Woe unto them that call evil good, in the midst of the streets.
And good evil; For all this His anger is not turned
That change darkness into light, away,
And light into darkness; But His hand is stretched out still.
That change bitter into sweet,
26
And sweet into bitter! And He will lift up an ensign to
the nations from far,
21
Woe unto them that are wise in And will hiss unto them from the
their own eyes, end of the earth;
And prudent in their own sight! And, behold, they shall come with
speed swiftly;
22 27
Woe unto them that are mighty to None shall be weary nor stumble
drink wine, among them;
And men of strength to mingle None shall slumber nor sleep;
strong drink; Neither shall the girdle of their loins
23
That justify the wicked for a be loosed,
reward, Nor the latchet of their shoes be
And take away the righteousness of broken; 28Whose arrows are
the righteous from him! sharp,
And all their bows bent;
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Their horses’hoofs shall be counted The LORD of hosts.
6
like flint, Then flew unto me one of the
And their wheels like a whirlwind; seraphim, with a glowing stone in his
29
Their roaring shall be like a lion, hand, which he had taken with the
They shall roar like young lions, tongs from off the altar; 7and he
yea, they shall roar, touched my mouth with it, and said:
And lay hold of the prey, and carry Lo, this hath touched thy lips;
it away safe, And thine iniquity is taken away,
And there shall be none to deliver. And thy sin expiated.
30 8
And they shall roar against them in And I heard the voice of the Lord,
that day saying:
Like the roaring of the sea; Whom shall I send,
And if one look unto the land, And who will go for us?
Behold darkness and distress, Then I said: ‘Here am I; send me.’
9
And the light is darkened in the And He said: ‘Go, and tell this
skies thereof. people:
Hear ye indeed, but understand not;
a b
That is, A remnant shall return. That is, God is with us.
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That the LORD shall hiss for the fly it in common script: The spoil
That is in the uttermost part of the speedeth, the prey hasteth; 2and I will
rivers of Egypt, take unto Me faithful witnesses to
And for the bee that is in the land of record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah
Assyria. the son of Jeberechiah.’ 3And I went
19
And they shall come, and shall rest unto the prophetess; and she
all of them conceived, and bore a son. Then said
In the rugged valleys, and in the the LORD unto me: ‘Call his name
a
holes of the rocks, Maher-shalal-hashbaz. 4For before the
And upon all thorns, and upon all child shall have knowledge to cry: My
brambles. father, and: My mother, the riches of
20
In that day shall the Lord shave Damascus and the spoil of Samaria
with a razor that is hired in the parts shall be carried away before the king
beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria.’
5
of Assyria, the head and the hair of the And the LORD spoke unto me yet
feet; and it shall also sweep away the again, saying:
6
beard. Forasmuch as this people hath
21
And it shall come to pass in that refused
day, that a man shall rear a young cow, The waters of Shiloah that go softly,
and two sheep; 22and it shall come to And rejoiceth with Rezin and
pass, for the abundance of milk that Remaliah’s son;
7
they shall give, he shall eat curd; for Now therefore, behold, the Lord
curd and honey shall every one eat that bringeth up upon them
is left in the midst of the land. The waters of the River, mighty and
23
And it shall come to pass in that many,
day, that every place, where there were Even the king of Assyria and all his
a thousand vines at a thousand glory;
silverlings, shall even be for briers and And he shall come up over all his
thorns. 24With arrows and with bow channels,
shall one come thither; because all the And go over all his banks;
8
land shall become briers and thorns. And he shall sweep through Judah
25
And all the hills that were digged Overflowing as he passeth through
with the mattock, thou shalt not come He shall reach even to the neck;
thither for fear of briers and thorns, but And the stretching out of his wings
it shall be for the sending forth of Shall fill the breadth of thy land, O
oxen, and for the treading of sheep. Immanuel.
10
8
Woe unto them that decree For he saith: ‘Are not my princes
unrighteous decrees, all of them kings?
9
And to the writers that write Is not Calno as Carchemish?
iniquity; Is not Hamath as Arpad?
2
To turn aside the needy from Is not Samaria as Damascus?
10
judgment, As my hand hath reached the
And to take away the right of the kingdoms of the idols,
poor of My people, Whose graven images did exceed
That widows may be their spoil, them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11
Shall I not, as I have done unto
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Samaria and her idols, And under his glory there shall be
So do to Jerusalem and her idols?’ kindled
12
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that A burning like the burning of fire.
17
when the Lord hath performed His And the light of Israel shall be for
whole work upon mount Zion and on a fire,
Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the And his Holy One for a flame;
arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, And it shall burn and devour his
and the glory of his haughty looks. thorns
13
For he hath said: And his briers in one day.
18
By the strength of my hand I have And the glory of his forest and of
done it, his fruitful field,
And by my wisdom, for I am He will consume both soul and
prudent; body;
In that I have removed the bounds And it shall be as when a sick man
of the peoples, wasteth away.
19
And have robbed their treasures, And the remnant of the trees of his
And have brought down as one forest shall be few,
mighty the inhabitants; That a child may write them down.
14
And my hand hath found as a nest
20
the riches of the peoples; And it shall come to pass in that
And as one gathereth eggs that are day,
forsaken, That the remnant of Israel,
Have I gathered all the earth; And they that are escaped of the
And there was none that moved the house of Jacob,
wing, Or that opened mouth, or Shall no more again stay upon him
chirped. that smote them;
But shall stay upon the LORD, the
15
Should the axe boast itself against Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 a
him that heweth therewith? A remnant shall return, even the
Should the saw magnify itself remnant of Jacob,
against him that moveth it? Unto God the Mighty.
22
As if a rod should move them that For though thy people, O Israel, be
lift it up, as the sand of the sea,
Or as if a staff should lift up him Only a remnant of them shall return;
that is not wood. An extermination is determined,
16
Therefore will the Lord, the LORD overflowing with righteousness.
of hosts,
Send among his fat ones leanness;
a
Heb. shear jashub.
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ISAIAH
For an extermination wholly The inhabitants of Gebim flee to
determined cover.
32
Shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, This very day shall he halt at Nob,
make in the midst of all the earth. Shaking his hand at the mount of the
daughter of Zion,
24
Therefore thus saith the Lord, the The hill of Jerusalem.
GOD of hosts: O My people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of 33Behold, the Lord, the LORD of
Asshur, though he smite thee with the hosts,
rod, and lift up his staff against thee, Shall lop the boughs with terror;
after the manner of Egypt. 25For yet a And the high ones of stature shall be
very little while, and the indignation hewn down,
shall be accomplished, and Mine anger And the lofty shall be laid low.
shall be to their destruction. 26And the 34And He shall cut down the
LORD of hosts shall stir up against him thickets of the forest with iron,
a scourge, as in the slaughter of And Lebanon shall fall by a mighty
Midian at the Rock of Oreb; and as one.
His rod was over the sea, so shall He
lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27
And it shall come to pass in that day, 11 And there shall come forth a
shoot out of the stock of
that Jesse,
His burden shall depart from off thy And a twig shall grow forth out of
shoulder, his roots.
2
And his yoke from off thy neck, And the spirit of the LORD shall rest
And the yoke shall be destroyed by upon him,
reason of fatness. The spirit of wisdom and
28
He is come to Aiath, understanding,
He is passed through Migron; The spirit of counsel and might,
At Michmas he layeth up his The spirit of knowledge and of the
baggage; fear of the LORD.
29 3
They are gone over the pass; And his delight shall be in the fear
They have taken up their lodging at of the LORD;
Geba; Ramah trembleth; And he shall not judge after the
Gibeath-shaul is fled. sight of his eyes,
30
Cry thou with a shrill voice, O Neither decide after the hearing of
daughter of Gallim! his ears;
4
Hearken, O Laish! O thou poor But with righteousness shall he
Anathoth! judge the poor,
31
Madmenah is in mad flight;
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ISAIAH
And decide with equity for the meek
11
of the land; And it shall come to pass in that
And he shall smite the land with the day,
rod of his mouth, That the Lord will set His hand
And with the breath of his lips shall again the second time
he slay the wicked. To recover the remnant of His
5
And righteousness shall be the people,
girdle of his loins, That shall remain from Assyria, and
And faithfulness the girdle of his from Egypt,
reins. And from Pathros, and from Cush,
6
And the wolf shall dwell with the and from Elam,
lamb, And from Shinar, and from Hamath,
And the leopard shall lie down with and from the islands of the sea.
12
the kid; And He will set up an ensign for
And the calf and the young lion and the nations,
the fatling together; And will assemble the dispersed of
And a little child shall lead them. Israel,
7
And the cow and the bear feed; And gather together the scattered of
Their young ones shall lie down Judah
together; From the four corners of the earth.
13
And the lion shall eat straw like the The envy also of Ephraim shall
ox. depart,
8
And the sucking child shall play on And they that harass Judah shall be
the hole of the asp, cut off;
And the weaned child shall put his Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
hand on the basilisk’s den. And Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
9 14
They shall not hurt nor destroy And they shall fly down upon the
In all My holy mountain; shoulder of the Philistines on the
For the earth shall be full of the west;
knowledge of the LORD, Together shall they spoil the
As the waters cover the sea. children of the east;
They shall put forth their hand upon
10
And it shall come to pass in that Edom and Moab;
day, And the children of Ammon shall
That the root of Jesse, that standeth obey them.
15
for an ensign of the peoples, And the LORD will utterly destroy
Unto him shall the nations seek; the tongue of the Egyptian sea;
And his resting-place shall be
glorious.
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ISAIAH 6
And with His scorching wind will Cry aloud and shout, thou
He shake His hand over the inhabitant of Zion,
River, For great is the Holy One of Israel
And will smite it into seven streams, in the midst of thee.’
And cause men to march over dry-
16
shod.
And there shall be a highway for 13 The burden of Babylon, which
Isaiah the son of Amoz did
the remnant of His people, see.
That shall remain from Assyria,
2
Like as there was for Israel Set ye up an ensign upon the high
In the day that he came up out of the mountain,
land of Egypt. Lift up the voice unto them,
Wave the hand, that they may go
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ISAIAH
Pangs and throes shall take hold of And for the day of His fierce anger.
14
them; And it shall come to pass, that as
They shall be in pain as a woman in the chased gazelle,
travail; And as sheep that no man gathereth,
They shall look aghast one at They shall turn every man to his
another; own people,
Their faces shall be faces of flame. And shall flee every man to his own
land.
9 15
Behold, the day of the LORD Every one that is found shall be
cometh, thrust through;
Cruel, and full of wrath and fierce And every one that is caught shall
anger; fall by the sword.
16
To make the earth a desolation, Their babes also shall be dashed in
And to destroy the sinners thereof pieces before their eyes;
out of it, Their houses shall be spoiled,
10
For the stars of heaven and the And their wives ravished.
constellations thereof
17
Shall not give their light; Behold, I will stir up the Medes
The sun shall be darkened in his against them,
going forth, Who shall not regard silver,
And the moon shall not cause her And as for gold, they shall not
light to shine. delight in it.
11 18
And I will visit upon the world And their bows shall dash the
their evil, young men in pieces;
And upon the wicked their iniquity; And they shall have no pity on the
And I will cause the arrogancy of fruit of the womb;
the proud to cease, Their eye shall not spare children.
19
And will lay low the haughtiness of And Babylon, the glory of
the tyrants. kingdoms,
12
I will make man more rare than The beauty of the Chaldeans’pride,
fine gold, Shall be as when God overthrew
Even man than the pure gold of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Ophir.
20
It shall never be inhabited,
13
Therefore I will make the heavens Neither shall it be dwelt in from
to tremble, generation to generation;
And the earth shall be shaken out of Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent
her place, there;
For the wrath of the LORD of hosts,
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ISAIAH
Neither shall the shepherds make The sceptre of the rulers,
6
their fold there. That smote the peoples in wrath
21
But wild-cats shall lie there; With an incessant stroke,
And their houses shall be full of That ruled the nations in anger,
ferrets; With a persecution that none
And ostriches shall dwell there, restrained.
7
And satyrs shall dance there. The whole earth is at rest, and is
22
And jackals shall howl in their quiet;
castles, They break forth into singing.
8
And wild-dogs in the pleasant Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee,
palaces; And the cedars of Lebanon:
And her time is near to come, ‘Since thou art laid down,
And her days shall not be No feller is come up against us.’
prolonged.
9
The nether-world from beneath is
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ISAIAH
No treader shall tread out wine in
4
the presses; And it shall come to pass in that
I have made the vintage shout to day,
cease. That the glory of Jacob shall be
11
Wherefore my heart moaneth like made thin,
a harp for Moab, And the fatness of his flesh shall
And mine inward parts for Kir- wax lean.
5
heres. And it shall be as when the
12
And it shall come to pass, when it harvestman gathereth the standing
is seen that Moab hath wearied himself corn,
upon the high place, that he shall come And reapeth the ears with his arm;
to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall Yea, it shall be as when one
not prevail gleaneth ears
13
This is the word that the LORD In the valley of Rephaim.
6
spoke concerning Moab in time past. Yet there shall be left therein
14
But now the LORD hath spoken, gleanings,
saying: ‘Within three years, as the As at the beating of an olive-tree,
years of a hireling, and the glory of Two or three berries
Moab shall wax contemptible for all In the top of the uppermost bough,
his great multitude; and the remnant Four or five in the branches of the
shall be very small and without fruitful tree,
strength.’ Saith the LORD, the God of Israel.
17
7
The burden of Damascus. In that day shall a man regard his
Maker,
Behold, Damascus is taken away And his eyes shall look to the Holy
from being a city, One of Israel.
8
And it shall be a ruinous heap. And he shall not regard the altars,
2
The cities of Aroer are forsaken; The work of his hands,
They shall be for flocks, Neither shall he look to that which
Which shall lie down, and none his fingers have made,
shall make them afraid. Either the Asherim, or the sun-
3
The fortress also shall cease from images.
Ephraim,
9
And the kingdom from Damascus; In that day shall his strong cities be
And the remnant of Aram shall be as the forsaken places, which were
as the glory of the children of forsaken from before the children of
Israel, Israel, after the manner of woods and
Sith the LORD of hosts.
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ISAIAH
lofty forests; and it shall be a Which is beyond the rivers of
desolation. Ethiopia;
10 2
For thou hast forgotten the God of That sendeth ambassadors by the
thy salvation, sea,
And thou hast not been mindful of Even in vessels of papyrus upon the
the Rock of thy stronghold; waters!
Therefore thou didst plant plants of Go, ye swift messengers,
pleasantness, To a nation tall and of glossy skin,
And didst set it with slips of a To a people terrible from their
stranger; beginning onward;
11
In the day of thy planting thou A nation that is sturdy and treadeth
didst make it to grow, down,
And in the morning thou didst make Whose land the rivers divide!
3
thy seed to blossom— All ye inhabitants of the world, and
A heap of boughs in the day of grief ye dwellers on the earth,
And of desperate pain. When an ensign is lifted up on the
mountains, see ye;
12
Ah, the uproar of many peoples, And when the horn is blown, hear
That roar like the roaring of the ye.
seas;
4
And the rushing of nations, that rush For thus hath the LORD said unto
like the rushing of mighty waters! me:
13
The nations shall rush like the I will hold Me still, and I will look
rushing of many waters; on in My dwelling-place,
But He shall rebuke them, and they Like clear heat in sunshine,
shall flee far off, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of
And shall be chased as the chaff of harvest.
5
the mountains before the wind, For before the harvest, when the
And like the whirling dust before blossom is over,
the storm. And the bud becometh a ripening
14
At eventide behold terror; grape,
And before the morning they are He will cut off the sprigs with
not. pruning-hooks,
This is the portion of them that spoil And the shoots will He take away
us, and lop off.
6
And the lot of them that rob us. They shall be left together unto the
ravenous birds of the mountains,
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ISAIAH
And the ravenous birds shall Iinto the hand of a cruel lord;
summer upon them, And a fierce king shall rule over
And all the beasts of the earth shall them,
winter upon them. Saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
7
In that time shall a present be
brought unto the LORD of hosts of 5And the waters shall fail from the
a people tall and of glossy skin, sea,
and from a people terrible from And the river shall be drained dry,
their beginning onward; a nation 6And the rivers shall become foul;
that is sturdy and treadeth down, The streams of Egypt shall be
whose land the rivers divide, to minished and dried up;
the place of the name of the LORD The reeds and flags shall wither.
of hosts, the mount Zion. 7The mosses by the Nile, by the
brink of the Nile,
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ISAIAH
The God of Israel, have I declared
unto you. What aileth thee now, that thou art
wholly gone up to the housetops,
11 2
The burden of Dumah. Thou that art full of uproar, a
tumultuous city, a joyous town?
One calleth unto me out of Seir: Thy slain are not slain with the
‘Watchman, what of the night? sword, nor dead in battle.
3
Watchman, what of the night?’ All thy rulers are fled together,
12
The watchman said: Without the bow they are bound;
‘The morning cometh, and also the All that are found of thee are bound
night— together, they are fled afar off.
4
If ye will inquire, inquire ye; return, Therefore said I: ‘Look away from
come.’ me, I will weep bitterly;
Strain not to comfort me, for the
13
The burden upon Arabia. destruction of the daughter of my
people.’
5
In the thickets in Arabia shall ye For it is a day of trouble, and of
lodge, O ye caravans of trampling, and of perplexity,
Dedanites. From the Lord, the GOD of hosts, in
14
Unto him that is thirsty bring ye the Valley of Vision;
water! Kir shouting, and Shoa at the mount.
6
The inhabitants of the land of Tema And Elam bore the quiver, with
did meet the fugitive with his troops of men, even horsemen;
bread. And Kir uncovered the shield.
15 7
For they fled away from the And it came to pass, when thy
swords, from the drawn sword, choicest valleys were full of
And from the bent bow, and from chariots,
the grievousness of war. And the horsemen set themselves in
16
For thus hath the Lord said unto me: array at the gate,
8
‘Within a year, according to the years And the covering of Judah was laid
of a hireling, and all the glory of Kedar bare,
shall fail; 17and the residue of the that thou didst look in that day to the
number of the archers, the mighty men armour in the house of the forest. 9And
of the children of Kedar, shall be ye saw the breaches of the city of
diminished; for the LORD, the God of David, that they were many; and ye
Israel, hath spoken it.’ gathered together the waters of the
lower pool. 10And ye numbered the
23
9
The burden of Tyre. The LORD of hosts hath devised it,
To pollute the pride of all glory,
Howl, ye ships of Tarshish, To bring into contempt all the
For it is laid waste, so that there is honourable of the earth.
10
no house, no entering in; Overflow thy land as the Nile,
From the land of Kittim it is O daughter of Tarshish! there is no
revealed to them. girdle any more.
2 11
Be still, ye inhabitants of the coast- He hath stretched out His hand
land; over the sea,
Thou whom the merchants of Zidon, He hath shaken the kingdoms;
that pass over the sea, have The LORD hath given commandment
replenished. concerning Canaan,
3
And on great waters the seed of To destroy the strongholds thereof;
12
Shihor, And He said: ‘Thou shalt no more
The harvest of the Nile, was her rejoice.’
revenue; O thou oppressed virgin daughter of
And she was the mart of nations. Zidon,
4
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for the Arise, pass over to Kittim;
sea hath spoken, Even there shalt thou have no rest.
13
The stronghold of the sea, saying: Behold, the land of the
‘I have not travailed, nor brought Chaldeans—this is the people that was
forth, not, when Asshur founded it for
Neither have I reared young men, shipmen—they set up their towers,
nor brought up virgins.’ they overthrew the palaces thereof; it
5
When the report cometh to Egypt, is made a ruin.
14
They shall be sorely pained at the Howl, ye ships of Tarshish,
report of Tyre. For your stronghold is laid waste.
6 15
Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye And it shall come to pass in that
inhabitants of the coast-land. day, that Tyre shall be forgotten
7
Is this your joyous city, seventy years, according to the days of
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ISAIAH 3
one king; after the end of seventy The earth shall be utterly emptied,
years it shall fare with Tyre as in the and clean despoiled;
song of the harlot: For the LORD hath spoken this word.
16 4
Take a harp, The earth fainteth and fadeth away,
Go about the city, The world faileth and fadeth away,
Thou harlot long forgotten; The lofty people of the earth do fail.
5
Make sweet melody, The earth also is defiled under the
Sing many songs, inhabitants thereof;
That thou mayest be remembered. Because they have transgressed the
17
And it shall come to pass after the laws, violated the statute,
end of seventy years, that the LORD Broken the everlasting covenant.
6
will remember Tyre, and she shall Therefore hath a curse devoured
return to her hire, and shall have the earth,
commerce with all the kingdoms of the And they that dwell therein are
world upon the face of the earth. 18And found guilty;
her gain and her hire shall be holiness Therefore the inhabitants of the
to the LORD; it shall not be treasured earth waste away,
nor laid up; for her gain shall be for And men are left few.
7
them that dwell before the LORD, to eat The new wine faileth, the vine
their fill, and for stately clothing. fadeth;
All the merry-hearted do sigh.
24
8
Behold, the LORD maketh the The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,
earth empty and maketh it The noise of them that rejoice
waste, endeth,
And turneth it upside down, and The joy of the harp ceaseth.
9
scattereth abroad the inhabitants They drink not wine with a song;
thereof. Strong drink is bitter to them that
2
And it shall be, as with the people, drink it.
10
so with the priest; Broken down is the city of
As with the servant, so with his wasteness;
master; Every house is shut up, that none
As with the maid, so with her may come in.
11
mistress; There is a crying in the streets
As with the buyer, so with the seller; amidst the wine;
As with the lender, so with the All joy is darkened,
borrower; The mirth of the land is gone.
12
As with the creditor, so with the In the city is left desolation,
debtor. And the gate is smitten unto ruin.
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13
ISAIAH 20
For thus shall it be in the midst of The earth reeleth to and fro like a
the earth, among the peoples, drunken man,
As at the beating of an olive-tree, And swayeth to and fro as a lodge;
As at the gleanings when the vintage And the transgression thereof is
is done. heavy upon it,
14
Those yonder lift up their voice, And it shall fall, and not rise again.
21
they sing for joy; And it shall come to pass in that
For the majesty of the LORD they day,
shout from the sea: That the LORD will punish the host
15
’Therefore glorify ye the LORD in of the high heaven on high,
the regions of light, And the kings of the earth upon the
Even the name of the LORD, the God earth.
22
of Israel, in the isles of the sea.’ And they shall be gathered
together, as prisoners are gathered
16
From the uttermost part of the in the dungeon,
earth have we heard songs: ‘Glory And shall be shut up in the prison,
to the righteous.’ And after many days shall they be
But I say: I waste away, I waste punished.
23
away, woe is me! Then the moon shall be
The treacherous deal treacherously; confounded, and the sun
Yea, the treacherous deal very ashamed;
treacherously. For the LORD of hosts will reign in
17
Terror, and the pit, and the trap, mount Zion,
are upon thee, O inhabitant of the And in Jerusalem, and before His
earth. elders shall be Glory.
18
And it shall come to pass, that he
who fleeth from the noise of the
terror shall fall into the pit; 25 O LORD, Thou art my God,
I will exalt Thee, I will praise
And he that cometh up out of the Thy name,
midst of the pit shall be taken in For Thou hast done wonderful
the trap; things;
For the windows on high are Even counsels of old, in faithfulness
opened, and truth.
2
And the foundations of the earth do For Thou hast made of a city a
shake; heap,
19
The earth is broken, broken down, Of a fortified city a ruin;
The earth is crumbled in pieces, A castle of strangers to be no city,
The earth trembleth and tottereth; It shall never be built.
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3
ISAIAH 9
Therefore shall the strong people And it shall be said in that day:
glorify Thee, ‘Lo, this is our God,
The city of the terrible nations shall For whom we waited, that He might
fear Thee. save us;
4
For Thou hast been a stronghold to This is the LORD, for whom we
the poor, waited,
A stronghold to the needy in his We will be glad and rejoice in His
distress, salvation.’
10
A refuge from the storm, a shadow For in this mountain will the hand
from the heat; of the LORD rest,
For the blast of the terrible ones was And Moab shall be trodden down in
as a storm against the wall. his place,
5
As the heat in a dry place, Thou Even as straw is trodden down in
didst subdue the noise of the dunghill.
11
strangers; And when he shall spread forth his
As the heat by the shadow of a hands in the midst thereof,
cloud, the song of the terrible As he that swimmeth spreadeth
ones was brought low. forth his hands to swim,
His pride shall be brought down
6
And in this mountain will the LORD together with the cunning of his
of hosts make unto all peoples hands.
12
A feast of fat things, a feast of wines And the high fortress of thy walls
on the lees, will He bring down, lay low,
Of fat things full of marrow, of And bring to the ground, even to the
wines on the lees well refined. dust.
7
And He will destroy in this
mountain
The face of the covering that is cast 26 In that day shall this song be
sung in the land of Judah:
over all peoples, We have a strong city;
And the veil that is spread over all Walls and bulwarks doth He appoint
nations. for salvation.
8 2
He will swallow up death for ever; Open ye the gates,
And the Lord GOD will wipe away That the righteous nation that
tears from off all faces; keepeth faithfulness may enter in.
3
And the reproach of His people will The mind stayed on Thee Thou
He take away from off all the keepest in perfect peace;
earth; Because it trusteth in Thee.
4
For the LORD hath spoken it. Trust ye in the LORD for ever,
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ISAIAH
For the LORD is GOD, an everlasting Yea, fire shall devour Thine
Rock. adversaries.
5 12
For He hath brought down them LORD, Thou wilt establish peace
that dwell on high, for us;
The lofty city, laying it low, laying For Thou hast indeed wrought all
it low even to the ground, our works for us.
13
Bringing it even to the dust. O LORD our God, other lords
6
The foot shall tread it down, beside Thee have had dominion
Even the feet of the poor, and the over us;
steps of the needy. But by Thee only do we make
mention of Thy name.
7 14
The way of the just is straight; The dead live not, the shades rise
Thou, Most Upright, makest plain not;
the path of the just. To that end hast Thou punished and
8
Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, destroyed them,
O LORD, have we waited for Thee; And made all their memory to
To Thy name and to Thy memorial perish.
15
is the desire of our soul. Thou hast gotten Thee honour with
9
With my soul have I desired Thee the nations, O LORD,
in the night; Yea, exceeding great honour with
Yea, with my spirit within me have I the nations;
sought Thee earnestly; Thou art honoured unto the farthest
For when Thy judgments are in the ends of the earth.
earth,
16
The inhabitants of the world learn LORD, in trouble have they sought
righteousness. Thee,
10
Let favour be shown to the Silently they poured out a prayer
wicked, yet will he not learn when Thy chastening was upon
righteousness; them.
17
In the land of uprightness will he Like as a woman with child, that
deal wrongfully, draweth near the time of her
And will not behold the majesty of delivery,
the LORD. Is in pain and crieth out in her
pangs;
11
LORD, Thy hand was lifted up, yet So have we been at Thy presence, O
they see not; LORD.
18
They shall see with shame Thy zeal We have been with child, we have
for the people; been in pain,
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ISAIAH
We have as it were brought forth Would that I were as the briers and
wind; thorns in flame!
We have not wrought any I would with one step burn it
deliverance in the land; altogether.
5
Neither are the inhabitants of the Or else let him take hold of My
world come to life. strength,
19
Thy dead shall live, my dead That he may make peace with Me;
bodies shall arise— yea, let him make peace with Me.
6
Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the In days to come shall Jacob take
dust— root,
For Thy dew is as the dew of light, Israel shall blossom and bud;
And the earth shall bring to life the And the face of the world shall be
shades. filled with fruitage.
20 7
Come, my people, enter thou into Hath He smitten him as He smote
thy chambers, those that smote him?
And shut thy doors about thee; Or is he slain according to the
Hide thyself for a little moment, slaughter of them that were slain
Until the indignation be overpast. by Him?
21 8
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth In full measure, when Thou sendest
out of His place her away, Thou dost contend with
To visit upon the inhabitants of the her;
earth their iniquity; He hath removed her with His rough
The earth also shall disclose her blast in the day of the east wind.
9
blood, Therefore by this shall the iniquity
And shall no more cover her slain. of Jacob be expiated,
28
7
Woe to the crown of pride of But these also reel through wine,
the drunkards of Ephraim, And stagger through strong drink;
And to the fading flower of his The priest and the prophet reel
glorious beauty, through strong drink,
Which is on the head of the fat They are confused because of wine,
valley of them that are smitten They stagger because of strong
down with wine! drink;
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ISAIAH 15
They reel in vision, they totter in Because ye have said: ‘We have
judgment. made a covenant with death,
8
For all tables are full of filthy And with the nether-world are we at
vomit, and no place is clean. agreement;
When the scouring scourge shall
9
Whom shall one teach knowledge? pass through,
And whom shall one make to It shall not come unto us;
understand the message? For we have made lies our refuge,
Them that are weaned from the And in falsehood have we hid
milk, ourselves’;
16
Them that are drawn from the Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD:
breasts? Behold, I lay in Zion for a
10
For it is precept by precept, foundation a stone,
precept by precept, A tried stone, a costly corner-stone
Line by line, line by line; of sure foundation;
Here a little, there a little. He that believeth shall not make
11
For with stammering lips and with haste.
17
a strange tongue And I will make justice the line,
Shall it be spoken to this people; And righteousness the plummet;
12
To whom it was said: ‘This is the And the hail shall sweep away the
rest, refuge of lies,
Give ye rest to the weary; And the waters shall overflow the
And this is the refreshing’; hiding-place.
18
Yet they would not hear. And your covenant with death
13
And so the word of the LORD is shall be disannulled
unto them And your agreement with the
Precept by precept, precept by nether-world shall not stand;
precept, When the scouring scourge shall
Line by line, line by line; pass through,
Here a little, there a little; Then ye shall be trodden down by it,
19
That they may go, and fall As often as it passeth through, it
backward, and be broken, shall take you;
And snared, and taken. For morning by morning shall it
pass through,
14
Wherefore hear the word of the By day and by night;
LORD, ye scoffers, And it shall be sheer terror to
The ballad-mongers of this people understand the message.
20
which is in Jerusalem: For the bed is too short for a man
to stretch himself;
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And the covering too narrow when Is bread corn crushed?
he gathereth himself up. Nay, he will not ever be threshing it;
21
For the LORD will rise up as in And though the roller of his wagon
mount Perazim, and its sharp edges move noisily,
He will be wroth as in the valley of He doth not crush it.
29
Gibeon; This also cometh forth from the
That He may do His work, strange is LORD of hosts:
His work, Wonderful is His counsel, and great
And bring to pass His act, strange is His wisdom.
His act.
29
22
Now therefore be ye not scoffers, Ah, aAriel, Ariel, the city
Lest your bands be made strong; where David encamped!
For an extermination wholly Add ye year to year,
determined have I heard from the Let the feasts come round!
2
Lord, the GOD of hosts, Then will I distress Ariel,
Upon the whole land. And there shall be mourning and
moaning; and she shall be unto
23
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; Me as a hearth of God.
3
attend, and hear my speech. And I will encamp against thee
24
Is the plowman never done with round about,
plowing to sow, And will lay siege against thee with
With the opening and harrowing of a mound,
his ground? And I will raise siege works against
25
When he hath made plain the face thee.
4
thereof, And brought down thou shalt
Doth he not cast abroad the black speak out of the ground,
cummin, and scatter the cummin, And thy speech shall be low out of
And put in the wheat in rows and the dust;
the barley in the appointed place And thy voice shall be as of a ghost
And the spelt in the border thereof? out of the ground,
26
For He doth instruct him aright; And thy speech shall chirp out of
His God doth teach him. the dust.
27 5
For the black cummin is not But the multitude of thy foes shall
threshed with a threshing-sledge, be like small dust,
Neither is a cart-wheel turned about And the multitude of the terrible
upon the cummin; ones as chaff that passeth away;
But the black cummin is beaten out
with a staff,
And the cummin with a rod. a
That is, The hearth of God.
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Yea, it shall be at an instant The prophets, and your heads, the
suddenly— seers, hath He covered.
6 11
There shall be a visitation from the And the vision of all this is
LORD of hosts become unto you as the words of a
With thunder, and with earthquake, writing that is sealed, which men
and great noise, deliver to one that is learned, saying:
With whirlwind and tempest, and ‘Read this, I pray thee’; and he saith: ‘I
the flame of a devouring fire. cannot, for it is sealed’; 12and the
7
And the multitude of all the writing is delivered to him that is not
nations that war against Ariel, learned, saying: ‘Read this, I pray
Even all that war against her, and thee’; and he saith: ‘I am not learned.’
the bulwarks about her, and they
13
that distress her, And the Lord said: Forasmuch as
Shall be as a dream, a vision of the this people draw near,
night. And with their mouth and with
8
And it shall be as when a hungry their lips do honour Me,
man dreameth, and, behold, he But have removed their heart far
eateth, from Me,
But he awaketh, and his soul is And their fear of Me is a
empty; command-ment of men learned
Or as when a thirsty man dreameth, by rote;
14
and, behold, he drinketh, Therefore, behold, I will again do
But he awaketh, and, behold, he is a marvellous work among this
faint, and his soul hath people,
appetite— Even a marvellous work and a
So shall the multitude of all the wonder;
nations be, that fight against And the wisdom of their wise men
mount Zion. shall perish,
And the prudence of their prudent
9
Stupefy yourselves, and be stupid! men shall be hid.
Blind yourselves, and be blind!
15
Ye that are drunken, but not with Woe unto them that seek deep to
wine, hide their counsel from the
That stagger, but not with strong LORD,
drink. And their works are in the dark,
10
For the LORD hath poured out And they say: ‘Who seeth us? and
upon you the spirit of deep who knoweth us?’
16
sleep, O your perversity!
And hath closed your eyes;
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ISAIAH 23
Shall the potter be esteemed as When he seeth his children, the
clay; work of My hands, in the midst
That the thing made should say of of him,
him that made it: ‘He made me That they sanctify My name;
not’; Yea, they shall sanctify the Holy
Or the thing framed say of him that One of Jacob,
framed it: ‘He hath no And shall stand in awe of the God
understanding?’ of Israel.
17 24
Is it not yet a very little while, They also that err in spirit shall
And Lebanon shall be turned into a come to understanding,
fruitful field, And they that murmur shall learn
And the fruitful field shall be instruction.
esteemed as a forest?
30
18
And in that day shall the deaf hear Woe to the rebellious children,
the words of a book, saith the LORD,
And the eyes of the blind shall see That take counsel, but not of Me;
out of obscurity and out of And that form projects, but not of
darkness. My spirit,
19
The humble also shall increase That they may add sin to sin;
2
their joy in the LORD, That walk to go down into Egypt,
And the neediest among men shall And have not asked at My mouth;
exult in the Holy One of Israel. To take refuge in the stronghold of
20
For the terrible one is brought to Pharaoh,
nought, And to take shelter in the shadow
And the scorner ceaseth, of Egypt!
3
And all they that watch for iniquity Therefore shall the stronghold of
are cut off; Pharaoh turn to your shame,
21
That make a man an offender by And the shelter in the shadow of
words, Egypt to your confusion.
4
And lay a snare for him that For his princes are at Zoan,
reproveth in the gate, And his ambassadors are come to
And turn aside the just with a thing Hanes.
5
of nought. They shall all be ashamed of a
22
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who people that cannot profit them,
redeemed Abraham, concerning the That are not a help nor profit,
house of Jacob: But a shame, and also a reproach.
Jacob shall not now be ashamed,
6
Neither shall his face now wax The burden of the beasts of the
pale; South.
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And stay thereon;
13
Through the land of trouble and Therefore this iniquity shall be to
anguish, you
From whence come the lioness and As a breach ready to fall, swelling
the lion, out in a high wall,
The viper and flying serpent, Whose breaking cometh suddenly
They carry their riches upon the at an instant.
14
shoulders of young asses, And He shall break it as a potter’s
And their treasures upon the humps vessel is broken,
of camels, Breaking it in pieces without
To a people that shall not profit sparing;
them. So that there shall not be found
7
For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to among the pieces thereof a
no purpose; sherd
Therefore have I called her To take fire from the hearth,
arrogancy that sitteth still. Or to take water out of the cistern.
8
Now go, write it before them on a
15
tablet, For thus said the Lord GOD, the
And inscribe it in a book, Holy One of Israel:
That it may be for the time to come In sitting still and rest shall ye be
For ever and ever. saved,
9
For it is a rebellious people, In quietness and in confidence shall
Lying children, be your strength;
Children that refuse to hear the And ye would not.
16
teaching of the LORD; But ye said: ‘No, for we will flee
10
That say to the seers: ‘See not’, upon horses’;
And to the prophets: ‘Prophesy not Therefore shall ye flee;
unto us right things, And: ‘We will ride upon the swift’;
Speak unto us smooth things, Therefore shall they that pursue
prophesy delusions; you be swift.
11 17
Get you out of the way, One thousand shall flee at the
Turn aside out of the path, rebuke of one,
Cause the Holy One of Israel At the rebuke of five shall ye flee;
To cease from before us.’ Till ye be left as a beacon upon the
12
Wherefore thus saith the Holy top of a mountain,
One of Israel: And as an ensign on a hill.
18
Because ye despise this word, And therefore will the LORD wait,
And trust in oppression and that He may be gracious unto
perverseness, you,
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ISAIAH
And therefore will He be exalted, In that day shall thy cattle feed in
that He may have compassion large pastures.
24
upon you; The oxen likewise and the young
For the LORD is a God of justice, asses that till the ground
Happy are all they that wait for Shall eat savoury provender,
Him. Wwhich hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan.
19 25
For, O people that dwellest in And there shall be upon every
Zion at Jerusalem, lofty mountain, and upon every
Thou shalt weep no more; high hill
He will surely be gracious unto Streams and watercourses,
thee at the voice of thy cry, In the day of the great slaughter,
When He shall hear, He will when the towers fall.
26
answer thee. Moreover the light of the moon
20
And though the Lord give you shall be as the light of the sun,
sparing bread and scant water, And the light of the sun shall be
Yet shall not thy Teacher hide sevenfold, as the light of the
Himself any more, seven days,
But thine eyes shall see thy In the day that the LORD bindeth up
Teacher; the bruise of His people,
21
And thine ears shall hear a word And healeth the stroke of their
behind thee, saying: wound.
‘This is the way, walk ye in it,
27
When ye turn to the right hand, and Behold, the name of the LORD
when ye turn to the left.’ cometh from far,
22
And ye shall defile thy graven With His anger burning, and in
images overlaid with silver, thick uplifting of smoke;
And thy molten images covered His lips are full of indignation,
with gold; And His tongue is as a devouring
Thou shalt put them far away as fire;
28
one unclean; And His breath is as an
Thou shalt say unto it: ‘Get thee overflowing stream,
hence.’ That divideth even unto the neck,
23
And He will give the rain for thy To sift the nations with the sieve of
seed, wherewith thou sowest the destruction;
ground, And a bridle that causeth to err
And bread of the increase of the shall be in the jaws of the
ground, and it shall be fat and peoples.
29
plenteous; Ye shall have a song
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ISAIAH
As in the night when a feast is But they look not unto the Holy One
hallowed; of Israel,
And gladness of heart, as when one Neither seek the LORD!
2
goeth with the pipe Yet He also is wise,
To come into the mountain of the And bringeth evil,
LORD, to the Rock of Israel. And doth not call back His words;
30
And the LORD will cause His But will arise against the house of
glorious voice to be heard, the evil-doers,
And will show the lighting down of And against the help of them that
His arm, work iniquity.
3
With furious anger, and the flame Now the Egyptians are men, and
of a devouring fire, not God,
With a bursting of clouds, and a And their horses flesh, and not
storm of rain, and hailstones. spirit;
31
For through the voice of the LORD So when the LORD shall stretch out
shall Asshur be dismayed, His hand,
The rod with which He smote. Both he that helpeth shall stumble,
32
And in every place where the and he that is helped shall fall,
appointed staff shall pass, And they all shall perish together.
Which the LORD shall lay upon him,
4
It shall be with tabrets and harps; For thus saith the LORD unto me:
And in battles of wielding will He Like as the lion, or the young lion,
fight with them. growling over his prey,
33
For a hearth is ordered of old; Though a multitude of shepherds be
Yea, for the king it is prepared, called forth against him,
Deep and large; Will not be dismayed at their voice,
The pile thereof is fire and much Nor abase himself for the noise of
wood; them;
The breath of the LORD, like a So will the LORD of hosts come
stream of brimstone, doth kindle down
it. To fight upon mount Zion, and upon
the hill thereof.
31
5
Woe to them that go down to As birds hovering,
Egypt for help, So will the LORD of hosts protect
And rely on horses, Jerusalem;
And trust in chariots, because they He will deliver it as He protecteth it,
are many, He will rescue it as He passeth over.
6
And in horsemen, because they are Turn ye unto Him
exceeding mighty;
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ISAIAH
Against whom ye have deeply And the tongue of the stammerers
rebelled, O children of Israel. shall be ready to speak plainly.
7 5
For in that day they shall cast away The vile person shall be no more
every man his idols of silver, and called liberal,
his idols of gold, Nor the churl said to be noble.
6
Which your own hands have made For the vile person will speak
unto you for a sin. villainy,
8
Then shall Asshur fall with the And his heart will work iniquity,
sword, not of man, To practise ungodliness, and to utter
And the sword, not of men, shall wickedness against the LORD,
devour him; To make empty the soul of the
And he shall flee from the sword, hungry,
And his young men shall become And to cause the drink of the thirsty
tributary. to fail.
9 7
And his rock shall pass away by The instruments also of the churl
reason of terror, are evil;
And his princes shall be dismayed at He deviseth wicked devices
the ensign, To destroy the poor with lying
Saith the LORD, whose fire is in words,
Zion, And the needy when he speaketh
And His furnace in Jerusalem. right.
8
But the liberal deviseth liberal
And let the peoples renew their But thou, Israel, My servant,
strength; Jacob whom I have chosen,
Let them draw near, then let them The seed of Abraham My friend;
9
speak; Thou whom I have taken hold of
Let us come near together to from the ends of the earth,
judgment. And called thee from the uttermost
2
Who hath raised up one from the parts thereof,
east, And said unto thee: ‘Thou art My
At whose steps victory attendeth? servant,
He giveth nations before him, I have chosen thee and not cast thee
And maketh him rule over kings; away’;
10
His sword maketh them as the dust, Fear thou not, for I am with thee,
His bow as the driven stubble. Be not dismayed, for I am thy God;
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I strengthen thee, yea, I help thee; The poor and needy seek water
Yea, I uphold thee with My and there is none,
victorious right hand. And their tongue faileth for thirst;
11
Behold, all they that were incensed I the LORD will answer them,
against thee I the God of Israel will not forsake
Shall be ashamed and confounded; them.
18
They that strove with thee I will open rivers on the high hills,
Shall be as nothing, and shall perish. And fountains in the midst of the
12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt valleys;
not find them, I will make the wilderness a pool of
Even them that contended with thee; water,
They that warred against thee And the dry land springs of water.
19
Shall be as nothing, and as a thing I will plant in the wilderness the
of nought. cedar, the acacia-tree,
13
For I the LORD thy God And the myrtle, and the oil-tree;
Hold thy right hand, I will set in the desert the cypress,
Who say unto thee: ‘Fear not, the plane-tree, and the larch
I help thee.’ together;
20
That they may see, and know,
14
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, And consider, and understand
And ye men of Israel; together,
I help thee, saith the LORD, That the hand of the LORD hath done
And thy Redeemer, the Holy One of this,
Israel. And the Holy One of Israel hath
15
Behold, I make thee a new created it.
threshing-sledge
21
Having sharp teeth; Produce your cause, saith the
Thou shalt thresh the mountains, LORD;
and beat them small, Bring forth your reasons, saith the
And shalt make the hills as chaff. King of Jacob.
16 22
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind Let them bring them forth, and
shall carry them away, declare unto us
And the whirlwind shall scatter The things that shall happen;
them; The former things, what are they?
And thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, Declare ye, that we may consider,
Thou shalt glory in the Holy One of And know the end of them;
Israel. Or announce to us things to come.
23
Declare the things that are to come
hereafter,
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That we may know that ye are gods;
Yea, do good, or do evil, 42 Behold My servant, whom I
uphold;
That we may be dismayed, and Mine elect, in whom My soul
behold it together. delighteth;
24
Behold, ye are nothing, I have put My spirit upon him,
And your work a thing of nought; He shall make the right to go forth
An abomination is he that chooseth to the nations.
2
you. He shall not cry, nor lift up,
Nor cause his voice to be heard in
25
I have roused up one from the the street.
3
north, and he is come, A bruised reed shall he not break,
From the rising of the sun one that And the dimly burning wick shall he
calleth upon My name; not quench;
And he shall come upon rulers as He shall make the right to go forth
upon mortar, according to the truth.
4
And as the potter treadeth clay. He shall not fail nor be crushed,
26
Who hath declared from the Till he have set the right in the
beginning, that we may know? earth;
And beforetime, that we may say And the isles shall wait for his
that he is right? teaching.
5
Yea, there is none that declareth, Thus saith God the LORD,
Yea, there is none that announceth, He that created the heavens, and
Yea, there is none that heareth your stretched them forth,
utterances. He that spread forth the earth and
27
A harbinger unto Zion will I give: that which cometh out of it,
‘Behold, behold them’, He that giveth breath unto the
And to Jerusalem a messenger of people upon it,
good tidings. And spirit to them that walk therein:
28 6
And I look, but there is no man; I the LORD have called thee in
Even among them, but there is no righteousness,
counsellor, And have taken hold of thy hand,
That, when I ask of them, can give And kept thee, and set thee for a
an answer. covenant of the people,
29
Behold, all of them, For a light of the nations;
7
Their works are vanity and nought; To open the blind eyes,
Their molten images are wind and To bring out the prisoners from the
confusion. dungeon,
And them that sit in darkness out of
the prison-house.
622
8
ISAIAH
I am the LORD, that is My name; Gasping and panting at once.
15
And My glory will I not give to I will make waste mountains and
another, hills,
Neither My praise to graven images. And dry up all their herbs;
9
Behold, the former things are come And I will make the rivers islands,
to pass, And will dry up the pools.
16
And new things do I declare; And I will bring the blind by a
Before they spring forth I tell you of way that they knew not,
them. In paths that they knew not will I
10
Sing unto the LORD a new song, lead them;
And His praise from the end of the I will make darkness light before
earth; them, and rugged places plain.
Ye that go down to the sea, and all These things will I do,
that is therein, And I will not leave them undone.
17
The isles, and the inhabitants They shall be turned back, greatly
thereof. ashamed,
11
Let the wilderness and the cities That trust in graven images,
thereof lift up their voice, That say unto molten images:
The villages that Kedar doth inhabit; ‘Ye are our gods.’
Let the inhabitants of Sela exult,
18
Let them shout from the top of the Hear, ye deaf,
mountains. And look, ye blind, that ye may see.
12 19
Let them give glory unto the LORD, Who is blind, but My servant?
And declare His praise in the Or deaf, as My messenger that I
islands. send?
13
The LORD will go forth as a mighty Who is blind as he that is
man, wholehearted,
He will stir up jealousy like a man And blind as the LORD’S servant?
20
of war; Seeing many things, thou
He will cry, yea, He will shout observest not;
aloud, Opening the ears, he heareth not.
21
He will prove Himself mighty The LORD was pleased, for His
against His enemies. righteousness’sake,
To make the teaching great and
14
I have long time held My peace, glorious.
22
I have been still, and refrained But this is a people robbed and
Myself; spoiled,
Now will I cry like a travailing They are all of them snared in holes,
woman, And they are hid in prison-houses;
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ISAIAH
They are for a prey, and none I have given Egypt as thy ransom,
delivereth, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
4
For a spoil, and none saith: Since thou art precious in My sight,
‘Restore.’ and honourable,
23
Who among you will give ear to And I have loved thee;
this? Who will hearken and hear Therefore will I give men for thee,
for the time to come? And peoples for thy life.
24 5
Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Fear not, for I am with thee;
Israel to the robbers? I will bring thy seed from the east,
Did not the LORD? And gather thee from the west;
6
He against whom we have sinned, I will say to the north: ‘Give up’,
And in whose ways they would not And to the south: ‘Keep not back,
walk, Bring My sons from far,
Neither were they obedient unto His And My daughters from the end of
law. the earth;
25 7
Therefore He poured upon him the Every one that is called by My
fury of His anger, name,
And the strength of battle; And whom I have created for My
And it set him on fire round about, glory,
yet he knew not, I have formed him, yea, I have made
And it burned him, yet he laid it not him.’
8
to heart. The blind people that have eyes
shall be brought forth,
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ISAIAH 4
From the things that shall come Because I knew that thou art
upon thee. obstinate,
14
Behold, they shall be as stubble; And thy neck is an iron sinew, and
The fire shall burn them; thy brow brass;
5
They shall not deliver themselves Therefore I have declared it to thee
From the power of the flame; from of old;
It shall not be a coal to warm at, Before it came to pass I announced
Nor a fire to sit before. it to thee;
15
Thus shall they be unto thee Lest thou shouldest say: ‘Mine idol
With whom thou hast laboured; hath done them,
They that have trafficked with thee And my graven image, and my
from thy youth molten image, hath commanded
Shall wander every one to his them.’
6
quarter; Thou hast heard, see, all this;
There shall be none to save thee. And ye, will ye not declare it?
I have announced unto thee new
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ISAIAH
And they shall bring thy sons in mother’s divorcement,
their bosom, Wherewith I have put her away?
And thy daughters shall be carried Or which of My creditors is it
upon their shoulders. To whom I have sold you?
23
And kings shall be thy foster- Behold, for your iniquities were ye
fathers, sold,
And their queens thy nursing And for your transgressions was
mothers; your mother put away.
2
They shall bow down to thee with Wherefore, when I came, was there
their face to the earth, no man?
And lick the dust of thy feet; When I called, was there none to
And thou shalt know that I am the answer?
LORD, Is My hand shortened at all, that it
For they shall not be ashamed that cannot redeem?
wait for Me. Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the
24
Shall the prey be taken from the sea,
mighty, I make the rivers a wilderness;
Or the captives of the victorious be Their fish become foul, because
delivered? there is no water,
25
But thus saith the LORD: And die for thirst.
3
Even the captives of the mighty I clothe the heavens with blackness,
shall be taken away, And I make sackcloth their
And the prey of the terrible shall be covering.
delivered;
4
And I will contend with him that The Lord GOD hath given me
contendeth with thee, The tongue of them that are taught,
And I will save thy children. That I should know how to sustain
26
And I will feed them that oppress with words him that is weary;
thee with their own flesh; He wakeneth morning by morning,
And they shall be drunken with their He wakeneth mine ear
own blood, as with sweet wine; To hear as they that are taught.
5
And all flesh shall know that I the The Lord GOD hath opened mine
LORD am thy Saviour, ear,
And thy Redeemer, the Mighty One And I was not rebellious,
of Jacob. Neither turned away backward.
6
I gave my back to the smiters,
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ISAIAH
They that rule over them do howl, Go ye out of the midst of her; be ye
saith the LORD, clean,
And My name continually all the Ye that bear the vessels of the LORD.
12
day is blasphemed. For ye shall not go out in haste,
6
Therefore My people shall know Neither shall ye go by flight;
My name; For the LORD will go before you,
Therefore they shall know in that And the God of Israel will be your
day rearward.
That I, even He that spoke, behold,
13
here I am. Behold, My servant shall prosper,
He shall be exalted and lifted up,
7
How beautiful upon the mountains and shall be very high.
14
Are the feet of the messenger of According as many were appalled
good tidings, at thee—
That announceth peace, the So marred was his visage unlike that
harbinger of good tidings, of a man,
That announceth salvation; And his form unlike that of the sons
That saith unto Zion: of men—
15
‘Thy God reigneth! ’ So shall he startle many nations,
8
Hark, thy watchmen! they lift up Kings shall shut their mouths
the voice, because of him;
Together do they sing; For that which had not been told
For they shall see, eye to eye, them shall they see,
The LORD returning to Zion. And that which they had not heard
9
Break forth into joy, sing together, shall they perceive.
Ye waste places of Jerusalem;
For the LORD hath comforted His 53 ’Who would have believed our
report?
people, And to whom hath the arm of the
He hath redeemed Jerusalem. LORD been revealed?
10
The LORD hath made bare His holy 2For he shot up right forth as a
arm sapling,
In the eyes of all the nations; And as a root out of a dry ground;
And all the ends of the earth shall He had no form nor comeliness, that
see we should look upon him,
The salvation of our God. Nor beauty that we should delight in
11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out him.
3
from thence, He was despised, and forsaken of
Touch no unclean thing; men,
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ISAIAH
A man of pains, and acquainted with For the transgression of my people
disease, to whom the stroke was due.
9
And as one from whom men hide And they made his grave with the
their face: wicked,
He was despised, and we esteemed And with the rich his tomb;
him not. Although he had done no violence,
4
Surely our diseases he did bear, and Neither was any deceit in his
our pains he carried; mouth.’
Whereas we did esteem him
10
stricken, Yet it pleased the LORD to crush
Smitten of God, and afflicted. him by disease;
5
But he was wounded because of To see if his soul would offer itself
our transgressions, in restitution,
He was crushed because of our That he might see his seed, prolong
iniquities: his days,
The chastisement of our welfare was And that the purpose of the LORD
upon him, might prosper by his hand:
11
And with his stripes we were Of the travail of his soul he shall
healed. see to the full, even My servant,
6
All we like sheep did go astray, Who by his knowledge did justify
We turned every one to his own the Righteous One to the many,
way; And their iniquities he did bear.
12
And the LORD hath made to light on Therefore will I divide him a
him portion among the great,
The iniquity of us all. And he shall divide the spoil with
7
He was oppressed, though he the mighty;
humbled himself Because he bared his soul unto
And opened not his mouth; death,
As a lamb that is led to the And was numbered with the
slaughter, transgressors;
And as a sheep that before her Yet he bore the sin of many,
shearers is dumb; And made intercession for the
Yea, he opened not his mouth. transgressors.
8
By oppression and judgment he
was taken away,
And with his generation who did 54 Sing, O barren, thou that didst
not bear,
reason? Break forth into singing, and cry
For he was cut off out of the land of aloud, thou that didst not travail;
the living,
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For more are the children of the But with great compassion will I
desolate gather thee.
8
Than the children of the married In a little wrath I hid My face from
wife, saith the LORD. thee for a moment;
2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, But with everlasting kindness will I
And let them stretch forth the have compassion on thee,
curtains of thy habitations, spare Saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9
not; For this is as the waters of Noah
Lengthen thy cords, and strengthen unto Me;
thy stakes. For as I have sworn that the waters
3
For thou shalt spread abroad on the of Noah
right hand and on the left; Should no more go over the earth,
And thy seed shall possess the So have I sworn that I would not be
nations, wroth with thee,
And make the desolate cities to be Nor rebuke thee.
10
inhabited. For the mountains may depart,
4
Fear not, for thou shalt not be And the hills be removed;
ashamed. But My kindness shall not depart
Neither be thou confounded, for from thee,
thou shalt not be put to shame; Neither shall My covenant of peace
For thou shalt forget the shame of be removed,
thy youth, Saith the LORD that hath compass-
And the reproach of thy widowhood sion on thee.
shalt thou remember no more.
5 11
For thy Maker is thy husband, O thou afflicted, tossed with
The LORD of hosts is His name; tempest,
And the Holy One of Israel is thy And not comforted,
Redeemer, Behold, I will set thy stones in fair
The God of the whole earth shall He colours,
be called. And lay thy foundations with
6
For the LORD hath called thee sapphires.
12
As a wife forsaken and grieved in And I will make thy pinnacles of
spirit; rubies,
And a wife of youth, can she be And thy gates of carbuncles,
rejected? And all thy border of precious
Saith thy God. stones.
7 13
For a small moment have I And all thy children shall be
forsaken thee; taught of the LORD;
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And great shall be the peace of thy Hearken diligently unto Me, and eat
children. ye that which is good,
14
In righteousness shalt thou be And let your soul delight itself in
established; fatness.
3
Be thou far from oppression, for Incline your ear, and come unto
thou shalt not fear, Me;
And from ruin, for it shall not come Hear, and your soul shall live;
near thee. And I will make an everlasting
15
Behold, they may gather together, covenant with you,
but not by Me; Even the sure mercies of David.
4
Whosoever shall gather together Behold, I have given him for a
against thee shall fall because of witness to the peoples,
thee. A prince and commander to the
16
Behold, I have created the smith peoples.
5
That bloweth the fire of coals, Behold, thou shalt call a nation that
And bringeth forth a weapon for his thou knowest not,
work; And a nation that knew not thee
And I have created the waster to shall run unto thee;
destroy. Because of the LORD thy God,
17
No weapon that is formed against And for the Holy One of Israel, for
thee shall prosper; He hath glorified thee.
And every tongue that shall rise
6
against thee in judgment thou Seek ye the LORD while He may be
shalt condemn. found,
This is the heritage of the servants Call ye upon Him while He is near;
7
of the LORD, Let the wicked forsake his way,
And their due reward from Me, saith And the man of iniquity his
the LORD. thoughts;
And let him return unto the LORD,
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8
The righteous perisheth, And behind the doors and the posts
And no man layeth it to heart, Hast thou set up thy symbol;
And godly men are taken away, For thou hast uncovered, and art
None considering gone up from Me,
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ISAIAH 15
Thou hast enlarged thy bed, For thus saith the High and Lofty
And chosen thee of them One
Whose bed thou lovedst, That inhabiteth eternity, whose
Whose hand thou sawest. name is Holy:
9
And thou wentest to the king with I dwell in the high and holy place,
ointment, With him also that is of a contrite
And didst increase thy perfumes, and humble spirit,
And didst send thine ambassadors To revive the spirit of the humble,
far off, And to revive the heart of the
Even down to the nether-world. contrite ones.
10 16
Thou wast wearied with the length For I will not contend for ever,
of thy way; yet saidst thou not: Neither will I be always wroth;
‘There is no hope’; thou didst find For the spirit that enwrappeth itself
a renewal of thy strength, is from Me,
therefore thou wast not affected. And the souls which I have made.
11 17
And of whom hast thou been For the iniquity of his
afraid and in fear, that thou covetousness was I wroth and
wouldest fail? And as for Me, smote him,
thou hast not remembered Me, I hid Me and was wroth;
nor laid it to thy heart. Have not I And he went on frowardly in the
held My peace even of long time? way of his heart.
18
Therefore thou fearest Me not. I have seen his ways, and will heal
12
I will declare thy righteousness; him;
thy works also—they shall not I will lead him also, and requite with
profit thee. comforts him and his mourners.
13 19
When thou criest, let them that Peace, peace, to him that is far off
thou hast gathered deliver thee; and to him that is near,
but the wind shall carry them all Saith the LORD that createth the fruit
away, a breath shall bear them of the lips;
off; but he that taketh refuge in And I will heal him.
20
Me shall possess the land, and But the wicked are like the
shall inherit My holy mountain. troubled sea;
For it cannot rest, and its waters cast
14
And He will say: up mire and dirt.
21
Cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the There is no peace,
way, Saith my God concerning the
Take up the stumblingblock out of wicked.
the way of My people.
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58
6
Cry aloud, spare not, Is not this the fast that I have
Lift up thy voice like a horn, chosen?
And declare unto My people their To loose the fetters of wickedness,
transgression, To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to the house of Jacob their sins. And to let the oppressed go free,
2
Yet they seek Me daily, And that ye break every yoke?
7
And delight to know My ways; Is it not to deal thy bread to the
As a nation that did righteousness, hungry,
And forsook not the ordinance of And that thou bring the poor that are
their God, cast out to thy house?
They ask of Me righteous When thou seest the naked, that
ordinances, thou cover him,
They delight to draw near unto God. And that thou hide not thyself from
thine own flesh?
3 8
’Wherefore have we fasted, and Then shall thy light break forth as
Thou seest not? the morning,
Wherefore have we afflicted our And thy healing shall spring forth
soul, and Thou takest no speedily;
knowledge?’— And thy righteousness shall go
Behold, in the day of your fast ye before thee,
pursue your business, The glory of the LORD shall be thy
And exact all your labours. rearward.
4 9
Behold, ye fast for strife and Then shalt thou call, and the LORD
contention, will answer;
And to smite with the fist of Thou shalt cry, and He will say:
wickedness; ‘Here I am.’
Ye fast not this day If thou take away from the midst of
So as to make your voice to be thee the yoke,
heard on high. The putting forth of the finger, and
5
Is such the fast that I have chosen? speaking wickedness;
10
The day for a man to afflict his And if thou draw out thy soul to
soul? the hungry,
Is it to bow down his head as a And satisfy the afflicted soul;
bulrush, Then shall thy light rise in darkness,
And to spread sackcloth and ashes And thy gloom be as the noon-day;
11
under him? And the LORD will guide thee
Wilt thou call this a fast, continually,
And an acceptable day to the LORD? And satisfy thy soul in drought,
And make strong thy bones;
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And thou shalt be like a watered Thou shalt raise up the foundations
garden, of many generations;
And like a spring of water, whose And thou shalt be called The
waters fail not. repairer of the breach,
12
And they that shall be of thee shall
build the old waste places,
The restorer of paths to dwell in. And your fingers with iniquity;
13
If thou turn away thy foot because Your lips have spoken lies,
of the sabbath, Your tongue muttereth wickedness.
4
From pursuing thy business on My None sueth in righteousness,
holy day; And none pleadeth in truth;
And call the sabbath a delight, They trust in vanity, and speak lies,
And the holy of the LORD They conceive mischief, and bring
honourable; forth iniquity.
5
And shalt honour it, not doing thy They hatch basilisks’eggs,
wonted ways, And weave the spider’s web;
Nor pursuing thy business, nor He that eateth of their eggs dieth,
speaking thereof; And that which is crushed breaketh
14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in out into a viper.
6
the LORD, Their webs shall not become
And I will make thee to ride upon garments,
the high places of the earth, Neither shall men cover themselves
And I will feed thee with the with their works;
heritage of Jacob thy father; Their works are works of iniquity,
For the mouth of the LORD hath And the act of violence is in their
spoken it. hands.
7
Their feet run to evil,
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7
’Who is this that cometh from I will make mention of the mercies
Edom, of the LORD,
With crimsoned garments from And the praises of the LORD,
Bozrah? According to all that the LORD hath
This that is glorious in his apparel, bestowed on us;
Stately in the greatness of his And the great goodness toward the
strength?’— house of Israel,
’I that speak in victory, mighty to Which He hath bestowed on them
save.’— according to His compassions,
2
’Wherefore is Thine apparel red, And according to the multitude of
And Thy garments like his that His mercies.
8
treadeth in the winevat?’— For He said: ‘Surely, they are My
3
’I have trodden the winepress people,
alone, Children that will not deal falsely’;
And of the peoples there was no So He was their Saviour.
9
man with Me; In all their affliction He was
Yea, I trod them in Mine anger, afflicted,
And trampled them in My fury; And the angel of His presence saved
And their lifeblood is dashed against them;
My garments, In His love and in His pity He
And I have stained all My raiment. redeemed them;
4
For the day of vengeance that was And He bore them, and carried them
in My heart, all the days of old.
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ISAIAH
But they rebelled, and grieved His Our Redeemer from everlasting is
holy spirit; Thy name.
17
Therefore He was turned to be their O LORD, why dost Thou make us to
enemy, err from Thy ways,
Himself fought against them. And hardenest our heart from Thy
11
Then His people remembered the fear?
days of old, the days of Moses: Return for Thy servants’sake,
‘Where is He that brought them up The tribes of Thine inheritance.
18
out of the sea Thy holy people they have well
With the shepherds of His flock? nigh driven out,
Where is He that put His holy spirit Our adversaries have trodden down
In the midst of them? Thy sanctuary.
12 19
That caused His glorious arm to go We are become as they over whom
at the right hand of Moses? Thou never borest rule,
That divided the water before them, As they that were not called by Thy
To make Himself an everlasting name.
name?
13
That led them through the deep, Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the
As a horse in the wilderness, heavens, that Thou wouldest
without stumbling? come down,
14
As the cattle that go down into the That the mountains might quake at
valley, Thy presence,
The spirit of the LORD caused them
to rest; 64 As when fire kindleth the
brush-wood,
So didst Thou lead Thy people, And the fire causeth the waters to
To make Thyself a glorious name.’ boil;
To make Thy name known to Thine
15
Look down from heaven, and see, adversaries,
Even from Thy holy and glorious That the nations might tremble at
habitation; Thy presence,
2
Where is Thy zeal and Thy mighty When Thou didst tremendous
acts, things
The yearning of Thy heart and Thy Which we looked not for—
compassions, Oh that Thou wouldest come down,
Now restrained toward me? that the mountains might quake at
16
For Thou art our Father; Thy presence!—
3
For Abraham knoweth us not, And whereof from of old men have
And Israel doth not acknowledge us; not heard, nor perceived by the
Thou, O LORD, art our Father, ear,
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Neither hath the eye seen a God Thy holy cities are become a
beside Thee, wilderness,
Who worketh for him that waiteth Zion is become a wilderness,
for Him. Jerusalem a desolation.
10
Our holy and our beautiful house,
4
Thou didst take away him that Where our fathers praised Thee,
joyfully worked righteousness, Is burned with fire;
Those that remembered Thee in Thy And all our pleasant things are laid
ways— waste.
11
Behold, Thou wast wroth, and we Wilt Thou refrain Thyself for these
sinned— things, O LORD?
Upon them have we stayed of old, Wilt Thou hold Thy peace, and
that we might be saved. afflict us very sore?
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5
And we are all become as one that I gave access to them that
is unclean, asked not for Me,
And all our righteousnesses are as a I was at hand to them that sought
polluted garment; Me not;
And we all do fade as a leaf, I said: ‘Behold Me, behold Me’,
And our iniquities, like the wind, Unto a nation that was not called
take us away. by My name.
6 2
And there is none that calleth upon I have spread out My hands all the
Thy name, day
That stirreth up himself to take hold Unto a rebellious people,
of Thee; That walk in a way that is not good,
For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, After their own thoughts;
3
And hast consumed us by means of A people that provoke Me
our iniquities. To My face continually,
That sacrifice in gardens,
7
But now, O LORD, Thou art our And burn incense upon bricks;
4
Father; That sit among the graves,
We are the clay, and Thou our And lodge in the vaults;
potter, That eat swine’s flesh,
And we all are the work of Thy And broth of abominable things is in
hand. their vessels;
8 5
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, That say: ‘Stand by thyself,
Neither remember iniquity for ever; Come not near to me, for I am holier
Behold, look, we beseech Thee, we than thou’;
are all Thy people. These are a smoke in My nose,
A fire that burneth all the day.
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ISAIAH
Behold, it is written before Me; Because when I called, ye did not
I will not keep silence, except I have answer,
requited, Ehen I spoke, ye did not hear;
Yea, I will requite into their bosom, But ye did that which was evil in
7
Your own iniquities, and the Mine eyes,
iniquities of your fathers together, And chose that wherein I delighted
Saith the LORD, that have offered not.
upon the mountains,
13
And blasphemed Me upon the hills; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD:
Therefore will I first measure their Behold, My servants shall eat,
wage into their bosom. But ye shall be hungry;
Behold, My servants shall drink,
8
Thus saith the LORD: But ye shall be thirsty;
As, when wine is found in the Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
cluster, But ye shall be ashamed;
14
One saith: ‘Destroy it not, Behold, My servants shall sing
For a blessing is in it’; For joy of heart,
So will I do for My servants’ sakes, But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,
That I may not destroy all. And shall wail for vexation of spirit.
9 15
And I will bring forth a seed out of And ye shall leave your name for a
Jacob, curse unto Mine elect:
And out of Judah an inheritor of My ‘So may the Lord GOD slay thee’;
mountains; But He shall call His servants by
And Mine elect shall inherit it, another name;
16
And My servants shall dwell there. So that he who blesseth himself in
10
And Sharon shall be a fold of the earth
flocks, Shall bless himself by the God of
And the valley of Achor a place for truth;
herds to lie down in, And he that sweareth in the earth
For My people that have sought Me; Shall swear by the God of truth;
11
But ye that forsake the LORD, Because the former troubles are
That forget My holy mountain, forgotten,
That prepare a table for Fortune, And because they are hid from Mine
And that offer mingled wine in full eyes.
17
measure unto Destiny, For, behold, I create new heavens
12
I will destine you to the sword, And a new earth;
And ye shall all bow down to the And the former things shall not be
slaughter; remembered,
Nor come into mind.
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ISAIAH 25
But be ye glad and rejoice for ever The wolf and the lamb shall feed
In that which I create; together,
For, behold, I create Jerusalem a And the lion shall eat straw like the
rejoicing, ox;
And her people a joy. And dust shall be the serpent’s food.
19
And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, They shall not hurt nor destroy in all
And joy in My people; My holy mountain,
And the voice of weeping shall be Saith the LORD.
no more heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
20
There shall be no more thence an 66 Thus saith the LORD:
The heaven is My throne,
infant of days, nor an old man, And the earth is My footstool;
That hath not filled his days; Where is the house that ye may
For the youngest shall die a hundred build unto Me?
years old, And where is the place that may be
And the sinner being a hundred My resting-place?
2
years old shall be accursed. For all these things hath My hand
21
And they shall build houses, and made,
inhabit them; And so all these things came to be,
And they shall plant vineyards, and Saith the LORD;
eat the fruit of them. But on this man will I look,
22
They shall not build, and another Even on him that is poor and of a
inhabit, contrite spirit,
They shall not plant, and another And trembleth at My word.
3
eat; He that killeth an ox is as if he slew
For as the days of a tree shall be the a man;
days of My people, He that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he
And Mine elect shall long enjoy the broke a dog’s neck;
work of their hands. He that offereth a meal-offering, as
23
They shall not labour in vain, if he offered swine’s blood;
Nor bring forth for terror; He that maketh a memorial-offering
For they are the seed blessed of the of frankincense, as if he blessed
LORD, an idol;
And their offspring with them. According as they have chosen their
24
And it shall come to pass that, own ways,
before they call, I will answer, And their soul delighteth in their
And while they are yet speaking, I abominations;
4
will hear. Even so I will choose their
mockings,
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And will bring their fears upon Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,
them; And be glad with her, all ye that
Because when I called, none did love her;
answer; Rejoice for joy with her,
When I spoke, they did not hear, All ye that mourn for her;
11
But they did that which was evil in That ye may suck, and be satisfied
Mine eyes, With the breast of her consolations;
And chose that in which I delighted That ye may drink deeply with
not. delight
Of the abundance of her glory.
5 12
Hear the word of the LORD, For thus saith the LORD:
Ye that tremble at His word: Behold, I will extend peace to her
Your brethren that hate you, that like a river.
cast you out for My name’s sake, And the wealth of the nations like
have said: an overflowing stream,
‘Let the LORD be glorified, And ye shall suck thereof:
That we may gaze upon your joy’, Ye shall be borne upon the side,
But they shall be ashamed. And shall be dandled upon the
6
Hark! an uproar from the city, knees.
13
Hark! it cometh from the temple, As one whom his mother
Hark! the LORD rendereth comforteth,
recompense to His enemies. So will I comfort you;
7
Before she travailed, she brought And ye shall be comforted in
forth; Jerusalem.
14
Before her pain came, And when ye see this, your heart
She was delivered of a man-child. shall rejoice,
8
Who hath heard such a thing? And your bones shall flourish like
Who hath seen such things? young grass;
Is a land born in one day? And the hand of the LORD shall be
Is a nation brought forth at once? known toward His servants,
For as soon as Zion travailed, And He will have indignation
She brought forth her children. against His enemies.
9
Shall I bring to the birth, and not
15
cause to bring forth? For, behold, the LORD will come in
Saith the LORD; fire,
Shall I that cause to bring forth shut And His chariots shall be like the
the womb? whirlwind;
Saith thy God. To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.
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For by fire will the LORD contend, mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as
And by His sword with all flesh; the children of Israel bring their
And the slain of the LORD shall be offering in a clean vessel into the
many. house of the LORD. 21And of them also
17
They that sanctify themselves and will I take for the priests and for the
purify themselves Levites, saith the LORD. 22For as the
To go unto the gardens, new heavens and the new earth, which
Behind one in the midst, I will make, shall remain before Me,
Eating swine’s flesh, and the saith the LORD, so shall your seed and
detestable thing, and the mouse, your name remain.
23
Shall be consumed together, saith And it shall come to pass,
the LORD. That from one new moon to another,
18
For I [know] their works and their And from one sabbath to another,
thoughts; [the time] cometh, that I will Shall all flesh come to worship
gather all nations and tongues; and before Me,
they shall come, and shall see My Saith the LORD.
glory. 19And I will work a sign among 24
And they shall go forth, and look
them, and I will send such as escape of Upon the carcasses of the men that
them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul have rebelled against Me;
and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal For their worm shall not die,
and Javan, to the isles afar off, that Neither shall their fire be quenched;
have not heard My fame, neither have And they shall be an abhorring unto
seen My glory; and they shall declare all flesh.
My glory among the nations. 20And
they shall bring all your brethren out And it shall come to pass,
of all the nations for an offering unto That from one new moon to another,
And from one sabbath to another,
the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, Shall all flesh come to worship before Me,
and in fitters, and upon mules, and Saith the Lord.
upon swift beasts, to My holy
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JEREMIAH
1
9
THE WORDS of Jeremiah the son of Then the LORD put forth His hand, and
Hilkiah, of the priests that were in touched my mouth; and the LORD said
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, 2to unto me:
whom the word of the LORD came in Behold, I have put My words in thy
the days of Josiah the son of Amon, mouth;
10
king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of See, I have this day set thee over
his reign. 3It came also in the days of the nations and over the
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of kingdoms,
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh To root out and to pull down,
year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, And to destroy and to overthrow;
king of Judah, unto the carrying away To build, and to plant.
of Jerusalem captive in the fifth
11
month. Moreover the word of the LORD
4
And the word of the LORD came came unto me, saying: ‘Jeremiah, what
unto me, saying: seest thou?’ And I said: ‘I see a rod of
5
Before I formed thee in the belly I an aalmond-tree.’ 12Then said the LORD
knew thee, unto me: ‘Thou hast well seen; for I
b
And before thou camest forth out of watch over My word to perform it.’
13
the womb I sanctified thee; And the word of the LORD came
I have appointed thee a prophet unto me the second time, saying:
unto the nations. ‘What seest thou?’ And I said: ‘I see a
6
Then said I: ‘Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I seething pot; and the face thereof is
cannot speak; for I am a child.’ 7But from the north.’ 14Then the LORD said
the LORD said unto me: unto me: ‘Out of the north the evil
Say not: I am a child; shall break forth upon all the
For to whomsoever I shall send thee inhabitants of the land. 15For, lo, I will
thou shalt go, call all the families of the kingdoms of
And whatsoever I shall command the north, saith the LORD; and they
thee thou shalt speak. shall come, and they shall set every
8
Be not afraid of them; one his throne at the entrance of the
For I am with thee to deliver thee, gates of Jerusalem, and against all the
Saith the LORD.
a
Heb. shaked.
b
Heb. shoked
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walls thereof round about, and against Evil shall come upon them, saith the
all the cities of Judah. 16And I will LORD.
utter My judgments against them
4
touching all their wickedness; in that Hear ye the word of the LORD, O
they have forsaken me, and have house of Jacob,
offered unto other gods, and And all the families of the house of
worshipped the work of their own Israel;
hands. 17Thou therefore gird up thy 5
Thus saith the LORD:
loins, and arise, and speak unto them What unrighteousness have your
all that I command thee; be not fathers found in Me,
dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee That they are gone far from Me,
before them. 18For, behold, I have And have walked after things of
made thee this day a fortified city, and nought, and are become nought?
6
an iron pillar, and brazen walls, Neither said they:
against the whole land, against the ‘Where is the LORD that brought us
kings of Judah, against the princes up
thereof, against the priests thereof, and Out of the land of Egypt;
against the people of the land. 19And That led us through the wilderness,
they shall fight against thee; but they Through a land of deserts and of
shall not prevail against thee; For I am pits,
with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver Through a land of drought and of
thee.’ the shadow of death,
Through a land that no man passed
3 . . . saying:
If a man put away his wife,
played the harlot. 7And I said: After
she hath done all these things, she will
And she go from him, return unto me; but she returned not.
And become another man’s, And her treacherous sister Judah saw
May he return unto her again? it. 8And I saw, when, forasmuch as
Will not that land be greatly backsliding Israel had committed
polluted? adultery, I had put her away and given
But thou hast played the harlot with her a bill of divorcement, that yet
many lovers; treacherous Judah her sister feared not;
but she also went and played the
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harlot; 9and it came to pass through the shall they make mention of it; neither
lightness of her harlotry, that the land shall they miss it; neither shall it be
was polluted, and she committed made any more. 17At that time they
adultery with stones and with stocks; shall call Jerusalem The throne of the
10
and yet for all this her treacherous LORD; and all the nations shall be
sister Judah hath not returned unto Me gathered unto it, to the name of the
with her whole heart, but feignedly, LORD, to Jerusalem; neither shall they
saith the LORD— 11even the LORD said walk any more after the stubbornness
unto me—backsliding Israel hath of their evil heart. 18In those days the
proved herself more righteous than house of Judah shall walk with the
treacherous Judah. 12Go, and proclaim house of Israel, and they shall come
these words toward the north, and say: together out of the land of the north to
Return, thou backsliding Israel, the land that I have given for an
Saith the LORD; inheritance unto your fathers.’
I will not frown upon you;
19
For I am merciful, saith the LORD, But I said: ‘How would I put thee
I will not bear grudge for ever. among the sons,
13
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, And give thee a pleasant land,
That thou hast transgressed against The goodliest heritage of the
the LORD thy God, nations! ’
And hast scattered thy ways to the And I said: ‘Thou shalt call Me, My
strangers father;
Under every leafy tree, And shalt not turn away from
And ye have not hearkened to My following Me.’
20
voice, Surely as a wife treacherously
Saith the LORD. departeth from her husband,
14
Return, O backsliding children, saith So have ye dealt treacherously with
the LORD; for I am a lord unto you, and Me, O house of Israel,
I will take you one of a city, and two Saith the LORD.
of a family, and I will bring you to
Zion; 15and I will give you shepherds 21
Hark! upon the high hills is heard
according to My heart, who shall feed The suppliant weeping of the
you with knowledge and children of Israel;
understanding. 16And it shall come to For that they have perverted their
pass, when ye are multiplied and way,
increased in the land, in those days, They have forgotten the LORD their
saith the LORD, they shall say no more: God.
The ark of the covenant of the LORD;
22
neither shall it come to mind; neither Return, ye backsliding children,
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I will heal your backslidings.— Break up for you a fallow ground,
‘Here we are, we are come unto And sow not among thorns.
4
Thee; Circumcise yourselves to the LORD,
For Thou art the LORD our God. And take away the foreskins of your
23
Truly vain have proved the hills, heart,
The uproar on the mountains; Ye men of Judah and inhabitants of
Truly in the LORD our God Jerusalem;
Is the salvation of Israel. Lest My fury go forth like fire,
24
But the shameful thing hath And burn that none can quench it,
devoured Because of the evil of your doings.
The labour of our fathers from our
5
youth; Declare ye in Judah, and publish in
Their flocks and their herds, Jerusalem,
Their sons and their daughters. And say: ‘Blow ye the horn in the
25
Let us lie down in our shame, land’;
And let our confusion cover us; Cry aloud and say:
For we have sinned against the LORD ‘Assemble yourselves, and let us go
our God, into the fortified cities.’
6
We and our fathers, Set up a standard toward Zion;
From our youth even unto this day; Put yourselves under covert, stay
And we have not hearkened not;
To the voice of the LORD our God.’ For I will bring evil from the north,
And a great destruction.
4
7
If thou wilt return, O Israel, A lion is gone up from his thicket,
Saith the LORD, And a destroyer of nations
Yea, return unto Me; Is set out, gone forth from his place;
And if thou wilt put away thy To make thy land desolate,
detestable things out of My sight, That thy cities be laid waste,
And wilt not waver; without inhabitant.
8
2And wilt swear: ‘As the LORD For this gird you with sackcloth,
liveth’ Lament and wail;
In truth, in justice, and in For the fierce anger of the LORD
righteousness; Is not turned back from us.
9
Then shall the nations bless And it shall come to pass at that
themselves by Him, day,
And in Him shall they glory. Saith the LORD,
That the heart of the king shall fail,
3
For thus saith the LORD to the men And the heart of the princes;
of Judah and to Jerusalem: And the priests shall be astonished,
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And the prophets shall wonder. Because she hath been rebellious
against Me,
10
Then said I: ‘Ah, Lord GOD! surely Saith the LORD.
18
Thou hast greatly deceived this people Thy way and thy doings have
and Jerusalem, saying: Ye shall have procured
peace; whereas the sword reacheth These things unto thee;
unto the soul.’ This is thy wickedness; yea, it is
11
At that time shall it be said of this bitter,
people and of Jerusalem; Yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.
A hot wind of the high hills in the
19
wilderness My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in
Toward the daughter of My people, pain!
Not to fan, nor to cleanse; The chambers of my heart!
12
A wind too strong for this shall My heart moaneth within me!
come for Me; I cannot hold my peace!
Now will I also utter judgments Because thou hast heard, O my soul,
against them. the sound of the horn,
13
Behold, he cometh up as clouds, The alarm of war.
20
And his chariots are as the Destruction followeth upon
whirlwind; destruction,
His horses are swifter than eagles.— For the whole land is spoiled;
’Woe unto us! for we are Suddenly are my tents spoiled,
undone.’— My curtains in a moment.
14 21
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from How long shall I see the standard,
wickedness, Shall I hear the sound of the horn?
That thou mayest be saved.
22
How long shall thy baleful thoughts For My people is foolish,
Lodge within thee? They know Me not;
15
For hark! one declareth from Dan, They are sottish children,
And announceth calamity from the And they have no understanding;
hills of Ephraim: They are wise to do evil,
16
’Make ye mention to the nations: But to do good they have no knowl-
Behold—publish concerning edge.
Jerusalem—
23
Watchers come from a far country, I beheld the earth,
And give out their voice against the And, lo, it was waste and void;
cities of Judah.’ And the heavens, and they had no
17
As keepers of a field light.
Are they against her round about;
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, Thy lovers despise thee, they seek
they trembled, thy life.
31
And all the hills moved to and fro. For I have heard a voice as of a
25
I beheld, and, lo, there was no woman in travail,
man, The anguish as of her that bringeth
And all the birds of the heavens forth her first child,
were fled. The voice of the daughter of Zion,
26
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field that gaspeth for breath,
was a wilderness, That spreadeth her hands:
And all the cities thereof were ‘Woe is me, now! for my soul
broken down fainteth
At the presence of the LORD, Before the murderers.’
And before His fierce anger.
27
For thus saith the LORD: 5 Run ye to and fro through the
streets of Jerusalem,
The whole land shall be desolate; And see now, and know,
Yet will I not make a full end. And seek in the broad places
28
For this shall the earth mourn, thereof,
And the heavens above be black; If ye can find a man,
Because I have spoken it, I have If there be any that doeth justly, that
purposed it, seeketh truth;
And I have not repented, neither And I will pardon her.
2
will I turn back from it. And though they say: ‘As the LORD
29
For the noise of the horsemen and liveth’,
bowmen Surely they swear falsely.
3
The whole city fleeth; O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon
They go into the thickets, truth?
And climb up upon the rocks; Thou hast stricken them, but they
Every city is forsaken, were not affected;
And not a man dwelleth therein. Thou hast consumed them, but they
30
And thou, that art spoiled, what have refused to receive
doest thou, correction;
That thou clothest thyself with They have made their faces harder
scarlet, than a rock;
That thou deckest thee with They have refused to return.
4
ornaments of gold, And I said: ‘Surely these are poor,
That thou enlargest thine eyes with They are foolish, for they know not
paint? the way of the LORD,
In vain dost thou make thyself fair; Nor the ordinance of their God;
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JEREMIAH 11
I will get me unto the great men, For the house of Israel and the
And will speak unto them; house of Judah
For they know the way of the LORD, Have dealt very treacherously
And the ordinance of their God.’ against Me,
But these had altogether broken the Saith the LORD.
12
yoke, They have belied the LORD,
And burst the bands. And said: ‘It is not He,
6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest Neither shall evil come upon us;
doth slay them, Neither shall we see sword nor
A wolf of the deserts doth spoil famine;
13
them, And the prophets shall become
A leopard watcheth over their cities, wind,
Every one that goeth out thence is And the word is not in them;
torn in pieces; Thus be it done unto them.’
14
Because their transgressions are Wherefore thus saith the LORD, the
many, God of hosts:
Their backslidings are increased. Because ye speak this word,
Behold, I will make My words in
7
Wherefore should I pardon thee? thy mouth fire,
The children have forsaken Me, And this people wood, and it shall
And sworn by no-gods; devour them.
15
And when I had fed them to the full, Lo, I will bring a nation upon you
they committed adultery, from far,
And assembled themselves in troops O house of Israel, saith the LORD;
at the harlots’houses. It is an enduring nation,
8
They are become as well-fed It is an ancient nation,
horses, lusty stallions; A nation whose language thou
Every one neigheth after his knowest not,
neighbour’s wife. Neither understandest what they
9
Shall I not punish for these things? say.
16
Saith the LORD; Their quiver is an open sepulchre,
And shall not My soul be avenged They are all mighty men.
17
On such a nation as this? And they shall eat up thy harvest,
and thy bread,
10
Go ye up into her rows, and They shall eat up thy sons and thy
destroy, daughters,
But make not a full end; They shall eat up thy flocks and thy
Take away her shoots; herds,
For they are not the LORD’S.
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They shall eat up thy vines and thy ‘Let us now fear the LORD our God,
fig-trees; That giveth the former rain, and the
They shall batter thy fortified cities, latter in due season;
Wherein thou trusteth, with the That keepeth for us
sword. The appointed weeks of the
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But even in those days, saith the harvest.’
25
LORD, Your iniquities have turned away
I will not make a full end with you. these things,
19
And it shall come to pass, when ye And your sins have withholden
shall say: ‘Wherefore hath the LORD good from you.
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our God done all these things unto us?’ For among My people are found
then shalt Thou say unto them: ‘Like wicked men;
as ye have forsaken Me, and served They pry, as fowlers lie in wait;
strange gods in your land, so shall ye They set a trap, they catch men.
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serve strangers in a land that is not As a cage is full of birds,
yours.’ So are their houses full of deceit;
Therefore they are become great,
20
Declare ye this in the house of and waxen rich;
28
Jacob, They are waxen fat, they are
And announce it in Judah, saying: become sleek;
21
Hear now this, O foolish people, Yea, they overpass in deeds of
and without understanding, wickedness;
That have eyes, and see not, They plead not the cause, the cause
That have ears, and hear not: of the fatherless,
22
Fear ye not Me? saith the LORD; That they might make it to prosper;
Will ye not tremble at My presence? And the right of the needy do they
Who have placed the sand for the not judge.
29
bound of the sea, Shall I not punish for these things?
An everlasting ordinance, which it Saith the LORD;
cannot pass; Shall not My soul be avenged
And though the waves thereof toss On such a nation as this?
themselves, yet can they not
30
prevail; An appalling and horrible thing
Though they roar, yet can they not Is come to pass in the land:
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pass over it. The prophets prophesy in the
23
But this people hath a revolting service of falsehood,
and a rebellious heart; And the priests bear rule at their
They are revolted, and gone. beck;
24
Neither say they in their heart: And My people love to have it so;
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What then will ye do in the end Before Me continually is sickness
thereof? and wounds.
8
Be thou corrected, O Jerusalem,
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For who shall have pity upon thee, I have not lent, neither have men
O Jerusalem? lent to me;
Or who shall bemoan thee? Yet every one of them doth curse
Or who shall turn aside to ask of thy me.
11
welfare? The LORD said: ‘Verily I will release
6
Thou hast cast Me off, saith the thee for good; verily I will cause the
LORD, enemy to make supplication unto thee
Thou art gone backward; in the time of evil and in the time of
Therefore do I stretch out My hand affliction. 12Can iron break iron from
against thee, and destroy thee; the north and brass? 13Thy substance
I am weary with repenting. and thy treasures will I give for a spoil
7
And I fan them with a fan in the without price, and that for all thy sins,
gates of the land; even in all thy borders. 14And I will
I bereave them of children, I destroy make thee to pass with thine enemies
My people, into a land which thou knowest not;
Since they return not from their for a fire is kindled in My nostril,
ways. which shall burn upon you.’
8
Their widows are increased to Me
15
above the sand of the seas; Thou, O LORD, knowest;
I bring upon them, against the Remember me, and think of me, and
mother, a chosen one, avenge me of my persecutors;
Even a spoiler at noonday; Take me not away because of Thy
I cause anguish and terrors to fall long-suffering;
upon her suddenly. Know that for Thy sake I have
9
She that hath borne seven suffered taunts.
16
languisheth; Thy words were found, and I did
Her spirit droopeth; eat them;
Her sun is gone down while it was And Thy words were unto me a joy
yet day, and the rejoicing of my heart;
She is ashamed and confounded; Because Thy name was called on
And the residue of them will I me, O LORD God of hosts.
17
deliver to the sword before their I sat not in the assembly of them
enemies, that make merry, nor rejoiced;
Saith the LORD.’ I sat alone because of Thy hand;
For Thou hast filled me with
10
Woe is me, my mother, that thou indignation.
18
hast borne me Why is my pain perpetual,
A man of strife and a man of And my wound incurable, so that it
contention to the whole earth! refuseth to be healed?
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Wilt Thou indeed be unto me as a They shall be as dung upon the face
deceitful brook, of the ground;
As waters that fail? And they shall be consumed by the
sword, and by famine;
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Therefore thus saith the LORD: And their carcasses shall be meat for
If thou return, and I bring thee back, the fowls of heaven,
Thou shalt stand before Me; And for the beasts of the earth.
5
And if thou bring forth the precious For thus saith the LORD: Enter not into
out of the vile, the house of mourning, neither go to
Thou shalt be as My mouth; lament, neither bemoan them; for I
Let them return unto thee, have taken away My peace from this
But thou shalt not return unto them. people, saith the LORD, even mercy and
20
And I will make thee unto this compassion. 6Both the great and the
people a fortified brazen wall; small shall die in this land; they shall
And they shall fight against thee, not be buried; neither shall men lament
But they shall not prevail against for them, nor cut themselves, nor make
thee; themselves bald for them; 7neither
For I am with thee to save thee and shall men break bread for them in
to deliver thee, mourning, to comfort them for the
Saith the LORD. dead; neither shall men give them the
21
And I will deliver thee out of the cup of consolation to drink for their
hand of the wicked, father or for their mother. 8And thou
And I will redeem thee out of the shalt not go into the house of feasting
hand of the terrible. to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
9
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
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Nor counsel from the wise, nor the But let them be made to stumble
word from the prophet. before Thee;
Come, and let us smite him with the Deal Thou with them in the time of
tongue, Thine anger.
And let us not give heed to any of
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his words.’
Give heed to me, O LORD, 19 Thus said the LORD: Go, and
get a potter’s earthen bottle,
And hearken to the voice of them and take of the elders of the people,
that contend with me. and of the elders of the priests; 2and go
20
Shall evil be recompensed for forth unto the valley of the son of
good? Hinnom, which is by the entry of the
For they have digged a pit for my gate Harsith, and proclaim there the
soul. words that I shall tell thee; 3and say:
Remember how I stood before Thee Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings
To speak good for them, of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem;
To turn away Thy wrath from them. thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
21
Therefore deliver up their children of Israel:
to the famine, Behold, I will bring evil upon this
And hurl them to the power of the place, which whosoever heareth, his
sword; ears shall tingle; 4because they have
And let their wives be bereaved of forsaken Me, and have estranged this
their children, and widows; place, and have offered in it unto other
And let their men be slain of death, gods, whom neither they nor their
And their young men smitten of the fathers have known, nor the kings of
sword in battle. Judah; and have filled this place with
22
Let a cry be heard from their the blood of innocents; 5and have built
houses, the high places of Baal, to burn their
When thou shalt bring a troop sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto
suddenly upon them; Baal; which I commanded not, nor
For they have digged a pit to take spoke it, neither came it into My mind.
6
me, Therefore, behold, the days come,
And hid snares for my feet. saith the LORD, that this place shall no
23
Yet, LORD, Thou knowest more be called Topheth, nor The
All their counsel against me to slay valley of the son of Hinnom, but The
me; valley of slaughter; 7and I will make
Forgive not their iniquity, void the counsel of Judah and
Neither blot out their sin from Thy Jerusalem in this place; and I will
sight; cause them to fall by the sword before
their enemies, and by the hand of them
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that seek their life; and their carcasses of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I
will I give to be food for the fowls of will bring upon this city and upon all
the heaven, and for the beasts of the her towns all the evil that I have
earth; 8and I will make this city an pronounced against it; because they
astonishment, and a hissing; every one have made their neck stiff, that they
that passeth thereby shall be might not hear My words.’
astonished and hiss because of all the
plagues thereof; 9and I will cause them 20 Now Pashhur the son of
Immer the priest, who was
to eat the flesh of their sons and the chief officer in the house of the LORD,
flesh of their daughters, and they shall heard Jeremiah prophesying these
eat every one the flesh of his friend, in things. 2Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah
the siege and in the straitness, the prophet, and put him in the stocks
wherewith their enemies, and they that that were in the upper gate of
seek their life, shall straiten them. Benjamin, which was in the house of
10
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the LORD. 3And it came to pass on the
the sight of the men that go with thee, morrow, that Pashhur brought forth
11
and shalt say unto them: Thus saith Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said
the LORD of hosts: Even so will I break Jeremiah unto him: ‘The LORD hath not
this people and this city, as one called thy name Pashhur, but
a
breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot Magormissabib. 4For thus saith the
be made whole again; and they shall LORD: Behold, I will make thee a terror
bury in Topheth, for want of room to to thyself, and to all thy friends; and
bury. 12Thus will I do unto this place, they shall fall by the sword of their
saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it;
thereof, even making this city as and I will give all Judah into the hand
Topheth; 13and the houses of of the king of Babylon, and he shall
Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings carry them captive to Babylon, and
of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as shall slay them with the sword.
5
the place of Topheth, even all the Moreover I will give all the store of
houses upon whose roofs they have this city, and all the gains thereof, and
offered unto all the host of heaven, and all the wealth thereof, yea, all the
have poured out drink-offerings unto treasures of the kings of Judah will I
other gods. give into the hand of their enemies,
who shall spoil them, and take them,
14
Then came Jeremiah from and carry them to Babylon. 6And thou,
Topheth, whither the LORD had sent Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy
him to prophesy; and he stood in the house shall go into captivity; and thou
court of the LORD’S house, and said to
all the people: 15’Thus saith the LORD a
That is, Terror on every side.
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shalt come to Babylon, and there thou Therefore my persecutors shall
shalt die, and there shalt thou be stumble, and they shall not
buried, thou, and all thy friends, to prevail;
whom thou hast prophesied falsely.’ They shall be greatly ashamed,
because they have not prospered,
7
O LORD, Thou hast enticed me, and Even with an everlasting confusion
I was enticed, which shall never be forgotten.
12
Thou hast overcome me, and hast But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the
prevailed; righteous,
I am become a laughing-stock all That seest the reins and the heart,
the day, Let me see Thy vengeance on them;
Every one mocketh me. For unto Thee have I revealed my
8
For as often as I speak, I cry out, cause.
I cry: ‘Violence and spoil’;
13
Because the word of the LORD is Sing unto the LORD,
made Praise ye the LORD;
A reproach unto me, and a derision, For He hath delivered the soul of the
all the day. needy
9
And if I say: ‘I will not make From the hand of evil-doers.
mention of Him,
14
Nor speak any more in His name’, Cursed be the day
Then there is in my heart as it were Wherein I was born;
a burning fire The day wherein my mother bore
Shut up in my bones, me,
And I weary myself to hold it in, Let it not be blessed.
15
But cannot. Cursed be the man who brought
10
For I have heard the whispering of tidings
many, To my father, saying:
Terror on every side: ‘A man-child is born unto thee’;
‘Denounce, and we will denounce Making him very glad.
16
him’; And let that man be as the cities
Even of all my familiar friends, Which the LORD overthrew, and
Them that watch for my halting: repented not;
‘Peradventure he will be enticed, And let him hear a cry in the
and we shall prevail against him, morning,
And we shall take our revenge on And an alarm at noontide;
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him.’ Because He slew me not from the
11
But the LORD is with me as a womb;
mighty warrior;
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And so my mother would have been from the pestilence, from the sword,
my grave, and from the famine, into the hand of
And her womb always great. Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
18
Wherefore came I forth out of the into the hand of their enemies, and into
womb the hand of those that seek their life;
To see labour and sorrow, and he shall smite them with the edge
That my days should be consumed of the sword; he shall not spare them,
in shame? neither have pity, nor have
compassion.
21
8
The word which came unto And unto this people thou shalt say:
Jeremiah from the LORD, when Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set
king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur before you the way of life and the way
the son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah of death. 9He that abideth in this city
the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying: shall die by the sword, and by the
2
’Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for famine, and by the pestilence; but he
us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of that goeth out, and falleth away to the
Babylon maketh war against us; Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall
peradventure the LORD will deal with live, and his life shall be unto him for
us according to all His wondrous a prey. 10For I have set My face
works, that he may go up from us.’ against this city for evil, and not for
3
Then said Jeremiah unto them: good, saith the LORD; it shall be given
Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4Thus into the hand of the king of Babylon,
saith the LORD, the God of Israel: and he shall burn it with fire.
11
Behold, I will turn back the And unto the house of the king of
weapons of war that are in your hands, Judah: Hear ye the word of the LORD;
12
wherewith ye fight against the king of O house of David, thus saith the
Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, LORD:
that besiege you without the walls, and Execute justice in the morning,
I will gather them into the midst of this And deliver the spoiled out of the
city. 5And I myself will fight against hand of the oppressor,
you with an outstretched hand and Lest My fury go forth like fire,
with a strong arm, even in anger, and And burn that none can quench it,
in fury, and in great wrath. 6And I will Because of the evil of your doings.
smite the inhabitants of this city, both
13
man and beast; they shall die of a great Behold, I am against thee, O
pestilence. 7And afterward, saith the inhabitant of the valley,
LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of And rock of the plain, saith the
Judah, and his servants, and the LORD;
people, and such as are left in this city
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Ye that say: ‘Who shall come down Yet surely I will make thee a
against us? wilderness,
Or who shall enter into our Cities which are not inhabited.
7
habitations?’ And I will prepare destroyers
14
And I will punish you according to against thee,
the fruit of your doings, Every one with his weapons;
Saith the LORD; And they shall cut down thy choice
And I will kindle a fire in her forest, cedars,
And it shall devour all that is round And cast them into the fire.
8
about her. And many nations shall pass by this
city, and they shall say every man to
a
With a play on the meaning, a dry
31 At that time, saith the LORD,
Will I be the God of all the
families of Israel,
land.
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And they shall be My people. And gather them from the uttermost
parts of the earth,
2
Thus saith the LORD: And with them the blind and the
The people that were left of the lame,
sword The woman with child and her that
Have found grace in the wilderness, travaileth with child together;
Even Israel, when I go to cause him A great company shall they return
to rest. hither.
3 9
’From afar the LORD appeared unto They shall come with weeping,
me.’ And with supplications will I lead
’Yea, I have loved thee with an them;
everlasting love; I will cause them to walk by rivers
Therefore with affection have I of waters,
drawn thee. In a straight way wherein they shall
4
Again will I build thee, and thou not stumble;
shalt be built, For I am become a father to Israel,
O virgin of Israel; And Ephraim is My first-born.
Again shalt thou be adorned with
10
thy tabrets, Hear the word of the LORD, O ye
And shalt go forth in the dances of nations,
them that make merry. And declare it in the isles afar off,
5
Again shalt thou plant vineyards and say:
upon the mountains of Samaria; ‘He that scattered Israel doth gather
The planters shall plant, and shall him,
have the use thereof. And keep him, as a shepherd doth
6
For there shall be a day, his flock.’
11
That the watchmen shall call upon For the LORD hath ransomed Jacob,
the mount Ephraim: And He redeemeth him from the
Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion, hand of him that is stronger than
Unto the LORD our God.’ he.
12
And they shall come and sing in
7
For thus saith the LORD: the height of Zion,
Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shall flow unto the goodness of
And shout at the head of the nations; the LORD,
Announce ye, praise ye, and say: To the corn, and to the wine, and to
‘O LORD, save Thy people, the oil,
The remnant of Israel.’ And to the young of the flock and of
8
Behold, I will bring them from the the herd;
north country,
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And their soul shall be as a watered ‘Thou hast chastised me, and I was
garden, chastised,
And they shall not pine any more at As a calf untrained;
all. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned,
13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the For Thou art the LORD my God.
19
dance, Surely after that I was turned, I
And the young men and the old repented,
together; And after that I was instructed, I
For I will turn their mourning into smote upon my thigh;
joy, I was ashamed, yea, even
And will comfort them, and make confounded,
them rejoice from their sorrow. Because I did bear the reproach of
14
And I will satiate the soul of the my youth.’
20
priests with fatness, Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me?
And My people shall be satisfied Is he a child that is dandled?
with My goodness, For as often as I speak of him,
Saith the LORD. I do earnestly remember him still;
Therefore My heart yearneth for
15
Thus saith the LORD: him,
A voice is heard in Ramah, I will surely have compassion upon
Lamentation, and bitter weeping, him, saith the LORD.
Rachel weeping for her children;
21
She refuseth to be comforted for her Set thee up waymarks,
children, Make thee guide-posts;
Because they are not. Set thy heart toward the high-way,
Even the way by which thou
16
Thus saith the LORD: wentest;
Refrain thy voice from weeping, Return, O virgin of Israel,
And thine eyes from tears; Return to these thy cities.
22
For thy work shall be rewarded, How long wilt thou turn away
saith the LORD; coyly,
And they shall come back from the O thou backsliding daughter?
land of the enemy. For the LORD hath created a new
17
And there is hope for thy future, thing in the earth:
saith the LORD; A woman shall court a man.
And thy children shall return to their
23
own border. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
18
I have surely heard Ephraim God of Israel:
bemoaning himself: Yet again shall they use this speech
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In the land of Judah and in the cities house of Judah; 32not according to the
thereof, covenant that I made with their fathers
When I shall turn their captivity: in the day that I took them by the hand
‘The LORD bless thee, O habitation to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
of righteousness, forasmuch as they broke My covenant,
O mountain of holiness.’ although I was a lord over them, saith
24
And Judah and all the cities the LORD. 33But this is the covenant
thereof that I will make with the house of
Shall dwell therein together: Israel after those days, saith the LORD,
The husbandmen, and they that go I will put My law in their inward parts,
forth with flocks. and in their heart will I write it; and I
25
For I have satiated the weary soul, will be their God, and they shall be My
And every pining soul have I people; 34and they shall teach no more
replenished. every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying: ‘Know the
26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; LORD’; for they shall all know Me,
And my sleep was sweet unto me. from the least of them unto the greatest
of them, saith the LORD; for I will
27
Behold, the days come, saith the forgive their iniquity, and their sin will
LORD, that I will sow the house of I remember no more.
Israel and the house of Judah with the
35
seed of man, and with the seed of Thus saith the LORD,
beast. 28And it shall come to pass, that Who giveth the sun for a light by
like as I have watched over them to day,
pluck up and to break down, and to And the ordinances of the moon and
overthrow and to destroy, and to of the stars for a light by night,
afflict; so will I watch over them to Who stirreth up the sea, that the
build and to plant, saith the LORD. waves thereof roar,
29
In those days they shall say no The LORD of hosts is His name:
36
more: If these ordinances depart from
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, before Me,
And the children’s teeth are set on Saith the LORD,
edge.’ Then the seed of Israel also shall
30
But every one shall die for his own cease
iniquity; every man that eateth the sour From being a nation before Me for
grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge. ever.
31
Behold, the days come, saith the
37
LORD, that I will make a new covenant Thus saith the LORD:
with the house of Israel, and with the If heaven above can be measured,
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And the foundations of the earth Babylon, and shall speak with him
searched out beneath, mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall
Then will I also cast off all the seed behold his eyes; 5and he shall lead
of Israel Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall
For all that they have done, saith the he be until I remember him, saith the
LORD. LORD; though ye fight with the
38
Behold, the days come, saith the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?’
6
LORD, that the city shall be built to the And Jeremiah said: ‘The word of
LORD from the tower of Hananel unto the LORD came unto me, saying:
the gate of the corner. 39And the 7
Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum
measuring line shall yet go out straight thine uncle, shall come unto thee,
forward unto the hill Gareb, and shall saying: Buy thee my field that is in
turn about unto Goah. 40And the whole Anathoth; for the right of redemption
valley of the dead bodies, and of the is thine to buy it.’ 8So Hanamel mine
ashes, and all the fields unto the brook uncle’s son came to me in the court of
Kidron, unto the corner of the horse the guard according to the word of the
gate toward the east, shall be holy unto LORD, and said unto me: ‘Buy my
the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth,
nor thrown down any more for ever. which is in the land of Benjamin; for
the right of inheritance is thine, and
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reading in the book the words of the So Baruch read it in their ears. 16Now
LORD in the LORD’S house. it came to pass, when they had heard
9
Now it came to pass in the fifth all the words, they turned in fear one
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, toward another, and said unto Baruch:
king of Judah, in the ninth month, that ‘We will surely tell the king of all
they proclaimed a fast before the LORD, these words.’ 17And they asked
all the people in Jerusalem, and all the Baruch, saying: ‘Tell us now: How
people that came from the cities of didst thou write all these words at his
Judah unto Jerusalem. 10Then did mouth?’ 18Then Baruch answered
Baruch read in the book the words of them: ‘He pronounced all these words
Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in unto me with his mouth, and I wrote
the chamber of Gemariah the son of them with ink in the book.’ 19Then said
Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, the princes unto Baruch: ‘Go, hide
at the entry of the new gate of the thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no
LORD’S house, in the ears of all the man know where ye are.’ 20And they
people. 11And when Micaiah the son of went in to the king into the court; but
Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had they had deposited the roll in the
heard out of the book all the words of chamber of Elishama the scribe; and
the LORD, 12he went down into the they told all the words in the ears of
king’s house, into the scribe’s the king. 21So the king sent Jehudi to
chamber; and, lo, all the princes sat fetch the roll; and he took it out of the
there, even Elishama the scribe, and chamber of Elishama the scribe. And
Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king,
Elnathan the son of Achbor, and and in the ears of all the princes that
Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and stood beside the king. 22Now the king
Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all was sitting in the winter-house in the
the princes. 13Then Micaiah declared ninth month; and the brazier was
unto them all the words that he had burning before him. 23And it came to
heard, when Baruch read the book in pass, when Jehudi had read three or
the ears of the people. 14Therefore all four columns, that he cut it with the
the princes sent Jehudi the son of penknife, and cast it into the fire that
Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the was in the brazier, until all the roll was
son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying: consumed in the fire that was in the
‘Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou brazier. 24Yet they were not afraid, nor
hast read in the ears of the people, and rent their garments, neither the king,
come.’ So Baruch the son of Neriah nor any of his servants that heard all
took the roll in his hand, and came these words. 25Moreover Elnathan and
unto them. 15And they said unto him: Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated
‘Sit down now, and read it in our ears.’ the king not to burn the roll; but he
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would not hear them. 26And the king the book which Jehoiakim king of
commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Judah had burned in the fire; and there
and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and were added besides unto them many
Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take like words.
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the
prophet; but the LORD hid them.
27
Then the word of the LORD came to 37 And Zedekiah the son of
Josiah reigned as king, instead
Jeremiah, after that the king had of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom
burned the roll, and the words which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made
Baruch wrote at the mouth of king in the land of Judah. 2But neither
Jeremiah, saying: 28’Take thee again he, nor his servants, nor the people of
another roll, and write in it all the the land, did hearken unto the words of
former words that were in the first roll, the LORD, which He spoke by the
which Jehoiakim the king of Judah prophet Jeremiah.
hath burned. 29And concerning 3
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal
Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah
say: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the
burned this roll, saying: Why hast thou prophet Jeremiah, saying: ‘Pray now
written therein, saying: The king of unto the LORD our God for us.’ 4Now
Babylon shall certainly come and Jeremiah came in and went out among
destroy this land, and shall cause to the people; for they had not put him
cease from thence man and beast? into prison. 5And Pharaoh’s army was
30
Therefore thus saith the LORD come forth out of Egypt; and when the
concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem
He shall have none to sit upon the heard tidings of them, they broke up
throne of David; and his dead body from Jerusalem. 6Then came the word
shall be cast out in the day to the heat, of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah,
and in the night to the frost. 31And I saying: 7’Thus saith the LORD, the God
will visit upon him and his seed and of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king
his servants their iniquity; and I will of Judah, that sent you unto Me to
bring upon them, and upon the inquire of Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the army, which is come forth to help you,
men of Judah, all the evil that I have shall return to Egypt into their own
pronounced against them, but they land. 8And the Chaldeans shall return,
hearkened not.’ and fight against this city; and they
32
Then took Jeremiah another roll, shall take it, and burn it with fire.
9
and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the Thus saith the LORD: Deceive not
son of Neriah; who wrote therein from yourselves, saying: The Chaldeans
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of shall surely depart from us; for they
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shall not depart. 10For though ye had Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah:
smitten the whole army of the ‘Wherein have I sinned against thee, or
Chaldeans that fight against you, and against thy servants, or against this
there remained but wounded men people, that ye have put me in prison?
19
among them, yet would they rise up Where now are your prophets that
every man in his tent, and burn this prophesied unto you, saying: The king
city with fire.’ of Babylon shall not come against you,
11
And it came to pass, that when the nor against this land? 20And now hear,
army of the Chaldeans was broken up I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s supplication, I pray thee, be presented
army, 12then Jeremiah went forth out before thee; that thou cause me not to
of Jerusalem to go into the land of return to the house of Jonathan the
Benjamin, to receive his portion there, scribe, lest I die there.’ 21Then
in the midst of the people. 13And when Zedekiah the king commanded, and
he was in the gate of Benjamin, a they committed Jeremiah into the court
captain of the ward was there, whose of the guard, and they gave him daily a
name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, loaf of bread out of the bakers’street,
the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold until all the bread in the city was spent.
on Jeremiah the prophet, saying: Thus Jeremiah remained in the court
‘Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.’ of the guard.
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14
Then said Jeremiah: ‘It is false; I fall And Shephatiah the son of
not away to the Chaldeans’; but he Mattan, and Gedaliah the son
hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of
hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of
the princes. 15And the princes were Malchiah, heard the words that
wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, Jeremiah spoke unto all the people,
and put him in prison in the house of saying: 2’Thus saith the LORD: He that
Jonathan the scribe; for they had made remaineth in this city shall die by the
that the prison. sword, by the famine, and by the
16
When Jeremiah was come into the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to
dungeon-house, and into the cells, and the Chaldeans shall live, and his life
Jeremiah had remained there many shall be unto him for a prey, and he
days; 17then Zedekiah the king sent, shall live. 3Thus saith the LORD: This
and fetched him; and the king asked city shall surely be given into the hand
him secretly in his house, and said: ‘Is of the army of the king of Babylon,
there any word from the LORD?’ And and he shall take it.’ 4Then the princes
Jeremiah said: ‘There is.’ He said also: said unto the king: ‘Let this man, we
‘Thou shalt be delivered into the hand pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch
of the king of Babylon.’ 18Moreover as he weakeneth the hands of the men
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of war that remain in this city, and the clouts and rags under thine armholes
hands of all the people, in speaking under the cords.’ And Jeremiah did so.
13
such words unto them; for this man So they drew up Jeremiah with the
seeketh not the welfare of this people, cords, and took him up out of the pit;
but the hurt.’ 5Then Zedekiah the king and Jeremiah remained in the court of
said: ‘Behold, he is in your hand; for the guard.
14
the king is not he that can do any thing Then Zedekiah the king sent, and
against you.’ 6Then took they took Jeremiah the prophet unto him
Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of into the third entry that was in the
Malchiah the king’s son, that was in house of the LORD; and the king said
the court of the guard; and they let unto Jeremiah: ‘I will ask thee a thing;
down Jeremiah with cords. And in the hide nothing from me.’ 15Then
pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah: ‘If I
Jeremiah sank in the mire. declare it unto thee, wilt thou not
7
Now when Ebed-melech the surely put me to death? and if I give
Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken
king’s house, heard that they had put unto me.’ 16So Zedekiah the king
Jeremiah in the pit; the king then swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying:
sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 8Ebed- ‘As the LORD liveth, that made us this
melech went forth out of the king’s soul, I will not put thee to death,
house, and spoke to the king, saying: neither will I give thee into the hand of
9
’My lord the king, these men have these men that seek thy life.’
17
done evil in all that they have done to Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah:
Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have ‘Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts,
cast into the pit; and he is like to die in the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth
the place where he is because of the unto the king of Babylon’s princes,
famine; for there is no more bread in then thy soul shall live, and this city
the city.’ 10Then the king commanded shall not be burned with fire; and thou
Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: shalt live, thou, and thy house; 18but if
‘Take from hence thirty men with thee, thou wilt not go forth to the king of
and take up Jeremiah the prophet out Babylon’s princes, then shall this city
of the pit, before he die.’ 11So Ebed- be given into the hand of the
melech took the men with him, and Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with
went into the house of the king under fire, and thou shalt not escape out of
the treasury, and took thence worn their hand.’ 19And Zedekiah the king
clouts and worn rags, and let them said unto Jeremiah: ‘I am afraid of the
down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah. Jews that are fallen away to the
12
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into
unto Jeremiah: ‘Put now these worn their hand, and they mock me.’ 20But
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Jeremiah said: ‘They shall not deliver that the king had commanded. So they
thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the left off speaking with him; for the
voice of the LORD, in that which I matter was not reported. 28So Jeremiah
speak unto thee; so it shall be well abode in the court of the guard until
with thee, and thy soul shall live. 21But the day that Jerusalem was taken.
if thou refuse to go forth, this is the And it came to pass, when
word that the LORD hath shown me:
22
Behold, all the women that are left in 39 Jerusalem was taken—1in the
ninth year of Zedekiah king of
the king of Judah’s house shall be Judah, in the tenth month, came
brought forth to the king of Babylon’s Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and
princes, and those women shall say: all his army against Jerusalem, and
Thy familiar friends have set thee besieged it; 2in the eleventh year of
on, Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the
And have prevailed over thee; ninth day of the month, a breach was
Thy feet are sunk in the mire, made in the city— 3that all the princes
And they are turned away back. of the king of Babylon came in, and
23
And they shall bring out all thy sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-
wives and thy children to the sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim
a
Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer aRab-mag,
out of their hand, but shalt be taken by with all the residue of the princes of
the hand of the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon. 4And it came to
thou shalt cause this city to be burned pass, that when Zedekiah the king of
with fire.’ Judah and all the men of war saw
24
Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: them, then they fled, and went forth
‘Let no man know of these words, and out of the city by night, by the way of
thou shalt not die. 25But if the princes the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt
hear that I have talked with thee, and the two walls; and he went out the way
they come unto thee, and say unto of the Arabah. 5But the army of the
thee: Declare unto us now what thou Chaldeans pursued after them, and
hast said unto the king; hide it not overtook Zedekiah in the plains of
from us, and we will not put thee to Jericho; and when they had taken him,
death; also what the king said unto they brought him up to
thee; 26then thou shalt say unto them: I Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to
presented my supplication before the Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he
king, that he would not cause me to gave judgment upon him. 6Then the
return to Jonathan’s house, to die king of Babylon slew the sons of
there.’ 27Then came all the princes Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes;
unto Jeremiah, and asked him; and he
told them according to all these words a
Titles of officers.
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also the king of Babylon slew all the of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I
nobles of Judah. 7Moreover he put out will bring My words upon this city for
Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in evil, and not for good; and they shall
fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 8And be accomplished before thee in that
the Chaldeans burned the king’s day. 17But I will deliver thee in that
house, and the house of the people, day, saith the LORD; and thou shalt not
with fire, and broke down the walls of be given into the hand of the men of
Jerusalem. 9Then Nebuzaradan the whom thou art afraid. 18For I will
captain of the guard carried away surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not
captive into Babylon the remnant of fall by the sword, but thy life shall be
the people that remained in the city, for a prey unto thee; because thou hast
the deserters also, that fell away to put thy trust in Me, saith the LORD.’
him, with the rest of the people that
remained. 10But Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard left of the poor of 40 The word which came to
Jeremiah from the LORD, after
the people, that had nothing, in the that Nebuzaradan the captain of the
land of Judah, and gave them guard had let him go from Ramah,
vineyards and fields in that day. 11Now when he had taken him being bound in
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave chains among all the captives of
charge concerning Jeremiah to Jerusalem and Judah, that were carried
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, away captive unto Babylon. 2And the
saying: 12’Take him, and look well to captain of the guard took Jeremiah,
him, and do him no harm; but do unto and said unto him: ‘The LORD thy God
him even as he shall say unto thee.’ pronounced this evil upon this place;
13 3
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the and the LORD hath brought it, and
guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab- done according as He spoke; because
saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, ye have sinned against the LORD, and
and all the chief officers of the king of have not hearkened to His voice,
Babylon; 14they sent, and took therefore this thing is come upon you.
4
Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, And now, behold, I loose thee this
and committed him unto Gedaliah the day from the chains which are upon
son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, thy hand. If it seem good unto thee to
that he should carry him home; so he come with me into Babylon, come,
dwelt among the people. and I will look well unto thee; but if it
15
Now the word of the LORD came seem ill unto thee to come with me
unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the
the court of the guard, saying: 16’Go, land is before thee; whither it seemeth
and speak to Ebed-melech the good and right unto thee to go, thither
Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD go.—5Yet he would not go back.—Go
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back then to Gedaliah the son of your cities that ye have taken.’
11
Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom Likewise when all the Jews that were
the king of Babylon hath made in Moab, and among the children of
governor over the cities of Judah, and Ammon, and in Edom, and that were
dwell with him among the people; or in all the countries, heard that the king
go wheresoever it seemeth right unto of Babylon had left a remnant of
thee to go.’ So the captain of the guard Judah, and that he had set over them
gave him an allowance and a present, Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son
and let him go. 6Then went Jeremiah of Shaphan; 12then all the Jews
unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to returned out of all places whither they
Mizpah, and dwelt with him among were driven, and came to the land of
the people that were left in the land. Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and
7
Now when all the captains of the gathered wine and summer fruits in
forces that were in the fields, even great abundance.
13
they and their men, heard that the king Moreover Johanan the son of
of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son Kareah, and all the captains of the
of Ahikam governor in the land, and forces that were in the fields, came to
had committed unto him men, and Gedaliah to Mizpah, 14and said unto
women, and children, and of the him: ‘Dost thou know that Baalis the
poorest of the land, of them that were king of the children of Ammon hath
not carried away captive to Babylon; sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to
8
then they came to Gedaliah to take thy life?’ But Gedaliah the son of
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Ahikam believed them not. 15Then
Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to
the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying:
son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of ‘Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no
the son of the Maacathite, they and man shall know it; wherefore should
their men. 9And Gedaliah the son of he take thy life, that all the Jews that
Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore are gathered unto thee should be
unto them and to their men, saying: scattered, and the remnant of Judah
‘Fear not to serve the Chaldeans; dwell perish?’ 16But Gedaliah the son of
in the land, and serve the king of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of
Babylon, and it shall be well with you. Kareah: ‘Thou shalt not do this thing;
10
As for me, behold, I will dwell at for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.’
Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans
that may come unto us; but ye, gather 41 Now it came to pass in the
seventh month, that Ishmael
ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and the son of Nethaniah, the son of
put them in your vessels, and dwell in Elishama, of the seed royal, and one of
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the chief officers of the king, and ten oil, and of honey.’ So he forbore, and
men with him, came unto Gedaliah the slew them not among their brethren.
9
son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there Now the pit wherein Ishmael cast all
they did eat bread together in Mizpah. the dead bodies of the men whom he
2
Then arose Ishmael the son of had slain by the side of Gedaliah was
Nethaniah, and the ten men that were that which Asa the king had made for
with him, and smote Gedaliah the son fear of Baasa king of Israel; the same
of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled
sword, and slew him, whom the king with them that were slain. 10Then
of Babylon had made governor over Ishmael carried away captive all the
the land. 3Ishmael also slew all the residue of the people that were in
Jews that were with him, even with Mizpah, even the king’s daughters,
Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the and all the people that remained in
Chaldeans that were found there, even Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the
the men of war. captain of the guard had committed to
4
And it came to pass the second day Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; Ishmael
after he had slain Gedaliah, and no the son of Nethaniah carried them
man knew it, 5that there came certain away captive, and departed to go over
men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and to the children of Ammon.
11
from Samaria, even fourscore men, But when Johanan the son of
having their beards shaven and their Kareah, and all the captains of the
clothes rent, and having cut forces that were with him, heard of all
themselves, with meal-offerings and the evil that Ishmael the son of
frankincense in their hand to bring Nethaniah had done, 12then they took
them to the house of the LORD. 6And all the men, and went to fight with
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and
forth from Mizpah to meet them, found him by the great waters that are
weeping all along as he went; and it in Gibeon. 13Now it came to pass, that
came to pass, as he met them, he said when all the people that were with
unto them: ‘Come to Gedaliah the son Ishmael saw Johanan the son of
of Ahikam.’ 7And it was so, when they Kareah, and all the captains of the
came into the midst of the city, that forces that were with him, then they
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew were glad. 14So all the people that
them, and cast them into the midst of Ishmael had carried away captive from
the pit, he, and the men that were with Mizpah cast about and returned, and
him. 8But ten men were found among went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
15
them that said unto Ishmael: ‘Slay us But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah
not; for we have stores hidden in the escaped from Johanan with eight men,
field, of wheat, and of barley, and of and went to the children of Ammon.
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Then took Johanan the son of I will keep nothing back from you.’
5
Kareah, and all the captains of the Then they said to Jeremiah: ‘The
forces that were with him, all the LORD be a true and faithful witness
remnant of the people whom he had against us, if we do not even according
recovered from Ishmael the son of to all the word wherewith the LORD thy
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he God shall send thee to us. 6Whether it
had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, be good, or whether it be evil, we will
the men, even the men of war, and the hearken to the voice of the LORD our
women, and the children, and the God, to whom we send thee; that it
officers, whom he had brought back may be well with us, when we hearken
from Gibeon; 17and they departed, and to the voice of the LORD our God.’
7
dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by And it came to pass after ten days,
Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, that the word of the LORD came unto
18
because of the Chaldeans; for they Jeremiah. 8Then called he Johanan the
were afraid of them, because Ishmael son of Kareah, and all the captains of
the son of Nethaniah had slain the forces that were with him, and all
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the people from the least even to the
the king of Babylon made governor greatest, 9and said unto them: ‘Thus
over the land. saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto
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7
The word of the LORD that How canst thou be quiet?
came to Jeremiah the prophet For the LORD hath given it a charge;
con-cerning the Philistines, before that Against Ashkelon, and against the
Pharaoh smote Gaza. sea-shore,
2
Thus saith the LORD: There hath He appointed it.
Behold, waters rise up out of the
north,
And shall become an overflowing 48 Of Moab.
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Behold, he shall come up and And spoil the children of the east.
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swoop down as the vulture, Their tents and their flocks shall
And spread out his wings against they take,
Bozrah; They shall carry away for
And the heart of the mighty men of themselves their curtains,
Edom at that day And all their vessels, and their
Shall be as the heart of a woman in camels;
her pangs. And they shall proclaim against
them a terror on every side.
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Of Damascus. Flee ye, flit far off, dwell deep,
O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the
Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; LORD;
For they have heard evil tidings, For Nebuchadrezzar king of
they are melted away; Babylon hath taken counsel
There is trouble in the sea; against you,
It cannot be quiet. And hath conceived a purpose
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Damascus is waxed feeble, she against you.
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turneth herself to flee, Arise, get you up against a nation
And trembling hath seized on her; that is at ease,
Anguish and pangs have taken hold That dwelleth without care, saith the
of her, as of a woman in travail. LORD;
25
’How is the city of praise left That have neither gates nor bars,
unrepaired, That dwell alone.
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The city of my joy?’ And their camels shall be a booty,
26
Therefore her young men shall fall And the multitude of their cattle a
in her broad places, spoil;
And all the men of war shall be And I will scatter unto all winds
brought to silence in that day, them that have the corners polled;
Saith the LORD of hosts. And I will bring their calamity from
27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall every side of them, saith the
of Damascus, LORD.
33
And it shall devour the palaces of And Hazor shall be a dwelling-
Ben-hadad. place of jackals,
A desolation for ever; no man shall
28
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of abide there,
Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Neither shall any son of man dwell
Babylon smote. therein.
Thus saith the LORD:
Arise ye, go up against Kedar,
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The word of the LORD that came to And set up a standard;
Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam Announce, and conceal not;
in the beginning of the reign of Say: ‘Babylon is taken,
Zedekiah king of Judah, saying: Bel is put to shame, Merodach is
35
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: dismayed;
Behold, I will break the bow of Her images are put to shame, her
Elam idols are dismayed.’
3
The chief of their might. For out of the north there cometh
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And I will bring against Elam the up a nation against her,
four winds Which shall make her land desolate,
From the four quarters of heaven, And none shall dwell therein;
And will scatter them toward all They are fled, they are gone, both
those winds; man and beast.
4
And there shall be no nation whither In those days, and in that time,
the dispersed of Elam shall not saith the LORD,
come. The children of Israel shall come,
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And I will cause Elam to be They and the children of Judah
dismayed before their enemies, together;
And before them that seek their life; They shall go on their way weeping,
And I will bring evil upon them, And shall seek the LORD their God.
5
Even My fierce anger, saith the They shall inquire concerning Zion
LORD; With their faces hitherward:
And I will send the sword after ‘Come ye, and join yourselves to the
them, LORD
Till I have consumed them; In an everlasting covenant that shall
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And I will set My throne in Elam, not be forgotten.’
And will destroy from thence king
6
and princes, saith the LORD. My people hath been lost sheep;
39
But it shall come to pass in the end Their shepherds have caused them
of days, to go astray,
That I will bring back the captivity They have turned them away on the
of Elam, saith the LORD. mountains;
They have gone from mountain to
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The broad walls of Babylon shall be reign; and he reigned eleven years in
utterly overthrown, Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was
And her high gates shall be burned Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of
with fire; Libnah. 2And he did that which was
And the peoples shall labour for evil in the sight of the LORD, according
vanity, to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3For
And the nations for the fire; through the anger of the LORD did it
And they shall be weary. come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,
until He had cast them out from His
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The word which Jeremiah the presence. And Zedekiah rebelled
prophet commanded Seraiah the son of against the king of Babylon. 4And it
Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he came to pass in the ninth year of his
went with Zedekiah the king of Judah reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth
to Babylon in the fourth year of his day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar
reign. Now Seraiah was quartermaster. king of Babylon came, he and all his
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And Jeremiah wrote in one book all army, against Jerusalem, and
the evil that should come upon encamped against it; and they built
Babylon, even all these words that are forts against it round about. 5So the
written concerning Babylon. 61And city was besieged unto the eleventh
Jeremiah said to Seraiah: ‘When thou year of king Zedekiah. 6In the fourth
comest to Babylon, then see that thou month, in the ninth day of the month,
read all these words, 62and say: O the famine was sore in the city, so that
LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning there was no bread for the people of
this place, to cut it off, that none shall the land. 7Then a breach was made in
dwell therein, neither man nor beast, the city, and all the men of war fled,
but that it shall be desolate for ever. and went forth out of the city by night
63
And it shall be, when thou hast made by the way of the gate between the two
an end of reading this book, that thou walls, which was by the king’s
shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into garden—now the Chaldeans were
the midst of the Euphrates; 64and thou against the city round about—and they
shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and went by the way of the Arabah. 8But
shall not rise again because of the evil the army of the Chaldeans pursued
that I will bring upon her; and they after the king, and overtook Zedekiah
shall be weary.’ in the plains of Jericho; and all his
army was scattered from him. 9Then
Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. they took the king, and carried him up
unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in
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1 Now it came to pass in the
thirtieth year, in the fourth month,
went; they went every one straight
forward. 10As for the likeness of their
in the fifth day of the month, as I was faces, they had the face of a man; and
among the captives by the river they four had the face of a lion on the
Chebar that the heavens were opened, right side; and they four had the face
and I saw visions of God. 2In the fifth of an ox on the left side; they four had
day of the month, which was the fifth also the face of an eagle. 11Thus were
year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, their faces; and their wings were
3
the word of the LORD came expressly stretched upward; two wings of every
unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of one were joined one to another, and
Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by two covered their bodies. 12And they
the river Chebar; and the hand of the went every one straight forward;
LORD was there upon him. whither the spirit was to go, they went;
4
And I looked, and, behold, a they turned not when they went. 13As
stormy wind came out of the north, a for the likeness of the living creatures,
great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so their appearance was like coals of fire,
that a brightness was round about it; burning like the appearance of torches;
and out of the midst thereof as the it flashed up and down among the
colour of electrum, out of the midst of living creatures; and there was
the fire. 5And out of the midst thereof brightness to the fire, and out of the
came the likeness of four living fire went forth lightning. 14And the
creatures. And this was their living creatures ran and returned as the
appearance: they had the likeness of a appearance of a flash of lightning.
man. 6And every one had four faces, 15
Now as I beheld the living
and every one of them had four wings. creatures, behold one wheel at the
7
And their feet were straight feet; and bottom hard by the living creatures, at
the sole of their feet was like the sole the four faces thereof. 16The
of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like appearance of the wheels and their
the colour of burnished brass. 8And work was like unto the colour of a
they had the hands of a man under beryl; and they four had one likeness;
their wings on their four sides; and as and their appearance and their work
for the faces and wings of them four, was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
9 17
their wings were joined one to When they went, they went toward
another; they turned not when they their four sides; they turned not when
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they went. 18As for their rings, they throne, as the appearance of a sapphire
were high and they were dreadful; and stone; and upon the likeness of the
they four had their rings full of eyes throne was a likeness as the
round about. 19And when the living appearance of a man upon it above.
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creatures went, the wheels went hard And I saw as the colour of electrum,
by them; and when the living creatures as the appearance of fire round about
were lifted up from the bottom, the enclosing it, from the appearance of
wheels were lifted up. 20Whithersoever his loins and upward; and from the
the spirit was to go, as the spirit was to appearance of his loins and downward
go thither, so they went; and the I saw as it were the appearance of fire,
wheels were lifted up beside them; for and there was brightness round about
the spirit of the living creature was in him. 28As the appearance of the bow
the wheels. 21When those went, these that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
went, and when those stood, these so was the appearance of the
stood; and when those were lifted up brightness round about. This was the
from the earth, the wheels were lifted appearance of the likeness of the glory
up beside them; for the spirit of the of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell
living creature was in the wheels. upon my face, and I heard a voice of
22
And over the heads of the living one that spoke.
creatures there was the likeness of a
firmament, like the colour of the 2 And He said unto me: ‘Son of
man, stand upon thy feet, and I
terrible ice, stretched forth over their will speak with thee.’ 2And spirit
heads above. 23And under the entered into me when He spoke unto
firmament were their wings me, and set me upon my feet; and I
conformable the one to the other; this heard Him that spoke unto me.
3
one of them had two which covered, And He said unto me: ‘Son of man,
and that one of them had two which I send thee to the children of Israel, to
covered, their bodies. 24And when they rebellious nations, that have rebelled
went, I heard the noise of their wings against Me; they and their fathers have
like the noise of great waters, like the transgressed against Me, even unto
voice of the Almighty, a noise of this very day; 4and the children are
tumult like the noise of a host; when brazen-faced and stiff-hearted, I do
they stood, they let down their wings. send thee unto them; and thou shalt
25
For, when there was a voice above say unto them: Thus saith the Lord
the firmament that was over their GOD. 5And they, whether they will
heads, as they stood, they let down hear, or whether they will forbear—for
their wings. they are a rebellious house—yet shall
26
And above the firmament that was know that there hath been a prophet
over their heads was the likeness of a among them.
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And thou, son of man, be not afraid speech and of a slow tongue, whose
of them, neither be afraid of their words thou canst not understand.
words, though defiers and despisers be Surely, if I sent thee to them, they
with thee, and thou dost dwell among would hearken unto thee. 7But the
scorpions; be not afraid of their words, house of Israel will not consent to
nor be dismayed at their looks, for hearken unto thee; for they consent not
they are a rebellious house. 7And thou to hearken unto Me; for all the house
shalt speak My words unto them, of Israel are of a hard forehead and of
whether they will hear, or whether a stiff heart. 8Behold, I have made thy
they will forbear; for they are most face hard against their faces, and thy
rebellious. forehead hard against their foreheads.
8 9
And thou, son of man, hear what I As an adamant harder than flint have I
say unto thee: be not thou rebellious made thy forehead; fear them not,
like that rebellious house; open thy neither be dismayed at their looks, for
mouth, and eat that which I give thee.’ they are a rebellious house.’
9 10
And when I looked, behold, a hand Moreover He said unto me: ‘Son
was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of of man, all My words that I shall speak
a book was therein; 10and He spread it unto thee receive in thy heart, and hear
before me, and it was written within with thine ears. 11And go, get thee to
and without; and there was written them of the captivity, unto the children
therein lamentations, and moaning, of thy people, and speak unto them,
and woe. and tell them: Thus saith the Lord
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2
Moreover the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying:
Were in thee thy calkers;
All the ships of the sea with their
’And thou, son of man, take up a mariners were in thee
lamentation for Tyre, 3and say unto To exchange thy merchandise.
10
Tyre, that dwelleth at the entry of the Persia and Lud and Put were in
sea, that is the merchant of the peoples thine army,
unto many isles: Thus saith the Lord Thy men of war;
GOD: They hanged the shield and helmet
Thou, O Tyre, hast said: in thee,
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They set forth thy comeliness. thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and
11
The men of Arvad and Helech were goats, in these were they thy
upon thy walls round about, and the merchants. 22The traffickers of Sheba
Gammadim were in thy towers; they and Raamah, they were thy traffickers;
hanged their shields upon thy walls they traded for thy wares with chief of
round about; they have perfected thy all spices, and with all precious stones,
beauty. 12Tarshish was thy merchant and gold. 23Haran and Canneh and
by reason of the multitude of all kinds Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur
of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and was as thine apprentice in traffic.
24
lead, they traded for thy wares. These were thy traffickers in
13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue
were thy traffickers; they traded the and richly woven work, and in chests
persons of men and vessels of brass for of rich apparel, bound with cords and
thy merchandise. 14They of the house cedar-lined, among thy merchandise.
25
of Togarmah traded for thy wares with The ships of Tarshish brought thee
horses and horsemen and mules. 15The tribute for thy merchandise;
men of Dedan were thy traffickers;
many isles were the mart of thy hand; So wast thou replenished, and made
they brought thee as tribute horns of very heavy
ivory and ebony. 16Aram was thy In the heart of the seas.
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merchant by reason of the multitude of Thy rowers have brought thee
thy wealth; they traded for thy wares Into great waters;
with carbuncles, purple, and richly The east wind hath broken thee
woven work, and fine linen, and coral, In the heart of the seas.
and rubies. 17Judah, and the land of 27
Thy riches, and thy wares, thy
Israel, they were thy traffickers; they merchandise,
traded for thy merchandise wheat of Thy mariners, and thy pilots,
Minnith, and balsam, and honey, and Thy calkers, and the exchangers of
oil, and balm. 18Damascus was thy thy merchandise,
merchant for the multitude of thy And all thy men of war, that are in
wealth, by reason of the multitude of thee,
all riches, with the wine of Helbon, With all thy company which is in
and white wool. 19Vedan and Javan the midst of thee,
traded with yarn for thy wares; Shall fall into the heart of the seas
massive iron, cassia, and calamus, In the day of thy ruin.
were among thy merchandise. 20Dedan 28
At the sound of the cry of thy
was thy trafficker in precious cloths pilots
for riding. 21Arabia, and all the princes The waves shall shake.
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of Kedar, they were the merchants of And all that handle the oar,
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The mariners, and all the pilots of They are troubled in their
the sea, countenance;
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Shall come down from their ships, The merchants among the peoples
They shall stand upon the land, hiss at thee;
30
And shall cause their voice to be Thou art become a terror,
heard over thee, And never shalt be any more.’
And shall cry bitterly,
And shall cast up dust upon their 28 And the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying: 2’Son
heads, of man, say unto the prince of Tyre:
They shall roll themselves in the Thus saith the Lord GOD:
ashes; Because thy heart is lifted up,
31
And they shall make themselves And thou hast said: I am a god,
utterly bald for thee, I sit in the seat of God,
And gird them with sackcloth, In the heart of the seas;
And they shall weep for thee in Yet thou art man, and not God,
bitterness of soul Though thou didst set thy heart as
With bitter lamentation. the heart of God—
32 3
And in their wailing they shall Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel!
take up a lamentation for thee, There is no secret that they can hide
And lament over thee: from thee!
4
Who was there like Tyre, fortified By thy wisdom and by thy
In the midst of the sea? discernment
33
When thy wares came forth out of Thou hast gotten thee riches,
the seas, And hast gotten gold and silver
Thou didst fill many peoples; Into thy treasures;
5
With the multitude of thy riches and In thy great wisdom by thy traffic
of thy merchandise Hast thou increased thy riches,
Didst thou enrich the kings of the And thy heart is lifted up because of
earth. thy riches—
34 6
Now that thou art broken by the Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD:
seas Because thou hast set thy heart
In the depths of the waters, As the heart of God;
7
And thy merchandise and all thy Therefore, behold, I will bring
company strangers upon thee,
Are fallen in the midst of thee, The terrible of the nations;
35
All the inhabitants of the isles And they shall draw their swords
Are appalled at thee, against the beauty of thy wisdom,
And their kings are horribly afraid, And they shall defile thy brightness.
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They shall bring thee down to the and thou hast sinned; therefore have I
pit; cast thee as profane out of the
And thou shalt die the deaths of mountain of God; and I have destroyed
them that are slain, thee, O covering cherub, from the
In the heart of the seas. midst of the stones of fire. 17Thy heart
9
Wilt thou yet say before him that was lifted up because of thy beauty,
slayeth thee: thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by
I am God? reason of thy brightness; I have cast
But thou art man, and not God, thee to the ground, I have laid thee
In the hand of them that defile thee. before kings, that they may gaze upon
10
Thou shalt die the deaths of the thee. 18By the multitude of thine
uncircumcised iniquities, in the unrighteousness of
By the hand of strangers; thy traffic, thou hast profaned thy
For I have spoken, saith the Lord sanctuaries; therefore have I brought
GOD.’ forth a fire from the midst of thee, it
11
Moreover the word of the LORD came hath devoured thee, and I have turned
unto me, saying: 12’Son of man, take thee to ashes upon the earth in the
up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, sight of all them that behold thee. 19All
and say unto him: Thus saith the Lord they that know thee among the peoples
GOD: Thou seal most accurate, full of shall be appalled at thee; thou art
wisdom, and perfect in beauty, 13thou become a terror, and thou shalt never
wast in Eden the garden of God; every be any more.’
20
precious stone was thy covering, the And the word of the LORD came
carnelian, the topaz, and the emerald, unto me, saying: 21’Son of man, set thy
the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the face toward Zidon, and prophesy
sapphire, the carbuncle, and the against it, 22and say: Thus saith the
smaragd, and gold; the workmanship Lord GOD:
of thy settings and of thy sockets was Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon,
in thee, in the day that thou wast And I will be glorified in the midst
created they were prepared. 14Thou of thee;
wast the far-covering cherub; and I set And they shall know that I am the
thee, so that thou wast upon the holy LORD, when I shall have executed
mountain of God; thou hast walked up judgments in her, and shall be
and down in the midst of stones of fire. sanctified in her.
15 23
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from For I will send into her pestilence
the day that thou wast created, till And blood in her streets;
unrighteousness was found in thee. And the wounded shall fall in the
16
By the multitude of thy traffic they midst of her
filled the midst of thee with violence,
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By the sword upon her on every stick unto thy scales; and I will bring
side; and they shall know that I am the thee up out of the midst of thy rivers,
LORD. 24And there shall be no more a and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick
pricking brier unto the house of Israel, unto thy scales. 5And I will cast thee
nor a piercing thorn of any that are into the wilderness,
round about them, that did have them Thee and all the fish of thy rivers;
in disdain; and they shall know that I Thou shalt fall upon the open field;
am the Lord GOD. Thou shalt not be brought together,
25
Thus saith the Lord GOD: When I nor gathered;
shall have gathered the house of Israel To the beasts of the earth and to the
from the peoples among whom they fowls of the heaven
are scattered, and shall be sanctified in Have I given thee for food.
6
them in the sight of the nations, then And all the inhabitants of Egypt
shall they dwell in their own land shall know
which I gave to My servant Jacob. That I am the LORD,
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And they shall dwell safely therein, Because they have been a staff of
and shall build houses, and plant reed
vineyards; yea, they shall dwell safely; To the house of Israel.
7
when I have executed judgments upon When they take hold of thee with
all those that have them in disdain the hand, thou dost break,
round about them; and they shall know And rend all their shoulders;
that I am the LORD their God.’ And when they lean upon thee, thou
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8
And it came to pass in the The cedars in the garden of God
eleventh year, in the third Could not hide it;
month, in the first day of the month, The cypress-trees were not
that the word of the LORD came unto Like its boughs,
me, saying: 2’Son of man, say unto And the plane-trees were not
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As its branches; Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the
Nor was any tree in the garden of day when he went down to the nether-
God world I caused the deep to mourn and
Like unto it in its beauty. cover itself for him, and I restrained
9
I made it fair the rivers thereof, and the great waters
By the multitude of its branches; were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to
So that all the trees of Eden, mourn for him, and all the trees of the
That were in the garden of God, field fainted for him. 16I made the
envied it. nations to shake at the sound of his
10
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: fall, when I cast him down to the
Because thou art exalted in stature, and nether-world with them that descend
he hath set his top among the thick into the pit; and all the trees of Eden,
boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his the choice and best of Lebanon, all
height; 11I do even deliver him into the that drink water, were comforted in the
hand of the mighty one of the nations; nether parts of the earth. 17They also
he shall surely deal with him; I do went down into the nether-world with
drive him out according to his him unto them that are slain by the
wickedness. 12And strangers, the sword; yea, they that were in his arm,
terrible of the nations, do cut him off, that dwelt under his shadow in the
and cast him down; upon the midst of the nations.
18
mountains and in all the valleys his To whom art thou thus like in
branches are fallen, and his boughs lie glory and in greatness among the trees
broken in all the channels of the land; of Eden? yet shall thou be brought
and all the peoples of the earth do go down with the trees of Eden unto the
down from his shadow, and do leave nether parts of the earth; thou shalt lie
him. 13Upon his carcass all the fowls in the midst of the uncircumcised, with
of the heaven do dwell, and upon his them that are slain by the sword. This
branches are all the beasts of the field; is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith
14
to the end that none of all the trees the Lord GOD.’
by the waters exalt themselves in their
stature, neither set their top among the 32 And it came to pass in the
twelfth year, in the twelfth
thick boughs, nor that their mighty month, in the first day of the month,
ones stand up in their height, even all that the word of the LORD came unto
that drink water; for they are all me, saying: 2’Son of man, take up a
delivered unto death, to the nether lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt,
parts of the earth, in the midst of the and say unto him:
children of men, with them that go Thou didst liken thyself unto a
down to the pit. young lion of the nations;
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Whereas thou art as a dragon in the I will also vex the hearts of many
seas; peoples, when I shall bring thy
And thou didst gush forth with thy destruction among the nations, into the
rivers, countries which thou hast not known.
10
And didst trouble the waters with Yea, I will make many peoples
thy feet, appalled at thee, and their kings shall
And foul their rivers. be horribly afraid for thee, when I
3
Thus saith the Lord GOD: shall brandish My sword before them;
I will therefore spread out My net and they shall tremble at every
over thee moment, every man for his own life, in
With a company of many peoples; the day of thy fall.
11
And they shall bring thee up in My For thus saith the Lord GOD: The
net. sword of the king of Babylon shall
4
And I will cast thee upon the land, come upon thee. 12By the swords of
I will hurl thee upon the open field, the mighty will I cause thy multitude
And will cause all the fowls of the to fall;
heaven to settle upon thee, The terrible of the nations are they
And I will fill the beasts of the all;
whole earth with thee. And they shall spoil the pride of
5
And I will lay thy flesh upon the Egypt,
mountains, And all the multitude thereof shall
And fill the valleys with thy be destroyed.
13
foulness. I will destroy also all the beasts
6
I will also water with thy blood the thereof
land wherein thou swimmest, From beside many waters;
even to the mountains; Neither shall the foot of man trouble
And the channels shall be full of them any more,
thee. Nor the hoofs of beasts trouble
7
And when I shall extinguish thee, I them.
14
will cover the heaven, Then will I make their waters to
And make the stars thereof black; settle,
I will cover the sun with a cloud, And cause their rivers to run like oil,
And the moon shall not give her Saith the Lord GOD.
15
light. When I shall make the land of
8
All the bright lights of heaven Egypt desolate and waste,
Will I make black over thee, A land destitute of that whereof it
And set darkness upon thy land, was full,
Saith the Lord GOD. When I shall smite all them that
dwell therein,
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Then shall they know that I am the is Elam and all her multitude round
LORD. about her grave; all of them slain,
16
This is the lamentation wherewith fallen by the sword, who are gone
they shall lament; down uncircumcised into the nether
The daughters of the nations shall parts of the earth, who caused their
lament therewith; terror in the land of the living; yet
For Egypt, and for all her multitude, have they borne their shame with them
shall they lament therewith, that go down to the pit. 25They have
Saith the Lord GOD.’ set her a bed in the midst of the slain
with all her multitude; her graves are
17
It came to pass also in the twelfth round about them; all of them
year, in the fifteenth day of the month, uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
that the word of the LORD came unto because their terror was caused in the
me, saying: 18’Son of man, wail for the land of the living, yet have they borne
multitude of Egypt, and cast them their shame with them that go down to
down, even her, with the daughters of the pit; they are put in the midst of
the mighty nations, unto the nether them that are slain. 26There is
parts of the earth, with them that go Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude;
down into the pit. her graves are round about them; all of
19
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? them uncircumcised, slain by the
Go down, and be thou laid with the sword; because they caused their terror
uncircumcised. in the land of the living. 27And they
20
They shall fall in the midst of them that are inferior to the uncircumcised
that are slain by the sword; she is shall not lie with the mighty that are
delivered to the sword; draw her down gone down to the nether-world with
and all her multitudes. 21The strong their weapons of war, whose swords
among the mighty shall speak of him are laid under their heads, and whose
out of the midst of the nether-world iniquities are upon their bones;
with them that helped him; they are because the terror of the mighty was in
gone down, they lie still, even the the land of the living. 28But thou, in the
uncircumcised, slain by the sword. midst of the uncircumcised shalt thou
22
Asshur is there and all her company; be broken and lie, even with them that
their graves are round about them; all are slain by the sword. 29There is
of them slain, fallen by the sword; Edom, her kings and all her princes,
23
whose graves are set in the uttermost who for all their might are laid with
parts of the pit, and her company is them that are slain by the sword; they
round about her grave; all of them shall lie with the uncircumcised, and
slain, fallen by the sword, who caused with them that go down to the pit.
terror in the land of the living. 24There 30
There are the princes of the north, all
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of them, and all the Zidonians, who are he is taken away in his iniquity, but his
gone down with the slain, ashamed for blood will I require at the watchman’s
all the terror which they caused by hand.
7
their might, and they lie uncircumcised So thou, son of man, I have set thee
with them that are slain by the sword, a watchman unto the house of Israel;
and bear their shame with them that go therefore, when thou shalt hear the
down to the pit. 31These shall Pharaoh word at My mouth, warn them from
see, and shall be comforted over all his Me. 8When I say unto the wicked: O
multitude; even Pharaoh and all his wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and
army, slain by the sword, saith the thou dost not speak to warn the wicked
Lord GOD. 32For I have put My terror from his way; that wicked man shall
in the land of the living; and he shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I
be laid in the midst of the require at thy hand. 9Nevertheless, if
uncircumcised, with them that are thou warn the wicked of his way to
slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and turn from it, and he turn not from his
all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.’ way; he shall die in his iniquity, but
thou hast delivered thy soul.
33
10
And the word of the LORD Therefore, O thou son of man, say
came unto me, saying: 2’Son unto the house of Israel: Thus ye
of man, speak to the children of thy speak, saying: Our transgressions and
people, and say unto them: When I our sins are upon us, and we pine away
bring the sword upon a land, if the in them; how then can we live? 11Say
people of the land take a man from unto them: As I live, saith the Lord
among them, and set him for their GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of
watchman; 3if, when he seeth the the wicked, but that the wicked turn
sword come upon the land, he blow from his way and live; turn ye, turn ye
the horn, and warn the people; 4then from your evil ways; for why will ye
whosoever heareth the sound of the die, O house of Israel?
12
horn, and taketh not warning, if the And thou, son of man, say unto the
sword come, and take him away, his children of thy people: The
blood shall be upon his own head; 5he righteousness of the righteous shall not
heard the sound of the horn, and took deliver him in the day of his
not warning, his blood shall be upon transgression; and as for the
him; whereas if he had taken warning, wickedness of the wicked, he shall not
he would have delivered his soul. 6But stumble thereby in the day that he
if the watchman see the sword come, turneth from his wickedness; neither
and blow not the horn, and the people shall he that is righteous be able to live
be not warned, and the sword do come, thereby in the day that he sinneth.
13
and take any person from among them, When I say to the righteous, that he
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shall surely live; if he trust to his against his coming to me in the
righteousness, and commit iniquity, morning; and my mouth was opened,
none of his righteous deeds shall be and I was no more dumb. 23Then the
remembered; but for his iniquity that word of the LORD came unto me,
he hath committed, for it shall he die. saying: 24’Son of man, they that
14
Again, when I say unto the wicked: inhabit those waste places in the land
Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from of Israel speak, saying: Abraham was
his sin, and do that which is lawful and one, and he inherited the land; but we
right; 15if the wicked restore the are many; the land is given us for
pledge, give back that which he had inheritance. 25Wherefore say unto
taken by robbery, walk in the statutes them: Thus saith the Lord GOD. Ye eat
of life, committing no iniquity; he with the blood, and lift up your eyes
shall surely live, he shall not die. unto your idols, and shed blood; and
16
None of his sins that he hath shall ye possess the land? 26Ye stand
committed shall be remembered upon your sword, ye work
against him; he hath done that which is abomination, and ye defile every one
lawful and right; he shall surely live. his neighbour’s wife; and shall ye
17
Yet the children of thy people say: possess the land? 27Thus shalt thou say
The way of the Lord is not equal; but unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD:
as for them, their way is not equal. As I live, surely they that are in the
18
When the righteous turneth from his waste places shall fall by the sword,
righteousness, and committeth and him that is in the open field will I
iniquity, he shall even die thereby. give to the beasts to be devoured, and
19
And when the wicked turneth from they that are in the strongholds and in
his wickedness, and doeth that which the caves shall die of the pestilence.
28
is lawful and right, he shall live And I will make the land most
thereby. 20Yet ye say: The way of the desolate, and the pride of her power
Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I shall cease; and the mountains of
will judge you every one after his Israel shall be desolate, so that none
ways.’ shall pass through. 29Then shall they
21
And it came to pass in the twelfth know that I am the LORD, when I have
year of our captivity, in the tenth made the land most desolate, because
month, in the fifth day of the month, of all their abominations which they
that one that had escaped out of have committed.
30
Jerusalem came unto me, saying: ‘The And as for thee, son of man, the
city is smitten.’ 22Now the hand of the children of thy people that talk of thee
LORD had been upon me in the by the walls and in the doors of the
evening, before he that was escaped houses, and speak one to another,
came; and He had opened my mouth every one to his brother, saying:
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Come, I pray you, and hear what is the every high hill, yea, upon all the face
word that cometh forth from the LORD; of the earth were My sheep scattered,
31
and come unto thee as the people and there was none that did search or
cometh, and sit before thee as My seek. 7Therefore, ye shepherds, hear
people, and hear thy words, but do the word of the LORD: 8As I live, saith
them not—for with their mouth they the Lord GOD, surely forasmuch as My
show much love, but their heart goeth sheep became a prey, and My sheep
after their covetousness; 32and, lo, thou became food to all the beasts of the
art unto them as a love song of one field, because there was no shepherd,
that hath a pleasant voice, and can play neither did My shepherds search for
well on an instrument; so they hear thy My sheep, but the shepherds fed
words, but they do them not— 33when themselves, and fed not My sheep;
9
this cometh to pass—behold, it therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word
cometh—then shall they know that a of the LORD: 10Thus saith the Lord
prophet hath been among them.’ GOD: Behold, I am against the
43 Afterward he brought me to
the gate, even the gate that
from Me, and I will dwell in the midst
of them for ever.
looketh toward the east; 2and, behold, 10
Thou, son of man, show the house
the glory of the God of Israel came to the house of Israel, that they may be
from the way of the east; and His ashamed of their iniquities; and let
voice was like the sound of many them measure accurately. 11And if they
waters; and the earth did shine with be ashamed of all that they have done,
His glory. 3And the appearance of the make known unto them the form of the
vision which I saw was like the vision house, and the fashion thereof, and the
that I saw when I came to destroy the goings out thereof, and the comings in
city; and the visions were like the thereof, and all the forms thereof, and
vision that I saw by the river Chebar; all the ordinances thereof, and all the
and I fell upon my face. 4And the glory forms thereof, and all the laws thereof,
of the LORD came into the house by the and write it in their sight; that they
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may keep the whole form thereof, and GOD, a young bullock for a sin-
all the ordinances thereof, and do offering. 20And thou shalt take of the
them. blood thereof, and put it on the four
12
This is the law of the house: upon horns of it, and on the four corners of
the top of the mountain the whole limit the settle, and upon the border round
thereof round about shall be most holy. about; thus shalt thou purify it and
Behold, this is the law of the house. make atonement for it. 21Thou shalt
13
And these are the measures of the also take the bullock of the sin-
altar by cubits—the cubit is a cubit and offering, and it shall be burnt in the
a handbreadth: the bottom shall be a appointed place of the house, without
cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the the sanctuary. 22And on the second day
border thereof by the edge thereof thou shalt offer a he-goat without
round about a span; and this shall be blemish for a sin-offering; and they
the base of the altar. 14And from the shall purify the altar, as they did purify
bottom upon the ground to the lower it with the bullock. 23When thou hast
settle shall be two cubits, and the made an end of purifying it, thou shalt
breadth one cubit; and from the lesser offer a young bullock without blemish,
settle to the greater settle shall be four and a ram out of the flock without
cubits, and the breadth a cubit. 15And blemish. 24And thou shalt present them
the hearth shall be four cubits; and before the LORD, and the priests shall
from the hearth and upward there shall cast salt upon them, and they shall
be four horns. 16And the hearth shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto
be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, the LORD. 25Seven days shalt thou
square in the four sides thereof. 17And prepare every day a goat for a sin-
the settle shall be fourteen cubits long offering; they shall also prepare a
by fourteen broad in the four sides young bullock, and a ram out of the
thereof; and the border about it shall flock, without blemish. 26Seven days
be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall they make atonement for the altar
shall be a cubit about; and the steps and cleanse it; so shall they consecrate
thereof shall look toward the east.’ it. 27And when they have accomplished
18
And He said unto me: ‘Son of the days, it shall be that upon the
man, thus saith the Lord GOD: These eighth day, and forward, the priests
are the ordinances of the altar in the shall make your burnt-offerings upon
day when they shall make it, to offer the altar, and your peace-offerings;
burnt-offerings thereon, and to dash and I will accept you, saith the Lord
blood against it. 19Thou shalt give to GOD.’
the priests the Levites that are of the
seed of Zadok, who are near unto Me, 44 Then he brought me back the
way of the outer gate of the
to minister unto Me, saith the Lord sanctuary, which looketh toward the
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east; and it was shut. 2And the LORD 9
Thus saith the Lord GOD: No alien,
said unto me: ‘This gate shall be shut, uncircumcised in heart and
it shall not be opened, neither shall any uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into
man enter in by it, for the LORD, the My sanctuary, even any alien that is
God of Israel, hath entered in by it; among the children of Israel. 10But the
therefore it shall be shut. 3As for the Levites, that went far from Me, when
prince, being a prince, he shall sit Israel went astray, that went astray
therein to eat bread before the LORD; from Me after their idols, they shall
he shall enter by the way of the porch bear their iniquity; 11and they shall be
of the gate, and shall go out by the ministers in My sanctuary, having
way of the same.’ charge at the gates of the house, and
4
Then he brought me the way of the ministering in the house: they shall
north gate before the house; and I slay the burnt-offering and the
looked, and, behold, the glory of the sacrifice for the people, and they shall
LORD filled the house of the LORD; and stand before them to minister unto
I fell upon my face. 5And the LORD them. 12Because they ministered unto
said unto me: ‘Son of man, mark well, them before their idols, and became a
and behold with thine eyes, and hear stumblingblock of iniquity unto the
with thine ears all that I say unto thee house of Israel; therefore have I lifted
concerning all the ordinances of the up My hand against them, saith the
house of the LORD, and all the laws Lord GOD, and they shall bear their
thereof; and mark well the entering in iniquity. 13And they shall not come
of the house, with every going forth of near unto Me, to minister unto Me in
the sanctuary. 6And thou shalt say to the priest’s office, nor to come near to
the rebellious, even to the house of any of My holy things, unto the things
Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: O ye that are most holy; but they shall bear
house of Israel, let it suffice you of all their shame, and their abominations
your abominations, 7in that ye have which they have committed. 14And I
brought in aliens, uncircumcised in will make them keepers of the charge
heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be of the house, for all the service thereof,
in My sanctuary, to profane it, even and for all that shall be done therein.
15
My house, when ye offer My bread, But the priests the Levites, the
the fat and the blood, and they have sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of
broken My covenant, to add unto all My sanctuary when the children of
your abominations. 8And ye have not Israel went astray from Me, they shall
kept the charge of My holy things; but come near to Me to minister unto Me;
ye have set keepers of My charge in and they shall stand before Me to offer
My sanctuary to please yourselves. unto Me the fat and the blood, saith the
Lord GOD; 16they shall enter into My
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sanctuary, and they shall come near to shall come near no dead person to
My table, to minister unto Me, and defile themselves; but for father, or for
they shall keep My charge. 17And it mother, or for son, or for daughter, for
shall be that when they enter in at the brother, or for sister that hath had no
gates of the inner court, they shall be husband, they may defile themselves.
26
clothed with linen garments; and no And after he is cleansed, they shall
wool shall come upon them, while reckon unto him seven days. 27And in
they minister in the gates of the inner the day that he goeth into the
court, and within. 18They shall have sanctuary, into the inner court, to
linen tires upon their heads, and shall minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer
have linen breeches upon their loins; his sin-offering, saith the Lord GOD.
28
they shall not gird themselves with any And it shall be unto them for an
thing that causeth sweat. 19And when inheritance: I am their inheritance; and
they go forth into the outer court, even ye shall give them no possession in
into the outer court to the people, they Israel: I am their possession. 29The
shall put off their garments wherein meal-offering, and the sin-offering,
they minister, and lay them in the holy and the guilt-offering, they, even they,
chambers, and they shall put on other shall eat; and every devoted thing in
garments, that they sanctify not the Israel shall be theirs. 30And the first of
people with their garments. 20Neither all the first-fruits of every thing, and
shall they shave their heads, nor suffer every heave-offering of every thing, of
their locks to grow long; they shall all your offerings, shall be for the
only poll their heads. 21Neither shall priests; ye shall also give unto the
any priest drink wine, when they enter priest the first of your dough, to cause
into the inner court. 22Neither shall a blessing to rest on thy house. 31The
they take for their wives a widow, nor priests shall not eat of any thing that
her that is put away; but they shall take dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be
virgins of the seed of the house of fowl or beast.
Israel, or a widow that is the widow of
a priest. 23And they shall teach My 45 Moreover, when ye shall
divide by lot the land for
people the difference between the holy inheritance, ye shall set apart an
and the common, and cause them to offering unto the LORD, a holy portion
discern between the unclean and the of the land; the length shall be the
clean. 24And in a controversy they length of five and twenty thousand
shall stand to judge; according to Mine reeds, and the breadth shall be ten
ordinances shall they judge it; and they thousand; it shall be holy in all the
shall keep My laws and My statutes in border thereof round about. 2Of this
all My appointed seasons, and they there shall be for the holy place five
shall hallow My sabbaths. 25And they hundred in length by five hundred in
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breadth, square round about; and fifty Thus saith the Lord GOD: Let it
cubits for the open land round about it. suffice you, O princes of Israel;
3
And of this measure shalt thou remove violence and spoil, and
measure a length of five and twenty execute justice and righteousness; take
thousand, and a breadth of ten away your exactions from My people,
thousand; and in it shall be the saith the Lord GOD.
sanctuary, which is most holy. 4It is a 10
Ye shall have just balances, and a
holy portion of the land; it shall be for just ephah, and a just bath. 11The
the priests, the ministers of the ephah and the bath shall be of one
sanctuary, that come near to minister measure, that the bath may contain the
unto the LORD; and it shall be a place tenth part of a homer, and the ephah
for their houses, and a place the tenth part of a homer; the measure
consecrated for the sanctuary. 5And thereof shall be after the homer. 12And
five and twenty thousand in length, the shekel shall be twenty gerahs;
and ten thousand in breadth, which twenty shekels, five and twenty
shall be unto the Levites, the ministers shekels, ten, and five shekels, shall be
of the house, for a possession unto your maneh.
themselves, for twenty chambers. 6And 13
This is the offering that ye shall set
ye shall appoint the possession of the apart: the sixth part of an ephah out of
city five thousand broad, and five and a homer of wheat, and ye shall give the
twenty thousand long, side by side sixth part of an ephah out of a homer
with the offering of the holy portion; it of barley; 14and the set portion of oil,
shall be for the whole house of Israel. the bath of oil, shall be the tithe of the
7
And for the prince, on the one side bath out of the cor, which is ten baths,
and on the other side of the holy even a homer; for ten baths are a
offering and of the possession of the homer; 15and one lamb of the flock,
city, in front of the holy offering and out of two hundred, from the well-
in front of the possession of the city, watered pastures of Israel; for a meal-
on the west side westward, and on the offering, and for a burnt-offering, and
east side eastward; and in length for peace-offerings, to make
answerable unto one of the portions, atonement for them, saith the Lord
from the west border unto the east GOD.
border 8of the land; it shall be to him 16
All the people of the land shall
for a possession in Israel, and My give this offering for the prince in
princes shall no more wrong My Israel. 17And it shall be the prince’s
people; but they shall give the land to part to give the burnt-offerings, and
the house of Israel according to their the meal-offerings, and the drink-
tribes. offerings, in the feasts, and in the new
moons, and in the sabbaths, in all the
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appointed seasons of the house of as well as the burnt-offering, and the
Israel; he shall prepare the sin- meal-offering as well as the oil.
offering, and the meal-offering, and
the burnt-offering, and the peace- 46 Thus saith the Lord GOD: The
gate of the inner court that
offerings, to make atonement for the looketh toward the east shall be shut
house of Israel. the six working days; but on the
18
Thus saith the Lord GOD: In the sabbath day it shall be opened, and in
first month, in the first day of the the day of the new moon it shall be
month, thou shalt take a young bullock opened. 2And the prince shall enter by
without blemish; and thou shalt purify the way of the porch of the gate
the sanctuary. 19And the priest shall without, and shall stand by the post of
take of the blood of the sin-offering, the gate, and the priests shall prepare
and put it upon the door-posts of the his burnt-offering and his peace-
house, and upon the four corners of the offerings, and he shall worship at the
settle of the altar, and upon the posts threshold of the gate; then he shall go
of the gate of the inner court. 20And so forth; but the gate shall not be shut
thou shalt do on the seventh day of the until the evening. 3Likewise the people
month for every one that erreth, and of the land shall worship at the door of
for him that is simple; so shall ye that gate before the LORD in the
make atonement for the house. 21In the sabbaths and in the new moons. 4And
first month, in the fourteenth day of the burnt-offering that the prince shall
the month, ye shall have the passover; offer unto the LORD shall be in the
a feast of seven days; unleavened sabbath day six lambs without blemish
bread shall be eaten. 22And upon that and a ram without blemish; 5and the
day shall the prince prepare for meal-offering shall be an ephah for the
himself and for all the people of the ram, and the meal-offering for the
land a bullock for a sin-offering. 23And lambs as he is able to give, and a hin
the seven days of the feast he shall of oil to an ephah. 6And in the day of
prepare a burnt-offering to the LORD, the new moon it shall be a young
seven bullocks and seven rams without bullock without blemish; and six
blemish daily the seven days; and a he- lambs, and a ram; they shall be
goat daily for a sin-offering. 24And he without blemish; 7and he shall prepare
shall prepare a meal-offering, an ephah a meal-offering, an ephah for the
for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, bullock, and an ephah for the ram, and
and a hin of oil to an ephah. 25In the for the lambs according as his means
seventh month, in the fifteenth day of suffice, and a hin of oil to an ephah.
8
the month, in the feast, shall he do the And when the prince shall enter, he
like the seven days; to the sin-offering shall go in by the way of the porch of
the gate, and he shall go forth by the
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way thereof. 9But when the people of 15
Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and
the land shall come before the LORD in the meal-offering, and the oil, morning
the appointed seasons, he that entereth by morning, for a continual burnt-
by the way of the north gate to offering.
16
worship shall go forth by the way of Thus saith the Lord GOD: If the
the south gate; and he that entereth by prince give a gift unto any of his sons,
the way of the south gate shall go forth it is his inheritance, it shall belong to
by the way of the north gate; he shall his sons; it is their possession by
not return by the way of the gate inheritance. 17But if he give of his
whereby he came in, but shall go forth inheritance a gift to one of his
straight before him. 10And the prince, servants, it shall be his to the year of
when they go in, shall go in in the liberty; then it shall return to the
midst of them; and when they go forth, prince; but as for his inheritance, it
they shall go forth together. 11And in shall be for his sons. 18Moreover the
the feasts and in the appointed seasons prince shall not take of the people’s
the meal-offering shall be an ephah for inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully
a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and out of their possession; he shall give
for the lambs as he is able to give, and inheritance to his sons out of his own
a hin of oil to an ephah. possession; that My people be not
12
And when the prince shall prepare scattered every man from his
a freewill-offering, a burnt-offering or possession.’
19
peace-offerings as a freewill-offering Then he brought me through the
unto the LORD, one shall open for him entry, which was at the side of the
the gate that looketh toward the east, gate, into the holy chambers for the
and he shall prepare his burnt-offering priests, which looked toward the north;
and his peace-offerings, as he doth on and, behold, there was a place on the
the sabbath day; then he shall go forth; hinder part westward. 20And he said
and after his going forth one shall shut unto me: ‘This is the place where the
the gate. priests shall boil the guilt-offering and
13
And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the sin-offering, where they shall bake
the first year without blemish for a the meal-offering; that they bring them
burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; not forth into the outer court, to
morning by morning shalt thou prepare sanctify the people.’
it. 14And thou shalt prepare a meal- 21
Then he brought me forth into the
offering with it morning by morning, outer court, and caused me to pass by
the sixth part of an ephah, and the third the four corners of the court; and,
part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine behold, in every corner of the court
flour: a meal-offering unto the LORD there was a court. 22In the four corners
continually by a perpetual ordinance. of the court there were courts inclosed,
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forty cubits long and thirty broad; unto me: ‘Hast thou seen this, O son of
these four in the corners were of one man?’ Then he led me, and caused me
measure. 23And there was a row of to return to the bank of the river.
7
masonry round about in them, round Now when I had been brought
about the four, and it was made with back, behold, upon the bank of the
boiling-places under the rows round river were very many trees on the one
about. 24Then said he unto me: ‘These side and on the other. 8Then said he
are the boiling-places, where the unto me: ‘These waters issue forth
ministers of the house shall boil the toward the eastern region, and shall go
sacrifices of the people.’ down into the Arabah; and when they
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חושע
HOSEA
1 The word of the LORD that came
unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in
nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by
horses, nor by horsemen.’ 8Now when
the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the conceived, and bore a son. 9And He
days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, said: ‘Call his name bLo-ammi; for ye
king of Israel. are not My people, and I will not be
2
When the LORD spoke at first with yours.’
Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea: ‘Go,
take unto thee a wife of harlotry and
children of harlotry; for the land doth 2 Yet the number of the children of
Israel shall be as the sand of the
commit great harlotry, departing from sea, which cannot be measured nor
the LORD.’ 3So he went and took numbered; and it shall come to pass
Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and that, instead of that which was said
she conceived, and bore him a son. unto them: ‘Ye are not My people’, it
4
And the LORD said unto him: ‘Call his shall be said unto them: ‘Ye are the
name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and children of the living God.’ 2And the
I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon children of Judah and the children of
the house of Jehu, and will cause to Israel shall be gathered together, and
cease the kingdom of the house of they shall appoint themselves one
Israel. 5And it shall come to pass at head, and shall go up out of the land;
that day, that I will break the bow of for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Israel in the valley of Jezreel.’ 6And 3
Say ye unto your brethren: ‘cAmmi’;
she conceived again, and bore a and to your sisters, ‘dRuhamah.’
daughter. And He said unto him: ‘Call
her name aLo-ruhamah; for I will no 4
Plead with your mother, plead;
more have compassion upon the house For she is not My wife, neither am I
of Israel, that I should in any wise her husband;
pardon them. 7But I will have And let her put away her harlotries
compassion upon the house of Judah, from her face,
and will save them by the LORD their
God, and will not save them by bow,
b
That is, Not My people.
c
That is, My people.
a d
That is, That hath not obtained That is, That hath obtained
compassion. compassion.
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And her adulteries from between her Therefore will I take back My corn
breasts; in the time thereof,
5
Lest I strip her naked, And My wine in the season thereof,
And set her as in the day that she And will snatch away My wool and
was born, My flax
And make her as a wilderness, Given to cover her nakedness.
12
And set her like a dry land, And now will I uncover her shame
And slay her with thirst. in the sight of her lovers,
6
And I will not have compassion And none shall deliver her out of
upon her children; My hand.
13
For they are children of harlotry. I will also cause all her mirth to
7
For their mother hath played the cease,
harlot, Her feasts, her new moons, and her
She that conceived them hath done sabbaths,
shamefully; And all her appointed seasons.
14
For she said: ‘I will go after my And I will lay waste her vines and
lovers, her fig-trees,
That give me my bread and my Whereof she hath said: ‘These are
water, my hire
My wool and my flax, mine oil and That my lovers have given me’;
my drink.’ And I will make them a forest,
8
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up And the beasts of the field shall eat
thy way with thorns, them.
15
And I will make a wall against her, And I will visit upon her the days
That she shall not find her paths. of the Baalim,
9
And she shall run after her lovers, Wherein she offered unto them,
but she shall not overtake them, And decked herself with her ear-
And she shall seek them, but shall rings and her jewels,
not find them; And went after her lovers,
Then shall she say: ‘I will go and And forgot Me, saith the LORD.
16
return to my first husband; Therefore, behold, I will allure
For then was it better with me than her,
now.’ And bring her into the wilderness,
10
For she did not know that it was I And speak tenderly unto her.
17
that gave her And I will give her her vineyards
The corn, and the wine, and the oil, from thence,
And multiplied unto her silver and
gold,
Which they used for Baal.
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And the valley of aAchor for a door 23
And it shall come to pass in that
of hope; day,
And she shall respond there, as in I will respond, saith the LORD, I will
the days of her youth, respond to the heavens,
And as in the day when she came up And they shall respond to the earth;
24
out of the land of Egypt. And the earth shall respond to the
corn, and the wine, and the oil;
18
And it shall be at that day, saith And they shall respond to dJezreel.
25
the LORD, And I will sow her unto Me in the
That thou shalt call Me bIshi, land;
And shalt call Me no more cBaali. And I will have compassion upon
19
For I will take away the names of her that had not obtained
the Baalim out of her mouth, compassion;
And they shall no more be And I will say to them that were not
mentioned by their name. My people: ‘Thou art My
20
And in that day will I make a people’;
covenant for them And they shall say: ‘Thou art my
With the beasts of the field, and God.’
with the fowls of heaven,
And with the creeping things of the
ground; 3 And the LORD said unto me: ‘Go
yet, love a woman beloved of her
And I will break the bow and the friend and an adulteress, even as the
sword and the battle out of the LORD loveth the children of Israel,
land, though they turn unto other gods, and
And will make them to lie down love cakes of raisins. 2So I bought her
safely. to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a
21
And I will betroth thee unto Me homer of barley, and a half-homer of
for ever; barley; 3and I said unto her: ‘Thou
Yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in shalt sit solitary for me many days;
righteousness, and in justice, thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou
And in lovingkindness, and in shalt not be any man’s wife; nor will I
compassion. be thine.’ 4For the children of Israel
22
And I will betroth thee unto Me in shall sit solitary many days without
faithfulness; king, and without prince, and without
And thou shalt know the LORD. sacrifice, and without pillar, and
without ephod or teraphim; 5afterward
a
shall the children of Israel return, and
That is, Troubling.
b
That is, My husband.
c d
That is, My master. That is, Whom God soweth.
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seek the LORD their God, and David Seeing thou hast forgotten the law
their king; and shall come trembling of thy God,
unto the LORD and to His goodness in I also will forget thy children.
the end of days.
7
The more they were increased, the
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I will chastise them, as their They have made princes, and I knew
congregation hath been made to it not;
hear. Of their silver and their gold have
13
Woe unto them! for they have they made them idols,
strayed from Me; That they may be cut off.
5
Destruction unto them! for they Thy calf, O Samaria, is cast off;
have transgressed against Me; Mine anger is kindled against them;
Shall I then redeem them, How long will it be ere they attain to
Seeing they have spoken lies against innocency?
6
Me? For from Israel is even this:
14
And they have not cried unto Me The craftsman made it, and it is no
with their heart, God;
Though they wail upon their beds; Yea, the calf of Samaria shall be
They assemble themselves for corn broken in shivers.
7
and wine, they rebel against Me. For they sow the wind, and they
15
Though I have trained and shall reap the whirlwind;
strengthened their arms, It hath no stalk, the bud that shall
Yet do they devise evil against Me. yield no meal;
16
They return, but not upwards; If so be it yield, strangers shall
They are become like a deceitful swallow it up.
bow;
8
Their princes shall fall by the sword Israel is swallowed up;
for the rage of their tongue; Now are they become among the
This shall be their derision in the nations
land of Egypt. As a vessel wherein is no value.
9
For they are gone up to Assyria,
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And will rend the enclosure of their And his spring shall become dry,
heart; and his fountain shall be dried up;
And there will I devour them like a He shall spoil the treasure of all
lioness; precious vessels.
The wild beast shall tear them.
9
It is thy destruction, O Israel, 14 Samaria shall bear her guilt,
For she hath rebelled against
That thou art against Me, against thy her God;
help. They shall fall by the sword;
10
Ho, now, thy king, Their infants shall be dashed in
That he may save thee in all thy pieces,
cities! And their women with child shall be
And thy judges, of whom thou ripped up.
2
saidst: Return, O Israel, unto the LORD thy
‘Give me a king and princes! ’ God;
11
I give thee a king in Mine anger, For thou hast stumbled in thine
And take him away in My wrath. iniquity.
3
Take with you words,
12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound And return unto the LORD;
up; Say unto Him: ‘Forgive all iniquity,
His sin is laid up in store. And accept that which is good;
13
The throes of a travailing woman So will we render for bullocks the
shall come upon him; offering of our lips.
4
He is an unwise son; Asshur shall not save us;
For it is time he should not tarry We will not ride upon horses;
In the place of the breaking forth of Neither will we call any more the
children. work of our hands our gods;
14
Shall I ransom them from the For in Thee the fatherless findeth
power of the nether-world? mercy.’
5
Shall I redeem them from death? I will heal their backsliding,
Ho, thy plagues, O death! I will love them freely;
Ho, thy destruction, O netherworld! For Mine anger is turned away from
Repentance be hid from Mine eyes! him.
15 6
For though he be fruitful among I will be as the dew unto Israel;
the reed-plants, He shall blossom as the lily,
An east wind shall come, the wind And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
7
of the LORD coming up from the His branches shall spread,
wilderness, And his beauty shall be as the olive-
tree,
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And his fragrance as Lebanon. I am like a leafy cypress-tree;
8
They that dwell under his shadow From Me is thy fruit found.
10
shall again Whoso is wise, let him understand
Make corn to grow, these things,
And shall blossom as the vine; Whoso is prudent, let him know
The scent thereof shall be as the them.
wine of Lebanon. For the ways of the LORD are right,
9
Ephraim [shall say]: And the just do walk in them;
‘What have I to do any more with But transgressors do stumble
idols?’ therein.
As for Me, I respond and look on
him;
יואל
JOEL
1
5
The word of the LORD that came Awake, ye drunkards, and weep,
to Joel the son of Pethuel. And wail, all ye drinkers of wine,
Because of the sweet wine,
2
Hear this, ye old men, For it is cut off from your mouth.
6
And give ear, all ye inhabitants of For a people is come up upon my
the land. land,
Hath this been in your days, Mighty, and without number;
Or in the days of your fathers? His teeth are the teeth of a lion,
3
Tell ye your children of it, And he hath the jaw-teeth of a
And let your children tell their lioness.
7
children, He hath laid my vine waste,
And their children another And blasted my fig-tree;
generation. He hath made it clean bare, and cast
4
That which the palmer-worm hath it down,
left hath the locust eaten; The branches thereof are made
And that which the locust hath left white.
hath the canker-worm eaten;
8
And that which the canker-worm Lament like a virgin girded with
hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. sackcloth
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For the husband of her youth. And cry unto the LORD.
9
The meal-offering and the drink-
15
offering is cut off Alas for the day!
From the house of the LORD; For the day of the LORD is at hand,
The priests mourn, And as a destruction from the
Even the LORD’S ministers. Almighty shall it come.
10 16
The field is wasted, Is not the food cut off
The land mourneth; Before our eyes,
For the corn is wasted, Yea, joy and gladness
The new wine is dried up, From the house of our God?
17
The oil languisheth. The grains shrivel under their
11
Be ashamed, O ye husbandmen, hoes;
Wail, O ye vinedressers, The garners are laid desolate,
For the wheat and for the barley; The barns are broken down;
Because the harvest of the field is For the corn is withered.
18
perished. How do the beasts groan!
12
The vine is withered, The herds of cattle are perplexed,
And the fig-tree languisheth; Because they have no pasture;
The pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree Yea, the flocks of sheep are made
also, and the apple-tree, desolate.
19
Even all the trees of the field, are Unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry;
withered; For the fire hath devoured
For joy is withered away from the The pastures of the wilderness,
sons of men. And the flame hath set ablaze
All the trees of the field.
13 20
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye Yea, the beasts of the field pant
priests, unto Thee;
Wail, ye ministers of the altar; For the water brooks are dried up,
Come, lie all night in sackcloth, And the fire hath devoured the
Ye ministers of my God; pastures of the wilderness.
For the meal-offering and the drink-
offering is withholden
From the house of your God.
14
2 Blow ye the horn in Zion,
And sound an alarm in My holy
Sanctify ye a fast, mountain;
Call a solemn assembly, Let all the inhabitants of the land
Gather the elders tremble;
And all the inhabitants of the land For the day of the LORD cometh,
Unto the house of the LORD your For it is at hand;
2
God, A day of darkness and gloominess,
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JOEL
A day of clouds and thick darkness, And they break through the
As blackness spread upon the weapons,
mountains; And suffer no harm.
9
A great people and a mighty, They leap upon the city,
There hath not been ever the like, They run upon the wall,
Neither shall be any more after They climb up into the houses;
them, They enter in at the windows like a
Even to the years of many thief.
10
generations. Before them the earth quaketh,
3
A fire devoureth before them, The heavens tremble;
And behind them a flame blazeth; The sun and the moon are become
The land is as the garden of Eden black,
before them, And the stars withdraw their
And behind them a desolate shining.
11
wilderness; And the LORD uttereth His voice
Yea, and nothing escapeth them. before His army;
For His camp is very great,
4
The appearance of them is as the For he is mighty that executeth His
appearance of horses; word;
And as horsemen, so do they run. For great is the day of the LORD and
5
Like the noise of chariots, very terrible;
On the tops of the mountains do And who can abide it?
they leap,
12
Like the noise of a flame of fire Yet even now, saith the LORD,
That devoureth the stubble, Turn ye unto Me with all your heart,
As a mighty people set in battle And with fasting, and with weeping,
array. and with lamentation;
6 13
At their presence the peoples are in And rend your heart, and not your
anguish; garments,
All faces have gathered blackness. And turn unto the LORD your God;
7
They run like mighty men, For He is gracious and
They climb the wall like men of compassionate, long-suffering,
war; and abundant in mercy,
And they move on every one in his And repenteth Him of the evil.
14
ways, Who knoweth whether He will not
And they entangle not their paths. turn and repent,
8
Neither doth one thrust another, And leave a blessing behind Him,
They march every one in his Even a meal-offering and a drink-
highway; offering
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Unto the LORD your God? And will drive him into a land
barren and desolate,
15
Blow the horn in Zion, With his face toward the eastern sea,
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn And his hinder part toward the
assembly; western sea;
16
Gather the people, That his foulness may come up, and
Sanctify the congregation, his ill savour may come up,
Assemble the elders, Because he hath done great things.’
Gather the children,
21
And those that suck the breasts; Fear not, O land, be glad and
Let the bridegroom go forth from rejoice;
his chamber, For the LORD hath done great things.
22
And the bride out of her pavilion. Be not afraid, ye beasts of the
17
Let the priests, the ministers of the field;
LORD, For the pastures of the wilderness do
Weep between the porch and the spring,
altar, For the tree beareth its fruit,
And let them say: ‘Spare thy people, The fig-tree and the vine do yield
O LORD, their strength.
23
And give not Thy heritage to Be glad then, ye children of Zion,
reproach, and rejoice
That the nations should make them a In the LORD your God;
byword: For He giveth you the former rain in
Wherefore should they say among just measure,
the peoples: And He causeth to come down for
Where is their God?’ you the rain,
18
Then was the LORD jealous for His The former rain and the latter rain,
land, at the first.
24
And had pity on His people. And the floors shall be full of
19
And the LORD answered and said corn,
unto His people: And the vats shall overflow with
‘Behold, I will send you corn, and wine and oil.
25
wine, and oil, And I will restore to you the years
And ye shall be satisfied therewith; that the locust hath eaten,
And I will no more make you a The canker-worm, and the
reproach among the nations; caterpiller, and the palmer-worm,
20
But I will remove far off from you My great army which I sent among
the northern one, you.
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JOEL
And ye shall eat in plenty and be For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem
satisfied, there shall be those that escape,
And shall praise the name of the As the LORD hath said,
LORD your God, And among the remnant those
That hath dealt wondrously with whom the LORD shall call.
you;
And My people shall never be
27
ashamed. 4 For, behold, in those days, and in
that time,
And ye shall know that I am in the When I shall bring back the
midst of Israel, captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2
And that I am the LORD your God, I will gather all nations,
and there is none else; And will bring them down into the
And My people shall never be valley of Jehoshaphat;
ashamed. And I will enter into judgment with
them there
עמוס
AMOS
1 The words of Amos, who was
among the herdmen of Tekoa,
him that holdeth the sceptre from
Beth-eden; and the people of
which he saw concerning Israel in the Aram shall go into captivity unto
days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in Kir, saith the LORD.
the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash
6
king of Israel, two years before the Thus saith the LORD: For three
earthquake. transgressions of Gaza, yea, for
four, I will not reverse it: because
2
And he said: they carried away captive a whole
The LORD roareth from Zion, captivity, to deliver them up to
And uttereth His voice from Edom.
7
Jerusalem; and the pastures of the So will I send a fire on the wall of
shepherds shall mourn, and the Gaza, and it shall devour the
top of Carmel shall wither. palaces thereof;
8
And I will cut off the inhabitant
3
For thus saith the LORD: For three from Ashdod, and him that
transgressions of Damascus, yea, holdeth the sceptre from
for four, I will not reverse it: Ashkelon; and I will turn My
because they have threshed hand against Ekron, and the
Gilead with sledges of iron. remnant of the Philistines shall
4
So will I send a fire into the house perish, saith the Lord GOD.
of Hazael, and it shall devour the
9
palaces of Ben-hadad; Thus saith the LORD: For three
5
And I will break the bar of transgressions of Tyre, yea, for
Damascus, and cut off the four, I will not reverse it: because
inhabitant from Bikath-Aven, and they delivered up a whole
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captivity to Edom, and So will I send a fire upon Moab,
remembered not the brotherly And it shall devour the palaces of
covenant. Kerioth;
10
So will I send a fire on the wall of And Moab shall die with tumult,
Tyre, and it shall devour the With shouting, and with the sound
palaces thereof. of the horn;
3
And I will cut off the judge from
11
Thus saith the LORD: For three the midst thereof,
transgressions of Edom, yea, for And will slay all the princes thereof
four, I will not reverse it: because with him,
he did pursue his brother with the Saith the LORD.
sword, and did cast off all pity,
4
and his anger did tear perpetually, Thus saith the LORD:
and he kept his wrath for ever. For three transgressions of Judah,
12
So will I send a fire upon Teman, Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
and it shall devour the palaces of Because they have rejected the law
Bozrah. of the LORD,
And have not kept His statutes,
13
Thus saith the LORD: For three And their lies have caused them to
transgressions of the children of err,
Ammon, yea, for four, I will not After which their fathers did walk.
5
reverse it: because they have So will I send a fire upon Judah,
ripped up the women with child And it shall devour the palaces of
of Gilead, that they might enlarge Jerusalem.
their border.
14 6
So will I kindle a fire in the wall of Thus saith the LORD:
Rabbah, and it shall devour the For three transgressions of Israel,
palaces thereof, with shouting in Yea, for four, I will not reverse it:
the day of battle, with a tempest Because they sell the righteous for
in the day of the whirlwind; silver,
15
And their king shall go into And the needy for a pair of shoes;
7
captivity, he and his princes That pant after the dust of the earth
together, saith the LORD. on the head of the poor,
And turn aside the way of the
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And bring your sacrifices in the The multitude of your gardens and
morning, your vineyards
And your tithes after three days; And your fig-trees and your olive-
5
And offer a sacrifice of trees
thanksgiving of that which is Hath the palmer-worm devoured;
leavened, Yet have ye not returned unto Me,
And proclaim freewill-offerings and Saith the LORD.
publish them;
10
For so ye love to do, O ye children I have sent among you the
of Israel, pestilence in the way of Egypt;
Saith the Lord GOD. Your young men have I slain with
the sword,
6
And I also have given you And have carried away your horses;
Cleanness of teeth in all your cities, And I have made the stench of your
And want of bread in all your camp to come up even into your
places; nostrils;
Yet have ye not returned unto Me, Yet have ye not returned unto Me,
Saith the LORD. Saith the LORD.
7 11
And I also have withholden the rain I have overthrown some of you,
from you, As God overthrew Sodom and
When there were yet three months Gomorrah,
to the harvest; And ye were as a brand plucked out
And I caused it to rain upon one of the burning;
city, Yet have ye not returned unto Me,
And caused it not to rain upon Saith the LORD.
another city;
12
One piece was rained upon, Therefore thus will I do unto thee,
And the piece whereupon it rained O Israel;
not withered. Because I will do this unto thee,
8
So two or three cities wandered Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
13
unto one city For, lo, He that formeth the
To drink water, and were not mountains, and createth the wind,
satisfied; And declareth unto man what is his
Yet have ye not returned unto Me, thought,
Saith the LORD. That maketh the morning darkness,
And treadeth upon the high places
9
I have smitten you with blasting of the earth;
and mildew;
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The LORD, the God of hosts, is His That calleth for the waters of the
name. sea,
And poureth them out upon the face
7
8
The Lord GOD hath sworn by Thus the Lord GOD showed me;
Himself, and, behold, He formed locusts in
Saith the LORD, the God of hosts: the beginning of the shooting up of the
I abhor the pride of Jacob, latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter
And hate his palaces; growth after the king’s mowings. 2And
And I will deliver up the city with if it had come to pass, that when they
all that is therein. had made an end of eating the grass of
9
And it shall come to pass, if there the land—so I said:
remain ten men in one house, that they O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech
shall die. 10And when a man’s uncle Thee;
shall take him up, even he that burneth How shall Jacob stand? for he is
him, to bring out the bones out of the small.
3
house, and shall say unto him that is in The LORD repented concerning this; ‘It
the innermost parts of the house: ‘Is shall not be’, saith the LORD.
there yet any with thee?’ and he shall
say: ‘No’; then shall he say: ‘Hold thy
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Thus the Lord GOD showed me; Also Amaziah said unto Amos: ‘O
and, behold, the Lord GOD called to thou seer, go, flee thee away into the
contend by fire; and it devoured the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and
great deep, and would have eaten up prophesy there; 13but prophesy not
the land. 5Then said I: again any more at Beth-el, for it is the
O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech Thee; king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal
How shall Jacob stand? for he is house.’ 14Then answered Amos, and
small. said to Amaziah: ‘I was no prophet,
6
The LORD repented concerning this; neither was I a prophet’s son; but I
‘This also shall not be’, saith the Lord was a herdman, and a dresser of
GOD. sycamore-trees; 15and the LORD took
me from following the flock, and the
7
Thus He showed me; and, behold, LORD said unto me: Go, prophesy unto
the Lord stood beside a wall made by a My people Israel. 16Now therefore hear
plumbline, with a plumbline in His thou the word of the LORD:
hand. 8And the LORD said unto me: Thou sayest: Prophesy not against
‘Amos, what seest thou?’ And I said: Israel,
‘A plumbline.’ Then said the Lord: And preach not against the house of
Behold, I will set a plumbline in the Isaac;
17
midst of My people Israel; Therefore thus saith the LORD:
I will not again pardon them any Thy wife shall be a harlot in the
more; city,
9
And the high places of Isaac shall And thy sons and thy daughters
be desolate, shall fall by the sword,
And the sanctuaries of Israel shall And thy land shall be divided by
be laid waste; line;
And I will rise against the house of And thou thyself shalt die in an
Jeroboam with the sword. unclean land,
And Israel shall surely be led away
10
Then Amaziah the priest of Beth- captive out of his land.’
el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying: ‘Amos hath conspired against
thee in the midst of the house of Israel; 8 Thus the Lord GOD showed me;
and behold a basket of summer
the land is not able to bear all his fruit. 2And He said: ‘Amos, what seest
words. 11For thus Amos saith: thou?’ And I said: ‘A basket of
a
Jeroboam shall die by the sword, summer fruit.’ Then said the LORD
And Israel shall surely be led away unto me:
captive out of his land.’
a
Heb. kaiz
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The aend is come upon My people 9
And it shall come to pass in that
Israel; day,
I will not again pardon them any Saith the Lord GOD,
more. That I will cause the sun to go down
3
And the songs of the palace shall at noon,
be wailings in that day, And I will darken the earth in the
Saith the Lord GOD; clear day.
10
The dead bodies shall be many; And I will turn your feasts into
In every place silence shall be cast. mourning,
And all your songs into lamentation;
4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow And I will bring up sackcloth upon
the needy, all loins,
And destroy the poor of the land, And baldness upon every head;
5
Saying: ‘When will the new moon And I will make it as the mourning
be gone, that we may sell grain? for an only son,
And the sabbath, that we may set And the end thereof as a bitter day.
forth corn?
11
Making the ephah small, and the Behold, the days come, saith the
shekel great, Lord GOD,
And falsifying the balances of That I will send a famine in the
deceit; land,
6
That we may buy the poor for Not a famine of bread, nor a thirst
silver, for water,
And the needy for a pair of shoes, But of hearing the words of the
And sell the refuse of the corn?’ LORD.
7 12
The LORD hath sworn by the pride And they shall wander from sea to
of Jacob: sea,
Surely I will never forget any of And from the north even to the east;
their works. They shall run to and fro to seek the
8
Shall not the land tremble for this, word of the LORD,
And every one mourn that dwelleth And shall not find it.
13
therein? In that day shall the fair virgins
Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the And the young men faint for thirst.
14
River; They that swear by the sin of
And it shall be troubled and sink Samaria,
again, like the River of Egypt. And say: ‘As thy God, O Dan,
liveth’;
And: ‘As the way of Beer-sheba
a
liveth’;
Heb. kez
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Even they shall fall, and never rise And all that dwell therein mourn;
up again. And it riseth up wholly like the
River,
עבדיה
OBADIAH
1
3
The vision of Obadiah. The pride of thy heart hath beguiled
thee,
Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning O thou that dwellest in the clefts of
Edom: the rock,
We have heard a message from the Thy habitation on high;
LORD, That sayest in thy heart:
And an ambassador is sent among ‘Who shall bring me down to the
the nations: ground?’
4
‘Arise ye, and let us rise up against Though thou make thy nest as high
her in battle.’ as the eagle,
2
Behold, I make thee small among And though thou set it among the
the nations; stars,
Thou art greatly despised.
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I will bring thee down from thence, In the day that strangers carried
saith the LORD. away his substance,
5
If thieves came to thee, if robbers And foreigners entered into his
by night— gates,
How art thou cut off!— And cast lots upon Jerusalem,
Would they not steal till they had Even thou wast as one of them.
12
enough? But thou shouldest not have gazed
If grape-gatherers came to thee, on the day of thy brother
Would they not leave some gleaning In the day of his disaster,
grapes? Neither shouldest thou have rejoiced
6
How is Esau searched out! over the children of Judah
How are his hidden places sought In the day of their destruction;
out! Neither shouldest thou have spoken
7
All the men of thy confederacy proudly
Have conducted thee to the border; In the day of distress.
13
The men that were at peace with Thou shouldest not have entered
thee into the gate of My people
Have beguiled thee, and prevailed In the day of their calamity;
against thee; Yea, thou shouldest not have gazed
They that eat thy bread lay a snare on their affliction
under thee, In the day of their calamity,
In whom there is no discernment. Nor have laid hands on their
8
Shall I not in that day, saith the substance
LORD, In the day of their calamity.
14
Destroy the wise men out of Edom, Neither shouldest thou have stood
And discernment out of the mount in the crossway,
of Esau? To cut off those of his that escape;
9
And thy mighty men, O Teman, Neither shouldest thou have
shall be dismayed, delivered up those of his
To the end that every one may be That did remain in the day of
cut off from the mount of Esau by distress.
slaughter.
10 15
For the violence done to thy For the day of the LORD is near
brother Jacob shame shall cover upon all the nations;
thee, As thou hast done, it shall be done
And thou shalt be cut off for ever. unto thee;
11
In the day that thou didst stand Thy dealing shall return upon thine
aloof, own head.
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OBADIAH
For as ye have drunk upon My For the LORD hath spoken.
19
holy mountain, And they of the South shall
So shall all the nations drink possess the mount of Esau,
continually, And they of the Lowland the
Yea, they shall drink, and swallow Philistines;
down, And they shall possess the field of
And shall be as though they had not Ephraim,
been. And the field of Samaria;
17
But in mount Zion there shall be And Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20
those that escape, And the captivity of this host of
And it shall be holy; the children of Israel,
And the house of Jacob shall That are among the Canaanites,
possess their possessions. even unto Zarephath,
18
And the house of Jacob shall be a And the captivity of Jerusalem, that
fire, is in Sepharad,
And the house of Joseph a flame, Shall possess the cities of the South.
21
And the house of Esau for stubble, And saviours shall come up on
And they shall kindle in them, and mount Zion
devour them; To judge the mount of Esau;
And there shall not be any And the kingdom shall be the
remaining of the house of Esau; LORD’S.
יונה
JONAH
1 Now the word of the LORD came
unto Jonah the son of Amittai,
into it, to go with them unto Tarshish,
from the presence of the LORD.
saying: 2’Arise, go to Nineveh, that 4
But the LORD hurled a great wind
great city, and proclaim against it; for into the sea, and there was a mighty
their wickedness is come up before tempest in the sea, so that the ship was
Me.’ 3But Jonah rose up to flee unto like to be broken. 5And the mariners
Tarshish from the presence of the were afraid, and cried every man unto
LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and his god; and they cast forth the wares
found a ship going to Tarshish; so he that were in the ship into the sea, to
paid the fare thereof, and went down lighten it unto them. But Jonah was
gone down into the innermost parts of
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the ship; and he lay, and was fast this man’s life, and lay not upon us
asleep. 6So the shipmaster came to innocent blood; for Thou, O LORD, hast
him, and said unto him: ‘What done as it pleased Thee.’ 15So they
meanest thou that thou sleepest? arise, took up Jonah, and cast him forth into
call upon thy God, if so be that God the sea; and the sea ceased from its
will think upon us, that we perish not.’ raging. 16Then the men feared the LORD
7
And they said every one to his exceedingly; and they offered a
fellow: ‘Come, and let us cast lots, that sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
we may know for whose cause this vows.
evil is upon us.’ So they cast lots, and
the lot fell upon Jonah. 8Then said they 2 And the LORD prepared a great
fish to swallow up Jonah; and
unto him: ‘Tell us, we pray thee, for Jonah was in the belly of the fish three
whose cause this evil is upon us: what days and three nights. 2Then Jonah
is thine occupation? and whence prayed unto the LORD his God out of
comest thou? what is thy country? and the fish’s belly. 3And he said:
of what people art thou?’ 9And he said I called out of mine affliction
unto them: ‘I am an Hebrew; and I fear Unto the LORD, and He answered
the LORD, the God of heaven, who hath me;
made the sea and the dry land.’ 10Then Out of the belly of the nether-world
were the men exceedingly afraid, and cried I,
said unto him: ‘What is this that thou And Thou heardest my voice.
4
hast done?’ For the men knew that he For Thou didst cast me into the
fled from the presence of the LORD, depth,
because he had told them. In the heart of the seas,
11
Then said they unto him: ‘What And the flood was round about me;
shall we do unto thee, that the sea may All Thy waves and Thy billows
be calm unto us?’ for the sea grew Passed over me.
more and more tempestuous. 12And he 5
And I said: ‘I am cast out
said unto them: ‘Take me up, and cast From before Thine eyes’;
me forth into the sea; so shall the sea Yet I will look again
be calm unto you; for I know that for Toward Thy holy temple.
6
my sake this great tempest is upon The waters compassed me about,
you.’ 13Nevertheless the men rowed even to the soul;
hard to bring it to the land; but they The deep was round about me;
could not; for the sea grew more and The weeds were wrapped about my
more tempestuous against them. head.
14 7
Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, I went down to the bottoms of the
and said: ‘We beseech Thee, O LORD, mountains;
we beseech Thee, let us not perish for
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The earth with her bars closed upon ashes. 7And he caused it to be
me for ever; proclaimed and published through
Yet hast Thou brought up my life Nineveh by the decree of the king and
from the pit, his nobles, saying: ‘Let neither man
O LORD my God. nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any
8
When my soul fainted within me, thing; let them not feed, nor drink
I remembered the LORD; water; 8but let them be covered with
And my prayer came in unto Thee, sackcloth, both man and beast, and let
Into Thy holy temple. them cry mightily unto God; yea, let
9
They that regard lying vanities them turn every one from his evil way,
Forsake their own mercy. and from the violence that is in their
10
But I will sacrifice unto Thee hands. 9Who knoweth whether God
With the voice of thanksgiving; will not turn and repent, and turn away
That which I have vowed I will pay. from His fierce anger, that we perish
Salvation is of the LORD. not?’
11 10
And the LORD spoke unto the fish, And God saw their works, that
and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry they turned from their evil way; and
land. God repented of the evil, which He
מיכה
MICAH
1 The word of the LORD that came
to Micah the Morashtite in the
And the valleys shall be cleft,
As wax before the fire,
days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, As waters that are poured down a
kings of Judah, which he saw steep place.
concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
5
For the transgression of Jacob is all
2
Hear, ye peoples, all of you; this,
Hearken, O earth, and all that And for the sins of the house of
therein is; Israel.
And let the Lord GOD be witness What is the transgression of Jacob?
against you, Is it not Samaria?
The Lord from His holy temple. And what are the high places of
3
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
out of His place,
6
And will come down, and tread Therefore I will make Samaria a
upon the high places of the earth. heap in the field,
4
And the mountains shall be molten A place for the planting of
under Him, vineyards;
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And I will pour down the stones Bind the chariots to the swift
thereof into the valley, steeds, O inhabitant of Lachish;
And I will uncover the foundations She was the beginning of sin to the
thereof. daughter of Zion;
7
And all her graven images shall be For the transgressions of Israel are
beaten to pieces, found in thee.
14
And all her hires shall be burned Therefore shalt thou give a parting
with fire, gift to Moresheth-gath;
And all her idols will I lay desolate; The houses of Achzib shall be a
For of the hire of a harlot hath she deceitful thing unto the kings of
gathered them, Israel.
15
And unto the hire of a harlot shall I will yet bring unto thee, O
they return. inhabitant of Mareshah, him that
shall possess thee;
8
For this will I wail and howl, The glory of Israel shall come even
I will go stripped and naked; unto Adullam.
16
I will make a wailing like the Make thee bald, and poll thee for
jackals, the children of thy delight;
And a mourning like the ostriches. Enlarge thy baldness as the vulture;
9
For her wound is incurable; For they are gone into captivity
For it is come even unto Judah; from thee.
It reacheth unto the gate of my
10
people, even to Jerusalem.
Tell it not in Gath, 2 Woe to them that devise iniquity
And work evil upon their beds!
Weep not at all; When the morning is light, they
At Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the execute it,
dust. Because it is in the power of their
11
Pass ye away, O inhabitant of hand.
2
Saphir, in nakedness and shame; And they covet fields, and seize
The inhabitant of Zaanan is not them;
come forth; And houses, and take them away;
The wailing of Beth-ezel shall take Thus they oppress a man and his
from you the standing-place house,
thereof. Even a man and his heritage.
12 3
For the inhabitant of Maroth Therefore thus saith the LORD:
waiteth anxiously for good; Behold, against this family do I
Because evil is come down from the devise an evil,
LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. From which ye shall not remove
your necks,
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Neither shall ye walk upright; for it Because of the uncleanness thereof,
shall be an evil time. it shall destroy you, even with a
4
In that day shall they take up a sore destruction.
parable against you,
11
And lament with a doleful If a man walking in wind and
lamentation, and say: falsehood do lie:
‘We are utterly ruined; ‘I will preach unto thee of wine and
He changeth the portion of my of strong drink’;
people; He shall even be the preacher of this
How doth he remove it from me! people.
Instead of restoring our fields, he
12
divideth them.’ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all
5
Therefore thou shalt have none that of thee;
shall cast the line by lot I will surely gather the remnant of
In the congregation of the LORD. Israel;
6
’Preach ye not’, they preach; I will render them all as sheep in a
‘They shall not preach of these fold;
things, As a flock in the midst of their
That they shall not take shame.’ pasture;
7
Do I change, O house of Jacob? They shall make great noise by
Is the spirit of the LORD straitened? reason of the multitude of men.
13
Are these His doings? The breaker is gone up before
Do not My words do good to him them;
that walketh uprightly? They have broken forth and passed
on,
8
But of late My people is risen up as By the gate, and are gone out
an enemy; thereat;
With the garment ye strip also the And their king is passed on before
mantle them,
From them that pass by securely, so And the LORD at the head of them.
that they are as men returning
9
from war.
The women of My people ye cast 3 And I said:
Hear, I pray you, ye heads of
out from their pleasant houses; Jacob,
From their young children ye take And rulers of the house of Israel:
away My glory for ever. Is it not for you to know justice?
10 2
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not Who hate the good, and love the
your resting-place; evil;
Who rob their skin from off them,
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And their flesh from off their bones; And of justice, and of might, to
3
Who also eat the flesh of my declare unto Jacob his
people, transgression,
And flay their skin from off them, And to Israel his sin.
And break their bones;
9
Yea, they chop them in pieces, as Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of
that which is in the pot, the house of Jacob,
And as flesh within the caldron. And rulers of the house of Israel,
4
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, That abhor justice, and pervert all
But He will not answer them; equity;
10
Yea, He will hide His face from That build up Zion with blood,
them at that time, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
11
According as they have wrought The heads thereof judge for
evil in their doings. reward,
And the priests thereof teach for
5
Thus saith the LORD concerning the hire,
prophets that make my people to And the prophets thereof divine for
err; money;
That cry: ‘Peace’, when their teeth Yet will they lean upon the LORD,
have any thing to bite; and say:
And whoso putteth not into their ‘Is not the LORD in the midst of us?
mouths, No evil shall come upon us’?
12
They even prepare war against him: Therefore shall Zion for your sake
6
Therefore it shall be night unto be plowed as a field,
you, that ye shall have no vision; And Jerusalem shall become heaps,
And it shall be dark unto you, that And the mountain of the house as
ye shall not divine; the high places of a forest.
And the sun shall go down upon the
prophets,
And the day shall be black over 4 But in the end of days it shall
come to pass,
them. That the mountain of the LORD’S
7
And the seers shall be put to shame, house shall be established as the
and the diviners confounded; top of the mountains,
Yea, they shall all cover their upper And it shall be exalted above the
lips; hills;
For there shall be no answer of God. And peoples shall flow unto it.
8 2
But I truly am full of power by the And many nations shall go and say:
spirit of the LORD, ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain of the LORD,
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And to the house of the God of And the LORD shall reign over them
Jacob; in mount Zion from thenceforth
And He will teach us of His ways, even for ever.
And we will walk in His paths’;
8
For out of Zion shall go forth the And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of
law, the daughter of Zion,
And the word of the LORD from Unto thee shall it come;
Jerusalem. Yea, the former dominion shall
3
And He shall judge between many come,
peoples, The kingdom of the daughter of
And shall decide concerning mighty Jerusalem.
9
nations afar off; Now why dost thou cry out aloud?
And they shall beat their swords into Is there no King in thee,
plowshares, Is thy Counsellor perished,
And their spears into pruninghooks; That pangs have taken hold of thee
Nation shall not lift up sword as of a woman in travail?
10
against nation, Be in pain, and labour to bring
Neither shall they learn war any forth, O daughter of Zion,
more. Like a woman in travail;
4
But they shall sit every man under For now shalt thou go forth out of
his vine and under his fig-tree; the city,
And none shall make them afraid; And shalt dwell in the field,
For the mouth of the LORD of hosts And shalt come even unto Babylon;
hath spoken. There shalt thou be rescued;
There shall the LORD redeem thee
5
For let all the peoples walk each from the hand of thine enemies.
one in the name of its god,
11
But we will walk in the name of the And now many nations are
LORD our God for ever and ever. assembled against thee,
That say: ‘Let her be defiled, and let
6
In that day, saith the LORD, will I our eye gaze upon Zion.’
12
assemble her that halteth, But they know not the thoughts of
And I will gather her that is driven the LORD,
away, Neither understand they His
And her that I have afflicted; counsel;
7
And I will make her that halted a For He hath gathered them as the
remnant, sheaves to the threshing-floor.
13
And her that was cast far off a Arise and thresh, O daughter of
mighty nation; Zion;
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For I will make thy horn iron, When the Assyrian shall come into
And I will make thy hoofs brass; our land,
And thou shalt beat in pieces many And when he shall tread in our
peoples; palaces,
And thou shalt devote their gain Then shall we raise against him
unto the LORD, seven shepherds,
And their substance unto the Lord of And eight princes among men.
5
the whole earth. And they shall waste the land of
Assyria with the sword,
14
Now shalt thou gather thyself in And the land of Nimrod with the
troops, O daughter of troops; keen-edged sword;
They have laid siege against us; And he shall deliver us from the
They smite the judge of Israel with a Assyrian, when he cometh into
rod upon the cheek. our land,
And when he treadeth within our
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MICAH
And it shall come to pass in that Testify against Me.
4
day, saith the LORD, For I brought thee up out of the
That I will cut off thy horses out of land of Egypt,
the midst of thee, And redeemed thee out of the house
And will destroy thy chariots; of bondage,
10
And I will cut off the cities of thy And I sent before thee Moses,
land, Aaron, and Miriam.
5
And will throw down all thy O My people, remember now what
strongholds; Balak king of Moab devised,
11
And I will cut off witchcrafts out And what Balaam the son of Beor
of thy hand; answered him;
And thou shalt have no more From Shittim unto Gilgal,
soothsayers; That ye may know the righteous acts
12
And I will cut off thy graven of the LORD.
6
images and thy pillars out of the ’Wherewith shall I come before the
midst of thee; LORD,
And thou shalt no more worship the And bow myself before God on
work of thy hands. high?
13
And I will pluck up thy Asherim Shall I come before Him with burnt-
out of the midst of thee; offerings,
And I will destroy thine enemies. With calves of a year old?
14 7
And I will execute vengeance in Will the LORD be pleased with
anger and fury upon the nations, thousands of rams,
Because they hearkened not. With ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my first-born for my
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He will again have compassion Thou wilt show faithfulness to
upon us; Jacob, mercy to Abraham,
He will subdue our iniquities; As Thou hast sworn unto our fathers
And Thou wilt cast all their sins into from the days of old.
the depths of the sea.
נחום
NAHUM
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book
of the vision of Nahum the
And the hills melt;
And the earth is upheaved at His
Elkoshite. presence,
2
The LORD is a jealous and avenging Yea, the world, and all that dwell
God, therein.
6
The LORD avengeth and is full of Who can stand before His
wrath; indignation?
The LORD taketh vengeance on His And who can abide in the fierceness
adversaries, of His anger?
And He reserveth wrath for His His fury is poured out like fire,
enemies. And the rocks are broken asunder
3
The LORD is long-suffering, and before Him.
7
great in power, The LORD is good,
And will by no means clear the A stronghold in the day of trouble;
guilty; And He knoweth them that take
The LORD, in the whirlwind and in refuge in Him.
8
the storm is His way, But with an overrunning flood
And the clouds are the dust of His He will make a full end of the place
feet. thereof,
4
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it And darkness shall pursue His
dry, enemies.
9
And drieth up all the rivers; What do ye devise against the
Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, LORD?
And the flower of Lebanon He will make a full end;
languisheth. Trouble shall not rise up the second
5
The mountains quake at Him, time.
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NAHUM 2
For though they be like tangled A maul is come up before thy face;
thorns, Guard the defences,
And be drunken according to their Watch the way, make thy loins
drink, strong,
They shall be devoured as stubble Fortify thy power mightily!—
3
fully dry. For the LORD restoreth the pride of
11
Out of thee came he forth, Jacob,
That deviseth evil against the LORD, As the pride of Israel;
That counselleth wickedness. For the emptiers have emptied them
12
Thus saith the LORD: out,
Though they be in full strength, and And marred their vine-branches.—
4
likewise many, The shield of his mighty men is
Even so shall they be cut down, and made red,
he shall pass away; The valiant men are in scarlet;
And though I have afflicted thee, I The chariots are fire of steel in the
will afflict thee no more. day of his preparation,
13
And now will I break his yoke And the cypress spears are made to
from off thee, quiver.
5
And will burst thy bonds in sunder. The chariots rush madly in the
14
And the LORD hath given streets,
commandment concerning thee, They jostle one against another in
That no more of thy name be sown; the broad places;
Out of the house of thy god will I The appearance of them is like
cut off torches,
The graven image and the molten They run to and fro like the
image; lightnings.
I will make thy grave; for thou art
6
become worthless. He bethinketh himself of his
worthies;
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Whence shall I seek comforters for Go into the clay, and tread the
thee?’ mortar,
8
Art thou better than No-amon, Lay hold of the brickmould.
15
That was situate among the rivers, There shall the fire devour thee;
That had the waters round about her; The sword shall cut thee off,
Whose rampart was the sea, and of It shall devour thee like the canker-
the sea her wall? worm;
9
Ethiopia and Egypt were thy Make thyself many as the canker-
strength, and it was infinite; worm,
Put and Lubim were thy helpers. Make thyself many as the locusts.
10 16
Yet was she carried away, Thou hast multiplied thy
She went into captivity; merchants
Her young children also were Above the stars of heaven;
dashed in pieces The canker-worm spreadeth itself,
At the head of all the streets; and flieth away.
17
And they cast lots for her Thy crowned are as the locusts,
honourable men, And thy marshals as the swarms of
And all her great men were bound in grasshoppers,
chains. Which camp in the walls in the cold
11
Thou also shalt be drunken, day,
Thou shalt swoon; But when the sun ariseth they flee
Thou also shalt seek a refuge away,
Because of the enemy. And their place is not known where
they are.
12 18
All thy fortresses shall be like fig- Thy shepherds slumber, O king of
trees with the first-ripe figs: Assyria,
If they be shaken, they fall into the Thy worthies are at rest;
mouth of the eater. Thy people are scattered upon the
13
Behold, thy people in the midst of mountains,
thee are women; And there is none to gather them.
19
The gates of thy land are set wide There is no assuaging of thy hurt,
open unto thine enemies; Thy wound is grievous;
The fire hath devoured thy bars. All that hear the report of thee
14
Draw thee water for the siege, Clap the hands over thee;
Strengthen thy fortresses; For upon whom hath not thy
wickedness passed continually?
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חבקוק
HABAKKUK
1 THE burden which Habakkuk the
prophet did see.
Their law and their majesty proceed
8
from themselves.
Their horses also are swifter than
2
How long, O LORD, shall I cry, leopards,
And Thou wilt not hear? And are more fierce than the wolves
I cry out unto Thee of violence, of the desert;
And Thou wilt not save. And their horsemen spread
3
Why dost Thou show me iniquity, themselves;
And beholdest mischief? Yea, their horsemen come from far,
And why are spoiling and violence They fly as a vulture that hasteth to
before me? devour.
9
So that there is strife, and contention They come all of them for violence;
ariseth. Their faces are set eagerly as the
4
Therefore the law is slacked, east wind;
And right doth never go forth; And they gather captives as the
For the wicked doth beset the sand.
10
righteous; And they scoff at kings,
Therefore right goeth forth And princes are a derision unto
perverted. them;
They deride every stronghold,
5
Look ye among the nations, and For they heap up earth, and take it.
11
behold, Then their spirit doth pass over
And wonder marvellously; and transgress,
For, behold, a work shall be And they become guilty:
wrought in your days, Even they who impute their might
Which ye will not believe though it unto their god.
be told you.
6 12
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, Art not Thou from everlasting,
That bitter and impetuous nation, O LORD my God, my Holy One?
That march through the breadth of We shall not die.
the earth, O LORD, Thou hast ordained them
To possess dwelling-places that are for judgment,
not theirs. And Thou, O Rock, hast established
7
They are terrible and dreadful; them for correction.
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Thou that art of eyes too pure to For the vision is yet for the
behold evil, appointed time,
And that canst not look on mischief, And it declareth of the end, and doth
Wherefore lookest Thou, when they not lie;
deal treacherously, Though it tarry, wait for it;
And holdest Thy peace, when the Because it will surely come, it will
wicked swalloweth up not delay.’
The man that is more righteous than
4
he; Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is
14
And makest men as the fishes of not upright in him;
the sea, But the righteous shall live by his
As the creeping things, that have no faith.
5
ruler over them? Yea, moreover, wine is a
15
They take up all of them with the treacherous dealer;
angle, The haughty man abideth not;
They catch them in their net, He who enlargeth his desire as the
And gather them in their drag; nether-world,
Therefore they rejoice and exult. And is as death, and cannot be
16
Therefore they sacrifice unto their satisfied,
net, But gathereth unto him all nations,
And offer unto their drag; And heapeth unto him all peoples.
6
Because by them their portion is fat, Shall not all these take up a parable
And their food plenteous. against him,
17
Shall they therefore empty their And a taunting riddle against him,
net, And say: ‘Woe to him that
And not spare to slay the nations increaseth that which is not his!
continually? How long? and that ladeth himself
with many pledges! ’
2
7
I will stand upon my watch, Shall they not rise up suddenly that
And set me upon the tower, shall exact interest of thee,
And will look out to see what He And awake that shall violently
will speak by me, shake thee,
And what I shall answer when I am And thou shalt be for booties unto
reproved. them?
2 8
And the LORD answered me, and Because thou hast spoiled many
said: nations,
‘Write the vision, and make it plain All the remnant of the peoples shall
upon tables, spoil thee;
That a man may read it swiftly.
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Because of men’s blood, and for the Thou art filled with shame instead
violence done to the land, of glory,
To the city and to all that dwell Drink thou also, and be uncovered;
therein. The cup of the LORD’S right hand
shall be turned unto thee,
9
Woe to him that gaineth evil gains And filthiness shall be upon thy
for his house, glory.
17
That he may set his nest on high, For the violence done to Lebanon
That he may be delivered from the shall cover thee,
power of evil! And the destruction of the beasts,
10
Thou hast devised shame to thy which made them afraid;
house, Because of men’s blood, and for the
By cutting off many peoples, violence done to the land,
And hast forfeited thy life. To the city and to all that dwell
11
For the stone shall cry out of the therein.
wall,
18
And the beam out of the timber shall What profiteth the graven image,
answer it. That the maker thereof hath graven
it,
12
Woe to him that buildeth a town Even the molten image, and the
with blood, teacher of lies;
And establisheth a city by iniquity! That the maker of his work trusteth
13
Behold, is it not of the LORD of therein,
hosts To make dumb idols?
19
That the peoples labour for the fire, Woe unto him that saith to the
And the nations weary themselves wood: ‘Awake’,
for vanity? To the dumb stone: ‘Arise! ’
14
For the earth shall be filled Can this teach?
With the knowledge of the glory of Behold, it is overlaid with gold and
the LORD, silver,
As the waters cover the sea. And there is no breath at all in the
midst of it.
15 20
Woe unto him that giveth his But the LORD is in His holy temple;
neighbour drink, Let all the earth keep silence before
That puttest thy venom thereto, and Him.
makest him drunken also,
That thou mayest look on their
nakedness! 3 A prayer of Habakkuk
prophet. Upon Shigionoth.
the
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HABAKKUK
O LORD, I have heard the report of Selah.
Thee, and am afraid; Thou dost cleave the earth with
O LORD, revive Thy work in the rivers.
10
midst of the years, The mountains have seen Thee,
In the midst of the years make it and they tremble;
known; The tempest of waters floweth over;
In wrath remember compassion. the deep uttereth its voice,
3
God cometh from Teman, And lifteth up its hands on high.
11
And the Holy One from mount The sun and moon stand still in
Paran. Selah their habitation;
His glory covereth the heavens, At the light of Thine arrows as they
And the earth is full of His praise. go,
4
And a brightness appeareth as the At the shining of Thy glittering
light; spear.
12
Rays hath He at His side; Thou marchest through the earth in
And there is the hiding of His indignation,
power. Thou threshest the nations in anger.
5 13
Before him goeth the pestilence, Thou art come forth for the
And fiery bolts go forth at His feet. deliverance of Thy people,
6
He standeth, and shaketh the earth, For the deliverance of Thine
He beholdeth, and maketh the anointed;
nations to tremble; Thou woundest the head out of the
And the everlasting mountains are house of the wicked,
dashed in pieces, Uncovering the foundation even
The ancient hills do bow; unto the neck. Selah
14
His goings are as of old. Thou hast stricken through with
7
I see the tents of Cushan in his own rods the head of his
affliction; rulers,
The curtains of the land of Midian That come as a whirlwind to scatter
do tremble. me;
8
Is it, O LORD, that against the rivers, Whose rejoicing is as to devour the
Is it that Thine anger is kindled poor secretly.
15
against the rivers, Thou hast trodden the sea with
Or Thy wrath against the sea? Thy horses,
That Thou dost ride upon Thy The foaming of mighty waters.
16
horses, When I heard, mine inward parts
Upon Thy chariots of victory? trembled,
9
Thy bow is made quite bare; My lips quivered at the voice;
Sworn are the rods of the word. Rottenness entereth into my bones,
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And I tremble where I stand; And there shall be no herd in the
That I should wait for the day of stalls;
18
trouble, Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
When he cometh up against the I will exult in the God of my
people that he invadeth. salvation.
17 19
For though the fig-tree shall not God, the Lord, is my strength,
blossom, And He maketh my feet like
Neither shall fruit be in the vines; hinds’feet,
The labour of the olive shall fail, And He maketh me to walk upon
And the fields shall yield no food; my high places.
The flock shall be cut off from the
fold, For the Leader. With my string-
music.
צפניה
ZEPHANIAH
1
4
The word of the LORD which came And I will stretch out My hand
unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, upon Judah,
the son of Gedaliah, the son of And upon all the inhabitants of
Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the Jerusalem;
days of Josiah the son of Amon, king And I will cut off the remnant of
of Judah. Baal from this place,
And the name of the idolatrous
2
I will utterly consume all things priests with the priests;
5
from off the face of the earth, And them that worship the host of
Saith the LORD. heaven upon the housetops;
3
I will consume man and beast, And them that worship, that swear
I will consume the fowls of the to the LORD
heaven, and the fishes of the sea, And swear by Malcam;
6
And the stumblingblocks with the Them also that are turned back
wicked; from following the LORD;
And I will cut off man from off the And those that have not sought the
face of the earth, LORD, nor inquired after Him.
Saith the LORD.
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Hold thy peace at the presence of And their houses a desolation;
the Lord GOD; Yea, they shall build houses, but
For the day of the LORD is at hand, shall not inhabit them,
For the LORD hath prepared a And they shall plant vineyards, but
sacrifice, shall not drink the wine thereof.
14
He hath consecrated His guests. The great day of the LORD is near,
8
And it shall come to pass in the day It is near and hasteth greatly,
of the LORD’S sacrifice, Even the voice of the day of the
That I will punish the princes, and LORD,
the king’s sons, Wherein the mighty man crieth
And all such as are clothed with bitterly.
15
foreign apparel. That day is a day of wrath,
9
In the same day also will I punish A day of trouble and distress,
all those that leap over the A day of wasteness and desolation,
threshold, A day of darkness and gloominess,
That fill their master’s house with A day of clouds and thick darkness,
16
violence and deceit. A day of the horn and alarm,
Against the fortified cities, and
10
And in that day, saith the LORD, against the high towers.
17
Hark! a cry from the fish gate, And I will bring distress upon
And a wailing from the second men,
quarter, That they shall walk like the blind,
And a great crashing from the hills. Because they have sinned against
11
Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, the LORD;
For all the merchant people are And their blood shall be poured out
undone; as dust,
All they that were laden with silver And their flesh as dung.
18
are cut off. Neither their silver nor their gold
12
And it shall come to pass at that Shall be able to deliver them
time, In the day of the LORD’S wrath;
That I will search Jerusalem with But the whole earth shall be
lamps; devoured by the fire of His
And I will punish the men that are jealousy;
settled on their lees, For He will make and end, yea, a
That say in their heart: terrible end,
‘The LORD will not do good, neither Of all them that dwell in the earth.
will He do evil.’
2
13
Therefore their wealth shall Gather yourselves together, yea,
become a booty, gather together,
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O shameless nation; I have heard the taunt of Moab,
2
Before the decree bring forth And the revilings of the children of
The day when one passeth as the Ammon,
chaff, Wherewith they have taunted My
Before the fierce anger of the LORD people,
come upon you, And spoken boastfully concerning
Before the day of the LORD’S anger their border.
9
come upon you. Therefore as I live,
3
Seek ye the LORD, all ye humble of Saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
the earth, Israel:
That have executed His ordinance; Surely Moab shall be as Sodom,
Seek righteousness, seek humility. And the children of Ammon as
It may be ye shall be hid in the day Gomorrah,
of the LORD’S anger. Even the breeding-place of nettles,
4
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and saltpits,
And Ashkelon a desolation; And a desolation, for ever;
They shall drive out Ashdod at the The residue of My people shall spoil
noonday, them,
And Ekron shall be rooted up. And the remnant of My nation shall
5
Woe unto the inhabitants of the inherit them.
10
sea-coast, This shall they have for their pride,
The nation of the Cherethites! Because they have taunted and
The word of the LORD is against you, spoken boastfully
O Canaan, the land of the Against the people of the LORD of
Philistines; hosts.
11
I will even destroy thee, that there The LORD will be terrible unto
shall be no inhabitant. them;
6
And the sea-coast shall be pastures, For He will famish all the gods of
Even meadows for shepherds, and the earth;
folds for flocks. Then shall all the isles of the nations
7
And it shall be a portion for the worship Him,
remnant of the house of Judah, Every one from its place.
12
Whereon they shall feed; Ye Ethiopians also,
In the houses of Ashkelon shall they Ye shall be slain by My sword.
lie down in the evening;
13
For the LORD their God will And He will stretch out His hand
remember them, against the north,
And turn their captivity. And destroy Assyria;
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And will make Nineveh a The LORD who is righteous is in the
desolation, midst of her,
And dry like the wilderness. He will not do unrighteousness;
14
And all beasts of every kind Every morning doth He bring His
Shall lie down in the midst of her in right to light,
herds; It faileth not;
Both the pelican and the bittern But the unrighteous knoweth no
Shall lodge in the capitals thereof; shame.
6
Voices shall sing in the windows; I have cut off nations,
Desolation shall be in the posts; Their corners are desolate;
For the cedar-work thereof shall be I have made their streets waste,
uncovered. So that none passeth by;
15
This is the joyous city Their cities are destroyed, so that
That dwelt without care, there is no man,
That said in her heart: So that there is no inhabitant.
7
‘I am, and there is none else beside I said: ‘Surely thou wilt fear Me,
me’; Thou wilt receive correction;
How is she become a desolation, So her dwelling shall not be cut off,
A place for beasts to lie down in! Despite all that I have visited upon
Every one that passeth by her her’;
Shall hiss, and wag his hand. But they betimes corrupted all their
doings.
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חגי
HAGGAI
1 In the second year of Darius the
king, in the sixth month, in the
to little; and when ye brought it home,
I did blow upon it. Why? saith the
first day of the month, came the word LORD of hosts. Because of My house
of the LORD by Haggai the prophet that lieth waste, while ye run every
unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, man for his own house. 10Therefore
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the over you the heaven hath kept back, so
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, that there is no dew, and the earth hath
saying: 2’Thus speaketh the LORD of kept back her produce. 11And I called
hosts, saying: This people say: The for a drought upon the land, and upon
time is not come, the time that the the mountains, and upon the corn, and
LORD’S house should be built.’ 3Then upon the wine, and upon the oil, and
came the word of the LORD by Haggai upon that which the ground bringeth
the prophet, saying: 4’Is it a time for forth, and upon men, and upon cattle,
you yourselves to dwell in your cieled and upon all the labour of the hands.’
12
houses, while this house lieth waste? Then Zerubbabel the son of
5
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of
hosts: Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the
Consider your ways. remnant of the people, hearkened unto
6
Ye have sown much, and brought the voice of the LORD their God, and
in little, unto the words of Haggai the prophet,
Ye eat, but ye have not enough, as the LORD their God had sent him;
Ye drink, but ye are not filled with and the people did fear before the
drink, LORD. 13Then spoke Haggai the LORD’S
Ye clothe you, but there is none messenger in the LORD’S message unto
warm; the people, saying: ‘I am with you,
And he that earneth wages earneth saith the LORD.’ 14And the LORD stirred
wages up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of
For a bag with holes. Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the
7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak,
Consider your ways. 8Go up to the hill- the high priest, and the spirit of all the
country, and bring wood, and build the remnant of the people; and they came
house; and I will take pleasure in it, and did work in the house of the LORD
and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. of hosts, their God, 15in the four and
9
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came twentieth day of the month, in the
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sixth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by
Darius the king. Haggai the prophet, saying: 11’Thus
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ZECHARIAH
1 In the eighth month, in the second
year of Darius, came the word of
among the myrtle-trees that were in
the bottom; and behind him there were
the LORD unto Zechariah the son of horses, red, sorrel, and white. 9Then
Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the said I: ‘O my lord, what are these?’
prophet, saying: 2’The LORD hath been And the angel that spoke with me said
sore displeased with your fathers. unto me: ‘I will show thee what these
3
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus are.’ 10And the man that stood among
saith the LORD of hosts: Return unto the myrtle-trees answered and said:
Me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will ‘These are they whom the LORD hath
return unto you, saith the LORD of sent to walk to and fro through the
hosts. 4Be ye not as your fathers, unto earth.’ 11And they answered the angel
whom the former prophets proclaimed, of the LORD that stood among the
saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: myrtle-trees, and said: ‘We have
Return ye now from your evil ways, walked to and fro through the earth,
and from your evil doings; but they did and, behold, all the earth sitteth still,
not hear, nor attend unto Me, saith the and is at rest.’ 12Then the angel of the
LORD. 5Your fathers, where are they? LORD spoke and said: ‘O LORD of hosts,
and the prophets, do they live for ever? how long wilt Thou not have
6
But My words and My statutes, which compassion on Jerusalem and on the
I commanded My servants the cities of Judah, against which Thou
prophets, did they not overtake your hast had indignation these threescore
fathers? so that they turned and said: and ten years? 13And the LORD
Like as the LORD of hosts purposed to answered the angel that spoke with me
do unto us, according to our ways, and with good words, even comforting
according to our doings, so hath He words—14so the angel that spoke with
dealt with us.’ me said unto me: ‘Proclaim thou,
7
Upon the four and twentieth day of saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I
the eleventh month, which is the am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion
month Shebat, in the second year of with a great jealousy; 15and I am very
Darius, came the word of the LORD sore displeased with the nations that
unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, are at ease; for I was but a little
the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying— displeased, and they helped for evil.
8 16
I saw in the night, and behold a man Therefore thus saith the LORD: I
riding upon a red horse, and he stood return to Jerusalem with compassions:
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My house shall be built in it, saith the a wall of fire round about, and I will
LORD of hosts, and a line shall be be the glory in the midst of her.
10
stretched forth over Jerusalem. Ho, ho, flee then from the land of
17
Again, proclaim, saying: Thus saith the north, saith the LORD; for I have
the LORD of hosts: My cities shall spread you abroad as the four winds of
again overflow with prosperity; and the heaven, saith the LORD. 11Ho, Zion,
the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and escape, thou that dwellest with the
shall yet choose Jerusalem.’ daughter of Babylon.’
2
12
And I lifted up mine eyes, and For thus saith the LORD of hosts
saw, and behold four horns. 2And who sent me after glory unto the
I said unto the angel that spoke with nations which spoiled you: ‘Surely, he
me: ‘What are these?’ And he said that toucheth you toucheth the apple of
unto me: ‘These are the horns which his eye. 13For, behold, I will shake My
have scattered Judah, Israel, and hand over them, and they shall be a
Jerusalem.’ spoil to those that served them’; and ye
3
And the LORD showed me four shall know that the LORD of hosts hath
craftsmen. 4Then said I: ‘What come sent me.
14
these to do?’ And he spoke, saying: ’Sing and rejoice, O daughter of
‘These—the horns which scattered Zion; for, lo, I come, and I will dwell
Judah, so that no man did lift up his in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
15
head—these then are come to frighten And many nations shall join
them, to cast down the horns of the themselves to the LORD in that day, and
nations, which lifted up their horn shall be My people, and I will dwell in
against the land of Judah to scatter it.’ the midst of thee’; and thou shalt know
5
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, that the LORD of hosts hath sent me
and behold a man with a measuring unto thee. 16 And the LORD shall inherit
line in his hand. 6Then said I: ‘Whither Judah as His portion in the holy land,
goest thou?’ And he said unto me: ‘To and shall choose Jerusalem again. 17Be
measure Jerusalem, to see what is the silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for
breadth thereof, and what is the length He is aroused out of His holy
thereof.’ 7And, behold, the angel that habitation.
spoke with me went forth, and another
angel went out to meet him, 8and said 3 And he showed me Joshua the
high priest standing before the
unto him: ‘Run, speak to this young angel of the LORD, and Satan standing
man, saying: ‘Jerusalem shall be at his right hand to accuse him. 2And
inhabited without walls for the the LORD said unto Satan: ‘The LORD
multitude of men and cattle therein. rebuke thee, O Satan, yea, the LORD
9
For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke
thee; is not this man a brand plucked
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out of the fire?’ 3Now Joshua was upon the top of it, and its seven lamps
clothed with filthy garments, and stood thereon; there are seven pipes, yea,
before the angel. 4And he answered seven, to the lamps, which are upon
and spoke unto those that stood before the top thereof; 3and two olive-trees by
him, saying: ‘Take the filthy garments it, one upon the right side of the bowl,
from off him.’ And unto him he said: and the other upon the left side
‘Behold, I cause thine iniquity to pass thereof.’ 4And I answered and spoke to
from thee, and I will clothe thee with the angel that spoke with me, saying:
robes.’ 5And I said: ‘Let them set a fair ‘What are these, my lord?’ 5Then the
mitre upon his head.’ So they set a fair angel that spoke with me answered
mitre upon his head, and clothed him and said unto me: ‘Knowest thou not
with garments; and the angel of the what these are?’ And I said: ‘No, my
LORD stood by. 6And the angel of the lord.’ 6Then he answered and spoke
LORD forewarned Joshua, saying: unto me, saying: ‘This is the word of
7
’Thus saith the LORD of hosts: If thou the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying: Not
wilt walk in My ways, and if thou wilt by might, nor by power, but by My
keep My charge, and wilt also judge spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 7Who art
My house, and wilt also keep My thou, O great mountain before
courts, then I will give thee free access Zerubbabel? thou shalt become a
among these that stand by. 8Hear now, plain; and he shall bring forth the top
O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy stone with shoutings of Grace, grace,
fellows that sit before thee; for they unto it.’
8
are men that are a sign; for, behold, I Moreover the word of the LORD
will bring forth My servant the Shoot. came unto me, saying: 9’The hands of
9
For behold the stone that I have laid Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of
before Joshua; upon one stone are this house; his hands shall also finish
seven facets; behold, I will engrave the it; and thou shalt know that the LORD
graving thereof, saith the LORD of of hosts hath sent me unto you. 10For
hosts: And I will remove the iniquity who hath despised the day of small
of that land in one day. 10In that day, things? even they shall see with joy the
saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel,
every man his neighbour under the even these seven, which are the eyes
vine and under the fig-tree. of the LORD, that run to and fro through
5
2
Then again I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw, and behold a flying roll.
measure between the earth and the
heaven. 10Then said I to the angel that
And he said unto me: ‘What seest spoke with me: ‘Whither do these bear
thou?’ And I answered: ‘I see a flying the measure?’ 11And he said unto me:
roll; the length thereof is twenty ‘To build her a house in the land of
cubits, and the breadth thereof ten Shinar; and when it is prepared, she
cubits.’ 3Then said he unto me: ‘This is shall be set there in her own place.
the curse that goeth forth over the face
of the whole land; for every one that 6 And again I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw, and, behold, there came
stealeth shall be swept away on the four chariots out from between the two
one side like it; and every one that mountains; and the mountains were
sweareth shall be swept away on the mountains of brass. 2In the first chariot
other side like it. 4I cause it to go forth, were red horses; and in the second
saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall chariot black horses; 3and in the third
enter into the house of the thief, and chariot white horses; and in the fourth
into the house of him that sweareth chariot grizzled bay horses. 4Then I
falsely by My name; and it shall abide answered and said unto the angel that
in the midst of his house, and shall spoke with me: ‘What are these, my
consume it with the timber thereof and lord?’ 5And the angel answered and
the stones thereof.’ said unto me: ‘These chariots go forth
5
Then the angel that spoke with me to the four winds of heaven, after
went forth, and said unto me: ‘Lift up presenting themselves before the Lord
now thine eyes, and see what is this of all the earth. 6That wherein are the
that goeth forth.’ 6And I said: ‘What is black horses goeth forth toward the
it?’ And he said: ‘This is the measure north country; and the white went
that goeth forth.’ He said moreover: forth after them; and the grizzled went
‘This is their eye in all the land— 7and, forth toward the south country; 7and
behold, there was lifted up a round the bay went forth’. And they sought
piece of lead—and this is a woman to go that they might walk to and fro
sitting in the midst of the measure.’ through the earth; and he said: ‘Get
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you hence, walk to and fro through the
earth.’ So they walked to and fro 7 And it came to pass in the fourth
year of king Darius, that the word
through the earth. 8Then cried he upon of the LORD came unto Zechariah in
me, and spoke unto me, saying: the fourth day of the ninth month, even
‘Behold, they that go toward the north in Chislev; 2When Bethel-sarezer, and
country have eased My spirit in the Regem-melech and his men, had sent
north country.’ to entreat the favour of the LORD, 3and
9
And the word of the LORD came to speak unto the priests of the house
unto me, saying: 10’Take of them of of the LORD of hosts, and to the
the captivity, even of Heldai, of prophets, saying: ‘Should I weep in the
Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, that are come fifth month, separating myself, as I
from Babylon; and come thou the have done these so many years?’
4
same day, and go into the house of Then came the word of the LORD of
Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11yea, hosts unto me, saying: 5’Speak unto all
take silver and gold, and make crowns, the people of the land, and to the
and set the one upon the head of priests, saying: When ye fasted and
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high mourned in the fifth and in the seventh
priest; 12and speak unto him, saying: month, even these seventy years, did
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me?
6
saying: Behold, a man whose name is And when ye eat, and when ye did
the Shoot, and who shall shoot up out drink, are ye not they that eat, and they
of his place, and build the temple of that drink? 7Should ye not hearken to
the LORD; 13even he shall build the the words which the LORD hath
temple of the LORD; and he shall bear proclaimed by the former prophets,
the glory, and shall sit and rule upon when Jerusalem was inhabited and in
his throne; and there shall be a priest prosperity, and the cities thereof round
before his throne; and the counsel of about her, and the South and the
peace shall be between them both. Lowland were inhabited?’
14 8
And the crowns shall be to Helem, And the word of the LORD came
and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to unto Zechariah, saying: 9’Thus hath
Hen the son of Zephaniah, as a the LORD of hosts spoken, saying:
memorial in the temple of the LORD. Execute true judgment, and show
15
And they that are far off shall come mercy and compassion every man to
and build in the temple of the LORD, his brother; 10and oppress not the
and ye shall know that the LORD of widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger,
hosts hath sent me unto you. And it nor the poor; and let none of you
shall come to pass, if ye will diligently devise evil against his brother in your
hearken to the voice of the LORD your heart. 11But they refused to attend, and
God—.’ turned a stubborn shoulder, and
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stopped their ears, that they might not should it also be marvellous in Mine
hear. 12Yea, they made their hearts as eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
7
an adamant stone, lest they should hear Thus saith the LORD of hosts:
the law, and the words which the LORD Behold, I will save My people from
of hosts had sent by His spirit by the the east country, and from the west
hand of the former prophets; therefore country; 8And I will bring them, and
came there great wrath from the LORD they shall dwell in the midst of
of hosts. 13And it came to pass that, as Jerusalem; and they shall be My
He called, and they would not hear; so people, and I will be their God, in truth
they shall call, and I will not hear, said and in righteousness.
the LORD of hosts; 14but I will scatter 9
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Let
them with a whirlwind among all the your hands be strong, ye that hear in
nations whom they have not known. these days these words from the mouth
Thus the land was desolate after them, of the prophets that were in the day
so that no man passed through nor that the foundation of the house of the
returned; for they laid the pleasant LORD of hosts was laid, even the
land desolate.’ temple, that it might be built. 10For
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And he also shall be a remnant for I fill the bow with Ephraim;
our God; And I will stir up thy sons, O Zion,
And he shall be as a chief in Judah, Against thy sons, O Javan,
And Ekron as a Jebusite. And will make thee as the sword of
8
And I will encamp about My house a mighty man.
14
against the army, And the LORD shall be seen over
That none pass through or return; them,
And no oppressor shall pass through And His arrow shall go forth as the
them any more; lightning;
For now have I seen with Mine And the Lord GOD will blow the
eyes. horn,
And will go with whirlwinds of the
9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of south.
15
Zion, The LORD of hosts will defend
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; them;
Behold, thy king cometh unto thee, And they shall devour, and shall
He is triumphant, and victorious, tread down the sling-stones;
Lowly, and riding upon an ass, And they shall drink, and make a
Even upon a colt the foal of an ass. noise as through wine;
10
And I will cut off the chariot from And they shall be filled like the
Ephraim, basins, like the corners of the
And the horse from Jerusalem, altar.
16
And the battle bow shall be cut off, And the LORD their God shall save
And he shall speak peace unto the them in that day
nations; As the flock of His people;
And his dominion shall be from sea For they shall be as the stones of a
to sea, crown,
And from the River to the ends of Glittering over His land.
17
the earth. For how great is their goodness,
11
As for thee also, because of the and how great is their beauty!
blood of thy covenant Corn shall make the young men
I send forth thy prisoners out of the flourish,
pit And new wine the maids.
Wherein is no water.
10
12
Return to the stronghold, Ask ye of the LORD rain in the
Ye prisoners of hope; time of the latter rain,
Even to-day do I declare Even of the LORD that maketh
That I will render double unto thee. lightnings;
13
For I bend Judah for Me,
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And He will give them showers of And they shall be as though I had
rain, not cast them off;
To every one grass in the field. For I am the LORD their God, and I
2
For the teraphim have spoken will hear them.
7
vanity, And they of Ephraim shall be like a
And the diviners have seen a lie, mighty man,
And the dreams speak falsely, And their heart shall rejoice as
They comfort in vain; through wine;
Therefore they go their way like Yea, their children shall see it,
sheep, And rejoice, their heart shall be glad
They are afflicted, because there is in the LORD.
8
no shepherd. I will hiss for them, and gather
them,
3
Mine anger is kindled against the For I have redeemed them;
shepherds, And they shall increase as they have
And I will punish the he-goats; increased.
9
For the LORD of hosts hath And I will sow them among the
remembered His flock the house peoples,
of Judah, And they shall remember Me in far
And maketh them as His majestic countries;
horse in the battle. And they shall live with their
4
Out of them shall come forth the children, and shall return.
10
corner-stone, I will bring them back also out of
Out of them the stake, the land of Egypt,
Out of them the battle bow, And gather them out of Assyria;
Out of them every master together. And I will bring them into the land
5
And they shall be as mighty men, of Gilead and Lebanon;
Treading down in the mire of the And place shall not suffice them.
11
streets in the battle, And over the sea affliction shall
And they shall fight, because the pass,
LORD is with them; And the waves shall be smitten in
And the riders on horses shall be the sea,
confounded. And all the depths of the Nile shall
6
And I will strengthen the house of dry up;
Judah, And the pride of Assyria shall be
And I will save the house of Joseph, brought down,
And I will bring them back, for I And the sceptre of Egypt shall
have compassion upon them, depart away.
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And I will strengthen them in the them, and their soul also loathed Me.’
9
LORD; Then said I: ‘I will not feed you; that
And they shall walk up and down in which dieth, let it die; and that which
His name, is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let
Saith the LORD. them that are left eat every one the
flesh of another.’ 10And I took my staff
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And they shall look unto Me And they shall no more be
because athey have thrust him remembered;
through; And also I will cause the prophets
And they shall mourn for him, as And the unclean spirit to pass out of
one mourneth for his only son, the land.
3
And shall be in bitterness for him, as And it shall come to pass that, when
one that is in bitterness for his any shall yet prophesy, then his father
first-born. and his mother that begot him shall say
11
In that day shall there be a great unto him: ‘Thou shalt not live, for thou
mourning in Jerusalem, speakest lies in the name of the LORD’;
As the mourning of Hadadrimmon and his father and his mother that
in the valley of Megiddon. begot him shall thrust him through
12
And the land shall mourn, every when he prophesieth. 4And it shall
family apart: come to pass in that day, that the
The family of the house of David prophets shall be brought to shame
apart, and their wives apart; every one through his vision, when he
The family of the house of Nathan prophesieth; neither shall they wear a
apart, and their wives apart; hairy mantle to deceive; 5but he shall
13
The family of the house of Levi say: ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of
apart, and their wives apart; the ground; for I have been made a
The family of the Shimeites apart, bondman from my youth.’ 6And one
and their wives apart; shall say unto him: ‘What are these
14
All the families that remain, wounds between thy hands?’ Then he
Every family apart, and their wives shall answer: ‘Those with which I was
apart. wounded in the house of my friends.’
13
7
In that day there shall be a Awake, O sword, against My
fountain opened shepherd,
To the house of David and to the And against the man that is near
inhabitants of Jerusalem, unto Me,
For purification and for sprinkling. Saith the LORD of hosts;
2
And it shall come to pass in that Smite the shepherd, and the sheep
day, shall be scattered;
Saith the LORD of hosts, And I will turn My hand upon the
That I will cut off the names of the little ones.
8
idols out of the land, And it shall come to pass, that in all
the land, saith the LORD,
Two parts therein shall be cut off
a
and die;
That is, the nations. See verse 9.
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But the third shall be left therein. And half of the mountain shall
9
And I will bring the third part remove toward the north,
through the fire, And half of it toward the south.
5
And will refine them as silver is And ye shall flee to the valley of
refined, the mountains;
And will try them as gold is tried; For the valley of the mountains shall
They shall call on My name, reach unto Azel;
And I will answer them; Yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled
I will say: ‘It is My people’, from before the earthquake
And they shall say: ‘The LORD is my In the days of Uzziah king of Judah;
God.’ And the LORD my God shall come,
And all the holy ones with Thee.
14
6
Behold, a day of the LORD And it shall come to pass in that
cometh, day, that there shall not be light,
When thy spoil shall be divided in But heavy clouds and thick;
7
the midst of thee. And there shall be one day
2
For I will gather all nations against Which shall be known as the
Jerusalem to battle; LORD’S,
And the city shall be taken, and the Not day, and not night;
houses rifled, But it shall come to pass, that at
And the women ravished; evening time there shall be light.
8
And half of the city shall go forth And it shall come to pass in that
into captivity, day,
But the residue of the people shall That living waters shall go out from
not be cut off from the city. Jerusalem:
3
Then shall the LORD go forth, Half of them toward the eastern sea,
And fight against those nations, And half of them toward the western
As when He fighteth in the day of sea;
battle. In summer and in winter shall it be.
4 9
And His feet shall stand in that day And the LORD shall be King over all
upon the mount of Olives, the earth;
Which is before Jerusalem on the In that day shall the LORD be One,
east, and His name one.
10
And the mount of Olives shall cleft All the land shall be turned as the
in the midst thereof Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south
Toward the east and toward the of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted
west, up, and inhabited in her place, from
So that there shall be a very great Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the
valley; first gate, unto the corner gate, and
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from the tower of Hananel unto the Of the mule, of the camel, and of the
king’s winepresses. ass,
11
And men shall dwell therein, And of all the beasts that shall be in
And there shall be no more those camps, as this plague.
extermination;
16
But Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And it shall come to pass, that every
one that is left of all the nations that
12
And this shall be the plague came against Jerusalem shall go up
wherewith the LORD will smite from year to year to worship the King,
All the peoples that have warred the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast
against Jerusalem: of tabernacles. 17And it shall be, that
Their flesh shall consume away whoso of the families of the earth
while they stand upon their feet, goeth not up unto Jerusalem to
And their eyes shall consume away worship the King, the LORD of hosts,
in their sockets, upon them there shall be no rain.
18
And their tongue shall consume And if the family of Egypt go not up,
away in their mouth. and come not, they shall have no
13
And it shall come to pass in that overflow; there shall be the plague,
day, wherewith the LORD will smite the
That a great tumult from the LORD nations that go not up to keep the feast
shall be among them; of tabernacles. 19This shall be the
And they shall lay hold every one punishment of Egypt, and the
on the hand of his neighbour, punishment of all the nations that go
And his hand shall rise up against not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20
the hand of his neighbour. In that day shall there be upon the
14
And Judah also shall fight against bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD;
Jerusalem; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall
And the wealth of all the nations be like the basins before the altar.
21
round about shall be gathered Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in
together, Judah shall be holy unto the LORD of
Gold, and silver, and apparel, in hosts; and all they that sacrifice shall
great abundance. come and take of them, and seethe
15
And so shall be the plague of the therein; and in that day there shall be
horse, no more a trafficker in the house of the
LORD of hosts.
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MALACHI
1 The burden of the word of the
LORD to Israel by Malachi.
If then I be a father,
Where is My honour?
And if I be a master,
2
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Where is My fear?
Yet ye say: ‘Wherein hast Thou Saith the LORD of hosts
loved us?’ Unto you, O priests, that despise My
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? name.
Saith the LORD; And ye say: ‘Wherein have we
Yet I loved Jacob; despised Thy name?’
3 7
But Esau I hated, Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine
And made his mountains a altar.
desolation, And ye say: ‘Wherein have we
And gave his heritage to the jackals polluted thee?’
of the wilderness. In that ye say: ‘The table of the
4
Whereas Edom saith: LORD is contemptible.’
8
‘We are beaten down, And when ye offer the blind for
But we will return and build the sacrifice, is it no evil!
waste places’; And when ye offer the lame and
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: sick, is it no evil!
They shall build, but I will throw Present it now unto thy governor;
down; will he be pleased with thee?
And they shall be called The border Or will he accept thy person?
of wickedness, Saith the LORD of hosts.
9
And The people whom the LORD And now, I pray you, entreat the
execrateth for ever. favour of God
5
And your eyes shall see, That He may be gracious unto us!—
And ye shall say: This hath been of your doing.—
‘The LORD is great beyond the Will He accept any of your persons?
border of Israel.’ Saith the LORD of hosts.
10
Oh that there were even one
6
A son honoureth his father, among you that would shut the
And a servant his master; doors,
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That ye might not kindle fire on And My name is feared among the
Mine altar in vain! nations.
I have no pleasure in you,
Saith the LORD of hosts,
Neither will I accept an offering at 2 2
And now, this commandment
Is for you, O ye priests.
your hand. If ye will not hearken, and if ye
11
For from the rising of the sun even will not lay it to heart,
unto the going down of the same To give glory unto My name,
My name is great among the Saith the LORD of hosts,
nations; Then will I send the curse upon you,
And in every place offerings are And I will curse your blessings;
presented unto My name, Yea, I curse them,
Even pure oblations; Because ye do not lay it to heart.
3
For My name is great among the Behold, I will rebuke the seed for
nations, your hurt,
Saith the LORD of hosts. And will spread dung upon your
12
But ye profane it, faces,
In that ye say: Even the dung of your sacrifices;
‘The table of the LORD is polluted, And ye shall be taken away unto it.
4
And the fruit thereof, even the food Know then that I have sent
thereof, is contemptible.’ This commandment unto you,
13
Ye say also: That My covenant might be with
‘Behold, what a weariness is it!’ Levi,
And ye have snuffed at it, Saith the LORD of hosts.
5
Saith the LORD of hosts; My covenant was with him
And ye have brought that which was Of life and peace, and I gave them
taken by violence, to him,
And the lame, and the sick; And of fear, and he feared Me,
Thus ye bring the offering; And was afraid of My name.
6
Should I accept this of your hand? The law of truth was in his mouth,
Saith the LORD. And unrighteousness was not found
14
But cursed be he that dealeth in his lips;
craftily, He walked with Me in peace and
Whereas he hath in his flock a male, uprightness,
And voweth, and sacrificeth unto And did turn many away from
the Lord a blemished thing; iniquity.
7
For I am a great King, For the priest’s lips should keep
Saith the LORD of hosts, knowledge,
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And they should seek the law at his And him that offereth an offering
mouth; unto the LORD of hosts.
13
For he is the messenger of the LORD And this further ye do:
of hosts. Ye cover the altar of the LORD with
8
But ye are turned aside out of the tears,
way; With weeping, and with sighing,
Ye have caused many to stumble in Insomuch that He regardeth not the
the law; offering any more,
Ye have corrupted the covenant of Neither receiveth it with good will
Levi, at your hand.
14
Saith the LORD of hosts. Yet ye say: ‘Wherefore?’
9
Therefore have I also made you Because the LORD hath been witness
Contemptible and base before all the Between thee and the wife of thy
people, youth,
According as ye have not kept My Against whom thou hast dealt
ways, treacherously,
But have had respect of persons in Though she is thy companion,
the law. And the wife of thy covenant.
15
And not one hath done so
10
Have we not all one father? Who had exuberance of spirit!
Hath not one God created us? For what seeketh the one?
Why do we deal treacherously every A seed given of God.
man against his brother, Therefore take heed to your spirit,
Profaning the covenant of our And let none deal treacherously
fathers? against the wife of his youth.
11 16
Judah hath dealt treacherously, For I hate putting away,
And an abomination is committed in Saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
Israel and in Jerusalem; And him that covereth his garment
For Judah hath profaned the with violence,
holiness of the LORD which He Saith the LORD of hosts;
loveth, Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And hath married the daughter of a That ye deal not treacherously.
strange god.
12 17
May the LORD cut off to the man Ye have wearied the LORD with
that doeth this, your words.
Him that calleth and him that Yet ye say: ‘Wherein have we
answereth out of the tents of wearied Him?’
Jacob, In that ye say: ‘Every one that doeth
evil
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Is good in the sight of the LORD, And against those that oppress the
And He delighteth in them; hireling in his wages,
Or where is the God of justice?’ The widow, and the fatherless,
And that turn aside the stranger
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כתובים
THE WRITINGS
PSALMS
PROVERBS
BOJ
SONO OF SONOS
HTUR
LAMENTATIONS
ECCLESIASTES
ESTHER
DANIEL
EZRA
NEHEMIAH
I CHRONICLES
II CHRONICLES
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PSALMS
ספר ראשון
BOOK I 2 Why are the nations in an
uproar?
And why do the peoples mutter in
vain?
1
2
HAPPY IS the man that hath not The kings of the earth stand up,
walked in the counsel of the And the rulers take counsel together,
wicked, Against the LORD, and against His
Nor stood in the way of sinners, anointed:
3
Nor sat in the seat of the scornful. 'Let us break their bands asunder,
2
But his delight is in the law of the And cast away their cords from us.'
LORD;
4
And in His law doth he meditate day He that sitteth in heaven laugheth,
and night. The Lord hath them in derision.
5
3
And he shall be like a tree planted Then will He speak unto them in
by streams of water, His wrath,
That bringeth forth its fruit in its And affright them in His sore
season, displeasure:
6
And whose leaf doth not wither; 'Truly it is I that have established
And in whatsoever he doeth he shall My king
prosper. Upon Zion, My holy mountain.'
7
4
Not so the wicked; I will tell of the decree:
But they are like the chaff which the The LORD said unto me: 'Thou art
wind driveth away. My son,
5
Therefore the wicked shall not This day have I begotten thee.
8
stand in the judgment, Ask of Me, and I will give the
Nor sinners in the congregation of nations for thine inheritance,
the righteous. And the ends of the earth for thy
6
For the LORD regardeth the way of possession.
9
the righteous; Thou shalt break them with a rod
But the way of the wicked shall of iron;
perish. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like
a potter's vessel.'
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That have set themselves against me
10
Now therefore, O ye kings, be round about.
wise;
8
Be admonished, ye judges of the Arise, O LORD; save me, O my
earth. God;
11
Serve the LORD with fear, For Thou hast smitten all mine
And rejoice with trembling. enemies upon the cheek,
12
Do homage in purity, lest He be Thou hast broken the teeth of the
angry, and ye perish in the way, wicked.
When suddenly His wrath is
9
kindled. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD;
Thy blessing be upon Thy people.
Happy are all they that take refuge Selah
in Him.
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PSALMS
Many there are that say: 'Oh that I will bow down toward Thy holy
we could see some good!' temple in the fear of Thee.
LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy
9
countenance upon us. O LORD, lead me in Thy
8
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, righteousness because of them
More than when their corn and their that lie in wait for me;
wine increase. Make Thy way straight before my
9
In peace will I both lay me down face.
10
and sleep; For there is no sincerity in their
For Thou, LORD, makest me dwell mouth;
alone in safety. Their inward part is a yawning gulf,
Their throat is an open sepulchre;
6
6
The boasters shall not stand in Thy For the Leader; with string-music;
sight; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. David.
7
Thou destroyest them that speak
2
falsehood; O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine
The LORD abhorreth the man of anger,
blood and of deceit. Neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
8 3
But as for me, in the abundance of Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I
Thy lovingkindness will I come languish away;
into Thy house;
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Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are Save me from all them that pursue
affrighted. me, and deliver me;
4 3
My soul also is sore affrighted; Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
And Thou, O LORD, how long? Rending it in pieces, while there is
none to deliver.
5
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul;
4
Save me for Thy mercy's sake. O LORD my God, if I have done
6
For in death there is no this;
remembrance of Thee; If there be iniquity in my hands;
5
In the nether-world who will give If I have requited him that did evil
Thee thanks? unto me,
7
I am weary with my groaning; Or spoiled mine adversary unto
Every night make I my bed to swim; emptiness;
6
I melt away my couch with my Let the enemy pursue my soul, and
tears. overtake it,
8
Mine eye is dimmed because of And tread my life down to the earth;
vexation; Yea, let him lay my glory in the
It waxeth old because of all mine dust. Selah
adversaries.
7
Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger,
9
Depart from me, all ye workers of Lift up Thyself in indignation
iniquity; against mine adversaries;
For the LORD hath heard the voice of Yea, awake for me at the judgment
my weeping. which Thou hast commanded.
10 8
The LORD hath heard my And let the congregation of the
supplication; peoples compass Thee about,
The LORD receiveth my prayer. And over them return Thou on high.
11
All mine enemies shall be
9
ashamed and sore affrighted; O LORD, who ministerest judgment
They shall turn back, they shall be to the peoples,
ashamed suddenly. Judge me, O LORD,
According to my righteousness, and
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For the righteous God trieth the Whose majesty is rehearsed above
heart and reins. the heavens.
11 3
My shield is with God, Out of the mouth of babes and
Who saveth the upright in heart. sucklings hast Thou founded
12
God is a righteous judge, strength,
Yea, a God that hath indignation Because of Thine adversaries;
every day: That Thou mightest still the enemy
13
If a man turn not, He will whet His and the avenger.
sword,
4
He hath bent His bow, and made it When I behold Thy heavens, the
ready; work of Thy fingers,
14
He hath also prepared for him the The moon and the stars, which Thou
weapons of death, hast established;
5
Yea, His arrows which He made What is man, that Thou art mindful
sharp. of him?
15
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; And the son of man, that Thou
Yea, he conceiveth mischief, and thinkest of him?
6
bringeth forth falsehood. Yet Thou hast made him but little
16
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed lower than the angels,
it, And hast crowned him with glory
And is fallen into the ditch which he and honour.
7
made. Thou hast made him to have
17
His mischief shall return upon his dominion over the works of Thy
own head, hands;
And his violence shall come down Thou hast put all things under His
upon his own pate. feet:
8
Sheep and oxen, all of them,
18
I will give thanks unto the LORD Yea, and the beasts of the field;
9
according to His righteousness; The fowl of the air, and the fish of
And will sing praise to the name of the sea;
the LORD Most High. Whatsoever passeth through the
paths of the seas.
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And as for the evil man, search out But the wicked and him that loveth
his wickedness, till none be violence His soul hateth.
6
found. Upon the wicked He will cause to
16
The LORD is King for ever and rain coals;
ever; Fire and brimstone and burning
The nations are perished out of His wind shall be the portion of their
land. cup.
17 7
LORD, Thou hast heard the desire For the LORD is righteous, He
of the humble: loveth righteousness;
Thou wilt direct their heart, Thou The upright shall behold His face.
wilt cause Thine ear to attend;
12
18
To right the fatherless and the For the Leader; on the
oppressed, Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
That man who is of the earth may be
2
terrible no more. Help, LORD; for the godly man
ceaseth;
8
earth, refined seven times.
14 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of
David.
Thou wilt keep them, O LORD;
Thou wilt preserve us from this The fool hath said in his heart:
generation for ever. 'There is no God';
9
The wicked walk on every side, They have dealt corruptly, they have
When vileness is exalted among the done abominably;
sons of men. There is none that doeth good.
2
The LORD looked forth from heaven
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PSALMS
15 A Psalm of David. Their drink-offerings of blood will I
not offer,
LORD, who shall sojourn in Thy Nor take their names upon my lips.
5
tabernacle? O LORD, the portion of mine
Who shall dwell upon Thy holy inheritance and of my cup,
mountain? Thou maintainest my lot.
2
He that walketh uprightly, and
6
worketh righteousness, The lines are fallen unto me in
And speaketh truth in his heart; pleasant places;
3
That hath no slander upon his Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7
tongue, I will bless the LORD, who hath
Nor doeth evil to his fellow, given me counsel;
Nor taketh up a reproach against his Yea, in the night seasons my reins
neighbour; instruct me.
4 8
In whose eyes a vile person is I have set the LORD always before
despised, me;
But he honoureth them that fear the Surely He is at my right hand, I
LORD; shall not be moved.
9
He that sweareth to his own hurt, Therefore my heart is glad, and my
and changeth not; glory rejoiceth; my flesh also
5
He that putteth not out his money dwelleth in safety;
10
on interest, For Thou wilt not abandon my
Nor taketh a bribe against the soul to the nether-world;
innocent. Neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly
He that doeth these things shall one to see the pit.
11
never be moved. Thou makest me to know the path
of life;
17
2
I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art A Prayer of David.
my Lord;
I have no good but in Thee'; Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto
3
As for the holy that are in the earth, my cry;
They are the excellent in whom is Give ear unto my prayer from lips
all my delight. without deceit.
4 2
Let the idols of them be multiplied Let my judgment come forth from
that make suit unto another; Thy presence;
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PSALMS 12
Let Thine eyes behold equity. He is like a lion that is eager to
3
Thou hast tried my heart, Thou hast tear in pieces,
visited it in the night; And like a young lion lurking in
Thou hast tested me, and Thou secret places.
findest not
13
That I had a thought which should Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast
not pass my mouth. him down;
4
As for the doings of men, by the Deliver my soul from the wicked,
word of Thy lips by Thy sword;
14
I have kept me from the ways of the From men, by Thy hand, O LORD,
violent. From men of the world, whose
5
My steps have held fast to Thy portion is in this life,
paths, And whose belly Thou fillest with
My feet have not slipped. Thy treasure;
Who have children in plenty,
6
As for me, I call upon Thee, for And leave their abundance to their
Thou wilt answer me, O God; babes.
15
Incline Thine ear unto me, hear my As for me, I shall behold Thy face
speech. in righteousness;
7
Make passing great Thy mercies, O I shall be satisfied, when I awake,
Thou that savest by Thy right with Thy likeness.
hand
From assailants them that take
8
refuge in Thee. 18 For the Leader. [A Psalm] of
David the servant of the LORD,
Keep me as the apple of the eye, who spoke unto the LORD the words of
Hide me in the shadow of Thy this song in the day that the LORD
wings, delivered him from the hand of all his
9
From the wicked that oppress, enemies, and from the hand of Saul;
2
My deadly enemies, that compass And he said:
me about. I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
10 3
Their gross heart they have shut The LORD is my rock, and my
tight, fortress, and my deliverer;
With their mouth they speak My God, my rock, in Him I take
proudly. refuge;
11
At our every step they have now My shield, and my horn of
encompassed us; salvation, my high tower.
4
They set their eyes to cast us down Praised, I cry, is the LORD,
to the earth. And I am saved from mine enemies.
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5
PSALMS 13
The cords of Death compassed me, At the brightness before Him,
And the floods of aBelial assailed there passed through His thick
me. clouds
6
The cords of aSheol surrounded me; Hailstones and coals of fire.
14
The snares of Death confronted me. The LORD also thundered in the
7
In my distress I called upon the heavens,
LORD, And the Most High gave forth His
And cried unto my God; voice;
Out of His temple He heard my Hailstones and coals of fire.
15
voice, And He sent out His arrows, and
And my cry came before Him unto scattered them;
His ears. And He shot forth lightnings, and
discomfited them.
8 16
Then the earth did shake and And the channels of waters
quake, appeared,
The foundations also of the And the foundations of the world
mountains did tremble; were laid bare,
They were shaken, because He was At Thy rebuke, O LORD,
wroth. At the blast of the breath of Thy
9
Smoke arose up in His nostrils, nostrils.
And fire out of His mouth did
17
devour; He sent from on high, He took me;
Coals flamed forth from Him. He drew me out of many waters.
10 18
He bowed the heavens also, and He delivered me from mine enemy
came down; most strong,
And thick darkness was under His And from them that hated me, for
feet. they were too mighty for me.
11 19
And He rode upon a cherub, and They confronted me in the day of
did fly; my calamity;
Yea, He did swoop down upon the But the LORD was a stay unto me.
20
wings of the wind. He brought me forth also into a
12
He made darkness His hiding- large place;
place, His pavilion round about He delivered me, because He
Him; delighted in me.
21
Darkness of waters, thick clouds of The LORD rewarded me according
the skies. to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my
hands hath He recompensed me.
a
That is, the nether-world.
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PSALMS
For I have kept the ways of the
32
LORD, For who is God, save the LORD?
And have not wickedly departed And who is a Rock, except our
from my God. God?
23 33
For all His ordinances were before The God that girdeth me with
me, strength,
And I put not away His statutes And maketh my way straight;
34
from me. Who maketh my feet like hinds',
24
And I was single-hearted with And setteth me upon my high
Him, places;
35
And I kept myself from mine Who traineth my hands for war,
iniquity. So that mine arms do bend a bow of
25
Therefore hath the LORD brass.
36
recompensed me according to my Thou hast also given me Thy
righteousness, shield of salvation,
According to the cleanness of my And Thy right hand hath holden me
hands in His eyes. up;
26
With the merciful Thou dost show And Thy condescension hath made
Thyself merciful, me great.
37
With the upright man Thou dost Thou hast enlarged my steps under
show Thyself upright; me,
27
With the pure Thou dost show And my feet have not slipped.
Thyself pure;
38
And with the crooked Thou dost I have pursued mine enemies, and
show Thyself subtle. overtaken them;
28
For Thou dost save the afflicted Neither did I turn back till they were
people; consumed.
39
But the haughty eyes Thou dost I have smitten them through, so
humble. that they are not able to rise;
They are fallen under my feet.
29 40
For Thou dost light my lamp; For Thou hast girded me with
The LORD my God doth lighten my strength unto the battle;
darkness. Thou hast subdued under me those
30
For by Thee I run upon a troop; that rose up against me.
41
And by my God do I scale a wall. Thou hast also made mine enemies
31
As for God, His way is perfect; turn their backs unto me,
The word of the LORD is tried; And I did cut off them that hate me.
42
He is a shield unto all them that take They cried, but there was none to
refuge in Him. save;
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PSALMS 51
Even unto the LORD, but He Great salvation giveth He to His
answered them not. king;
43
Then did I beat them small as the And showeth mercy to His anointed,
dust before the wind; To David and to his seed, for
I did cast them out as the mire of the evermore.
streets.
19
44
Thou hast delivered me from the For the Leader. A Psalm of
contentions of the people; David.
Thou hast made me the head of the
2
nations; The heavens declare the glory of
A people whom I have not known God,
serve me. And the firmament showeth His
45
As soon as they hear of me, they handiwork;
3
obey me; Day unto day uttereth speech,
The sons of the stranger dwindle And night unto night revealeth
away before me. knowledge;
46 4
The sons of the stranger fade There is no speech, there are no
away, words,
And come trembling out of their Neither is their voice heard.
5
close places. Their line is gone out through all
the earth,
47
The LORD liveth, and blessed be And their words to the end of the
my Rock; world.
And exalted be the God of my In them hath He set a tent for the
salvation; sun,
48 6
Even the God that executeth Which is as a bridegroom coming
vengeance for me, out of his chamber,
And subdueth peoples under me. And rejoiceth as a strong man to run
49
He delivereth me from mine his course.
7
enemies; His going forth is from the end of
Yea, Thou liftest me up above them the heaven,
that rise up against me; And his circuit unto the ends of it;
Thou deliverest me from the violent And there is nothing hid from the
man. heat thereof.
50
Therefore I will give thanks unto
8
Thee, O LORD, among the nations, The law of the LORD is perfect,
And will sing praises unto Thy restoring the soul;
name. The testimony of the LORD is sure,
making wise the simple.
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PSALMS
The precepts of the LORD are right, And support thee out of Zion;
4
rejoicing the heart; Receive the memorial of all thy
The commandment of the LORD is meal-offerings,
pure, enlightening the eyes. And accept the fat of thy burnt-
10
The fear of the LORD is clean, sacrifice; Selah
5
enduring for ever; Grant thee according to thine own
The ordinances of the LORD are true, heart,
they are righteous altogether; And fulfil all thy counsel.
11 6
More to be desired are they than We will shout for joy in thy
gold, yea, than much fine gold; victory,
Sweeter also than honey and the And in the name of our God we will
honeycomb. set up our standards;
12
Moreover by them is Thy servant The LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
warned;
7
In keeping of them there is great Now know I that the LORD saveth
reward. His anointed;
13
Who can discern his errors? He will answer him from His holy
Clear Thou me from hidden faults. heaven
14
Keep back Thy servant also from With the mighty acts of His saving
presumptuous sins, right hand.
8
That they may not have dominion Some trust in chariots, and some in
over me; then shall I be faultless, horses;
And I shall be clear from great But we will make mention of the
transgression. name of the LORD our God.
15 9
Let the words of my mouth and the They are bowed down and fallen;
meditation of my heart be But we are risen, and stand upright.
10
acceptable before Thee, Save, LORD;
O LORD, my Rock, and my Let the King answer us in the day
Redeemer. that we call.
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PSALMS 19
'Let him commit himself unto the They part my garments among
LORD! let Him rescue him; them,
Let Him deliver him, seeing He And for my vesture do they cast
delighteth in him.' lots.
20
But Thou, O LORD, be not far off;
10
For Thou art He that took me out O Thou my strength, hasten to help
of the womb; me.
21
Thou madest me trust when I was Deliver my soul from the sword;
upon my mother's breasts. Mine only one from the power of
11
Upon Thee I have been cast from the dog.
22
my birth; Save me from the lion's mouth;
Thou art my God from my mother's Yea, from the horns of the wild-
womb. oxen do Thou answer me.
12
Be not far from me; for trouble is
23
near; I will declare Thy name unto my
For there is none to help. brethren;
13
Many bulls have encompassed me; In the midst of the congregation will
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset I praise Thee.
24
me round. 'Ye that fear the LORD, praise Him;
14
They open wide their mouth All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify
against me, Him;
As a ravening and a roaring lion. And stand in awe of Him, all ye the
15
I am poured out like water, seed of Israel.
25
And all my bones are out of joint; For He hath not despised nor
My heart is become like wax; abhorred the lowliness of the
It is melted in mine inmost parts. poor;
16
My strength is dried up like a Neither hath He hid His face from
potsherd; him;
And my tongue cleaveth to my But when he cried unto Him, He
throat; heard.'
26
And Thou layest me in the dust of From Thee cometh my praise in
death. the great congregation;
17
For dogs have encompassed me; I will pay my vows before them that
A company of evil-doers have fear Him.
27
inclosed me; Let the humble eat and be
Like a lion, they are at my hands satisfied;
and my feet. Let them praise the LORD that seek
18
I may count all my bones; after Him;
They look and gloat over me.
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PSALMS 5
May your heart be quickened for Thou preparest a table before me in
ever! the presence of mine enemies;
28
All the ends of the earth shall Thou hast anointed my head with
remember and turn unto the LORD; oil; my cup runneth over.
6
And all the kindreds of the nations Surely goodness and mercy shall
shall worship before Thee. follow me all the days of my life;
29
For the kingdom is the LORD’S; And I shall dwell in the house of the
And He is the ruler over the nations. LORD for ever.
30
All the fat ones of the earth shall
eat and worship;
All they that go down to the dust 24 A Psalm of David.
shall kneel before Him, The earth is the LORD’S, and the
Even he that cannot keep his soul fulness thereof;
alive. The world, and they that dwell
31
A seed shall serve him; therein.
2
It shall be told of the Lord unto the For He hath founded it upon the
next generation. seas,
32
They shall come and shall declare And established it upon the floods.
3
His righteousness Who shall ascend into the mountain
Unto a people that shall be born, of the LORD?
that He hath done it. And who shall stand in His holy
place?
23
4
A Psalm of David. He that hath clean hands, and a
pure heart;
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not Who hath not taken My name in
want. vain,
2
He maketh me to lie down in green And hath not sworn deceitfully.
5
pastures; He shall receive a blessing from the
He leadeth me beside the still LORD,
waters. And righteousness from the God of
3
He restoreth my soul; his salvation.
6
He guideth me in straight paths for Such is the generation of them that
His name's sake. seek after Him,
4
Yea, though I walk through the That seek Thy face, even Jacob.
valley of the shadow of death, Selah
I will fear no evil, for Thou art with
7
me; Lift up your heads, O ye gates,
Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort And be ye lifted up, ye everlasting
me. doors;
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PSALMS
That the King of glory may come in. ט8Good and upright is the LORD;
8
'Who is the King of glory?' Therefore doth He instruct sinners
'The LORD strong and mighty, in the way.
The LORD mighty in battle.' י9He guideth The humble in justice;
9
Lift up your heads, O ye gates, And He teacheth the humble His
Yea, lift them up, ye everlasting way.
doors; כ10All the paths of the LORD are
That the King of glory may come in. mercy and truth
10
'Who then is the King of glory?' Unto such as keep His covenant and
'The LORD of hosts; His testimonies.
He is the King of glory.' Selah ל11For Thy name's sake, O LORD,
Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.
25 [A Psalm] of David.
26 [A Psalm] of David.
27 [A Psalm] of David.
31
11
For the Leader. A Psalm of For my life is spent in sorrow, and
David. my years in sighing;
My strength faileth because of mine
2
In thee, O LORD, have I taken iniquity, and my bones are wasted
refuge; let me never be ashamed; away.
12
Deliver me in Thy righteousness. Because of all mine adversaries I
3
Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver am become a reproach,
me speedily;
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PSALMS
Yea, unto my neighbours Which Thou hast wrought for them
exceedingly, and a dread to mine that take their refuge in Thee, in
acquaintance; the sight of the sons of men!
21
They that see me without flee from Thou hidest them in the covert of
me. Thy presence from the plottings
13
I am forgotten as a dead man out of man;
of mind; Thou concealest them in a pavilion
I am like a useless vessel. from the strife of tongues.
14 22
For I have heard the whispering of Blessed be the LORD;
many, For He hath shown me His
Terror on every side; wondrous lovingkindness in an
While they took counsel together entrenched city.
23
against me, As for me, I said in my haste: 'I am
They devised to take away my life. cut off from before Thine eyes';
Nevertheless Thou heardest the
15
But as for me, I have trusted in voice of my supplications when I
Thee, O LORD; cried unto Thee.
I have said: 'Thou art my God.'
16 24
My times are in Thy hand; O love the LORD, all ye His godly
Deliver me from the hand of mine ones;
enemies, and from them that The LORD preserveth the faithful,
persecute me. And plentifully repayeth him that
17
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy acteth haughtily.
25
servant; Be strong, and let your heart take
Save me in Thy lovingkindness. courage,
18
O LORD, let me not be ashamed, All ye that wait for the LORD.
for I have called upon Thee;
Let the wicked be ashamed, let them
be put to silence in the nether- 32 [A Psalm] of David. Maschil.
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PSALMS
Through my groaning all the day But he that trusteth in the LORD,
long. mercy compasseth him about.
4 11
For day and night Thy hand was Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice,
heavy upon me; ye righteous;
My sap was turned as in the And shout for joy, all ye that are
droughts of summer. Selah upright in heart.
5
I acknowledged my sin unto Thee,
and mine iniquity have I not hid;
I said: 'I will make confession 33 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye
righteous,
concerning my transgressions Praise is comely for the upright.
2
unto the LORD' — Give thanks unto the LORD with
And Thou, Thou forgavest the harp,
iniquity of my sin. Selah Sing praises unto Him with the
psaltery of ten strings.
6 3
For this let every one that is godly Sing unto Him a new song;
pray unto Thee in a time when Play skilfully amid shouts of joy.
Thou mayest be found;
4
Surely, when the great waters For the word of the LORD is upright;
overflow, they will not reach unto And all His work is done in
him. faithfulness.
7 5
Thou art my hiding-place; Thou He loveth righteousness and
wilt preserve me from the justice;
adversary; The earth is full of the
With songs of deliverance Thou wilt lovingkindness of the LORD.
6
compass me about. Selah By the word of the LORD were the
8
'I will instruct thee and teach thee heavens made;
in the way which thou shalt go; And all the host of them by the
I will give counsel, Mine eye being breath of His mouth.
7
upon thee.' He gathereth the waters of the sea
9
Be ye not as the horse, or as the together as a heap;
mule, which have no He layeth up the deeps in
understanding; storehouses.
8
Whose mouth must be held in with Let all the earth fear the LORD;
bit and bridle, Let all the inhabitants of the world
That they come not near unto thee. stand in awe of Him.
9
For He spoke, and it was;
10
Many are the sorrows of the He commanded, and it stood.
10
wicked; The LORD bringeth the counsel of
the nations to nought;
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PSALMS 22
He maketh the thoughts of the Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon
peoples to be of no effect. us,
11
The counsel of the LORD standeth According as we have waited for
for ever, Thee.
The thoughts of His heart to all
12
generations.
34 [A Psalm] of David; when he
changed his demeanour before
Happy is the nation whose God is Abimelech, who drove him away, and
the LORD; he departed.
The people whom He hath chosen
for His own inheritance. א2I will bless the LORD at all times;
13
The LORD looketh from heaven; His praise shall continually be in my
He beholdeth all the sons of men; mouth.
14
From the place of His habitation ב3My soul shall glory in the LORD;
He looketh intently The humble shall hear thereof,
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth; and be glad.
15
He that fashioneth the hearts of ג4O magnify the LORD with me,
them all, And let us exalt His name together.
That considereth all their doings. ד5I sought the LORD, and He answered
16
A king is not saved by the me,
multitude of a host; And delivered me from all my
A mighty man is not delivered by fears.
great strength. ה6They looked unto Him, and were
17
A horse is a vain thing for safety; radiant;
Neither doth it afford escape by its וAnd their faces shall never be
great strength. abashed.
18 7
Behold, the eye of the LORD is זThis poor man cried, and the
toward them that fear Him, LORD heard,
Toward them that wait for His And saved him out of all his
mercy; troubles.
19
To deliver their soul from death, ח8The angel of the LORD encampeth
And to keep them alive in famine. round about them that fear Him,
And delivereth them.
20
Our soul hath waited for the LORD; ט9O consider and see that the LORD is
He is our help and our shield. good;
21
For in Him doth our heart rejoice, Happy is the man that taketh refuge
Because we have trusted in His holy in Him.
name. י10O fear the LORD, ye His holy ones;
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PSALMS 22
For there is no want to them that ת Evil shall kill the wicked;
fear Him. And they that hate the righteous
11
כ The young lions do lack, and shall be held guilty.
suffer hunger;
23
But they that seek the LORD want not The LORD redeemeth the soul of
any good thing. His servants;
12
ל Come, ye children, hearken unto And none of them that take refuge
me; in Him shall be desolate.
I will teach you the fear of the
מ 13
LORD.
Who is the man that desireth life, 35 [A Psalm] of David.
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PSALMS 12
Dwell in the land, and cherish ז The wicked plotteth against the
faithfulness. righteous,
4
So shalt thou delight thyself in the And gnasheth at him with his teeth.
13
LORD; The Lord doth laugh at him;
And He shall give thee the petitions For He seeth that his day is coming.
of thy heart.
14
ח The wicked have drawn out the
5
גCommit thy way unto the LORD; sword, and have bent their bow;
Trust also in Him, and He will bring To cast down the poor and needy,
it to pass. To slay such as are upright in the
6
And He will make thy righteous- way;
15
ness to go forth as the light, Their sword shall enter into their
And thy right as the noonday. own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.
ד7Resign thyself unto the LORD, and
16
wait patiently for Him; ט Better is a little that the righteous
Fret not thyself because of him who hath
prospereth in his way, Than the abundance of many
Because of the man who bringeth wicked.
17
wicked devices to pass. For the arms of the wicked shall be
broken;
ה8Cease from anger, and forsake But the LORD upholdeth the
wrath; righteous.
Fret not thyself, it tendeth only to
18
evil-doing. י The LORD knoweth the days of
9
For evil-doers shall be cut off; them that are wholehearted;
But those that wait for the LORD, And their inheritance shall be for
they shall inherit the land. ever.
19
They shall not be ashamed in the
10
ו And yet a little while, and the time of evil;
wicked is no more; And in the days of famine they shall
Yea, thou shalt look well at his be satisfied.
place, and he is not.
11 20
But the humble shall inherit the כ For the wicked shall perish,
land, And the enemies of the LORD shall
And delight themselves in the be as the fat of lambs—
abundance of peace. They shall pass away in smoke, they
shall pass away.
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PSALMS 31
ל The wicked borroweth, and payeth The law of his God is in his heart;
not; None of his steps slide.
But the righteous dealeth graciously,
32
and giveth. צ The wicked watcheth the
22
For such as are blessed of Him righteous,
shall inherit the land; And seeketh to slay him.
33
And they that are cursed of Him The LORD will not leave him in his
shall be cut off. hand,
Nor suffer him to be condemned
23
מ It is of the LORD that a man's when he is judged.
goings are established;
34
And He delighted in his way. ק Wait for the LORD, and keep His
24
Though he fall, he shall not be way,
utterly cast down; And He will exalt thee to inherit the
For the LORD upholdeth his hand. land;
When the wicked are cut off, thou
25
נ I have been young, and now am shalt see it.
old;
35
Yet have I not seen the righteous ר I have seen the wicked in great
forsaken, power,
Nor his seed begging bread. And spreading himself like a leafy
26
All the day long he dealeth tree in its native soil.
36
graciously, and lendeth; But one passed by, and, lo, he was
And his seed is blessed. not;
Yea, I sought him, but he could not
27
ס Depart from evil, and do good; be found.
And dwell for evermore.
28 37
For the LORD loveth justice, ש Mark the man of integrity, and
And forsaketh not His saints; behold the upright;
They are preserved for ever; For there is a future for the man of
But the seed of the wicked shall be peace.
38
cut off. But transgressors shall be
29
The righteous shall inherit the destroyed together;
land, The future of the wicked shall be cut
And dwell therein for ever. off.
30 39
פ The mouth of the righteous ת But the salvation of the righteous
uttereth wisdom, is of the LORD;
And his tongue speaketh justice.
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PSALMS
He is their stronghold in the time of
10
trouble. Lord, all my desire is before Thee;
40
And the LORD helpeth them, and And my sighing is not hid from
delivereth them; Thee.
11
He delivereth them from the My heart fluttereth, my strength
wicked, and saveth them, faileth me;
Because they have taken refuge in As for the light of mine eyes, it also
Him. is gone from me.
12
My friends and my companions
39
11
For the Leader, for Jeduthun. Remove Thy stroke from off me;
A Psalm of David. I am consumed by the blow of Thy
hand.
2 12
I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, With rebukes dost Thou chasten
That I sin not with my tongue; man for iniquity,
I will keep a curb upon my mouth, And like a moth Thou makest his
While the wicked is before me.' beauty to consume away;
3
I was dumb with silence; I held my Surely every man is vanity. Selah
peace, had no comfort;
13
And my pain was held in check. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give
4
My heart waxed hot within me; ear unto my cry;
While I was musing, the fire Keep not silence at my tears;
kindled; For I am a stranger with Thee,
Then spoke I with my tongue: A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
14
Look away from me, that I may
5
'LORD, make me to know mine end, take comfort,
And the measure of my days, what it Before I go hence, and be no more.'
is;
Let me know how short-lived I am.
6
Behold, Thou hast made my days 40 For the Leader. A Psalm of
David.
as hand-breadths;
2
And mine age is as nothing before I waited patiently for the LORD;
Thee; And He inclined unto me, and heard
Surely every man at his best estate my cry.
3
is altogether vanity. Selah He brought me up also out of the
7
Surely man walketh as a mere tumultuous pit, out of the miry
semblance; clay;
Surely for vanity they are in turmoil; And He set my feet upon a rock, He
He heapeth up riches, and knoweth established my goings.
4
not who shall gather them. And He hath put a new song in my
mouth, even praise unto our God;
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Many shall see, and fear, Thou, O LORD, wilt not withhold
And shall trust in the LORD. Thy compassions from me;
Let Thy mercy and Thy truth
5
Happy is the man that hath made continually preserve me.
the LORD his trust,
13
And hath not turned unto the For innumerable evils have
arrogant, nor unto such as fall compassed me about,
away treacherously. Mine iniquities have overtaken me,
6
Many things hast Thou done, O so that I am not able to look up;
LORD my God, They are more than the hairs of my
Even Thy wonderful works, and head, and my heart hath failed
Thy thoughts toward us; me.
14
There is none to be compared unto Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me;
Thee! O LORD, make haste to help me.
15
If I would declare and speak of Let them be ashamed and abashed
them, together
They are more than can be told. That seek after my soul to sweep it
7
Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou away;
hast no delight in; Let them be turned backward and
Mine ears hast Thou opened; brought to confusion
Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast That delight in my hurt.
16
Thou not required. Let them be appalled by reason of
8
Then said I: 'Lo, I am come their shame
With the roll of a book which is That say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'
17
prescribed for me; Let all those that seek Thee rejoice
9
I delight to do Thy will, O my God; and be glad in Thee;
Yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.' Let such as love Thy salvation say
10
I have preached righteousness in continually:
the great congregation, 'The LORD be magnified.'
18
Lo, I did not refrain my lips; But, as for me, that am poor and
O LORD, Thou knowest. needy,
11
I have not hid Thy righteousness The Lord will account it unto me;
within my heart; Thou art my help and my deliverer;
I have declared Thy faithfulness and O my God, tarry not.
Thy salvation;
I have not concealed Thy mercy and
Thy truth from the great 41 For the Leader. A Psalm of
David.
congregation.
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2
PSALMS 11
Happy is he that considereth the But Thou, O LORD, be gracious
poor; unto me, and raise me up,
The LORD will deliver him in the day That I may requite them.
12
of evil. By this I know that Thou
3
The LORD preserve him, and keep delightest in me,
him alive, let him be called happy That mine enemy doth not triumph
in the land; over me.
13
And deliver not Thou him unto the And as for me, Thou upholdest me
greed of his enemies. because of mine integrity,
4
The LORD support him upon the bed And settest me before Thy face for
of illness; ever.
14
Mayest Thou turn all his lying down Blessed be the LORD, the God of
in his sickness. Israel,
From everlasting and to everlasting.
5
As for me, I said: 'O LORD, be Amen, and Amen.
gracious unto me;
Heal my soul; for I have sinned
against Thee.'
ספר שני
BOOK II
6
Mine enemies speak evil of me:
'When shall he die, and his name
perish?'
42
7
And if one come to see me, he For the Leader; Maschil of the
speaketh falsehood; sons of Korah.
His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;
When he goeth abroad, he speaketh 2
As the hart panteth after the water
of it. brooks,
8
All that hate me whisper together So panteth my soul after Thee, O
against me, God.
Against me do they devise my hurt: 3
My soul thirsteth for God, for the
9
'An evil thing cleaveth fast unto living God:
him; 'When shall I come and appear
And now that he lieth, he shall rise before God?'
up no more.' 4
My tears have been my food day
10
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in and night,
whom I trusted, who did eat of While they say unto me all the day:
my bread, 'Where is Thy God?'
Hath lifted up his heel against me. 5
These things I remember, and pour
out my soul within me,
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PSALMS
How I passed on with the throng, Hope thou in God; for I shall yet
and led them to the house of God, praise Him,
With the voice of joy and praise, a The salvation of my countenance,
multitude keeping holyday. and my God.
6
Why art thou cast down, O my
soul?
And why moanest thou within me? 43 Be Thou my judge, O God,
and plead my cause against
Hope thou in God; for I shall yet an ungodly nation;
praise Him O deliver me from the deceitful and
For the salvation of His unjust man.
2
countenance. For Thou art the God of my
strength; why hast Thou cast me
7
O my God, my soul is cast down off?
within me; Why go I mourning under the
Therefore do I remember Thee from oppression of the enemy?
3
the land of Jordan, O send out Thy light and Thy truth;
And the Hermons, from the hill let them lead me;
Mizar. Let them bring me unto Thy holy
8
Deep calleth unto deep at the voice mountain, and to Thy dwelling-
of Thy cataracts; places.
4
All Thy waves and Thy billows are Then will I go unto the altar of
gone over me. God, unto God, my exceeding
9
By day the LORD will command His joy;
lovingkindness, And praise Thee upon the harp, O
And in the night His song shall be God, my God.
5
with me, Why art thou cast down, O my
Even a prayer unto the God of my soul?
life. And why moanest thou within me?
10
I will say unto God my Rock: Hope thou in God; for I shall yet
'Why hast Thou forgotten me? praise Him,
Why go I mourning under the The salvation of my countenance,
oppression of the enemy?' and my God.
11
As with a crushing in my bones,
mine adversaries taunt me;
While they say unto me all the day: 44 For the Leader; [a Psalm] of
the sons of Korah. Maschil.
'Where is Thy God?'
12 2
Why art thou cast down, O my O God, we have heard with our
soul? ears, our fathers have told us;
And why moanest thou within me?
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PSALMS 12
A work Thou didst in their days, in Thou hast given us like sheep to be
the days of old. eaten;
3
Thou with Thy hand didst drive out And hast scattered us among the
the nations, and didst plant them nations.
13
in; Thou sellest Thy people for small
Thou didst break the peoples, and gain,
didst spread them abroad. And hast not set their prices high.
4 14
For not by their own sword did Thou makest us a taunt to our
they get the land in possession, neighbours,
Neither did their own arm save A scorn and a derision to them that
them; are round about us.
15
But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, Thou makest us a byword among
and the light of Thy countenance, the nations,
Because Thou wast favourable unto A shaking of the head among the
them. peoples.
16
All the day is my confusion before
5
Thou art my King, O God; me,
Command the salvation of Jacob. And the shame of my face hath
6
Through Thee do we push down covered me,
17
our adversaries; For the voice of him that taunteth
Through Thy name do we tread and blasphemeth;
them under that rise up against us. By reason of the enemy and the
7
For I trust not in my bow, revengeful.
Neither can my sword save me.
8 18
But Thou hast saved us from our All this is come upon us; yet have
adversaries, we not forgotten Thee,
And hast put them to shame that Neither have we been false to Thy
hate us. covenant.
9 19
In God have we gloried all the day, Our heart is not turned back,
And we will give thanks unto Thy Neither have our steps declined
name for ever. Selah from Thy path;
20
Though Thou hast crushed us into
10
Yet Thou hast cast off, and a place of jackals,
brought us to confusion; And covered us with the shadow of
And goest not forth with our hosts. death.
11 21
Thou makest us to turn back from If we had forgotten the name of
the adversary; our God,
And they that hate us spoil at their Or spread forth our hands to a
will. strange god;
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PSALMS 4
Would not God search this out? Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O
For He knoweth the secrets of the mighty one,
heart. Thy glory and thy majesty.
23 5
Nay, but for Thy sake are we And in thy majesty prosper, ride
killed all the day; on,
We are accounted as sheep for the In behalf of truth and meekness and
slaughter. righteousness;
And let thy right hand teach thee
24
Awake, why sleepest Thou, O tremendous things.
6
Lord? Thine arrows are sharp—
Arouse Thyself, cast not off for The peoples fall under thee—
ever. [They sink] into the heart of the
25
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, king's enemies.
7
And forgettest our affliction and our Thy throne given of God is for ever
oppression? and ever;
26
For our soul is bowed down to the A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of
dust; thy kingdom.
8
Our belly cleaveth unto the earth. Thou hast loved righteousness, and
27
Arise for our help, hated wickedness;
And redeem us for Thy mercy's Therefore God, thy God, hath
sake. anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above thy
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PSALMS
Thou sittest and speakest against And done that which is evil in Thy
thy brother; sight;
Thou slanderest thine own mother's That Thou mayest be justified when
son. Thou speakest,
21
These things hast thou done, and And be in the right when Thou
should I have kept silence? judgest.
Thou hadst thought that I was
7
altogether such a one as thyself; Behold, I was brought forth in
But I will reprove thee, and set the iniquity,
cause before thine eyes. And in sin did my mother conceive
me.
22 8
Now consider this, ye that forget Behold, Thou desirest truth in the
God, inward parts;
Lest I tear in pieces, and there be Make me, therefore, to know
none to deliver. wisdom in mine inmost heart.
23 9
Whoso offereth the sacrifice of Purge me with hyssop, and I shall
thanksgiving honoureth Me; be clean;
And to him that ordereth his way Wash me, and I shall be whiter than
aright snow.
10
Will I show the salvation of God.' Make me to hear joy and gladness;
That the bones which Thou hast
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PSALMS
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness,
5
O God, Thou God of my Thou lovest evil more than good;
salvation; Falsehood rather than speaking
So shall my tongue sing aloud of righteousness. Selah
6
Thy righteousness. Thou lovest all devouring words,
17
O Lord, open Thou my lips; The deceitful tongue.
7
And my mouth shall declare Thy God will likewise break thee for
praise. ever,
18
For Thou delightest not in He will take thee up, and pluck thee
sacrifice, else would I give it; out of thy tent,
Thou hast no pleasure in burnt- And root thee out of the land of the
offering. living. Selah
19
The sacrifices of God are a broken
8
spirit; The righteous also shall see, and
A broken and a contrite heart, O fear,
God, Thou wilt not despise. And shall laugh at him:
9
'Lo, this is the man that made not
20
Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; God his stronghold;
Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. But trusted in the abundance of his
21
Then wilt Thou delight in the riches,
sacrifices of righteousness, in And strengthened himself in his
burnt-offering and whole wickedness.'
10
offering; But as for me, I am like a leafy
Then will they offer bullocks upon olive-tree in the house of God;
Thine altar. I trust in the mercy of God for ever
and ever.
52
11
For the Leader. Maschil of I will give Thee thanks for ever,
David; 2when Doeg the because Thou hast done it;
Edomite came and told Saul, and said And I will wait for Thy name, for it
unto him: 'David is come to the house is good, in the presence of Thy
of Ahimelech.' saints.
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3
Why boastest thou thyself of evil, For the Leader; upon
O mighty man? Mahalath. Maschil of David.
The mercy of God endureth
2
continually. The fool hath said in his heart:
4
Thy tongue deviseth destruction; 'There is no God';
Like a sharp razor, working They have dealt corruptly, and have
deceitfully. done abominable iniquity;
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PSALMS 5
There is none that doeth good. For strangers are risen up against
3
God looked forth from heaven me,
upon the children of men, And violent men have sought after
To see if there were any man of my soul;
understanding, that did seek after They have not set God before them.
God. Selah
4 6
Every one of them is unclean, they Behold, God is my helper;
are together become impure; The Lord is for me as the upholder
There is none that doeth good, no, of my soul.
7
not one. He will requite the evil unto them
that lie in wait for me;
5
’Shall not the workers of iniquity Destroy Thou them in Thy truth.
8
know it, With a freewill-offering will I
Who eat up My people as they eat sacrifice unto Thee;
bread, I will give thanks unto Thy name, O
And call not upon God?' LORD, for it is good.
6 9
There are they in great fear, where For He hath delivered me out of all
no fear was; trouble;
For God hath scattered the bones of And mine eye hath gazed upon mine
him that encampeth against thee; enemies.
Thou hast put them to shame,
7
because God hath rejected them.
55 For the Leader; with string-
music. Maschil of David.
Oh that the salvation of Israel were
2
come out of Zion! Give ear, O God, to my prayer;
When God turneth the captivity of And hide not Thyself from my
His people, supplication.
3
Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. Attend unto me, and answer me;
I am distraught in my complaint,
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2
For the Leader; with string-
music. Maschil of David: 4
and will moan;
Because of the voice of the enemy,
when the Ziphites came and said to Because of the oppression of the
Saul: 'Doth not David hide himself wicked;
with us?' For they cast mischief upon me,
And in anger they persecute me.
3 5
O God, save me by Thy name, My heart doth writhe within me;
And right me by Thy might. And the terrors of death are fallen
4
O God, hear my prayer; give ear to upon me.
6
the words of my mouth. Fear and trembling come upon me,
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And horror hath overwhelmed me.
7 17
And I said: 'Oh that I had wings As for me, I will call upon God;
like a dove! And the LORD shall save me.
18
Then would I fly away, and be at Evening, and morning, and at
rest. noon, will I complain, and moan;
8
Lo, then would I wander far off, And He hath heard my voice.
19
I would lodge in the wilderness. He hath redeemed my soul in
Selah peace so that none came nigh me;
9
I would haste me to a shelter For they were many that strove with
From the stormy wind and tempest.' me.
10 20
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their God shall hear, and humble them,
tongue; Even He that is enthroned of old,
For I have seen violence and strife Selah
in the city. Such as have no changes,
11
Day and night they go about it And fear not God.
21
upon the walls thereof; He hath put forth his hands against
Iniquity also and mischief are in the them that were at peace with him;
midst of it. He hath profaned his covenant.
12 22
Wickedness is in the midst thereof; Smoother than cream were the
Oppression and guile depart not speeches of his mouth,
from her broad place. But his heart was war;
13
For it was not an enemy that His words were softer than oil,
taunted me, Yet were they keen-edged swords.
Then I could have borne it;
23
Neither was it mine adversary that Cast thy burden upon the LORD,
did magnify himself against me, and He will sustain thee;
Then I would have hid myself from He will never suffer the righteous to
him. be moved.
14 24
But it was thou, a man mine equal, But Thou, O God, wilt bring them
My companion, and my familiar down into the nethermost pit;
friend; Men of blood and deceit shall not
15
We took sweet counsel together, live out half their days;
In the house of God we walked with But as for me, I will trust in Thee.
the throng.
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16
May He incite death against them, For the Leader; upon Jonath-
Let them go down alive into the elem-rehokim. [A Psalm] of
nether-world; David; Michtam; when the Philistines
For evil is in their dwelling, and took him in Gath.
within them.
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2
PSALMS
Be gracious unto me, O God, for
13
man would swallow me up; Thy vows are upon me, O God;
All the day he fighting oppresseth I will render thank-offerings unto
me. Thee.
3 14
They that lie in wait for me would For thou hast delivered my soul
swallow me up all the day; from death;
For they are many that fight against Hast Thou not delivered my feet
me, O Most High, from stumbling?
4
In the day that I am afraid, That I may walk before God in the
I will put my trust in Thee. light of the living?
5
In God—I will praise His word—
In God do I trust, I will not be
afraid; 57 For the Leader; Al-tashheth.
[A Psalm] of David; Michtam;
What can flesh do unto me? when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
6 2
All the day they trouble mine Be gracious unto me, O God, be
affairs; gracious unto me,
All their thoughts are against me for For in Thee hath my soul taken
evil. refuge;
7
They gather themselves together, Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings
they hide themselves, will I take refuge,
They mark my steps; Until calamities be overpast.
3
According as they have waited for I will cry unto God Most high;
my soul. Unto God that accomplisheth it for
8
Because of iniquity cast them out; me.
4
In anger bring down the peoples, O He will send from heaven, and save
God. me,
9
Thou has counted my wanderings; When he that would swallow me up
Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; taunteth, Selah
Are they not in Thy book? God shall send forth His mercy and
10
Then shall mine enemies turn back His truth.
5
in the day that I call; My soul is among lions, I do lie
This I know, that God is for me. down among them that are
11
In God—I will praise His word— aflame;
In the LORD—I will praise His Even the sons of men, whose teeth
word— are spears and arrows,
12
In God do I trust, I will not be And their tongue a sharp sword.
6
afraid; Be Thou exalted, O God, above the
What can man do unto me? heavens;
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PSALMS 5
Thy glory be above all the earth. Their venom is like the venom of a
7
They have prepared a net for my serpent;
steps, They are like the deaf asp that
My soul is bowed down; stoppeth her ear;
6
They have digged a pit before me, Which hearkeneth not to the voice
They are fallen into the midst of charmers,
thereof themselves. Selah Or of the most cunning binder of
8
My heart is stedfast, O God, my spells.
heart is stedfast;
7
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises. Break their teeth, O God, in their
9
Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery mouth;
and harp; Break out the cheek-teeth of the
I will awake the dawn. young lions, O LORD.
10 8
I will give thanks unto Thee, O Let them melt away as water that
Lord, among the peoples; runneth apace;
I will sing praises unto Thee among When he aimeth his arrows, let them
the nations. be as though they were cut off.
11 9
For Thy mercy is great unto the Let them be as a snail which
heavens, melteth and passeth away;
And Thy truth unto the skies. Like the untimely births of a
12
Be Thou exalted, O God, above woman, that have not seen the
the heavens; sun.
10
Thy glory be above all the earth. Before your pots can feel the
thorns,
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5
Thou hast made Thy people to see For the Leader; with string-
hard things; music. [A Psalm] of David.
Thou hast made us to drink the wine
2
of staggering. Hear my cry, O God;
6
Thou hast given a banner to them Attend unto my prayer.
3
that fear Thee, From the end of the earth will I call
That it may be displayed because of unto Thee, when my heart
the truth. Selah fainteth;
7
That Thy beloved may be Lead me to a rock that is too high
delivered, for me.
4
Save with Thy right hand, and For Thou hast been a refuge for me,
answer me. A tower of strength in the face of
the enemy.
8
God spoke in His holiness, that I
5
would exult; I will dwell in Thy Tent for ever;
That I would divide Shechem, and I will take refuge in the covert of
mete out the valley of Succoth. Thy wings. Selah
9 6
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is For Thou, O God, hast heard my
mine; vows;
Ephraim also is the defence of my Thou hast granted the heritage of
head; those that fear Thy name.
Judah is my sceptre.
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7
PSALMS 8
Mayest Thou add days unto the Upon God resteth my salvation and
king's days! my glory;
May his years be as many The rock of my strength, and my
generations! refuge, is in God.
8 9
May he be enthroned before God Trust in Him at all times, ye
for ever! people;
Appoint mercy and truth, that they Pour out your heart before Him;
may preserve him. God is a refuge for us. Selah
9 10
So will I sing praise unto Thy name Men of low degree are vanity, and
for ever, men of high degree are a lie;
That I may daily perform my vows. If they be laid in the balances, they
are together lighter than vanity.
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11
For the Leader; for Jeduthun. Trust not in oppression,
A Psalm of David. And put not vain hope in robbery;
If riches increase, set not your heart
2
Only for God doth my soul wait in thereon.
12
stillness; God hath spoken once,
From Him cometh my salvation. Twice have I heard this:
3
He only is my rock and my That strength belongeth unto God;
13
salvation, Also unto Thee, O Lord, belongeth
My high tower, I shall not be greatly mercy;
moved. For Thou renderest to every man
4
How long will ye set upon a man, according to his work.
That ye may slay him, all of you,
As a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
5
They only devise to thrust him 63 A Psalm of David, when he
was in the wilderness of
down from his height, delighting Judah.
in lies;
2
They bless with their mouth, but O God, Thou art my God, earnestly
they curse inwardly. Selah will I seek Thee;
My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh
6
Only for God wait thou in stillness, longeth for Thee,
my soul; In a dry and weary land, where no
For from Him cometh my hope. water is.
7 3
He only is my rock and my So have I looked for Thee in the
salvation, sanctuary,
My high tower, I shall not be To see Thy power and Thy glory.
moved.
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4
PSALMS 2
For Thy lovingkindness is better Hear my voice, O God, in my
than life; complaint;
My lips shall praise Thee. Preserve my life from the terror of
5
So will I bless Thee as long as I the enemy.
3
live; Hide me from the council of evil-
In Thy name will I lift up my hands. doers;
From the tumult of the workers of
6
My soul is satisfied as with marrow iniquity;
4
and fatness; Who have whet their tongue like a
And my mouth doth praise Thee sword,
with joyful lips; And have aimed their arrow, a
7
When I remember Thee upon my poisoned word;
5
couch, That they may shoot in secret
And meditate on Thee in the night- places at the blameless;
watches. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and
fear not.
8 6
For Thou hast been my help, They encourage one another in an
And in the shadow of Thy wings do evil matter;
I rejoice. They converse of laying snares
9
My soul cleaveth unto Thee; secretly;
Thy right hand holdeth me fast. They ask, who would see them.
7
They search out iniquities, they
10
But those that seek my soul, to have accomplished a diligent
destroy it, search;
Shall go into the nethermost parts of Even in the inward thought of every
the earth. one, and the deep heart.
11
They shall be hurled to the power
8
of the sword; But God doth shoot at them with an
They shall be a portion for foxes. arrow suddenly;
12
But the king shall rejoice in God; Thence are their wounds.
9
Every one that sweareth by Him So they make their own tongue a
shall glory; stumbling unto themselves;
For the mouth of them that speak All that see them shake the head.
10
lies shall be stopped. And all men fear;
And they declare the work of God,
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10
For the Leader. A Psalm. Thou hast remembered the earth,
A Song of David. and watered her, greatly enriching
her,
2
Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in With the river of God that is full of
Zion; water;
And unto Thee the vow is Thou preparest them corn, for so
performed. preparest Thou her.
3 11
O Thou that hearest prayer, Watering her ridges abundantly,
Unto Thee doth all flesh come. Settling down the furrows thereof,
4
The tale of iniquities is too heavy Thou makest her soft with showers;
for me; Thou blessest the growth thereof.
12
As for our transgressions, Thou wilt Thou crownest the year with Thy
pardon them. goodness;
5
Happy is the man whom Thou And Thy paths drop fatness.
13
choosest, and bringest near, The pastures of the wilderness do
That he may dwell in Thy courts; drop;
May we be satisfied with the And the hills are girded with joy.
14
goodness of Thy house, The meadows are clothed with
The holy place of Thy temple! flocks;
The valleys also are covered over
6
With wondrous works dost Thou with corn;
answer us in righteousness, They shout for joy, yea, they sing.
O God of our salvation;
Thou the confidence of all the ends
of the earth, 66 For the Leader. A Song, a
Psalm.
And of the far distant seas;
7
Who by Thy strength settest fast Shout unto God, all the earth;
2
the mountains, Sing praises unto the glory of His
Who art girded about with might; name;
8
Who stillest the roaring of the seas, Make His praise glorious.
3
the roaring of their waves, Say unto God: 'How tremendous is
And the tumult of the peoples; Thy work!
9
So that they that dwell in the Through the greatness of Thy power
uttermost parts stand in awe of shall Thine enemies dwindle
Thy signs; away before Thee.
4
All the earth shall worship Thee,
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PSALMS
And shall sing praises unto Thee; And my mouth hath spoken, when I
They shall sing praises to Thy was in distress.
15
name.' Selah I will offer unto Thee burnt-
offerings of fatlings,
5
Come, and see the works of God; With the sweet smoke of rams;
He is terrible in His doing toward I will offer bullocks with goats.
the children of men. Selah
6 16
He turned the sea into dry land; Come, and hearken, all ye that fear
They went through the river on foot; God,
There let us rejoice in Him! And I will declare what He hath
7
Who ruleth by His might for ever; done for my soul.
17
His eyes keep watch upon the I cried unto Him with my mouth,
nations; And He was extolled with my
Let not the rebellious exalt tongue.
18
themselves. Selah If I had regarded iniquity in my
heart,
8
Bless our God, ye peoples, The Lord would not hear;
19
And make the voice of His praise to But verily God hath heard;
be heard; He hath attended to the voice of my
9
Who hath set our soul in life, prayer.
20
And suffered not our foot to be Blessed be God,
moved, Who hath not turned away my
10
For Thou, O God, hast tried us; prayer, nor His mercy from me.
Thou hast refined us, as silver is
11
refined.
Thou didst bring us into the hold; 67 For the Leader; with string-
music. A Psalm, a Song.
Thou didst lay constraint upon our
2
loins. God be gracious unto us, and bless
12
Thou hast caused men to ride over us;
our heads; May He cause His face to shine
We went through fire and through toward us; Selah
3
water; That Thy way may be known upon
But Thou didst bring us out unto earth,
abundance. Thy salvation among all nations.
13 4
I will come into Thy house with Let the peoples give thanks unto
burnt-offerings, Thee, O God;
I will perform unto Thee my vows, Let the peoples give thanks unto
14
Which my lips have uttered, Thee, all of them.
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5
PSALMS 6
O let the nations be glad and sing A father of the fatherless, and a
for joy; judge of the widows,
For Thou wilt judge the peoples Is God in His holy habitation.
7
with equity, God maketh the solitary to dwell in
And lead the nations upon earth. a house;
Selah He bringeth out the prisoners into
prosperity;
6
Let the peoples give thanks unto The rebellious dwell but in a
Thee, O God; parched land.
8
Let the peoples give thanks unto O God, when Thou wentest forth
Thee, all of them. before Thy people,
7
The earth hath yielded her increase; When Thou didst march through the
May God, our own God, bless us. wilderness; Selah
8 9
May God bless us; The earth trembled, the heavens
And let all the ends of the earth fear also dropped at the presence of
Him. God;
Even yon Sinai trembled at the
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15
PSALMS
When the Almighty scattereth I will bring them back from the
kings therein, depths of the sea;
24
It snoweth in Zalmon. That thy foot may wade through
blood,
16
A mountain of God is the That the tongue of thy dogs may
mountain of Bashan; have its portion from thine
A mountain of peaks is the enemies.'
mountain of Bashan.
17 25
Why look ye askance, ye They see Thy goings, O God,
mountains of peaks, Even the goings of my God, my
At the mountain which God hath King, in holiness.
26
desired for His abode? The singers go before, the
Yea, the LORD will dwell therein for minstrels follow after,
ever. In the midst of damsels playing
18
The chariots of God are myriads, upon timbrels.
27
even thousands upon thousands; 'Bless ye God in full assemblies,
The Lord is among them, as in Even the Lord, ye that are from the
Sinai, in holiness. fountain of Israel.'
19 28
Thou hast ascended on high, Thou There is Benjamin, the youngest,
hast led captivity captive; ruling them,
Thou hast received gifts among The princes of Judah their council,
men, The princes of Zebulun, the princes
Yea, among the rebellious also, that of Naphtali.
29
the LORD God might dwell there. Thy God hath commanded thy
20
Blessed be the Lord, day by day strength;
He beareth our burden, Be strong, O God, Thou that hast
Even the God who is our salvation. wrought for us
30
Selah Out of Thy temple at Jerusalem,
21
God is unto us a God of Whither kings shall bring presents
deliverances; unto Thee.
31
And unto GOD the Lord belong the Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
issues of death. The multitude of the bulls, with the
22
Surely God will smite through the calves of the peoples,
head of His enemies, Every one submitting himself with
The hairy scalp of him that goeth pieces of silver;
about in his guiltiness. He hath scattered the peoples that
23
The Lord said: 'I will bring back delight in war!
32
from Bashan, Nobles shall come out of Egypt;
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PSALMS 5
Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out They that hate me without a cause
her hands unto God. are more than the hairs of my
head;
33
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the They that would cut me off, being
earth; mine enemies wrongfully, are
O sing praises unto the Lord; many;
Selah Should I restore that which I took
34
To Him that rideth upon the not away?
6
heavens of heavens, which are of O God, Thou knowest my folly;
old; And my trespasses are not hid from
Lo, He uttereth His voice, a mighty Thee.
7
voice. Let not them that wait for Thee be
35
Ascribe ye strength unto God; ashamed through me, O Lord GOD
His majesty is over Israel, of hosts;
And His strength is in the skies. Let not those that seek Thee be
36
Awful is God out of thy holy brought to confusion through me,
places; O God of Israel.
The God of Israel, He giveth
8
strength and power unto the Because for Thy sake I have borne
people; reproach;
Blessed be God. Confusion hath covered my face.
9
I am become a stranger unto my
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14
PSALMS
But as for me, let my prayer be And for comforters, but I found
unto Thee, O LORD, in an none.
22
acceptable time; Yea, they put poison into my food;
O God, in the abundance of Thy And in my thirst they gave me
mercy, vinegar to drink.
Answer me with the truth of Thy
23
salvation. Let their table before them become
15
Deliver me out of the mire, and let a snare;
me not sink; And when they are in peace, let it
Let me be delivered from them that become a trap.
24
hate me, and out of the deep Let their eyes be darkened, that
waters. they see not;
16
Let not the waterflood overwhelm And make their loins continually to
me, totter.
25
Neither let the deep swallow me up; Pour out Thine indignation upon
And let not the pit shut her mouth them,
upon me. And let the fierceness of Thine
17
Answer me, O LORD, for Thy anger overtake them.
26
mercy is good; Let their encampment be desolate;
According to the multitude of Thy Let none dwell in their tents.
27
compassions turn Thou unto me. For they persecute him whom
18
And hide not Thy face from Thy Thou hast smitten;
servant; And they tell of the pain of those
For I am in distress; answer me whom Thou hast wounded.
28
speedily. Add iniquity unto their iniquity;
19
Draw nigh unto my soul, and And let them not come into Thy
redeem it; righteousness.
29
Ransom me because of mine Let them be blotted out of the
enemies. book of the living,
And not be written with the
20
Thou knowest my reproach, and righteous.
30
my shame, and my confusion; But I am afflicted and in pain;
Mine adversaries are all before Let Thy salvation, O God, set me up
Thee. on high.
21 31
Reproach hath broken my heart; I will praise the name of God with
and I am sore sick; a song,
And I looked for some to show And will magnify Him with
compassion, but there was none; thanksgiving.
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32
PSALMS
And it shall please the LORD better 'Let God be magnified.'
5
than a bullock But I am poor and needy;
That hath horns and hoofs. O God, make haste unto me;
33
The humble shall see it, and be Thou art my help and my deliverer;
glad; O LORD, tarry not.
Ye that seek after God, let your
34
heart revive.
For the LORD hearkeneth unto the 71 In Thee, O LORD, have I taken
refuge;
needy, Let me never be ashamed.
2
And despiseth not His prisoners. Deliver me in Thy righteousness,
35
Let heaven and earth praise Him, and rescue me;
The seas, and every thing that Incline Thine ear unto me, and save
moveth therein. me.
36 3
For God will save Zion, and build Be Thou to me a sheltering rock,
the cities of Judah; whereunto I may continually
And they shall abide there, and have resort,
it in possession. Which Thou hast appointed to save
37
The seed also of His servants shall me;
inherit it; For Thou art my rock and my
And they that love His name shall fortress.
dwell therein.
4
O my God, rescue me out of the
17
righteousness, even of Thine
only. 72 [A Psalm] of Solomon.
O God, Thou hast taught me from Give the king Thy judgments, O
my youth; God,
And until now do I declare Thy And Thy righteousness unto the
wondrous works. king's son;
18 2
And even unto old age and hoary That he may judge Thy people with
hairs, O God, forsake me not; righteousness,
And Thy poor with justice.
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3
PSALMS
Let the mountains bear peace to the And the souls of the needy he will
people, save.
14
And the hills, through righteousness. He will redeem their soul from
4
May he judge the poor of the oppression and violence,
people, And precious will their blood be in
And save the children of the needy, his sight.
15
And crush the oppressor. That they may live, and that he
5
They shall fear Thee while the sun may give them of the gold of
endureth, Sheba,
And so long as the moon, That they may pray for him
throughout all generations. continually,
6
May he come down like rain upon Yea, bless him all the day.
16
the mown grass, May he be as a rich cornfield in
As showers that water the earth. the land upon the top of the
7
In his days let the righteous mountains;
flourish, May his fruit rustle like Lebanon;
And abundance of peace, till the And may they blossom out of the
moon be no more. city like grass of the earth.
17
May his name endure for ever;
8
May he have dominion also from May his name be continued as long
sea to sea, as the sun;
And from the River unto the ends of May men also bless themselves by
the earth. him;
9
Let them that dwell in the May all nations call him happy.
wilderness bow before him;
18
And his enemies lick the dust. Blessed be the LORD God, the God
10
The kings of Tarshish and of the of Israel,
isles shall render tribute; Who only doeth wondrous things;
19
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall And blessed be His glorious name
offer gifts. for ever;
11
Yea, all kings shall prostrate And let the whole earth be filled
themselves before him; with His glory.
All nations shall serve him. Amen, and Amen.
12
For he will deliver the needy when
20
he crieth; the poor also, and him The prayers of David the son of
that hath no helper. Jesse are ended.
13
He will have pity on the poor and
needy,
980
PSALMS 11
And they say: 'How doth God
ספר שלישי know?
77
4
There He broke the fiery shafts of For the Leader; for Jeduthun.
the bow; A Psalm of Asaph.
The shield, and the sword, and the
2
battle. Selah I will lift up my voice unto God, an
cry;
5
Glorious art Thou and excellent, I will lift up my voice unto God,
coming down from the mountains that He may give ear unto me.
3
of prey. In the day of my trouble I seek the
6
The stout-hearted are bereft of Lord;
sense, they sleep their sleep; With my hand uplifted, [mine eye]
And none of the men of might have streameth in the night without
found their hands. ceasing;
7
At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, My soul refuseth to be comforted.
4
They are cast into a dead sleep, the When I think thereon, O God, I
riders also and the horses. must moan;
When I muse thereon, my spirit
8
Thou, even Thou, art terrible; fainteth. Selah
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5
PSALMS
Thou holdest fast the lids of mine Selah
17
eyes; The waters saw Thee, O God;
I am troubled, and cannot speak. The waters saw Thee, they were in
6
I have pondered the days of old, the pain;
years of ancient times. The depths also trembled.
7 18
In the night I will call to The clouds flooded forth waters;
remembrance my song; The skies sent out a sound;
I will commune with mine own Thine arrows also went abroad.
19
heart; The voice of Thy thunder was in
And my spirit maketh diligent the whirlwind;
search The lightnings lighted up the world;
8
'Will the Lord cast off for ever? The earth trembled and shook.
20
And will He be favourable no more? Thy way was in the sea,
9
Is His mercy clean gone for ever? And Thy path in the great waters,
Is His promise come to an end for And Thy footsteps were not known.
21
evermore? Thou didst lead Thy people like a
10
Hath God forgotten to be flock,
gracious? By the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Hath He in anger shut up his
11
compassions?'
And I say 'This is my weakness,
Selah
78 Maschil of Asaph.
988
65
PSALMS
Then the Lord awaked as one The flesh of Thy saints unto the
asleep, beasts of the earth.
3
Like a mighty man recovering from They have shed their blood like
wine. water
66
And He smote His adversaries Round about Jerusalem, with none
backward; to bury them.
4
He put upon them a perpetual We are become a taunt to our
reproach. neighbours,
67
Moreover He abhorred the tent of A scorn and derision to them that
Joseph, are round about us.
And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;
68 5
But chose the tribe of Judah, How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be
The mount Zion which He loved. angry for ever?
69
And He built His sanctuary like How long will Thy jealousy burn
the heights, like fire?
6
Like the earth which He hath Pour out Thy wrath upon the
founded for ever. nations that know Thee not,
70
He chose David also His servant, And upon the kingdoms that call not
And took him from the sheepfolds; upon Thy name.
71 7
From following the ewes that give For they have devoured Jacob,
suck He brought him, And laid waste his habitation.
8
To be shepherd over Jacob His Remember not against us the
people, and Israel His inheritance. iniquities of our forefathers;
72
So he shepherded them according Let Thy compassions speedily come
to the integrity of his heart; to meet us;
And lead them by the skilfulness of For we are brought very low.
his hands.
9
Help us, O God of our salvation,
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11
PSALMS 7
Let the groaning of the prisoner Thou makest us a strife unto our
come before Thee; neighbours;
According to the greatness of Thy And our enemies mock as they
power set free those that are please.
8
appointed to death; O God of hosts, restore us;
12
And render unto our neighbours And cause Thy face to shine, and we
sevenfold into their bosom shall be saved.
Their reproach, wherewith they
9
have reproached Thee, O Lord. Thou didst pluck up a vine out of
13
So we that are Thy people and the Egypt;
flock of Thy pasture Thou didst drive out the nations, and
Will give Thee thanks for ever; didst plant it.
10
We will tell of Thy praise to all Thou didst clear a place before it,
generations. And it took deep root, and filled the
land.
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11
For the Leader; upon The mountains were covered with
Shoshannim. A testimony. A the shadow of it,
Psalm of Asaph. And the mighty cedars with the
boughs thereof.
2 12
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, She sent out her branches unto the
Thou that leadest Joseph like a sea,
flock; And her shoots unto the River.
13
Thou that art enthroned upon the Why hast Thou broken down her
cherubim, shine forth. fences,
3
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and So that all they that pass by the way
Manasseh, stir up Thy might, do pluck her?
14
And come to save us. The boar out of the wood doth
4
O God, restore us; ravage it,
And cause Thy face to shine, and we That which moveth in the field
shall be saved. feedeth on it.
15
O God of hosts, return, we beseech
5
O LORD God of hosts, Thee;
How long wilt Thou be angry Look from heaven, and behold, and
against the prayer of Thy people? be mindful of this vine,
6 16
Thou hast fed them with the bread And of the stock which Thy right
of tears, hand hath planted,
And given them tears to drink in And the branch that Thou madest
large measure. strong for Thyself.
990
17
PSALMS 8
It is burned with fire, it is cut Thou didst call in trouble, and I
down; rescued thee; I answered thee in
They perish at the rebuke of Thy the secret place of thunder; I
countenance. proved thee at the waters of
18
Let Thy hand be upon the man of Meribah. Selah
9
Thy right hand, Hear, O My people, and I will
Upon the son of man whom Thou admonish thee: O Israel, if thou
madest strong for Thyself. wouldest hearken unto Me!
19 10
So shall we not turn back from There shall no strange god be in
Thee; thee; neither shalt thou worship
Quicken Thou us, and we will call any foreign god.
11
upon Thy name. I am the LORD thy God, who
20
O LORD God of hosts, restore us; brought thee up out of the land of
Cause Thy face to shine, and we Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and
shall be saved. I will fill it.
81
12
For the Leader; upon the But My people hearkened not to
Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. My voice;
And Israel would none of Me.
2 13
Sing aloud unto God our strength; So I let them go after the
Shout unto the God of Jacob. stubbornness of their heart,
3
Take up the melody, and sound the That they might walk in their own
timbrel, counsels.
14
The sweet harp with the psaltery. Oh that My people would hearken
4
Blow the horn at the new moon, unto Me,
At the full moon for our feast-day. That Israel would walk in My ways!
5 15
For it is a statute for Israel, I would soon subdue their
An ordinance of the God of Jacob. enemies,
6
He appointed it in Joseph for a And turn My hand against their
testimony, adversaries.
16
When He went forth against the land The haters of the LORD should
of Egypt. dwindle away before Him;
The speech of one that I knew not And their punishment should endure
did I hear: for ever.
17
They should also be fed with the
7
'I removed his shoulder from the fat of wheat;
burden; His hands were freed And with honey out of the rock
from the basket. would I satisfy thee.'
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PSALMS
82
4
A Psalm of Asaph. They hold crafty converse against
Thy people,
God standeth in the congregation of And take counsel against Thy
God; treasured ones.
5
In the midst of the judges He They have said: 'Come, and let us
judgeth: cut them off from being a nation;
2
'How long will ye judge unjustly, That the name of Israel may be no
And respect the persons of the more in remembrance.'
6
wicked? Selah For they have consulted together
3
Judge the poor and fatherless; with one consent;
Do justice to the afflicted and Against Thee do they make a
destitute. covenant;
4 7
Rescue the poor and needy; The tents of Edom and the
Deliver them out of the hand of the Ishmaelites;
wicked. Moab, and the Hagrites;
5 8
They know not, neither do they Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;
understand; Philistia with the inhabitants of
They go about in darkness; Tyre;
9
All the foundations of the earth are Assyria also is joined with them;
moved. They have been an arm to the
6
I said: Ye are godlike beings, children of Lot. Selah
And all of you sons of the Most
10
High. Do Thou unto them as unto
7
Nevertheless ye shall die like men, Midian;
And fall like one of the princes.' As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the
brook Kishon;
8 11
Arise, O God, judge the earth; Who were destroyed at En-dor;
For Thou shalt possess all the They became as dung for the earth.
12
nations. Make their nobles like Oreb and
Zeeb,
83
2
A Song, a Psalm of Asaph. And like Zebah and Zalmunna all
13
their princes;
O God, keep not Thou silence; Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves
Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, in possession
O God. The habitations of God.'
3 14
For, lo, Thine enemies are in an O my God, make them like the
uproar; whirling dust;
And they that hate Thee have lifted As stubble before the wind.
15
up the head. As the fire that burneth the forest,
992
PSALMS
And as the flame that setteth the Yea, the early rain clotheth it with
mountains ablaze; blessings.
16 8
So pursue them with Thy tempest, They go from strength to strength,
And affright them with Thy storm. Every one of them appeareth before
17
Fill their faces with shame; God in Zion.
That they may seek Thy name, O
9
LORD. O LORD God of hosts, hear my
18
Let them be ashamed and prayer;
affrighted for ever; Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
10
Yea, let them be abashed and perish; Behold, O God our shield,
19
That they may know that it is Thou And look upon the face of Thine
alone whose name is the LORD, anointed.
11
The Most High over all the earth. For a day in Thy courts is better
than a thousand;
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7
PSALMS 16
Thou hast laid me in the nether- I am afflicted and at the point of
most pit, death from my youth up;
In dark places, in the deeps. I have borne Thy terrors, I am
8
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, distracted.
17
And all Thy waves Thou pressest Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;
down. Selah Thy terrors have cut me off.
9 18
Thou hast put mine acquaintance They came round about me like
far from me; water all the day;
Thou hast made me an abomination They compassed me about together.
19
unto them; Friend and companion hast Thou
I am shut up, and I cannot come put far from me,
forth. And mine acquaintance into
darkness.
10
Mine eye languisheth by reason of
affliction;
I have called upon Thee, O LORD, 89 2
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
998
PSALMS 5
That shall deliver his soul from the Thou carriest them away as with a
power of the grave? Selah flood; they are as a sleep;
50
Where are Thy former mercies, O In the morning they are like grass
Lord, which groweth up.
6
Which Thou didst swear unto David In the morning it flourisheth, and
in Thy faithfulness? groweth up;
51
Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy In the evening it is cut down, and
servants; withereth.
How I do bear in my bosom [the
7
taunt of] so many peoples; For we are consumed in Thine
52
Wherewith Thine enemies have anger,
taunted, O LORD, And by Thy wrath are we hurried
Wherewith they have taunted the away.
8
footsteps of Thine anointed. Thou hast set our iniquities before
53
Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Thee,
Amen, and Amen. Our secret sins in the light of Thy
countenance.
9
For all our days are passed away in
ספר רביעי Thy wrath;
91
11
O thou that dwellest in the For He will give His angels charge
covert of the Most High, over thee,
And abidest in the shadow of the To keep thee in all thy ways.
12
Almighty; They shall bear thee upon their
2
I will say of the LORD, who is my hands,
refuge and my fortress, Lest thou dash thy foot against a
My God, in whom I trust, stone.
3 13
That He will deliver thee from the Thou shalt tread upon the lion and
snare of the fowler, asp;
And from the noisome pestilence. The young lion and the serpent shalt
4
He will cover thee with His thou trample under feet.
pinions,
14
And under His wings shalt thou take 'Because he hath set his love upon
refuge; Me, therefore will I deliver him;
His truth is a shield and a buckler. I will set him on high, because he
hath known My name.
5 15
Thou shalt not be afraid of the He shall call upon Me, and I will
terror by night, answer him;
1000
PSALMS 10
I will be with him in trouble; For, lo, Thine enemies, O LORD,
I will rescue him, and bring him to For, lo, Thine enemies shall perish:
honour. All the workers of iniquity shall be
16
With long life will I satisfy him, scattered.
11
And make Him to behold My But my horn hast Thou exalted
salvation.' like the horn of the wild-ox;
I am anointed with rich oil.
92
12
A Psalm, a Song. For the Mine eye also hath gazed on them
sabbath day. that lie in wait for me,
Mine ears have heard my desire of
2
It is a good thing to give thanks the evil-doers that rise up against
unto the LORD, me.
And to sing praises unto Thy name,
13
O Most High; The righteous shall flourish like
3
To declare Thy lovingkindness in the palm-tree;
the morning, He shall grow like a cedar in
And Thy faithfulness in the night Lebanon.
14
seasons, Planted in the house of the LORD,
4
With an instrument of ten strings, They shall flourish in the courts of
and with the psaltery; our God.
15
With a solemn sound upon the harp. They shall still bring forth fruit in
old age;
5
For Thou, LORD, hast made me glad They shall be full of sap and
through Thy work; richness;
16
I will exult in the works of Thy To declare that the LORD is upright,
hands. My Rock, in whom there is no
6
How great are Thy works, O LORD! unrighteousness.
Thy thoughts are very deep.
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7
A brutish man knoweth not, The LORD reigneth; He is
Neither doth a fool understand this. clothed in majesty;
8
When the wicked spring up as the The LORD is clothed, He hath girded
grass, Himself with strength;
And when all the workers of Yea, the world is established, that it
iniquity do flourish; cannot be moved.
2
It is that they may be destroyed for Thy throne is established of old;
ever. Thou art from everlasting.
9 3
But Thou, O LORD, art on high for The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
evermore.
1001
PSALMS
The floods have lifted up their And ye fools, when will ye
voice; understand?
9
The floods lift up their roaring. He that planted the ear, shall He not
4
Above the voices of many waters, hear?
The mighty breakers of the sea, He that formed the eye, shall He not
The LORD on high is mighty. see?
10
He that instructeth nations, shall
5
Thy testimonies are very sure, not He correct?
Holiness becometh Thy house, Even He that teacheth man
O LORD, for evermore. knowledge?
11
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of
95
11
O come, let us sing unto the Wherefore I swore in My wrath,
LORD; That they should not enter into My
a
Let us shout for joy to the Rock of rest.'
our salvation.
96
2
Let us come before His presence O sing unto the LORD a new
with thanksgiving, song;
Let us shout for joy unto Him with Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2
psalms. Sing unto the LORD, bless His
3
For the LORD is a great God, name;
And a great King above all gods; Proclaim His salvation from day to
4
In whose hand are the depths of the day.
3
earth; Declare His glory among the
The heights of the mountains are nations,
His also. His marvellous works among all the
5
The sea is His, and He made it; peoples.
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 4
O come, let us bow down and bend For great is the LORD, and highly to
the knee; be praised;
Let us kneel before the LORD our He is to be feared above all gods.
Maker;
7
For He is our God,
a
See Deut. xii, 9.
1003
5
PSALMS
For all the gods of the peoples are
things of nought;
But the LORD made the heavens.
6
97 The LORD reigneth; let the
earth rejoice;
Honour and majesty are before Let the multitude of isles be glad.
2
Him; Clouds and darkness are round
Strength and beauty are in His about Him;
sanctuary. Righteousness and justice are the
foundation of His throne.
7 3
Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds A fire goeth before Him,
of the peoples, And burneth up His adversaries
Ascribe unto the LORD glory and round about.
strength.
8 4
Ascribe unto the LORD the glory His lightnings lighted up the world;
due unto His name; The earth saw, and trembled.
5
Bring an offering, and come into The mountains melted like wax at
His courts. the presence of the LORD,
9
O worship the LORD in the beauty At the presence of the Lord of the
of holiness; whole earth.
6
Tremble before Him, all the earth. The heavens declared His
righteousness,
10
Say among the nations: 'The LORD And all the peoples saw His glory.
reigneth.'
7
The world also is established that it Ashamed be all they that serve
cannot be moved; graven images,
He will judge the peoples with That boast themselves of things of
equity. nought;
11
Let the heavens be glad, and let Bow down to Him, all ye gods.
8
the earth rejoice; Zion heard and was glad,
Let the sea roar, and the fulness And the daughters of Judah
thereof; rejoiced;
12
Let the field exult; and all that is Because of Thy judgments, O LORD.
9
therein; For Thou, LORD, art most high
Then shall all the trees of the wood above all the earth;
sing for joy; Thou art exalted far above all gods.
13
Before the LORD, for He is come;
10
For He is come to judge the earth; O ye that love the LORD, hate evil;
He will judge the world with He preserveth the souls of His
righteousness, saints;
And the peoples in His faithfulness.
1004
PSALMS 8
He delivered them out of the hand Let the floods clap their hands;
of the wicked. Let the mountains sing for joy
11
Light is sown for the righteous, together;
9
And gladness for the upright in Before the LORD, for He is come to
heart. judge the earth;
12
Be glad in the LORD, ye righteous; He will judge the world with
And give thanks to His holy name. righteousness,
And the peoples with equity.
98 A Psalm.
1006
2
PSALMS 13
O LORD, hear my prayer, But Thou, O LORD, sittest
And let my cry come unto Thee. enthroned for ever;
3
Hide not Thy face from me in the And Thy name is unto all
day of my distress; generations.
14
Incline Thine ear unto me; Thou wilt arise, and have
In the day when I call answer me compassion upon Zion;
speedily. For it is time to be gracious unto
her, for the appointed time is
4
For my days are consumed like come.
15
smoke, For Thy servants take pleasure in
And my bones are burned as a her stones,
hearth. And love her dust.
5 16
My heart is smitten like grass, and So the nations will fear the name
withered; of the LORD,
For I forget to eat my bread. And all the kings of the earth Thy
6
By reason of the voice of my glory;
17
sighing When the LORD hath built up Zion,
My bones cleave to my flesh. When He hath appeared in His
7
I am like a pelican of the glory;
18
wilderness; When He hath regarded the prayer
I am become as an owl of the waste of the destitute,
places. And hath not despised their prayer.
8
I watch, and am become
19
Like a sparrow that is alone upon This shall be written for the
the housetop. generation to come;
9
Mine enemies taunt me all the day; And a people which shall be created
They that are mad against me do shall praise the LORD.
20
curse by me. For He hath looked down from the
10
For I have eaten ashes like bread, height of His sanctuary;
And mingled my drink with From heaven did the LORD behold
weeping, the earth;
11 21
Because of Thine indignation and To hear the groaning of the
Thy wrath; prisoner;
For Thou hast taken me up, and cast To loose those that are appointed to
me away. death;
12 22
My days are like a lengthening That men may tell of the name of
shadow; the LORD in Zion,
And I am withered like grass. And His praise in Jerusalem;
1007
23
PSALMS 4
When the peoples are gathered Who redeemeth Thy life from the
together, pit;
And the kingdoms, to serve the Who encompasseth thee with
LORD. lovingkindness and tender
mercies;
24 5
He weakened my strength in the Who satisfieth thine old age with
way; good things;
He shortened my days. So that Thy youth is renewed like
25
I say: 'O my God, take me not the eagle.
away in the midst of my days,
6
Thou whose years endure The LORD executeth righteousness,
throughout all generations. And acts of justice for all that are
26
Of old Thou didst lay the oppressed.
7
foundation of the earth; He made known His ways unto
And the heavens are the work of Moses,
Thy hands. His doings unto the children of
27
They shall perish, but Thou shalt Israel.
8
endure; The LORD is full of compassion and
Yea, all of them shall wax old like a gracious,
garment; Slow to anger, and plenteous in
As a vesture shalt Thou change mercy.
9
them, and they shall pass away; He will not always contend;
28
But Thou art the selfsame, Neither will He keep His anger for
And Thy years shall have no end. ever.
29 10
The children of Thy servants shall He hath not dealt with us after our
dwell securely, sins,
And their seed shall be established Nor requited us according to our
before Thee.' iniquities.
11
For as the heaven is high above the
104
10
Bless the LORD, O my Who sendest forth springs into the
soul. valleys;
O LORD my God, Thou art very They run between the mountains;
11
great; They give drink to every beast of
Thou art clothed with glory and the field,
majesty. The wild asses quench their thirst.
1009
12
PSALMS 22
Beside them dwell the fowl of the The sun ariseth, they slink away,
heaven, And couch in their dens.
23
From among the branches they sing. Man goeth forth unto his work
13
Who waterest the mountains from And to his labour until the evening.
Thine upper chambers;
24
The earth is full of the fruit of Thy How manifold are Thy works, O
works. LORD!
In wisdom hast Thou made them all;
14
Who causeth the grass to spring up The earth is full of Thy creatures.
25
for the cattle, Yonder sea, great and wide,
And herb for the service of man; Therein are creeping things
To bring forth bread out of the earth, innumerable,
15
And wine that maketh glad the Living creatures, both small and
heart of man, great.
26
Making the face brighter than oil, There go the ships;
And bread that stayeth man's heart. There is leviathan, whom Thou hast
16
The trees of the LORD have their formed to sport therein.
27
fill, All of them wait for Thee,
The cedars of Lebanon, which He That Thou mayest give them their
hath planted; food in due season.
17 28
Wherein the birds make their Thou givest it unto them, they
nests; gather it;
As for the stork, the fir-trees are her Thou openest Thy hand, they are
house. satisfied with good.
18 29
The high mountains are for the Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish;
wild goats; Thou withdrawest their breath, they
The rocks are a refuge for the perish,
conies. And return to their dust.
30
Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they
19
Who appointedst the moon for are created;
seasons; And Thou renewest the face of the
The sun knoweth his going down. earth.
20
Thou makest darkness, and it is
31
night, May the glory of the LORD endure
Wherein all the beasts of the forest for ever;
do creep forth. Let the LORD rejoice in His works!
21 32
The young lions roar after their Who looketh on the earth, and it
prey, trembleth;
And seek their food from God.
1010
PSALMS
He toucheth the mountains, and they His judgments are in all the earth.
8
smoke. He hath remembered His covenant
33
I will sing unto the LORD as long as for ever,
I live; The word which He commanded to
I will sing praise to my God while I a thousand generations;
9
have any being. [The covenant] which He made
34
Let my musing be sweet unto with Abraham,
Him; And His oath unto Isaac;
10
As for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. And He established it unto Jacob
35
Let sinners cease out of the earth, for a statute,
And let the wicked be no more. To Israel for an everlasting
Bless the LORD, O my soul. covenant;
a 11
Hallelujah. Saying: 'Unto thee will I give the
land of Canaan,
106 Hallelujah.
O give thanks unto the
And redeemed them from the hand
11
of the enemy.
LORD; for He is good; And the waters covered their
For His mercy endureth for ever. adversaries;
2
Who can express the mighty acts of There was not one of them left.
12
the LORD, Then believed they His words;
Or make all His praise to be heard? They sang His praise.
3
Happy are they that keep justice,
13
That do righteousness at all times. They soon forgot His works;
4
Remember me, O LORD, when Thou They waited not for His counsel;
14
favourest Thy people; But lusted exceedingly in the
O think of me at Thy salvation; wilderness,
5
That I may behold the prosperity of And tried God in the desert.
15
Thy chosen, And He gave them their request;
That I may rejoice in the gladness of But sent leanness into their soul.
Thy nation,
16
That I may glory with Thine They were jealous also of Moses
inheritance. in the camp,
And of Aaron the holy one of the
6
We have sinned with our fathers, LORD.
17
We have done iniquitously, we have The earth opened and swallowed
dealt wickedly. up Dathan,
7
Our fathers in Egypt gave no heed And covered the company of
unto Thy wonders; Abiram.
18
They remembered not the multitude And a fire was kindled in their
of Thy mercies; company;
But were rebellious at the sea, even The flame burned up the wicked.
at the Red Sea.
8 19
Nevertheless He saved them for They made a calf in Horeb,
His name's sake, And worshipped a molten image.
20
That He might make His mighty Thus they exchanged their glory
power to be known. For the likeness of an ox that eateth
9
And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it grass.
21
was dried up; They forgot God their saviour,
And He led them through the Who had done great things in Egypt;
22
depths, as through a wilderness. Wondrous works in the land of
Ham,
1013
PSALMS 33
Terrible things by the Red Sea. For they embittered his spirit,
23
Therefore He said that He would And he spoke rashly with his lips.
destroy them,
34
Had not Moses His chosen stood They did not destroy the peoples,
before Him in the breach, As the LORD commanded them;
35
To turn back His wrath, lest He But mingled themselves with the
should destroy them. nations,
And learned their works;
24 36
Moreover, they scorned the And they served their idols,
desirable land, Which became a snare unto them;
37
They believed not His word; Yea, they sacrificed their sons and
25
And they murmured in their tents, their daughters unto demons,
38
They hearkened not unto the voice And shed innocent blood, even the
of the LORD. blood of their sons and of their
26
Therefore He swore concerning daughters,
them, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols
That He would overthrow them in of Canaan;
the wilderness; And the land was polluted with
27
And that He would cast out their blood.
39
seed among the nations, Thus were they defiled with their
And scatter them in the lands. works,
And went astray in their doings.
28 40
They joined themselves also unto Therefore was the wrath of the
Baal of Peor, LORD kindled against His people,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead. And He abhorred His inheritance.
29 41
Thus they provoked Him with And He gave them into the hand of
their doings, the nations;
And the plague broke in upon them. And they that hated them ruled over
30
Then stood up Phinehas, and them.
42
wrought judgment, Their enemies also oppressed
And so the plague was stayed. them,
31
And that was counted unto him for And they were subdued under their
righteousness, hand.
43
Unto all generations for ever. Many times did He deliver them;
But they were rebellious in their
32
They angered Him also at the counsel,
waters of Meribah, And sank low through their iniquity.
44
And it went ill with Moses because Nevertheless He looked upon their
of them; distress,
1014
PSALMS 4
When He heard their cry; They wandered in the wilderness in
45
And He remembered for them His a desert way;
covenant, They found no city of habitation.
5
And repented according to the Hungry and thirsty,
multitude of His mercies. Their soul fainted in them.
46 6
He made them also to be pitied Then they cried unto the LORD in
Of all those that carried them their trouble,
captive. And He delivered them out of their
distresses.
47 7
Save us, O LORD our God, And He led them by a straight way,
And gather us from among the That they might go to a city of
nations, habitation.
8
That we may give thanks unto Thy Let them give thanks unto the LORD
holy name, for His mercy,
That we may triumph in Thy praise. And for His wonderful works to the
children of men!
48 9
Blessed be the LORD, the God of For He hath satisfied the longing
Israel, soul,
From everlasting even to And the hungry soul He hath filled
everlasting, with good.
And let all the people say: 'Amen.'
10
Hallelujah. Such as sat in darkness and in the
shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron—
ספר חמישי 11
Because they rebelled against the
108
12
A Song, a Psalm of David. Hast not Thou cast us off, O God?
And Thou goest not forth, O God,
2
My heart is steadfast, O God; with our hosts?
13
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, Give us help against the adversary;
even with my glory. For vain is the help of man.
3 14
Awake, psaltery and harp; Through God we shall do
I will awake the dawn. valiantly;
4
I will give thanks unto Thee, O For He it is that will tread down our
LORD, among the peoples; adversaries.
1017
PSALMS
109
12
For the Leader. A Psalm of Let there be none to extend
David. kindness unto him;
Neither let there be any to be
O God of my praise, keep not gracious unto his fatherless
silence; children.
2 13
For the mouth of the wicked and Let his posterity be cut off;
the mouth of deceit have they In the generation following let their
opened against me; name be blotted out.
14
They have spoken unto me with a Let the iniquity of his fathers be
lying tongue. brought to remembrance unto the
3
They compassed me about also LORD;
with words of hatred, And let not the sin of his mother be
And fought against me without a blotted out.
15
cause. Let them be before the LORD
4
In return for my love they are my continually,
adversaries; That He may cut off the memory of
But I am all prayer. them from the earth.
5 16
And they have laid upon me evil Because that he remembered not to
for good, do kindness,
And hatred for my love: But persecuted the poor and needy
man,
6
’Set Thou a wicked man over him; And the broken in heart he was
And let an adversary stand at his ready to slay.
17
right hand. Yea, he loved cursing, and it came
7
When he is judged, let him go forth unto him;
condemned; And he delighted not in blessing,
And let his prayer be turned into sin. and it is far from him.
8 18
Let his days be few; He clothed himself also with
Let another take his charge. cursing as with his raiment,
9
Let his children be fatherless, And it is come into his inward parts
And his wife a widow. like water,
10
Let his children be vagabonds, and And like oil into his bones.
19
beg; Let it be unto him as the garment
And let them seek their bread out of which he putteth on,
their desolate places. And for the girdle wherewith he is
11
Let the creditor distrain all that he girded continually.'
hath;
20
And let strangers make spoil of his This would mine adversaries effect
labour. from the LORD,
1018
PSALMS
And they that speak evil against my To save him from them that judge
soul. his soul.
21
But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal
with me for Thy name's sake;
Because Thy mercy is good, deliver 110 A Psalm of David.
Because He standeth at the right אI will give thanks unto the LORD
hand of the needy, with my whole heart,
1019
PSALMS
בIn the council of the upright, and in
the congregation. 112 Hallelujah.
ג2The works of the LORD are great, אHappy is the man that feareth the
דSought out of all them that have LORD,
delight therein. בThat delighteth greatly in His
ה3His work is glory and majesty; commandments.
וAnd His righteousness endureth for ג2His seed shall be mighty upon
ever. earth;
4
זHe hath made a memorial for His דThe generation of the upright shall
wonderful works; be blessed.
חThe LORD is gracious and full of ה3Wealth and riches are in his house;
compassion. וAnd his merit endureth for ever.
ט5He hath given food unto them that ז4Unto the upright He shineth as a
fear Him; light in the darkness,
יHe will ever be mindful of His חGracious, and full of compassion,
covenant. and righteous.
כ6He hath declared to His people the ט5Well is it with the man that dealeth
power of His works, graciously and lendeth,
לIn giving them the heritage of the יThat ordereth his affairs rightfully.
nations. כ6For he shall never be moved;
7
מThe works of His hands are truth לThe righteous shall be had in
and justice; everlasting remembrance.
נAll His precepts are sure. מ7He shall not be afraid of evil
ס8They are established for ever and tidings;
ever, נHis heart is stedfast, trusting in the
עThey are done in truth and LORD.
8
uprightness. סHis heart is established, he shall not
פ9He hath sent redemption unto His be afraid,
people; עUntil he gaze upon his adversaries.
צHe hath commanded His covenant פ9He hath scattered abroad, he hath
for ever; given to the needy;
קHoly and awful is His name. צHis righteousness endureth for ever;
ר10The fear of the LORD is the קHis horn shall be exalted in honour.
beginning of wisdom; ר10The wicked shall see it, and be
שA good understanding have all they vexed;
that do thereafter; שHe shall gnash with his teeth, and
תHis praise endureth for ever. melt away;
תThe desire of the wicked shall
perish.
1020
PSALMS
The hills like young sheep.
113 Hallelujah.
Praise, O ye servants of the 5
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that
LORD, thou fleest?
Praise the name of the LORD. Thou Jordan, that thou turnest
2
Blessed be the name of the LORD backward?
6
From this time forth and for ever. Ye mountains, that ye skip like
3
From the rising of the sun unto the rams;
going down thereof Ye hills, like young sheep?
7
The LORD'S name is to be praised. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence
of the Lord,
4
The LORD is high above all nations, At the presence of the God of Jacob;
8
His glory is above the heavens. Who turned the rock into a pool of
5
Who is like unto the LORD our God, water,
That is enthroned on high, The flint into a fountain of waters.
6
That looketh down low
Upon heaven and upon the earth?
7
115 Not unto us, O LORD, not
unto us,
Who raiseth up the poor out of the But unto Thy name give glory,
dust, For Thy mercy, and for Thy truth's
And lifteth up the needy out of the sake.
2
dunghill; Wherefore should the nations say:
8
That He may set him with princes, 'Where is now their God?'
Even with the princes of His people.
9 3
Who maketh the barren woman to But our God is in the heavens;
dwell in her house Whatsoever pleased Him He hath
As a joyful mother of children. done.
4
Hallelujah. Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men's hands.
114
5
When Israel came forth out They have mouths, but they speak
of Egypt, not;
The house of Jacob from a people of Eyes have they, but they see not;
6
strange language; They have ears, but they hear not;
2
Judah became His sanctuary, Noses have they, but they smell not;
7
Israel His dominion. They have hands, but they handle
not;
3
The sea saw it, and fled; Feet have they, but they walk not;
The Jordan turned backward. Neither speak they with their throat.
4
The mountains skipped like rams,
1021
8
PSALMS
They that make them shall be like Mmy voice and my supplications.
2
unto them; Because He hath inclined His ear
Yea, every one that trusteth in them. unto me,
Therefore will I call upon Him all
9
O Israel, trust thou in the LORD! my days.
He is their help and their shield!
10 3
O house of Aaron, trust ye in the The cords of death compassed me,
LORD! And the straits of the nether-world
He is their help and their shield! got hold upon me;
11
Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the I found trouble and sorrow.
4
LORD! But I called upon the name of the
He is their help and their shield. LORD:
'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my
12
The LORD hath been mindful of us, soul.'
5
He will bless— Gracious is the LORD, and
He will bless the house of Israel; righteous;
He will bless the house of Aaron. Yea, our God is compassionate.
13 6
He will bless them that fear the The LORD preserveth the simple;
LORD, I was brought low, and He saved
Both small and great. me.
14
The LORD increase you more and
7
more, Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest;
You and your children. For the LORD hath dealt bountifully
15
Blessed be ye of the LORD with thee.
8
Who made heaven and earth. For thou hast delivered my soul
from death,
16
The heavens are the heavens of the Mine eyes from tears,
LORD; And my feet from stumbling.
9
But the earth hath He given to the I shall walk before the LORD
children of men. In the lands of the living.
17 10
The dead praise not the LORD, I trusted even when I spoke:
Neither any that go down into 'I am greatly afflicted.'
11
silence; I said in my haste:
18
But we will bless the LORD 'All men are liars.'
From this time forth and for ever.
12
Hallelujah. How can I repay unto the LORD
All His bountiful dealings toward
118
13
'O give thanks unto the Thou didst thrust sore at me that I
LORD, for He is good, might fall;
For His mercy endureth for ever. But the LORD helped me.
2 14
So let Israel now say, The LORD is my strength and song;
For His mercy endureth for ever, And He is become my salvation.
3 15
So let the house of Aaron now say, The voice of rejoicing and
For His mercy endureth for ever. salvation is in the tents of the
righteous;
1023
PSALMS
The right hand of the LORD doeth We bless you out of the house of the
valiantly. LORD.
16
The right hand of the LORD is
27
exalted; The LORD is God, and hath given
The right hand of the LORD doeth us light;
valiantly. Order the festival procession with
17
I shall not die, but live, boughs, even unto the horns of
And declare the works of the LORD. the altar.
18
The LORD hath chastened me sore;
28
But He hath not given me over unto Thou art my God, and I will give
death. thanks unto Thee;
19
Open to me the gates of Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee.
righteousness;
29
I will enter into them, I will give O give thanks unto the LORD, for
thanks unto the LORD. He is good,
20
This is the gate of the LORD; For His mercy endureth for ever.
The righteous shall enter into it.
119 א
21
I will give thanks unto Thee, for
Thou hast answered me,
ALEPH.
And art become my salvation.
Happy are they that are upright in
22
The stone which the builders the way,
rejected Who walk in the law of the LORD.
2
Is become the chief corner-stone. Happy are they that keep His
testimonies,
23
This is the LORD’S doing; That seek Him with the whole heart.
3
It is marvellous in our eyes. Yea, they do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.
4
24
This is the day which the LORD Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,
hath made; That we should observe them
We will rejoice and be glad in it. diligently.
5
Oh that my ways were directed
25
We beseech Thee, O LORD, save To observe Thy statutes!
6
now! Then should I not be ashamed,
We beseech Thee, O LORD, make us When I have regard unto all Thy
now to prosper! commandments.
7
I will give thanks unto Thee with
26
Blessed be he that cometh in the uprightness of heart,
name of the LORD; When I learn Thy righteous
ordinances.
1024
8
PSALMS 20
I will observe Thy statutes; My soul breaketh for the longing
O forsake me not utterly. That it hath unto Thine ordinances
at all times.
21
Thou hast rebuked the proud that
בBETH. are cursed,
9
Wherewithal shall a young man That do err from Thy
keep his way pure? commandments.
By taking heed thereto according to 22
Take away from me reproach and
Thy word. contempt;
10
With my whole heart have I For I have kept Thy testimonies.
sought Thee; 23
Even though princes sit and talk
O let me not err from Thy against me,
commandments. Thy servant doth meditate in Thy
11
Thy word have I laid up in my statutes.
heart, 24
Yea, Thy testimonies are my
That I might not sin against Thee. delight,
12
Blessed art Thou, O LORD; They are my counsellors.
Teach me Thy statutes.
13
With my lips have I told
All the ordinances of Thy mouth. ד DALETH.
14 25
I have rejoiced in the way of Thy My soul cleaveth unto the dust;
testimonies, Quicken Thou me according to Thy
As much as in all riches. word.
15 26
I will meditate in Thy precepts, I told of my ways, and Thou didst
And have respect unto Thy ways. answer me;
16
I will delight myself in Thy Teach me Thy statutes.
27
statutes; Make me to understand the way of
I will not forget Thy word. Thy precepts,
That I may talk of Thy wondrous
works.
גGIMEL. 28
My soul melteth away for
17
Deal bountifully with Thy servant heaviness;
that I may live, Sustain me according unto Thy
And I will observe Thy word. word.
18
Open Thou mine eyes, that I may 29
Remove from me the way of
behold falsehood;
Wondrous things out of Thy law. And grant me Thy law graciously.
19
I am a sojourner in the earth; 30
I have chosen the way of
Hide not Thy commandments from faithfulness;
me.
1025
PSALMS
Thine ordinances have I set [before Even Thy salvation, according to
me]. Thy word;
31 42
I cleave unto Thy testimonies; That I may have an answer for him
O LORD, put me not to shame. that taunteth me;
32
I will run the way of Thy For I trust in Thy word.
43
commandments, And take not the word of truth
For Thou dost enlarge my heart. utterly out of my mouth;
For I hope in Thine ordinances;
44
So shall I observe Thy law
הHE. continually
33
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Thy For ever and ever;
statutes; 45
And I will walk at ease,
And I will keep it at every step. For I have sought Thy precepts;
34
Give me understanding, that I keep 46
I will also speak of Thy
Thy law testimonies before kings,
And observe it with my whole heart. And will not be ashamed.
35
Make me to tread in the path of 47
And I will delight myself in Thy
Thy commandments; commandments,
For therein do I delight. Which I have loved.
36
Incline my heart unto Thy 48
I will lift up my hands also unto
testimonies, Thy commandments, which I
And not to covetousness. have loved;
37
Turn away mine eyes from And I will meditate in Thy statutes.
beholding vanity,
And quicken me in Thy ways. ז ZAIN.
38 49
Confirm Thy word unto Thy Remember the word unto Thy
servant, servant,
Which pertaineth unto the fear of Because Thou hast made me to
Thee. hope.
39 50
Turn away my reproach which I This is my comfort in my
dread; affliction,
For Thine ordinances are good. That Thy word hath quickened me.
40 51
Behold, I have longed after Thy The proud have had me greatly in
precepts; derision;
Quicken me in Thy righteousness. Yet have I not turned aside from
Thy law.
52
I have remembered Thine
וVAU.
ordinances which are of old, O
41
Let Thy mercies also come unto LORD,
me, O LORD, And have comforted myself.
1026
53
PSALMS
Burning indignation hath taken
hold upon me, because of the
טTETH.
65
wicked Thou hast dealt well with Thy
That forsake Thy law. servant,
54
Thy statutes have been my songs O LORD, according unto Thy word.
66
In the house of my pilgrimage. Teach me good discernment and
55
I have remembered Thy name, O knowledge;
LORD, in the night, For I have believed in Thy
And have observed Thy law. commandments.
67
56
This I have had, Before I was afflicted, I did err;
That I have kept Thy precepts. But now I observe Thy word.
68
Thou art good, and doest good;
Teach me Thy statutes.
ח HETH. 69
The proud have forged a lie
57
My portion is the LORD, against me;
I have said that I would observe Thy But I with my whole heart will keep
words. Thy precepts.
58 70
I have entreated Thy favour with Their heart is gross like fat;
my whole heart; But I delight in Thy law.
71
Be gracious unto me according to It is good for me that I have been
Thy word. afflicted,
59
I considered my ways, In order that I might learn Thy
And turned my feet unto Thy statutes.
72
testimonies. The law of Thy mouth is better
60
I made haste, and delayed not, unto me
To observe Thy commandments. Than thousands of gold and silver.
61
The bands of the wicked have
enclosed me;
But I have not forgotten Thy law.
יIOD.
73
62
At midnight I will rise to give Thy hands have made me and
thanks unto Thee fashioned me;
Because of Thy righteous Give me understanding, that I may
ordinances. learn Thy commandments.
74
63
I am a companion of all them that They that fear Thee shall see me
fear Thee, and be glad,
And of them that observe Thy Because I have hope in Thy word.
75
precepts. I know, O LORD, that Thy
64
The earth, O LORD, is full of Thy judgments are righteous,
mercy; And that in faithfulness Thou hast
Teach me Thy statutes. afflicted me.
1027
76
PSALMS
Let, I pray Thee, Thy They persecute me for nought; help
lovingkindness be ready to Thou me.
87
comfort me, They had almost consumed me
According to Thy promise unto Thy upon earth;
servant. But as for me, I forsook not Thy
77
Let Thy tender mercies come unto precepts.
88
me, that I may live; Quicken me after Thy
For Thy law is my delight. lovingkindness,
78
Let the proud be put to shame, for And I will observe the testimony of
they have distorted my cause with Thy mouth.
falsehood;
But I will meditate in Thy precepts.
79
Let those that fear Thee return
ל LAMED.
89
unto me, For ever, O LORD,
And they that know Thy Thy word standeth fast in heaven.
90
testimonies. Thy faithfulness is unto all
80
Let my heart be undivided in Thy generations;
statutes, Thou hast established the earth, and
In order that I may not be put to it standeth.
91
shame. They stand this day according to
Thine ordinances;
For all things are Thy servants.
כCAPH. 92
Unless Thy law had been my
81
My soul pineth for Thy salvation; delight,
In Thy word do I hope. I should then have perished in mine
82
Mine eyes fail for Thy word, affliction.
93
Saying: 'When wilt Thou comfort I will never forget Thy precepts;
me?' For with them Thou hast quickened
83
For I am become like a wine-skin me.
94
in the smoke; I am Thine, save me;
Yet do I not forget Thy statutes. For I have sought Thy precepts.
84 95
How many are the days of Thy The wicked have waited for me to
servant? destroy me;
When wilt Thou execute judgment But I will consider Thy testimonies.
96
on them that persecute me? I have seen an end to every
85
The proud have digged pits for me, purpose;
Which is not according to Thy law. But Thy commandment is exceeding
86
All Thy commandments are broad.
faithful;
1028
PSALMS 108
Accept, I beseech Thee, the
מMEM. freewill-offerings of my mouth, O
97
O how love I Thy law! LORD,
It is my meditation all the day. And teach me Thine ordinances.
98
Thy commandments make me 109
My soul is continually in my
wiser than mine enemies: hand;
For they are ever with me. Yet have I not forgotten Thy law.
99
I have more understanding than all 110
The wicked have laid a snare for
my teachers; me;
For Thy testimonies are my Yet went I not astray from Thy
meditation. precepts.
100
I understand more than mine 111
Thy testimonies have I taken as a
elders, heritage for ever;
Because I have keep Thy precepts. For they are the rejoicing of my
101
I have refrained my feet from heart.
every evil way, 112
I have inclined my heart to
In order that I might observe Thy perform Thy statutes,
word. For ever, at every step.
102
I have not turned aside from
Thine ordinances;
For Thou hast instructed me. סSAMECH.
103 113
How sweet are Thy words unto I hate them that are of a double
my palate! mind;
Yea, sweeter than honey to my But Thy law do I love.
114
mouth! Thou art my covert and my
104
From Thy precepts I get shield;
understanding; In Thy word do I hope.
115
Therefore I hate every false way. Depart from me, ye evildoers;
That I may keep the commandments
of my God.
נNUN. 116
Uphold me according unto Thy
105
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, word, that I may live;
And a light unto my path. And put me not to shame in my
106
I have sworn, and have confirmed hope.
it, 117
Support Thou me, and I shall be
To observe Thy righteous saved;
ordinances. And I will occupy myself with Thy
107
I am afflicted very much; statutes continually.
Quicken me, O LORD, according 118
Thou hast made light of all them
unto Thy word. that err from Thy statutes;
1029
PSALMS
For their deceit is vain. It giveth understanding unto the
119
Thou puttest away all the wicked simple.
131
of the earth like dross; I opened wide my mouth, and
Therefore I love Thy testimonies. panted;
120
My flesh shuddereth for fear of For I longed for Thy
Thee; commandments.
132
And I am afraid of Thy judgments. Turn Thee towards me, and be
gracious unto me,
As is Thy wont to do unto those that
עAIN. love Thy name.
121
I have done justice and 133
Order my footsteps by Thy word;
righteousness; And let not any iniquity have
Leave me not to mine oppressors. dominion over me.
122
Be surety for Thy servant for 134
Redeem me from the oppression
good; of man,
Let not the proud oppress me. And I will observe Thy precepts.
123
Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation, 135
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy
And for Thy righteous word. servant;
124
Deal with Thy servant according And teach me Thy statutes.
unto Thy mercy, 136
Mine eyes run down with rivers
And teach me Thy statutes. of water,
125
I am Thy servant, give me Because they observe not Thy law.
understanding,
That I may know Thy testimonies.
126
It is time for the LORD to work; צ TZADE.
137
They have made void Thy law. Righteous art Thou, O LORD,
127
Therefore I love Thy And upright are Thy judgments.
138
commandments Thou hast commanded Thy
Above gold, yea, above fine gold. testimonies in righteousness
128
Therefore I esteem all [Thy] And exceeding faithfulness.
139
precepts concerning all things to My zeal hath undone me,
be right; Because mine adversaries have
Every false way I hate. forgotten Thy words.
140
Thy word is tried to the uttermost,
And Thy servant loveth it.
פPE. 141
I am small and despised;
129
Thy testimonies are wonderful; Yet have I not forgotten Thy
Therefore doth my soul keep them. precepts.
130
The opening of Thy words giveth 142
Thy righteousness is an
light; everlasting righteousness,
1030
PSALMS
And Thy law is truth.
143
Trouble and anguish have
רRESH.
53
overtaken me; O see mine affliction, and rescue
Yet Thy commandments are my me;
delight. For I do not forget Thy law.
154
144
Thy testimonies are righteous for Plead Thou my cause, and redeem
ever; me;
Give me understanding, and I shall Quicken me according to Thy word.
155
live. Salvation is far from the wicked;
For they seek not Thy statutes.
156
Great are Thy compassions, O
ק KOPH. LORD;
145
I have called with my whole Quicken me as Thou art wont.
157
heart; answer me, O LORD; Many are my persecutors and
I will keep Thy statutes. mine adversaries;
146
I have called Thee, save me, Yet have I not turned aside from
And I will observe Thy testimonies. Thy testimonies.
147 158
I rose early at dawn, and cried; I beheld them that were faithless,
I hoped in Thy word. and strove with them;
148
Mine eyes forestalled the night- Because they observed not Thy
watches, word.
159
That I might meditate in Thy word. O see how I love Thy precepts;
149
Hear my voice according unto Quicken me, O LORD, according to
Thy lovingkindness; Thy lovingkindness.
160
Quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art The beginning of Thy word is
wont. truth;
150
They draw nigh that follow after And all Thy righteous ordinance
wickedness; endureth for ever.
They are far from Thy law.
151
Thou art nigh, O LORD;
And all Thy commandments are
שSHIN.
161
truth. Princes have persecuted me
152
Of old have I known from Thy without a cause;
testimonies But my heart standeth in awe of Thy
That Thou hast founded them for words.
162
ever. I rejoice at Thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
163
I hate and abhor falsehood;
Thy law do I love.
1031
164
PSALMS 175
Seven times a day do I praise Let my soul live, and it shall
Thee, praise Thee;
Because of Thy righteous And let Thine ordinances help me.
176
ordinances. I have gone astray like a lost
165
Great peace have they that love sheep; seek Thy servant;
Thy law; For I have not forgotten Thy
And there is no stumbling for them. commandments.
166
I have hoped for Thy salvation, O
LORD,
And have done Thy 120 A Song of Ascents.
121
Let Thy hand be ready to help A Song of Ascents.
me;
For I have chosen Thy precepts. I will lift up mine eyes unto the
174
I have longed for Thy salvation, mountains:
O LORD; From whence shall my help come?
And Thy law is my delight. 2
My help cometh from the LORD,
1032
PSALMS
Who made heaven and earth. The thrones of the house of David.
3 6
He will not suffer thy foot to be Pray for the peace of Jerusalem;
moved; May they prosper that love thee.
7
He that keepeth thee will not Peace be within thy walls,
slumber. And prosperity within thy palaces.
4 8
Behold, He that keepeth Israel For my brethren and companions'
Doth neither slumber nor sleep. sakes,
I will now say: 'Peace be within
5
The LORD is thy keeper; thee.'
9
The LORD is thy shade upon thy right For the sake of the house of the
hand. LORD our God
6
The sun shall not smite thee by day, I will seek thy good.
Nor the moon by night.
7
The LORD shall keep thee from all 123 A Song of Ascents.
1034
PSALMS
127
4
A Song of Ascents; of Behold, surely thus shall the man
Solomon. be blessed
That feareth the LORD.
Except the LORD build the house,
5
They labour in vain that build it; The LORD bless thee out of Zion;
Except the LORD keep the city, And see thou the good of Jerusalem
The watchman waketh but in vain. all the days of thy life;
2 6
It is vain for you that ye rise early, And see thy children's children.
and sit up late, Peace be upon Israel!
Ye that eat the bread of toil;
So He giveth unto His beloved in
sleep. 129 A Song of Ascents.
128
5
A Song of Ascents. Let them be ashamed and turned
backward,
Happy is every one that feareth the All they that hate Zion.
6
LORD, Let them be as the grass upon the
That walketh in His ways. housetops,
2
When thou eatest the labour of thy Which withereth afore it springeth
hands, up;
7
Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be Wherewith the reaper filleth not his
well with thee. hand,
3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his
in the innermost parts of thy bosom.
8
house; Neither do they that go by say:
Thy children like olive plants, round ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon
about thy table. you;
1035
PSALMS
We bless you in the name of the Neither do I exercise myself in
LORD.' things too great, or in things too
wonderful for me.
130
2
A Song of Ascents. Surely I have stilled and quieted
my soul;
Out of the depths have I called Like a weaned child with his
Thee, O LORD. mother;
2
Lord, hearken unto my voice; My soul is with me like a weaned
Let Thine ears be attentive child.
To the voice of my supplications.
3
O Israel, hope in the LORD
3
If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark From this time forth and for ever.
iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4
For with Thee there is forgiveness, 132 A Song of Ascents.
133
9
Let Thy priests be clothed with A Song of Ascents; of
righteousness; David.
And let Thy saints shout for joy.
10
For Thy servant David's sake Behold, how good and how pleasant
Turn not away the face of Thine it is
anointed. For brethren to dwell together in
unity!
11 2
The LORD swore unto David in It is like the precious oil upon the
truth; head,
He will not turn back from it: Coming down upon the beard;
'Of the fruit of thy body will I set Even Aaron's beard,
upon thy throne. That cometh down upon the collar
12
If thy children keep My covenant of his garments;
3
And My testimony that I shall teach Like the dew of Hermon,
them, That cometh down upon the
Their children also for ever shall sit mountains of Zion;
upon thy throne.' For there the LORD commanded the
13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; blessing,
He hath desired it for His habitation: Even life for ever.
14
'This is My resting-place for ever;
Here will I dwell; for I have desired
15
it. 134 A Song of Ascents.
136
11
Sihon king of the Amorites, O give thanks unto the
And Og king of Bashan, LORD, for He is good,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan; For His mercy endureth for ever.
12
And gave their land for a heritage,
1038
2
PSALMS 15
O give thanks unto the God of But overthrew Pharaoh and his
gods, host in the Red Sea,
For His mercy endureth for ever. For His mercy endureth for ever.
3 16
O give thanks unto the Lord of To Him that led His people
lords, through the wilderness,
For His mercy endureth for ever. For His mercy endureth for ever.
4 17
To Him who alone doeth great To Him that smote great kings;
wonders, For His mercy endureth for ever;
18
For His mercy endureth for ever. And slew mighty kings,
5
To Him that by understanding For His mercy endureth for ever.
19
made the heavens, for His mercy Sihon king of the Amorites,
endureth for ever. For His mercy endureth for ever;
6 20
To Him that spread forth the earth And Og king of Bashan,
above the waters, For His mercy endureth for ever;
21
For His mercy endureth for ever. And gave their land for a heritage,
7
To Him that made great lights, For His mercy endureth for ever;
22
For His mercy endureth for ever; Even a heritage unto Israel His
8
The sun to rule by day, servant,
For His mercy endureth for ever; For His mercy endureth for ever.
9
The moon and stars to rule by
23
night, Who remembered us in our low
For His mercy endureth for ever. estate,
For His mercy endureth for ever;
10 24
To Him that smote Egypt in their And hath delivered us from our
first-born, adversaries,
For His mercy endureth for ever; For His mercy endureth for ever.
11 25
And brought out Israel from Who giveth food to all flesh,
among them, For His mercy endureth for ever.
26
For His mercy endureth for ever; O give thanks unto the God of
12
With a strong hand, and with an heaven,
outstretched arm, For His mercy endureth for ever.
For His mercy endureth for ever.
137
13
To Him who divided the Red Sea By the rivers of Babylon,
in sunder, There we sat down, yea, we
For His mercy endureth for ever; wept,
14
And made Israel to pass through When we remembered Zion.
2
the midst of it, Upon the willows in the midst
For His mercy endureth for ever; thereof
1039
PSALMS
We hanged up our harps. And give thanks unto Thy name for
3
For there they that led us captive Thy mercy and for Thy truth;
asked of us words of song, For Thou hast magnified Thy word
And our tormentors asked of us above all Thy name.
3
mirth: In the day that I called, Thou didst
‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' answer me;
4
How shall we sing the LORD’S song Thou didst encourage me in my soul
In a foreign land? with strength.
5
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
4
Let my right hand forget her All the kings of the earth shall give
cunning. Thee thanks, O LORD,
6
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of For they have heard the words of
my mouth, Thy mouth.
5
If I remember thee not; Yea, they shall sing of the ways of
If I set not Jerusalem the LORD;
Above my chiefest joy. For great is the glory of the LORD.
6
For though the LORD be high, yet
7
Remember, O LORD, against the regardeth He the lowly,
children of Edom And the haughty He knoweth from
The day of Jerusalem; afar.
7
Who said: 'Rase it, rase it, Though I walk in the midst of
Even to the foundation thereof.' trouble, Thou quickenest me;
8
O daughter of Babylon, that art to Thou stretchest forth Thy hand
be destroyed; against the wrath of mine
Happy shall he be, that repayeth enemies,
thee And Thy right hand doth save me.
8
As thou hast served us. The LORD will accomplish that
9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and which concerneth me;
dasheth thy little ones Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for
Against the rock. ever;
Forsake not the work of Thine own
140
10
For the Leader. A Psalm of As for the head of those that
David. compass me about,
Let the mischief of their own lips
2
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil cover them.
11
man; Let burning coals fall upon them;
Preserve me from the violent man; Let them be cast into the fire,
3
Who devise evil things in their Into deep pits, that they rise not up
heart; again.
12
Every day do they stir up wars. A slanderer shall not be
4
They have sharpened their tongue established in the earth;
like a serpent; The violent and evil man shall be
Vipers' venom is under their lips. hunted with thrust upon thrust.
Selah
13
I know that the LORD will maintain
5
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands the cause of the poor,
of the wicked; And the right of the needy.
14
Preserve me from the violent man; Surely the righteous shall give
Who have purposed to make my thanks unto Thy name;
steps slip. The upright shall dwell in Thy
6
The proud have hid a snare for me, presence.
and cords;
They have spread a net by the
wayside; 141 A Psalm of David.
They have set gins for me. Selah LORD, I have called Thee; make
haste unto me;
1042
PSALMS
Give ear unto my voice, when I call Whilst I withal escape.
unto Thee.
142
2
Let my prayer be set forth as Maschil of David, when he
incense before Thee, was in the cave; a Prayer.
The lifting up of my hands as the
2
evening sacrifice. With my voice I cry unto the LORD;
3
Set a guard, O LORD, to my mouth; With my voice I make supplication
Keep watch at the door of my lips. unto the LORD.
4 3
Incline not my heart to any evil I pour out my complaint before
thing, Him,
To be occupied in deeds of I declare before Him my trouble;
4
wickedness When my spirit fainteth within
With men that work iniquity; me—
And let me not eat of their dainties. Thou knowest my path—
In the way wherein I walk
5
Let the righteous smite me in Have they hidden a snare for me.
5
kindness, and correct me; Look on my right hand, and see,
Oil so choice let not my head refuse; For there is no man that knoweth
For still is my prayer because of me;
their wickedness. I have no way to flee;
6
Their judges are thrown down by No man careth for my soul.
the sides of the rock;
6
And they shall hear my words, that I have cried unto Thee, O LORD;
they are sweet. I have said: 'Thou art my refuge,
7
As when one cleaveth and breaketh My portion in the land of the living.'
7
up the earth, Attend unto my cry;
Our bones are scattered at the For I am brought very low;
grave's mouth. Deliver me from my persecutors;
For they are too strong for me.
8 8
For mine eyes are unto Thee, O Bring my soul out of prison,
GOD the Lord; That I may give thanks unto Thy
In Thee have I taken refuge, O pour name;
not out my soul. The righteous shall crown
9
Keep me from the snare which they themselves because of me;
have laid for me, For Thou wilt deal bountifully with
And from the gins of the workers of me.
iniquity.
143
10
Let the wicked fall into their own A Psalm of David.
nets,
1043
PSALMS 9
O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to Deliver me from mine enemies, O
my supplications; LORD;
In Thy faithfulness answer me, and With Thee have I hidden myself.
10
in Thy righteousness. Teach me to do Thy will,
2
And enter not into judgment with For Thou art my God;
Thy servant; Let Thy good spirit
For in Thy sight shall no man living Lead me in an even land.
11
be justified. For Thy name's sake, O LORD,
quicken me;
3
For the enemy hath persecuted my In Thy righteousness bring my soul
soul; out of trouble.
12
He hath crushed my life down to the And in Thy mercy cut off mine
ground; enemies,
He hath made me to dwell in And destroy all them that harass my
darkness, as those that have been soul;
long dead. For I am Thy servant.
4
And my spirit fainteth within me;
My heart within me is appalled.
5
I remember the days of old;
144 [A Psalm] of David.
1044
PSALMS
Touch the mountains, that they may And no outcry in our broad places;
15
smoke. Happy is the people that is in such
6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter a case.
them; Yea, happy is the people whose God
Send out Thine arrows, and is the LORD.
discomfit them.
145
7
Stretch forth Thy hands from on [A Psalm of] praise; of
high; David.
Rescue me, and deliver me out of
many waters, אI will extol Thee, my God, O
Out of the hand of strangers; King;
8
Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, And I will bless Thy name for ever
And their right hand is a right hand and ever.
of lying.
ב 2
Every day will I bless Thee;
9 And I will praise Thy name for ever
O God, I will sing a new song unto
and ever.
Thee,
Upon a psaltery of ten strings will I ג 3
Great is the LORD, and highly to be
sing praises unto Thee; praised;
10
Who givest salvation unto kings, And His greatness is unsearchable.
Who rescuest David Thy servant ד 4
One generation shall laud Thy
from the hurtful sword. works to another,
11
Rescue me, and deliver me out of And shall declare Thy mighty acts.
the hand of strangers, ה 5
The glorious splendour of Thy
Whose mouth speaketh falsehood, majesty,
And their right hand is a right hand And Thy wondrous works, will I
of lying. rehearse.
12
We whose sons are as plants ו 6
And men shall speak of the might
grown up in their youth; of Thy tremendous acts;
Whose daughters are as corner- And I will tell of Thy greatness.
pillars carved after the fashion of ז 7
They shall utter the fame of Thy
a palace; great goodness,
13
Whose garners are full, affording And shall sing of Thy righteousness.
all manner of store; ח 8
The LORD is gracious, and full of
Whose sheep increase by thousands compassion;
and ten thousands in our fields; Slow to anger, and of great mercy.
14
Whose oxen are well laden; ט 9
The LORD is good to all;
With no breach, and no going forth,
1045
PSALMS
And His tender mercies are over all ש20The LORD preserveth all them that
His works. love Him;
י 10
All Thy works shall praise Thee, O But all the wicked will He destroy.
LORD; ת 21
My mouth shall speak the praise of
And Thy saints shall bless Thee. the LORD;
כ 11
They shall speak of the glory of And let all flesh bless His holy
Thy kingdom, name for ever and ever.
And talk of Thy might;
ל 12
To make known to the sons of men
His mighty acts, 146 2
Hallelujah.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
And the glory of the majesty of His I will praise the LORD while I live;
kingdom. I will sing praises unto my God
while I have my being.
מ 13
Thy kingdom is a kingdom for all
ages, 3
Put not your trust in princes,
And Thy dominion endureth
Nor in the son of man, in whom
throughout all generations.
there is no help.
ס 14
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, 4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth
And raiseth up all those that are to his dust;
bowed down. In that very day his thoughts perish.
ע 15
The eyes of all wait for Thee,
5
Happy is he whose help is the God
And Thou givest them their food in of Jacob,
due season. Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6
פ 16
Thou openest Thy hand, Who made heaven and earth,
And satisfiest every living thing The sea, and all that in them is;
with favour. Who keepeth truth for ever;
7
Who executeth justice for the
צ 17
The LORD is righteous in all His oppressed;
ways, Who giveth bread to the hungry.
And gracious in all His works.
ק 18
The LORD is nigh unto all them that The LORD looseth the prisoners;
8
call upon Him, The LORD openeth the eyes of the
To all that call upon Him in truth. blind;
ר 19
He will fulfil the desire of them The LORD raiseth up them that are
that fear Him; bowed down;
He also will hear their cry, and will The LORD loveth the righteous;
9
save them. The LORD preserveth the strangers;
He upholdeth the fatherless and the
widow;
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PSALMS
But the way of the wicked He He taketh no pleasure in the legs of
maketh crooked. a man.
10 11
The LORD will reign for ever, The LORD taketh pleasure in them
Thy God, O Zion, unto all that fear Him,
generations. In those that wait for His mercy.
Hallelujah.
12
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;
147 Hallelujah;
For it is good to sing
Praise thy God, O Zion.
13
For He hath made strong the bars
praises unto our God; of thy gates;
For it is pleasant, and praise is He hath blessed thy children within
comely. thee.
2 14
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem, He maketh thy borders peace;
He gathereth together the dispersed He giveth thee in plenty the fat of
of Israel; wheat.
3 15
Who healeth the broken in heart, He sendeth out His commandment
And bindeth up their wounds. upon earth;
4
He counteth the number of the His word runneth very swiftly.
16
stars; He giveth snow like wool;
He giveth them all their names. He scattereth the hoar-frost like
5
Great is our Lord, and mighty in ashes.
17
power; He casteth forth His ice like
His understanding is infinite. crumbs;
6
The LORD upholdeth the humble; Who can stand before His cold?
18
He bringeth the wicked down to the He sendeth forth His word, and
ground. melteth them;
7
Sing unto the LORD with He causeth His wind to blow, and
thanksgiving, the waters flow.
19
Sing praises upon the harp unto our He declareth His word unto Jacob,
God; His statutes and His ordinances unto
8
Who covereth the heaven with Israel.
20
clouds, He hath not dealt so with any
Who prepareth rain for the earth, nation;
Who maketh the mountains to And as for His ordinances, they
spring with grass. have not known them.
9
He giveth to the beast his food, Hallelujah.
And to the young ravens which cry.
148
10
He delighteth not in the strength of Hallelujah.
the horse; Praise ye the LORD from the
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PSALMS
heavens; Even for the children of Israel, a
Praise Him in the heights. people near unto Him.
2
Praise ye Him, all His angels; Hallelujah.
Praise ye Him, all His hosts.
149
3
Praise ye Him, sun and moon; Hallelujah.
Praise Him, all ye stars of light. Sing unto the LORD a new
4
Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, song,
And ye waters that are above the And His praise in the assembly of
heavens. the saints.
5 2
Let them praise the name of the Let Israel rejoice in his Maker;
LORD; Let the children of Zion be joyful in
For He commanded, and they were their King.
3
created. Let them praise His name in the
6
He hath also established them for dance;
ever and ever; Let them sing praises unto Him with
He hath made a decree which shall the timbrel and harp.
4
not be transgressed. For the LORD taketh pleasure in His
people;
7
Praise the LORD from the earth, He adorneth the humble with
Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps; salvation.
8
Fire and hail, snow and vapour,
5
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; Let the saints exult in glory;
9
Mountains and all hills, Let them sing for joy upon their
Fruitful trees and all cedars; beds.
10 6
Beasts and all cattle, Let the high praises of God be in
Creeping things and winged fowl; their mouth,
11
Kings of the earth and all peoples, And a two-edged sword in their
Princes and all judges of the earth; hand;
12 7
Both young men and maidens, To execute vengeance upon the
Old men and children; nations,
13
Let them praise the name of the And chastisements upon the
LORD, peoples;
8
For His name alone is exalted; To bind their kings with chains,
His glory is above the earth and And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9
heaven. To execute upon them the
14
And He hath lifted up a horn for judgment written;
His people, He is the glory of all His saints.
A praise for all His saints, Hallelujah.
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150
4
Hallelujah. Praise Him with the timbrel and
Praise God in His dance;
sanctuary; Praise Him with stringed
Praise Him in the firmament of His instruments and the pipe.
5
power. Praise Him with the loud-sounding
2
Praise Him for His mighty acts; cymbals;
Praise Him according to His Praise Him with the clanging
abundant greatness. cymbals.
3 6
Praise Him with the blast of the Let every thing that hath breath
horn; praise the LORD.
Praise Him with the psaltery and Hallelujah.
harp.
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משלי
PROVERBS
1
2
The proverbs of Solomon the son
of David, king of Israel;
Consent thou not.
11
If they say: ‘Come with us,
To know wisdom and instruction; Let us lie in wait for blood,
To comprehend the words of Let us lurk for the innocent without
understanding; cause;
3 12
To receive the discipline of Let us swallow them up alive as
wisdom, the grave,
Justice, and right, and equity; And whole, as those that go down
4
To give prudence to the simple, into the pit;
13
To the young man knowledge and We shall find all precious
discretion; substance,
5
That the wise man may hear, and We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14
increase in learning, Cast in thy lot among us;
And the man of understanding may Let us all have one purse’—
15
attain unto wise counsels; My son, walk not thou in the way
6
To understand a proverb, and a with them,
figure; Restrain thy foot from their path;
16
The words of the wise, and their For their feet run to evil,
dark sayings. A nd they make haste to shed blood.
17
For in vain the net is spread
7
The fear of the LORD is the In the eyes of any bird;
18
beginning of knowledge; And these lie in wait for their own
But the foolish despise wisdom and blood,
discipline. They lurk for their own lives.
19
So are the ways of every one that
8
Hear, my son, the instruction of thy is greedy of gain;
father, It taketh away the life of the owners
And forsake not the teaching of thy thereof.
mother;
9 20
For they shall be a chaplet of grace Wisdom crieth aloud in the streets,
unto thy head, She uttereth her voice in the broad
And chains about thy neck. places;
21
She calleth at the head of the noisy
10
My son, if sinners entice thee, streets,
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PROVERBS
At the entrances of the gates, in the And be filled with their own
city, she uttereth her words: devices.
22 32
’How long, ye thoughtless, will ye For the waywardness of the
love thoughtlessness? thoughtless shall slay them,
And how long will scorners delight And the confidence of fools shall
them in scorning, destroy them.
33
And fools hate knowledge? But whoso hearkeneth unto me
23
Turn you at my reproof; shall dwell securely,
Behold, I will pour out my spirit And shall be quiet without fear of
unto you, evil.’
I will make known my words unto
24
you.
Because I have called, and ye 2 My son, if thou wilt receive my
words,
refused, And lay up my commandments with
I have stretched out my hand, and thee;
2
no man attended, So that thou make thine ear attend
25
But ye have set at nought all my unto wisdom,
counsel, And thy heart incline to
And would none of my reproof; discernment;
26 3
I also, in your calamity, will laugh, Yea, if thou call for understanding,
I will mock when your dread And lift up thy voice for
cometh; discernment;
27 4
When your dread cometh as a If thou seek her as silver,
storm, And search for her as for hid
And your calamity cometh on as a treasures;
5
whirlwind; Then shalt thou understand the fear
When trouble and distress come of the LORD,
upon you. And find the knowledge of God.
28 6
Then will they call me, but I will For the LORD giveth wisdom,
not answer, Out of His mouth cometh
They will seek me earnestly, but knowledge and discernment;
7
they shall not find me. He layeth up sound wisdom for the
29
For that they hated knowledge, upright,
And did not choose the fear of the He is a shield to them that walk in
LORD; integrity;
30 8
They would none of my counsel, That He may guard the paths of
They despised all my reproof. justice,
31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit And preserve the way of His godly
of their own way, ones.
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PROVERBS 21
Then shalt thou understand For the upright shall dwell in the
righteousness and justice, land,
And equity, yea, every good path. And the whole-hearted shall remain
10
For wisdom shall enter into thy in it.
22
heart, But the wicked shall be cut off
And knowledge shall be pleasant from the land,
unto thy soul; And the faithless shall be plucked
11
Discretion shall watch over thee, up out of it.
Discernment shall guard thee;
3
12
To deliver thee from the way of My son, forget not my teaching;
evil, But let thy heart keep my
From the men that speak froward commandments;
2
things; For length of days, and years of
13
Who leave the paths of life,
uprightness, And peace, will they add to thee.
3
To walk in the ways of darkness; Let not kindness and truth forsake
14
Who rejoice to do evil, thee;
And delight in the frowardness of Bind them about thy neck, write
evil; them upon the table of thy heart;
15 4
Who are crooked in their ways, So shalt thou find grace and good
And perverse in their paths; favour
16
To deliver thee from the strange In the sight of God and man.
woman,
5
Even from the alien woman that Trust in the LORD with all thy heart,
maketh smooth her words; And lean not upon thine own
17
That forsaketh the lord of her understanding.
6
youth, In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
And forgetteth the covenant of her And He will direct thy paths.
God.
18 7
For her house sinketh down unto Be not wise in thine own eyes;
death, Fear the LORD, and depart from evil;
8
And her paths unto the shades; It shall be health to thy navel,
19
None that go unto her return, And marrow to thy bones.
Neither do they attain unto the paths
9
of life; Honour the LORD with thy
20
That thou mayest walk in the way substance,
of good men, And with the first-fruits of all thine
And keep the paths of the righteous. increase;
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PROVERBS
So shall thy barns be filled with And the skies drop down the dew.
plenty,
21
And thy vats shall overflow with My son, let not them depart from
new wine. thine eyes;
11
My son, despise not the chastening Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
22
of the LORD, So shall they be life unto thy soul,
Neither spurn thou His correction; And grace to thy neck.
12 23
For whom the LORD loveth He Then shalt thou walk in thy way
correcteth, securely,
Even as a father the son in whom he And thou shalt not dash thy foot.
24
delighteth. When thou liest down, thou shalt
not be afraid;
13
Happy is the man that findeth Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy
wisdom, sleep shall be sweet.
And the man that obtaineth
25
understanding. Be not afraid of sudden terror,
14
For the merchandise of it is better Neither of the destruction of the
than the merchandise of silver, wicked, when it cometh;
26
And the gain thereof than fine gold. For the LORD will be thy
15
She is more precious than rubies; confidence,
And all the things thou canst desire And will keep thy foot from being
are not to be compared unto her. caught.
16
Length of days is in her right hand;
27
In her left hand are riches and Withhold not good from him to
honour. whom it is due,
17
Her ways are ways of When it is in the power of thy hand
pleasantness, to do it.
28
And all her paths are peace. Say not unto thy neighbour: ‘Go,
18
She is a tree of life to them that lay and come again,
hold upon her, And to-morrow I will give’; when
And happy is every one that holdest thou hast it by thee.
her fast.
29
Devise not evil against thy
19
The LORD by wisdom founded the neighbour,
earth; Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30
By understanding He established the Strive not with a man without
heavens. cause,
20
By His knowledge the depths were If he have done thee no harm.
broken up,
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PROVERBS
Envy thou not the man of violence, Yea, with all thy getting get
And choose none of his ways. understanding.
32 8
For the perverse is an abomination Extol her, and she will exalt thee;
to the LORD; She will bring thee to honour, when
But His counsel is with the upright. thou dost embrace her.
9
She will give to thy head a chaplet
33
The curse of the LORD is in the of grace;
house of the wicked; A crown of glory will she bestow on
But He blesseth the habitation of the thee.’
10
righteous. Hear, O my son, and receive my
34
If it concerneth the scorners, He sayings;
scorneth them, And the years of thy life shall be
But unto the humble He giveth many.
11
grace. I have taught thee in the way of
35
The wise shall inherit honour; wisdom;
But as for the fools, they carry away I have led thee in paths of
shame. uprightness.
12
When thou goest, thy step shall not
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PROVERBS 3
But the path of the righteous is as For the lips of a strange woman
the light of dawn, drop honey,
That shineth more and more unto And her mouth is smoother than oil;
4
the perfect day. But her end is bitter as wormwood,
19
The way of the wicked is as Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5
darkness; Her feet go down to death;
They know not at what they Her steps take hold on the nether-
stumble. world;
6
Lest she should walk the even path
20
My son, attend to my words; of life,
Incline thine ear unto my sayings. Her ways wander, but she knoweth
21
Let them not depart from thine it not.
eyes;
7
Keep them in the midst of thy heart. Now therefore, O ye children,
22
For they are life unto those that hearken unto me,
find them, And depart not from the words of
And health to all their flesh. my mouth.
23 8
Above all that thou guardest keep Remove thy way far from her,
thy heart; And come not nigh the door of her
For out of it are the issues of life. house;
24 9
Put away from thee a froward Lest thou give thy vigour unto
mouth, others,
And perverse lips put far from thee. And thy years unto the cruel;
25 10
Let thine eyes look right on, Lest strangers be filled with thy
And let thine eyelids look straight strength,
before thee. And thy labours be in the house of
26
Make plain the path of thy feet, an alien;
11
And let all thy ways be established. And thou moan, when thine end
27
Turn not to the right hand nor to cometh,
the left; When thy flesh and thy body are
Remove thy foot from evil. consumed,
12
And say: ‘How have I hated
6
12
My son, if thou art become surety A base person, a man of iniquity,
for thy neighbour, Is he that walketh with a froward
If thou hast struck thy hands for a mouth;
stranger—
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PROVERBS 23
That winketh with his eyes, that For the commandment is a lamp,
scrapeth with his feet, and the teaching is light,
That pointeth with his fingers; And reproofs of instruction are the
14
Frowardness is in his heart, he way of life;
24
deviseth evil continually; To keep thee from the evil woman,
He soweth discord. From the smoothness of the alien
15
Therefore shall his calamity come tongue.
25
suddenly; Lust not after her beauty in thy
On a sudden shall he be broken, and heart;
that without remedy. Neither let her captivate thee with
her eyelids.
16 26
There are six things which the For on account of a harlot a man is
LORD hateth, brought to a loaf of bread,
Yea, seven which are an But the adulteress hunteth for the
abomination unto Him: precious life.
17 27
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Can a man take fire in his bosom,
And hands that shed innocent blood; And his clothes not be burned?
18 28
A heart that deviseth wicked Or can one walk upon hot coals,
thoughts, And his feet not be scorched?
29
Feet that are swift in running to evil; So he that goeth in to his
19
A false witness that breatheth out neighbour’s wife;
lies, Whosoever toucheth her shall not go
And he that soweth discord among unpunished.
30
brethren. Men do not despise a thief, if he
steal
20
My son, keep the commandment To satisfy his soul when he is
of thy father, hungry;
31
And forsake not the teaching of thy But if he be found, he must restore
mother; sevenfold,
21
Bind them continually upon thy He must give all the substance of his
heart, house.
32
Tie them about thy neck. He that committeth adultery with a
22
When thou walkest, it shall lead woman lacketh understanding;
thee, He doeth it that would destroy his
When thou liest down, it shall watch own soul.
33
over thee; Wounds and dishonour shall he
And when thou awakest, it shall talk get,
with thee. And his reproach shall not be wiped
away.
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PROVERBS 10
For jealousy is the rage of a man, And, behold, there met him a
And he will not spare in the day of woman
vengeance. With the attire of a harlot, and wily
35
He will not regard any ransom; of heart.
11
Neither will he rest content, though She is riotous and rebellious,
thou givest many gifts. Her feet abide not in her house;
12
Now she is in the streets, now in
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PROVERBS 5
With the blandishment of her lips O ye thoughtless, understand
she enticeth him away. prudence,
22
He goeth after her straightway, And, ye fools, be ye of an
As an ox that goeth to the slaughter, understanding heart.
6
Or as one in fetters to the correction Hear, for I will speak excellent
of the fool; things,
23
Till an arrow strike through his And the opening of my lips shall be
liver; right things.
7
As a bird hasteneth to the snare— For my mouth shall utter truth,
And knoweth not that it is at the cost And wickedness is an abomination
of his life. to my lips.
8
All the words of my mouth are in
24
Now therefore, O ye children, righteousness,
hearken unto me, There is nothing perverse or
And attend to the words of my crooked in them.
9
mouth. They are all plain to him that
25
Let not thy heart decline to her understandeth,
ways, And right to them that find
Go not astray in her paths. knowledge.
26 10
For she hath cast down many Receive my instruction, and not
wounded; silver,
Yea, a mighty host are all her slain. And knowledge rather than choice
27
Her house is the way to the nether- gold.
11
world, For wisdom is better than rubies,
Going down to the chambers of And all things desirable are not to
death. be compared unto her.
12
I wisdom dwell with prudence,
10
9
Give to a wise man, and he will be The proverbs of Solomon.
yet wiser;
Teach a righteous man, and he will A wise son maketh a glad father;
increase in learning. But a foolish son is the grief of his
10
The fear of the LORD is the mother.
beginning of wisdom,
2
And the knowledge of the All-holy Treasures of wickedness profit
is understanding. nothing;
11
For by me thy days shall be But righteousness delivereth from
multiplied, death.
And the years of thy life shall be
3
increased. The LORD will not suffer the soul of
12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for the righteous to famish;
thyself; But He thrusteth away the desire of
And if thou scornest, thou alone the wicked.
shalt bear it.’
4
He becometh poor that dealeth with
13
The woman Folly is riotous; a slack hand;
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PROVERBS 13
But the hand of the diligent maketh In the lips of him that hath
rich. discernment wisdom is found;
But a rod is for the back of him that
5
A wise son gathereth in summer; is void of understanding.
But a son that doeth shamefully
14
sleepeth in harvest. Wise men lay up knowledge;
But the mouth of the foolish is an
6
Blessings are upon the head of the imminent ruin.
15
righteous; The rich man’s wealth is his strong
But the mouth of the wicked city;
concealeth violence. The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
7 16
The memory of the righteous shall The wages of the righteous is life;
be for a blessing; The increase of the wicked is sin.
But the name of the wicked shall
17
rot. He is in the way of life that
heedeth instruction;
8
The wise in heart will receive But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
commandments;
18
But a prating fool shall fall. He that hideth hatred is of lying
lips;
9
He that walketh uprightly walketh And he that uttereth a slander is a
securely; fool.
But he that perverteth his ways shall
19
be found out. In the multitude of words there
wanteth not transgression;
10
He that winketh with the eye But he that refraineth his lips is
causeth sorrow; wise.
And a prating fool shall fall.
20
The tongue of the righteous is as
11
The mouth of the righteous is a choice silver;
fountain of life; The heart of the wicked is little
But the mouth of the wicked worth.
concealeth violence.
21
The lips of the righteous feed
12
Hatred stirreth up strifes; many;
But love covereth all transgressions. But the foolish die for want of
understanding.
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PROVERBS 30
The blessing of the LORD, it The righteous shall never be
maketh rich, moved;
And toil addeth nothing thereto. But the wicked shall not inhabit the
land.
23
It is as sport to a fool to do
31
wickedness, The mouth of the righteous
And so is wisdom to a man of buddeth with wisdom;
discernment. But the froward tongue shall be cut
off.
24
The fear of the wicked, it shall
32
come upon him; The lips of the righteous know
And the desire of the righteous shall what is acceptable;
be granted. But the mouth of the wicked is all
frowardness.
25
When the whirlwind passeth, the
wicked is no more;
But the righteous is an everlasting 11 A false balance is an
abomination to the LORD;
foundation. But a perfect weight is His delight.
26 2
As vinegar to the teeth, and as When pride cometh, then cometh
smoke to the eyes, shame;
So is the sluggard to them that send But with the lowly is wisdom.
him.
3
The integrity of the upright shall
27
The fear of the LORD prolongeth guide them;
days; But the perverseness of the faithless
But the years of the wicked shall be shall destroy them.
shortened.
4
Riches profit not in the day of
28
The hope of the righteous is wrath;
gladness; But righteousness delivereth from
But the expectation of the wicked death.
shall perish.
5
The righteousness of the sincere
29
The way of the LORD is a shall make straight his way;
stronghold to the upright, But the wicked shall fall by his own
But ruin to the workers of iniquity. wickedness.
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PROVERBS 14
The righteousness of the upright Where no wise direction is, a
shall deliver them; people falleth;
But the faithless shall be trapped in But in the multitude of counsellors
their own crafty device. there is safety.
7 15
When a wicked man dieth, his He that is surety for a stranger
expectation shall perish, shall smart for it;
And the hope of strength perisheth. But he that hateth them that strike
hands is secure.
8
The righteous is delivered out of
16
trouble, A gracious woman obtaineth
And the wicked cometh in his stead. honour;
And strong men obtain riches.
9
With his mouth the impious man
17
destroyeth his neighbour; The merciful man doeth good to
But through knowledge shall the his own soul;
righteous be delivered. But he that is cruel troubleth his
own flesh.
10
When it goeth well with the
18
righteous, the city rejoiceth; The wicked earneth deceitful
And when the wicked perish, there wages;
is joy. But he that soweth righteousness
hath a sure reward.
11
By the blessing of the upright a
19
city is exalted; Stedfast righteousness tendeth to
But it is overthrown by the mouth of life;
the wicked. But he that pursueth evil pursueth it
to his own death.
12
He that despiseth his neighbour
20
lacketh understanding; They that are perverse in heart are
But a man of discernment holdeth an abomination to the LORD;
his peace. But such as are upright in their way
are His delight.
13
He that goeth about as a talebearer
21
revealeth secrets; My hand upon it! the evil man
But he that is of a faithful spirit shall not be unpunished;
concealeth a matter. But the seed of the righteous shall
escape.
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PROVERBS
As a ring of gold in a swine’s
30
snout, so is a fair woman that The fruit of the righteous is a tree
turneth aside from discretion. of life;
And he that is wise winneth souls.
23
The desire of the righteous is only
31
good; Behold, the righteous shall be
But the expectation of the wicked is requited in the earth;
wrath. How much more the wicked and the
sinner!
24
There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth;
And there is that withholdeth more 12 Whoso loveth knowledge
loveth correction;
than is meet, but it tendeth only to But he that is brutish hateth reproof.
want.
2
A good man shall obtain favour of
25
The beneficent soul shall be made the LORD;
rich, and he that satisfieth But a man of wicked devices will
abundantly shall be satisfied also He condemn.
himself.
3
A man shall not be established by
26
He that withholdeth corn, the wickedness;
people shall curse him; But the root of the righteous shall
But blessing shall be upon the head never be moved.
of him that selleth it.
4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her
27
He that diligently seeketh good husband;
seeketh favour; But she that doeth shamefully is as
But he that searcheth for evil, it rottenness in his bones.
shall come unto him.
5
The thoughts of the righteous are
28
He that trusteth in his riches shall right;
fall; But the counsels of the wicked are
But the righteous shall flourish as deceit.
foliage.
6
The words of the wicked are to lie
29
He that troubleth his own house in wait for blood;
shall inherit the wind; But the mouth of the upright shall
And the foolish shall be servant to deliver them.
the wise of heart.
1065
7
PROVERBS
The wicked are overthrown, and
15
are not; The way of a fool is straight in his
But the house of the righteous shall own eyes;
stand. But he that is wise hearkeneth unto
counsel.
8
A man shall be commended
16
according to his intelligence; A fool’s vexation is presently
But he that is of a distorted known;
understanding shall be despised. But a prudent man concealeth
shame.
9
Better is he that is lightly esteemed,
17
and hath a servant, He that breatheth forth truth
Than he that playeth the man of uttereth righteousness;
rank, and lacketh bread. But a false witness deceit.
10 18
A righteous man regardeth the life There is that speaketh like the
of his beast; piercings of a sword;
But the tender mercies of the wicked But the tongue of the wise is health.
are cruel.
19
The lip of truth shall be
11
He that tilleth his ground shall established for ever;
have plenty of bread; But a lying tongue is but for a
But he that followeth after vain moment.
things is void of understanding.
20
Deceit is in the heart of them that
12
The wicked desireth the prey of devise evil;
evil men; But to the counsellors of peace is
But the root of the righteous joy.
yieldeth fruit.
21
There shall no mischief befall the
13
In the transgression of the lips is a righteous;
snare to the evil man; But the wicked are filled with evil.
But the righteous cometh out of
22
trouble. Lying lips are an abomination to
the LORD;
14
A man shall be satisfied with good But they that deal truly are His
by the fruit of his mouth, delight.
And the doings of a man’s hands
shall be rendered unto him.
1066
23
PROVERBS
A prudent man concealeth But for him that openeth wide his
knowledge; lips there shall be ruin.
But the heart of fools proclaimeth
4
foolishness. The soul of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing;
24
The hand of the diligent shall bear But the soul of the diligent shall be
rule; abundantly gratified.
But the slothful shall be under
5
tribute. A righteous man hateth lying;
But a wicked man behaveth vilely
25
Care in the heart of a man boweth and shamefully.
it down;
6
But a good word maketh it glad. Righteousness guardeth him that is
upright in the way;
26
The righteous is guided by his But wickedness overthroweth the
friend; sinner.
But the way of the wicked leadeth
7
them astray. There is that pretendeth himself
rich, yet hath nothing;
27
The slothful man shall not hunt his There is that pretendeth himself
prey; poor, yet hath great wealth.
But the precious substance of men is
8
to be diligent. The ransom of a man’s life are his
riches;
28
In the way of righteousness is life, But the poor heareth no threatening.
And in the pathway thereof there is
9
no death. The light of the righteous rejoiceth;
But the lamp of the wicked shall be
14
18
Poverty and shame shall be to him Every wise woman buildeth
that refuseth instruction; her house;
But he that regardeth reproof shall But the foolish plucketh it down
be honoured. with her hands.
19 2
The desire accomplished is sweet He that walketh in his uprightness
to the soul; feareth the LORD;
And it is an abomination to fools to But he that is perverse in his ways
depart from evil. despiseth Him.
20 3
He that walketh with wise men In the mouth of the foolish is a rod
shall be wise; of pride;
But the companion of fools shall But the lips of the wise shall
smart for it. preserve them.
1068
4
PROVERBS
Where no oxen are, the crib is But the end thereof are the ways of
clean; death.
But much increase is by the strength
13
of the ox. Even in laughter the heart acheth;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
5
A faithful witness will not lie;
14
But a false witness breatheth forth The dissembler in heart shall have
lies. his fill from his own ways;
And a good man shall be satisfied
6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and from himself.
findeth it not;
15
But knowledge is easy unto him that The thoughtless believeth every
hath discernment. word;
But the prudent man looketh well to
7
Go from the presence of a foolish his going.
man, for thou wilt not perceive
16
the lips of knowledge. A wise man feareth, and departeth
from evil;
8
The wisdom of the prudent is to But the fool behaveth overbearingly,
look well to his way; and is confident.
But the folly of fools is deceit.
17
He that is soon angry dealeth
9
Amends pleadeth for fools; foolishly;
But among the upright there is good And a man of wicked devices is
will. hated.
10 18
The heart knoweth its own The thoughtless come into
bitterness; possession of folly;
And with its joy no stranger can But the prudent are crowned with
intermeddle. knowledge.
11 19
The house of the wicked shall be The evil bow before the good,
overthrown; And the wicked at the gates of the
But the tent of the upright shall righteous.
flourish.
20
The poor is hated even of his own
12
There is a way which seemeth neighbour;
right unto a man, But the rich hath many friends.
1069
21
PROVERBS
He that despiseth his neighbour But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth
sinneth; folly.
But he that is gracious unto the
30
humble, happy is he. A tranquil heart is the life of the
flesh;
22
Shall they not go astray that devise But envy is the rottenness of the
evil? But mercy and truth shall be bones.
for them that devise good.
31
He that oppresseth the poor
23
In all labour there is profit; blasphemeth his Maker;
But the talk of the lips tendeth only But he that is gracious unto the
to penury. needy honoureth Him.
24 32
The crown of the wise is their The wicked is thrust down in his
riches; misfortune;
But the folly of fools remaineth But the righteous, even when he is
folly. brought to death, hath hope.
25 33
A true witness delivereth souls; In the heart of him that hath
But he that breatheth forth lies is all discernment wisdom resteth;
deceit. But in the inward part of fools it
maketh itself known.
26
In the fear of the LORD a man hath
34
strong confidence; Righteousness exalteth a nation;
And his children shall have a place But sin is a reproach to any people.
of refuge.
35
The king’s favour is toward a
27
The fear of the LORD is a fountain servant that dealeth wisely;
of life, to depart from the snares But his wrath striketh him that
of death. dealeth shamefully.
15
28
In the multitude of people is the A soft answer turneth away
king’s glory; wrath;
But in the want of people is the ruin But a grievous word stirreth up
of the prince. anger.
29 2
He that is slow to anger is of great The tongue of the wise useth
understanding; knowledge aright;
1070
PROVERBS
But the mouth of fools poureth out And he that hateth reproof shall die.
foolishness.
11
The nether-world and Destruction
3
The eyes of the LORD are in every are before the LORD;
place, How much more then the hearts of
Keeping watch upon the evil and the the children of men!
good.
12
A scorner loveth not to be
4
A soothing tongue is a tree of life; reproved;
But perverseness therein is a wound He will not go unto the wise.
to the spirit.
13
A merry heart maketh a cheerful
5
A fool despiseth his father’s countenance;
correction; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is
But he that regardeth reproof is broken.
prudent.
14
The heart of him that hath
6
In the house of the righteous is discernment seeketh knowledge;
much treasure; But the mouth of fools feedeth on
But in the revenues of the wicked is folly.
trouble.
15
All the days of the poor are evil;
7
The lips of the wise disperse But he that is of a merry heart hath a
knowledge; continual feast.
But the heart of the foolish is not
16
stedfast. Better is little with the fear of the
LORD,
8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an Than great treasure and turmoil
abomination to the LORD; therewith.
But the prayer of the upright is His
17
delight. Better is a dinner of herbs where
love is,
9
The way of the wicked is an Than a stalled ox and hatred
abomination to the LORD; therewith.
But He loveth him that followeth
18
after righteousness. A wrathful man stirreth up
discord;
10
There is grievous correction for But he that is slow to anger
him that forsaketh the way; appeaseth strife.
1071
PROVERBS
But he that hateth gifts shall live.
19
The way of the sluggard is as
28
though hedged by thorns; The heart of the righteous studieth
But the path of the upright is even. to answer;
But the mouth of the wicked poureth
20
A wise son maketh a glad father; out evil things.
But a foolish man despiseth his
29
mother. The LORD is far from the wicked;
But He heareth the prayer of the
21
Folly is joy to him that lacketh righteous.
understanding;
30
But a man of discernment walketh The light of the eyes rejoiceth the
straightforwards. heart;
And a good report maketh the bones
22
For want of counsel purposes are fat.
frustrated;
31
But in the multitude of counsellors The ear that hearkeneth to the
they are established. reproof of life abideth among the
wise.
23
A man hath joy in the answer of
32
his mouth; He that refuseth correction
And a word in due season, how despiseth his own soul;
good is it! But he that hearkeneth to reproof
getteth understanding.
24
The path of life goeth upward for
33
the wise, that he may depart from The fear of the LORD is the
the nether-world beneath. instruction of wisdom;
And before honour goeth humility.
25
The LORD will pluck up the house
of the proud;
But He will establish the border of 16 The preparations of the heart
are man’s,
the widow. But the answer of the tongue is from
the LORD.
26
The thoughts of wickedness are an
2
abomination to the LORD; All the ways of a man are clean in
But words of pleasantness are pure. his own eyes;
But the LORD weigheth the spirits.
27
He that is greedy of gain troubleth
3
his own house; Commit thy works unto the LORD,
1072
PROVERBS 12
And thy thoughts shall be It is an abomination to kings to
established. commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by
4
The LORD hath made every things righteousness.
for His own purpose,
13
Yea, even the wicked for the day of Righteous lips are the delight of
evil. kings;
And they love him that speaketh
5
Every one that is proud in heart is right.
an abomination to the LORD;
14
My hand upon it! he shall not be The wrath of a king is as
unpunished. messengers of death;
But a wise man will pacify it.
6
By mercy and truth iniquity is
15
expiated; In the light of the king’s
And by the fear of the LORD men countenance is life;
depart from evil. And his favour is as a cloud of the
latter rain.
7
When a man’s ways please the
16
LORD, How much better is it to get
He maketh even his enemies to be at wisdom than gold!
peace with him. Yea, to get understanding is rather
to be chosen than silver.
8
Better is a little with righteousness
17
Than great revenues with injustice. The highway of the upright is to
depart from evil;
9
A man’s heart deviseth his way; He that keepeth his way preserveth
But the LORD directeth his steps. his soul.
10 18
A divine sentence is in the lips of Pride goeth before destruction,
the king; And a haughty spirit before a fall.
His mouth trespasseth not in
19
judgment. Better it is to be of a lowly spirit
with the humble,
11
A just balance and scales are the Than to divide the spoil with the
LORD’S; proud.
All the weights of the bag are His
20
work. He that giveth heed unto the word
shall find good;
1073
PROVERBS 29
And whoso trusteth in the LORD, A man of violence enticeth his
happy is he. neighbour,
And leadeth him into a way that is
21
The wise in heart is called a man not good.
of discernment;
30
And the sweetness of the lips He shutteth his eyes, it is to devise
increaseth learning. froward things;
He that biteth his lips bringeth evil
22
Understanding is a fountain of life to pass.
unto him that hath it;
31
But folly is the chastisement of The hoary head is a crown of
fools. glory,
It is found in the way of
23
The heart of the wise teacheth his righteousness.
mouth,
32
And addeth learning to his lips. He that is slow to anger is better
than the mighty;
24
Pleasant words are as a And he that ruleth his spirit than he
honeycomb, that taketh a city.
Sweet to the soul, and health to the
33
bones. The lot is cast into the lap;
But the whole disposing thereof is
25
There is a way which seemeth of the LORD.
right unto a man,
But the end thereof are the ways of
death. 17 Better is a dry morsel and
quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with
26
The hunger of the labouring man strife.
laboureth for him;
2
For his mouth compelleth him. A servant that dealeth wisely shall
have rule over a son that dealeth
27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil, shamefully,
And in his lips there is as a burning And shall have part of the
fire. inheritance among the brethren.
28 3
A froward man soweth strife; The refining pot is for silver, and
And a whisperer separateth familiar the furnace for gold;
friends. But the LORD trieth the hearts.
1074
4
PROVERBS 12
A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked Let a bear robbed of her whelps
lips; meet a man,
And a liar giveth ear to a Rather than a fool in his folly.
mischievous tongue.
13
Whoso rewardeth evil for good,
5
Whoso mocketh the poor Evil shall not depart from his house.
blasphemeth his Maker;
14
And he that is glad at calamity shall The beginning of strife is as when
not be unpunished. one letteth out water;
Therefore leave off contention,
6
Children’s children are the crown before the quarrel break out.
of old men;
15
And the glory of children are their He that justifieth the wicked, and
fathers. he that condemneth the righteous,
Even they both are an abomination
7
Overbearing speech becometh not a to the LORD.
churl;
16
Much less do lying lips a prince. Wherefore is there a price in the
hand of a fool
8
A gift is as a precious stone in the To buy wisdom, seeing he hath no
eyes of him that hath it; understanding?
Whithersoever he turneth, he
17
prospereth. A friend loveth at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.
9
He that covereth a transgression
18
seeketh love; A man void of understanding is he
But he that harpeth on a matter that striketh hands,
estrangeth a familiar friend. And becometh surety in the
presence of his neighbour.
10
A rebuke entereth deeper into a
19
man of understanding He loveth transgression that loveth
Than a hundred stripes into a fool. strife;
He that exalteth his gate seeketh
11
A rebellious man seeketh only destruction.
evil;
20
Therefore a cruel messenger shall be He that hath a froward heart
sent against him. findeth no good;
And he that hath a perverse tongue
falleth into evil.
1075
PROVERBS
21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to 18 He that separateth himself
seeketh his own desire,
his sorrow; And snarlest against all sound
And the father of a churl hath no wisdom.
joy.
2
A fool hath no delight in
22
A merry heart is a good medicine; understanding,
But a broken spirit drieth the bones. But only that his heart may lay itself
bare.
23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of
3
the bosom, When the wicked cometh, there
To pervert the ways of justice. cometh also contempt,
And with ignominy reproach.
24
Wisdom is before him that hath
4
understanding; The words of a man’s mouth are as
But the eyes of a fool are in the ends deep waters;
of the earth. A flowing brook, a fountain of
wisdom.
25
A foolish son is vexation to his
5
father, It is not good to respect the person
And bitterness to her that bore him. of the wicked,
So as to turn aside the righteous in
26
To punish also the righteous is not judgment.
good,
6
Nor to strike the noble for their A fool’s lips enter into contention,
uprightness. And his mouth calleth for strokes.
27 7
He that spareth his words hath A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
knowledge; And his lips are the snare of his
And he that husbandeth his spirit is soul.
a man of discernment.
8
The words of a whisperer are as
28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his dainty morsels,
peace, is counted wise; And they go down into the
And he that shutteth his lips is innermost parts of the belly.
esteemed as a man of
9
understanding. Even one that is slack in his work
Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
1076
10
PROVERBS 19
The name of the LORD is a strong A brother offended is harder to be
tower: won than a strong city;
The righteous runneth into it, and is And their contentions are like the
set up on high. bars of a castle.
11 20
The rich man’s wealth is his strong A man’s belly shall be filled with
city, the fruit of his mouth;
And as a high wall in his own With the increase of his lips shall he
conceit. be satisfied.
12 21
Before destruction the heart of a Death and life are in the power of
man is haughty, the tongue;
And before honour goeth humility. And they that indulge it shall eat the
fruit thereof.
13
He that giveth answer before he
22
heareth, Whoso findeth a wife findeth a
It is folly and confusion unto him. great good,
And obtaineth favour of the LORD.
14
The spirit of a man will sustain his
23
infirmity; The poor useth entreaties;
But a broken spirit who can bear? But the rich answereth impudently.
15 24
The heart of the prudent getteth There are friends that one hath to
knowledge; his own hurt;
And the ear of the wise seeketh But there is a friend that sticketh
knowledge. closer than a brother.
19
16
A man’s gift maketh room for him, Better is the poor that walketh
And bringeth him before great men. in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips
17
He that pleadeth his cause first and a fool at the same time.
seemeth just;
2
But his neighbour cometh and Also, that the soul be without
searcheth him out. knowledge is not good;
And he that hasteth with his feet
18
The lot causeth strife to cease, sinneth.
And parteth asunder the contentious.
3
The foolishness of man perverteth
his way;
1077
PROVERBS 11
And his heart fretteth against the It is the discretion of a man to be
LORD. slow to anger,
And it is his glory to pass over a
4
Wealth addeth many friends; transgression.
But as for the poor, his friend
12
separateth himself from him. The king’s wrath is as the roaring
of a lion;
5
A false witness shall not be But his favour is as dew upon the
unpunished; grass.
And he that breatheth forth lies shall
13
not escape. A foolish son is the calamity of his
father;
6
Many will entreat the favour of the And the contentions of a wife are a
liberal man; continual dropping.
And every man is a friend to him
14
that giveth gifts. House and riches are the
inheritance of fathers;
7
All the brethren of the poor do hate But a prudent wife is from the LORD.
him;
15
How much more do his friends go Slothfulness casteth into a deep
far from him! sleep;
He that pursueth words, they turn And the idle soul shall suffer
against him. hunger.
8 16
He that getteth wisdom loveth his He that keepeth the commandment
own soul; keepeth his soul;
He that keepeth understanding shall But he that despiseth His ways shall
find good. die.
9 17
A false witness shall not be He that is gracious unto the poor
unpunished; lendeth unto the LORD;
And he that breatheth forth lies shall And his good deed will He repay
perish. unto him.
10 18
Luxury is not seemly for a fool; Chasten thy son, for there is hope;
Much less for a servant to have rule But set not thy heart on his
over princes. destruction.
1078
19
PROVERBS
A man of great wrath shall suffer
27
punishment; Cease, my son, to hear the
For if thou interpose, thou wilt add instruction
thereto. That causeth to err from the words
of knowledge.
20
Hear counsel, and receive
28
instruction, An ungodly witness mocketh at
That thou mayest be wise in thy right;
latter end. And the mouth of the wicked
devoureth iniquity.
21
There are many devices in a man’s
29
heart; Judgments are prepared for
But the counsel of the LORD, that scorners,
shall stand. And stripes for the back of fools.
20
22
The lust of a man is his shame; Wine is a mocker, strong drink
And a poor man is better than a liar. is riotous;
And whosoever reeleth thereby is
23
The fear of the LORD tendeth to not wise.
life;
2
And he that hath it shall abide The terror of a king is as the
satisfied, roaring of a lion:
He shall not be visited with evil. He that provoketh him to anger
forfeiteth his life.
24
The sluggard burieth his hand in
3
the dish, It is an honour for a man to keep
And will not so much as bring it aloof from strife;
back to his mouth. But every fool will be snarling.
25 4
When thou smitest a scorner, the The sluggard will not plow when
simple will become prudent; winter setteth in;
And when one that hath Therefore he shall beg in harvest,
understanding is reproved, he will and have nothing.
understand knowledge.
5
Counsel in the heart of man is like
26
A son that dealeth shamefully and deep water;
reproachfully But a man of understanding will
Will despoil his father, and chase draw it out.
away his mother.
1079
6
PROVERBS
Most men will proclaim every one But when he is gone his way, then
his own goodness; he boasteth.
But a faithful man who can find?
15
There is gold, and a multitude of
7
He that walketh in his integrity as a rubies;
just man, But the lips of knowledge are a
Happy are his children after him. precious jewel.
8 16
A king that sitteth on the throne of Take his garment that is surety for
judgment a stranger;
Scattereth away all evil with his And hold him in pledge that is
eyes. surety for an alien woman.
9 17
Who can say: ‘I have made my Bread of falsehood is sweet to a
heart clean, man;
I am pure from my sin’? But afterwards his mouth shall be
filled with gravel.
10
Divers weights, and divers
18
measures, Every purpose is established by
Both of them alike are abomination counsel;
to the LORD. And with good advice carry on war.
11 19
Even a child is known by his He that goeth about as a talebearer
doings, revealeth secrets;
Whether his work be pure, and Therefore meddle not with him that
whether it be right. openeth wide his lips.
12 20
The hearing ear, and the seeing Whoso curseth his father or his
eye, mother,
The LORD hath made even both of His lamp shall be put out in the
them. blackest darkness.
13 21
Love not sleep, lest thou come to An estate may be gotten hastily at
poverty; the beginning;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt have But the end thereof shall not be
bread in plenty. blessed.
14 22
’It is bad, it is bad’, saith the Say not thou: ‘I will requite evil’;
buyer;
1080
PROVERBS 2
Wait for the LORD, and He will save Every way of a man is right in his
thee. own eyes;
But the LORD weigheth the hearts.
23
Divers weights are an abomination
3
to the LORD; To do righteousness and justice
And a false balance is not good. Is more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
24
A man’s goings are of the LORD;
4
How then can man look to his way? A haughty look, and a proud
heart—
25
It is a snare to a man rashly to say: The tillage of the wicked is sin.
‘Holy’,
5
And after vows to make inquiry. The thoughts of the diligent tend
only to plenteousness;
26
A wise king sifteth the wicked, But every one that is hasty hasteth
And turneth the wheel over them. only to want.
27 6
The spirit of man is the lamp of The getting of treasures by a lying
the LORD, tongue
Searching all the inward parts. Is a vapour driven to and fro; they
[that seek them] seek death.
28
Mercy and truth preserve the king;
7
And his throne is upheld by mercy. The violence of the wicked shall
drag them away;
29
The glory of young men is their Because they refuse to do justly.
strength;
8
And the beauty of old men is the The way of man is froward and
hoary head. strange;
But as for the pure, his work is right.
30
Sharp wounds cleanse away evil;
9
So do stripes that reach the inward It is better to dwell in a corner of
parts. the housetop,
Than in a house in common with a
1082
PROVERBS 5
How much more, when he bringeth Thorns and snares are in the way of
it with the proceeds of the froward;
wickedness? He that keepeth his soul holdeth
himself far from them.
28
A false witness shall perish;
6
But the man that obeyeth shall speak Train up a child in the way he
unchallenged. should go,
And even when he is old, he will not
29
A wicked man hardeneth his face; depart from it.
But as for the upright, he looketh
7
well to his way. The rich ruleth over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the
30
There is no wisdom nor lender.
understanding
8
Nor counsel against the LORD. He that soweth iniquity shall reap
vanity;
31
The horse is prepared against the And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
day of battle;
9
But victory is of the LORD. He that hath a bountiful eye shall
be blessed;
25
11
These also are proverbs of A word fitly spoken
Solomon, which the men of Is like apples of gold in settings of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. silver.
2 12
It is the glory of God to conceal a As an ear-ring of gold, and an
thing; but the glory of kings is to ornament of fine gold,
search out a matter. So is a wise reprover upon an
3
The heaven for height, and the obedient ear.
earth for depth, and the heart of
13
kings is unsearchable. As the cold of snow in the time of
harvest,
4
Take away the dross from the So is a faithful messenger to him
silver, and there cometh forth a that sendeth him;
vessel for the refiner; For he refresheth the soul of his
master.
1088
14
PROVERBS 22
As vapours and wind without rain, For thou wilt heap coals of fire
So is he that boasteth himself of a upon his head,
false gift. And the LORD will reward thee.
15 23
By long forbearing is a ruler The north wind bringeth forth rain,
persuaded, And a backbiting tongue an angry
And a soft tongue breaketh the countenance.
bone.
24
It is better to dwell in a corner of
16
Hast thou found honey? eat so the housetop,
much as is sufficient for thee, Than in a house in common with a
Lest thou be filled therewith, and contentious woman.
vomit it.
25
As cold waters to a faint soul,
17
Let thy foot be seldom in thy So is good news from a far country.
neighbour’s house;
26
Lest he be sated with thee, and hate As a troubled fountain, and a
thee. corrupted spring,
So is a righteous man that giveth
18
As a maul, and a sword, and a way before the wicked.
sharp arrow,
27
So is a man that beareth false It is not good to eat much honey;
witness against his neighbour. So for men to search out their own
glory is not glory.
19
Confidence in an unfaithful man in
28
time of trouble Like a city broken down and
Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out without a wall,
of joint. So is he whose spirit is without
restraint.
20
As one that taketh off a garment in
cold weather, and as vinegar upon
nitre, 26 As snow in summer, and as
rain in harvest,
So is he that singeth songs to a So honour is not seemly for a fool.
heavy heart.
2
As the wandering sparrow, as the
21
If thine enemy be hungry, give flying swallow,
him bread to eat, So the curse that is causeless shall
And if he be thirsty, give him water come home.
to drink;
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3
PROVERBS 12
A whip for the horse, a bridle for Seest thou a man wise in his own
the ass, eyes?
And a rod for the back of fools. There is more hope of a fool than of
him.
4
Answer not a fool according to his
13
folly, The sluggard saith: ‘There is a lion
Lest thou also be like unto him. in the way;
Yea, a lion is in the streets.’
5
Answer a fool according to his
14
folly, The door is turning upon its
Lest he be wise in his own eyes. hinges,
And the sluggard is still upon his
6
He that sendeth a message by the bed.
hand of a fool
15
Cutteth off his own feet, and The sluggard burieth his hand in
drinketh damage. the dish;
It wearieth him to bring it back to
7
The legs hang limp from the lame; his mouth.
So is a parable in the mouth of
16
fools. The sluggard is wiser in his own
eyes
8
As a small stone in a heap of Than seven men that give wise
stones, answer.
So is he that giveth honour to a fool.
17
He that passeth by, and meddleth
9
As a thorn that cometh into the with strife not his own,
hand of a drunkard, Is like one that taketh a dog by the
So is a parable in the mouth of ears.
fools.
18
As a madman who casteth
10
A master performeth all things; firebrands,
But he that stoppeth a fool is as one Arrows, and death;
19
that stoppeth a flood. So is the man that deceiveth his
neighbour,
11
As a dog that returneth to his And saith: ‘Am not I in sport?’
vomit,
20
So is a fool that repeateth his folly. Where no wood is, the fire goeth
out;
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And where there is no whisperer,
contention ceaseth. 27 Boast not thyself of to-
morrow;
For thou knowest not what a day
21
As coals are to burning coals, and may bring forth.
wood to fire;
2
So is a contentious man to kindle Let another man praise thee, and
strife. not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.
22
The words of a whisperer are as
3
dainty morsels, A stone is heavy, and the sand
And they go down into the weighty;
innermost parts of the body. But a fool’s vexation is heavier than
they both.
23
Burning lips and a wicked heart
4
Are like an earthen vessel overlaid Wrath is cruel, and anger is
with silver dross. overwhelming;
But who is able to stand before
24
He that hateth dissembleth with his jealousy?
lips,
5
But he layeth up deceit within him. Better is open rebuke
25
When he speaketh fair, Than love that is hidden.
Believe him not;
6
For there are seven abominations in Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
his heart. But the kisses of an enemy are
26
Though his hatred be concealed importunate.
with deceit,
7
His wickedness shall be revealed The full soul loatheth a
before the congregation. honeycomb;
But to the hungry soul every bitter
27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall thing is sweet.
therein;
8
And he that rolleth a stone, it shall As a bird that wandereth from her
return upon him. nest,
So is a man that wandereth from his
28
A lying tongue hateth those that place.
are crushed by it;
9
And a flattering mouth worketh Ointment and perfume rejoice the
ruin. heart;
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So doth the sweetness of a man’s So a man sharpeneth the
friend by hearty counsel. countenance of his friend.
10 18
Thine own friend, and thy father’s Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall
friend, forsake not; eat the fruit thereof;
Neither go into thy brother’s house And he that waiteth on his master
in the day of thy calamity; shall be honoured.
Better is a neighbour that is near
19
than a brother far off. As in water face answereth to face,
So the heart of man to man.
11
My son, be wise, and make my
20
heart glad, The nether-world and Destruction
That I may answer him that taunteth are never satiated;
me. So the eyes of man are never
satiated.
12
A prudent man seeth the evil, and
21
hideth himself; The refining pot is for silver, and
But the thoughtless pass on, and are the furnace for gold,
punished. And a man is tried by his praise.
13 22
Take his garment that is surety for Though thou shouldest bray a fool
a stranger; in a mortar with a pestle among
And hold him in pledge that is groats,
surety for an alien woman. Yet will not his foolishness depart
from him.
14
He that blesseth his friend with a
23
loud voice, rising early in the Be thou diligent to know the state
morning, of thy flocks,
It shall be counted a curse to him. And look well to thy herds;
24
For riches are not for ever;
15
A continual dropping in a very And doth the crown endure unto all
rainy day generations?
25
And a contentious woman are alike; When the hay is mown, and the
16
He that would hide her hideth the tender grass showeth itself,
wind, And the herbs of the mountains are
And the ointment of his right hand gathered in;
26
betrayeth itself. The lambs will be for thy clothing,
And the goats the price for a field.
17
Iron sharpeneth iron;
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27
PROVERBS
And there will be goats’milk
8
enough for thy food, for the food He that augmenteth his substance
of thy household; by interest and increase,
And maintenance for thy maidens. Gathereth it for him that is gracious
to the poor.
22
of bread.
29 He that being often reproved
hardeneth his neck
He that hath an evil eye hasteneth Shall suddenly be broken, and that
after riches, without remedy.
And knoweth not that want shall
2
come upon him. When the righteous are increased,
the people rejoice;
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PROVERBS 11
But when the wicked beareth rule, A fool spendeth all his spirit;
the people sigh. But a wise man stilleth it within
him.
3
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his
12
father; If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood,
But he that keepeth company with All his servants are wicked.
harlots wasteth his substance.
13
The poor man and the oppressor
4
The king by justice establisheth the meet together;
land; The LORD giveth light to the eyes of
But he that exacteth gifts them both.
overthroweth it.
14
The king that faithfully judgeth the
5
A man that flattereth his neighbour poor,
Spreadeth a net for his steps. His throne shall be established for
ever.
6
In the transgression of an evil man
15
there is a snare; The rod and reproof give wisdom;
But the righteous doth sing and But a child left to himself causeth
rejoice. shame to his mother.
7 16
The righteous taketh knowledge of When the wicked are increased,
the cause of the poor; transgression increaseth;
The wicked understandeth not But the righteous shall gaze upon
knowledge. their fall.
8 17
Scornful men set a city in a blaze; Correct thy son, and he will give
But wise men turn away wrath. thee rest;
Yea, he will give delight unto thy
9
If a wise man contendeth with a soul.
foolish man,
18
Whether he be angry or laugh, there Where there is no vision, the
will be no rest. people cast off restraint;
But he that keepeth the law, happy
10
The men of blood hate him that is is he.
sincere;
19
And as for the upright, they seek his A servant will not be corrected by
life. words;
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For though he understand, there will
be no response. 30 The words of Agur the son of
Jakeh; the burden.
20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel
his words? and Ucal:
2
There is more hope for a fool than Surely I am brutish, unlike a man,
for him. And have not the understanding of a
man;
21 3
He that delicately bringeth up his And I have not learned wisdom,
servant from a child That I should have the knowledge of
Shall have him become master at the the Holy One.
4
last. Who hath ascended up into heaven,
and descended?
22
An angry man stirreth up strife, Who hath gathered the wind in his
And a wrathful man aboundeth in fists?
transgression. Who hath bound the waters in his
garment?
23
A man’s pride shall bring him low; Who hath established all the ends of
But he that is of a lowly spirit shall the earth?
attain to honour. What is his name, and what is his
son’s name, if thou knowest?
24
Whoso is partner with a thief
5
hateth his own soul: Every word of God is tried;
He heareth the adjuration and He is a shield unto them that take
uttereth nothing. refuge in Him.
6
Add thou not unto His words,
25
The fear of man bringeth a snare; Lest He reprove thee, and thou be
But whoso putteth his trust in the found a liar.
LORD shall be set up on high.
7
Two things have I asked of Thee;
26
Many seek the ruler’s favour; Deny me them not before I die:
8
But a man’s judgment cometh from Remove far from me falsehood and
the LORD. lies;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
27
An unjust man is an abomination feed me with mine allotted bread;
9
to the righteous; Lest I be full, and deny, and say:
And he that is upright in the way is ‘Who is the LORD?’
an abomination to the wicked. Or lest I be poor, and steal,
And profane the name of my God.
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10 18
Slander not a servant unto his There are three things which are
master, too wonderful for me,
Lest he curse thee, and thou be Yea, four which I know not:
19
found guilty. The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of a serpent upon a rock;
11
There is a generation that curse The way of a ship in the midst of the
their father, sea;
And do not bless their mother. And the way of a man with a young
12
There is a generation that are pure woman.
20
in their own eyes, So is the way of an adulterous
And yet are not washed from their woman;
filthiness. She eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
13
There is a generation, Oh how And saith: ‘I have done no
lofty are their eyes! wickedness.’
And their eyelids are lifted up.
14 21
There is a generation whose teeth For three things the earth doth
are as swords, and their great quake,
teeth as knives, And for four it cannot endure:
22
To devour the poor from off the For a servant when he reigneth;
earth, and the needy from among And a churl when he is filled with
men. food;
23
For an odious woman when she is
15
The horseleech hath two married;
daughters: ‘Give, give.’ And a handmaid that is heir to her
There are three things that are never mistress.
satisfied,
24
Yea, four that say not: ‘Enough’: There are four things which are
16
The grave; and the barren womb; little upon the earth,
The earth that is not satisfied with But they are exceeding wise:
25
water; The ants are a people not strong,
And the fire that saith not: Yet they provide their food in the
‘Enough.’ summer;
26
The rock-badgers are but a feeble
17
The eye that mocketh at his father, folk,
And despiseth to obey his mother, Yet make they their houses in the
The ravens of the valley shall pick it crags;
27
out, The locusts have no king,
And the young vultures shall eat it.
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PROVERBS 4
Yet go they forth all of them by It is not for kings, O aLemuel, it is
bands; not for kings to drink wine:
28
The spider thou canst take with the Nor for princes to say: ‘Where is
hands, strong drink?’
5
Yet is she in kings’palaces. Lest they drink, and forget that
which is decreed,
29
There are three things which are And pervert the justice due to any
stately in their march, that is afflicted.
6
Yea, four which are stately in going: Give strong drink unto him that is
30
The lion, which is mightiest ready to perish,
among beasts, And wine unto the bitter in soul;
7
And turneth not away for any; Let him drink, and forget his
31
The greyhound; the he-goat also; poverty,
And the king, against whom there is And remember his misery no more.
8
no rising up. Open thy mouth for the dumb,
In the cause of all such as are
32
If thou hast done foolishly in appointed to destruction.
9
lifting up thyself, Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
Or if thou hast planned devices, lay And plead the cause of the poor and
thy hand upon thy mouth. needy.
33
For the churning of milk bringeth
forth curd, א10A woman of valour who can find?
And the wringing of the nose For her price is far above rubies.
bringeth forth blood;
So the forcing of wrath bringeth
ב 11
The heart of her husband doth
aafely trust in her,
forth strife.
And he hath no lack of gain.
ג
31
12
The words of king Lemuel; the She doeth him good and not evil
burden wherewith his mother All the days of her life.
corrected him. ד 13
She seeketh wool and flax,
And worketh willingly with her
2
What, my son? and what, O son of hands.
my womb? ה 14
She is like the merchant-ships; She
And what, O son of my vows? bringeth her food from afar.
3
Give not thy strength unto women,
Nor thy ways to that which ו 15
She riseth also while it is yet
destroyeth kings. night,
a
Heb. Lemoel.
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PROVERBS
And giveth food to her household, ס24She maketh linen garments and
And a portion to her maidens. selleth them;
ז 16
She considereth a field, and And delivereth girdles unto the
buyeth it; merchant.
With the fruit of her hands she עStrength and dignity are her
25
ט 18
She perceiveth that her wisdom;
merchandise is good; And the law of kindness is on her
Her lamp goeth not out by night. tongue.
י 19
She layeth her hands to the distaff, צShe looketh well to the ways of
27
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איוב
JOB
1 THERE was a man in the land of
Uz, whose name was Job; and
and said: ‘From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down
that man was whole-hearted and in it.’ 8And the LORD said unto Satan:
upright, and one that feared God, and ‘Hast thou considered My servant Job,
shunned evil. 2And there were born that there is none like him in the earth,
unto him seven sons and three a whole-hearted and an upright man,
daughters. 3His possessions also were one that feareth God, and shunneth
seven thousand sheep, and three evil?’ 9Then Satan answered the LORD,
thousand camels, and five hundred and said: ‘Doth Job fear God for
yoke of oxen, and five hundred she- nought? 10Hast not Thou made a hedge
asses, and a very great household; so about him, and about his house, and
that this man was the greatest of all the about all that he hath, on every side?
children of the east. 4And his sons used Thou hast blessed the work of his
to go and hold a feast in the house of hands, and his possessions are
each one upon his day; and they would increased in the land. 11But put forth
send and invite their three sisters to eat Thy hand now, and touch all that he
and to drink with them. 5And it was so, hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to
when the days of their feasting were Thy face.’ 12And the LORD said unto
gone about, that Job sent and Satan: ‘Behold, all that he hath is in
sanctified them, and rose up early in thy power; only upon himself put not
the morning, and offered burnt- forth thy hand.’ So Satan went forth
offerings according to the number of from the presence of the LORD.
13
them all; for Job said: ‘It may be that And it fell on a day when his sons
my sons have sinned, and blasphemed and his daughters were eating and
God in their hearts.’ Thus did Job drinking wine in their eldest brother’s
continually. house, 14that there came a messenger
6
Now it fell upon a day, that the unto Job, and said: ‘The oxen were
sons of God came to present plowing, and the asses feeding beside
themselves before the LORD, and aSatan them; 15and the Sabeans made a raid,
came also among them. 7And the LORD and took them away; yea, they have
said unto Satan: ‘Whence comest slain the servants with the edge of the
thou?’ Then Satan answered the LORD, sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.’ 16While he was yet speaking,
there came also another, and said: ‘A
a
That is, the Adversary.
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JOB
fire of God is fallen from heaven, and comest thou?’ And Satan answered the
hath burned up the sheep, and the LORD, and said: ‘From going to and fro
servants, and consumed them; and I in the earth, and from walking up and
only am escaped alone to tell thee.’ down in it.’ 3And the LORD said unto
17
While he was yet speaking, there Satan: ‘Hast thou considered my
came also another, and said: ‘The servant Job, that there is none like him
Chaldeans set themselves in three in the earth, a whole-hearted and an
bands, and fell upon the camels, and upright man, one that feareth God, and
have taken them away, yea, and slain shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast
the servants with the edge of the his integrity, although thou didst move
sword; and I only am escaped alone to Me against him, to destroy him
tell thee.’ 18While he was yet speaking, without cause.’ 4And Satan answered
there came also another, and said: the LORD, and said: ‘Skin for skin, yea,
‘Thy sons and thy daughters were all that a man hath will he give for his
eating and drinking wine in their eldest life. 5But put forth Thy hand now, and
brother’s house; 19And, behold, there touch his bone and his flesh, surely he
came a great wind from across the will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.’
6
wilderness, and smote the four corners And the LORD said unto Satan:
of the house, and it fell upon the young ‘Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare
people, and they are dead; and I only his life.’
7
am escaped alone to tell thee.’ So Satan went forth from the
20
Then Job arose, and rent his presence of the LORD, and smote Job
mantle, and shaved his head, and fell with sore boils from the sole of his
down upon the ground, and foot even unto his crown. 8And he took
worshipped; 21And he said; him a potsherd to scrape himself
Naked came I out of my mother’s therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
9
womb, Then said his wife unto him: ‘Dost
And naked shall I return thither; thou still hold fast thine integrity?
The LORD gave, and the LORD hath blaspheme God, and die.’ 10But he said
taken away; unto her: ‘Thou speakest as one of the
Blessed be the name of the LORD. impious women speaketh. What? shall
22
For all this Job sinned not, nor we receive good at the hand of God,
ascribed aught unseemly to God. and shall we not receive evil?’ For all
3
12
After this opened Job his mouth, Why did the knees receive me?
and cursed his day. 2And Job And wherefore the breasts, that I
spoke, and said: should suck?
3 13
Let the day perish wherein I was For now should I have lain still
born, and been quiet;
And the night wherein it was said: I should have slept; then had I been
‘A man-child is brought forth.’ at rest—
4 14
Let that day be darkness; With kings and counsellors of the
Let not God inquire after it from earth,
above, Who built up waste places for
Neither let the light shine upon it. themselves;
5 15
Let darkness and the shadow of Or with princes that had gold,
death claim it for their own; Who filled their houses with silver;
16
Let a cloud dwell upon it; Or as a hidden untimely birth I had
Let all that maketh black the day not been;
terrify it. As infants that never saw light.
6 17
As for that night, let thick darkness There the wicked cease from
seize upon it; troubling;
Let it not rejoice among the days of And there the weary are at rest.
18
the year; There the prisoners are at ease
Let it not come into the number of together;
the months. They hear not the voice of the
7
Lo, let that night be desolate; taskmaster.
19
Let no joyful voice come therein. The small and great are there
8
Let them curse it that curse the day, alike;
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And the servant is free from his And thou hast strengthened the
master. feeble knees.
5
But now it is come upon thee, and
20
Wherewith is light given to him thou art weary;
that is in misery, It toucheth thee, and thou art
And life unto the bitter in soul— affrighted.
21 6
Who long for death, but it cometh Is not thy fear of God thy
not; confidence,
And dig for it more than for hid And thy hope the integrity of thy
treasures; ways?
22 7
Who rejoice unto exultation, Remember, I pray thee, who ever
And are glad, when they can find perished, being innocent?
the grave?— Or where were the upright cut off?
23 8
To a man whose way is hid, According as I have seen, they that
And whom God hath hedged in? plow iniquity,
24
For my sighing cometh instead of And sow mischief, reap the same.
9
my food, By the breath of God they perish,
And my roarings are poured out like And by the blast of His anger are
water. they consumed.
25 10
For the thing which I did fear is The lion roareth, and the fierce
come upon me, lion howleth—
And that which I was afraid of hath Yet the teeth of the young lions are
overtaken me. broken.
26 11
I was not at ease, neither was I The old lion perisheth for lack of
quiet, prey,
Neither had I rest; but trouble came. And the whelps of the lioness are
scattered abroad.
4
2
Then answered Eliphaz the
Temanite, and said: 12
Now a word was secretly brought
If one venture a word unto thee, to me,
wilt thou be weary? And mine ear received a whisper
But who can withhold himself from thereof.
13
speaking? In thoughts from the visions of the
3
Behold, thou hast instructed many, night,
And thou hast strengthened the When deep sleep falleth on men,
14
weak hands. Fear came upon me, and
4
Thy words have upholden him that trembling,
was falling, And all my bones were made to
shake.
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15
JOB
Then a spirit passed before my And are crushed in the gate, with
face, none to deliver them.
5
That made the hair of my flesh to Whose harvest the hungry eateth
stand up. up,
16
It stood still, but I could not And taketh it even out of the thorns,
discern the appearance thereof; and the snare gapeth for their
A form was before mine eyes; I substance.
6
heard a still voice: For affliction cometh not forth
17
’Shall mortal man be just before from the dust,
God? Neither doth trouble spring out of
Shall a man be pure before his the ground;
7
Maker? But man is born unto trouble,
18
Behold, He putteth no trust in His As the sparks fly upward.
servants,
8
And His angels He chargeth with But as for me, I would seek unto
folly; God,
19
How much more them that dwell And unto God would I commit my
in houses of clay, cause;
9
Whose foundation is in the dust, Who doeth great things and
who are crushed before the moth! unsearchable,
20
Betwixt morning and evening they Marvellous things without number;
10
are shattered; Who giveth rain upon the earth,
They perish for ever without any And sendeth waters upon the fields;
11
regarding it. So that He setteth up on high those
21
Is not their tent-cord plucked up that are low,
within them? And those that mourn are exalted to
They die, and that without wisdom.’ safety.
12
He frustrateth the devices of the
8
2
Then answered Bildad the
Shuhite, and said: 12
water?
Whilst it is yet in its greenness,
How long wilt thou speak these and not cut down,
things, It withereth before any other herb.
13
Seeing that the words of thy mouth So are the paths of all that forget
are as a mighty wind? God;
3
Doth God pervert judgment? And the hope of the godless man
Or doth the Almighty pervert shall perish;
14
justice? Whose confidence is gossamer,
4
If thy children sinned against Him, And whose trust is a spider’s web.
15
He delivered them into the hand of He shall lean upon his house, but it
their transgression. shall not stand;
5
If thou wouldest seek earnestly He shall hold fast thereby, but it
unto God, shall not endure.
16
And make thy supplication to the He is green before the sun,
Almighty; And his shoots go forth over his
6
If thou wert pure and upright; garden.
17
Surely now He would awake for His roots are wrapped about the
thee, heap,
And make the habitation of thy He beholdeth the place of stones.
18
righteousness prosperous. If he be destroyed from his place,
7
And though thy beginning was Then it shall deny him: ‘I have not
small, seen thee.’
19
Yet thy end should greatly increase. Behold, this is the joy of his way,
And out of the earth shall others
8
For inquire, I pray thee, of the spring.
20
former generation, Behold, God will not cast away an
And apply thyself to that which their innocent man,
fathers have searched out—
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JOB 10
Neither will He uphold the evil- Who doeth great things past
doers; finding out;
21
Till He fill thy mouth with Yea, marvellous things without
laughter, number.
11
And thy lips with shouting. Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him
22
They that hate thee shall be not.
clothed with shame; He passeth on also, but I perceive
And the tent of the wicked shall be Him not.
12
no more. Behold, He snatcheth away, who
can hinder Him?
13
15
Behold, He withholdeth the Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
waters, and they dry up; Mine ear hath heard and
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JOB 15
understood it. Though He slay me, yet will I trust
2
What ye know, do I know also; in Him;
I am not inferior unto you. But I will argue my ways before
3
Notwithstanding I would speak to Him.
16
the Almighty, This also shall be my salvation,
And I desire to reason with God. That a hypocrite cannot come before
4
But ye are plasterers of lies, Him.
17
Ye are all physicians of no value. Hear diligently my speech,
5
Oh that ye would altogether hold And let my declaration be in your
your peace! ears.
18
And it would be your wisdom. Behold now, I have ordered my
6
Hear now my reasoning, cause;
And hearken to the pleadings of my I know that I shall be justified.
19
lips. Who is he that will contend with
7
Will ye speak unrighteously for me?
God, For then would I hold my peace and
And talk deceitfully for Him? die.
8
Will ye show Him favour?
20
Will ye contend for God? Only do not two things unto me,
9
Would it be good that He should Then will I not hide myself from
search you out? Thee:
21
Or as one mocketh a man, will ye Withdraw Thy hand far from me;
mock Him? And let not Thy terror make me
10
He will surely reprove you, afraid.
22
If ye do secretly show favour. Then call Thou, and I will answer;
11
Shall not His majesty terrify you, Or let me speak, and answer Thou
And His dread fall upon you? me.
12 23
Your memorials shall be like unto How many are mine iniquities and
ashes, sins?
Your eminences to eminences of Make me to know my transgression
clay. and my sin.
24
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,
13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that And holdest me for Thine enemy?
25
I may speak, Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf?
And let come on me what will. And wilt Thou pursue the dry
14
Wherefore? I will take my flesh in stubble?
26
my teeth, That Thou shouldest write bitter
And put my life in my hand. things against me,
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JOB
And make me to inherit the And that the tender branch thereof
iniquities of my youth. will not cease.
27 8
Thou puttest my feet also in the Though the root thereof wax old in
stocks, the earth,
And lookest narrowly unto all my And the stock thereof die in the
paths; ground;
9
Thou drawest Thee a line about the Yet through the scent of water it
soles of my feet; will bud,
28
Though I am like a wine-skin that And put forth boughs like a plant.
10
consumeth, But man dieth, and lieth low;
Like a garment that is moth-eaten. Yea, man perisheth, and where is
he?
14
11
Man that is born of a woman As the waters fail from the sea,
Is of few days, and full of And the river is drained dry;
12
trouble. So man lieth down and riseth not;
2
He cometh forth like a flower, and Till the heavens be no more, they
withereth; shall not awake,
He fleeth also as a shadow, and Nor be roused out of their sleep.
13
continueth not. Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in
3
And dost Thou open Thine eyes the nether-world,
upon such a one, That Thou wouldest keep me secret,
And bringest me into judgment with until Thy wrath be past,
Thee? That Thou wouldest appoint me a
4
Who can bring a clean thing out of set time, and remember me!—
14
an unclean? not one. If a man die, may he live again?
5
Seeing his days are determined, All the days of my service would I
The number of his months is with wait, till my relief should come—
15
Thee, Thou wouldest call, and I would
And Thou hast appointed his bounds answer Thee;
that he cannot pass; Thou wouldest have a desire to the
6
Look away from him, that he may work of Thy hands.
16
rest, But now Thou numberest my
Till he shall accomplish, as a steps,
hireling, his day. Thou dost not even wait for my sin;
17
My transgression is sealed up in a
7
For there is hope of a tree, bag,
If it be cut down, that it will sprout And Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
18
again, And surely the mountain falling
crumbleth away,
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JOB 7
And the rock is removed out of its Art thou the first man that was
place; born?
19
The waters wear the stones; Or wast thou brought forth before
The overflowings thereof wash the hills?
8
away the dust of the earth; Dost thou hearken in the council of
So Thou destroyest the hope of man. God?
20
Thou prevailest for ever against And dost thou restrain wisdom to
him, and he passeth; thyself?
9
Thou changest his countenance, and What knowest thou, that we know
sendest him away. not?
21
His sons come to honour, and he What understandest thou, which is
knoweth it not; not in us?
10
And they are brought low, but he With us are both the gray-headed
regardeth them not. and the very aged men,
22
But his flesh grieveth for him, Much older than thy father.
11
And his soul mourneth over him. Are the consolations of God too
small for thee,
15
2
Then answered Eliphaz the
Temanite, and said:
Should a wise man make answer
And the word that dealeth gently
12
with thee?
Why doth thy heart carry thee
with windy knowledge, away?
And fill his belly with the east And why do thine eyes wink?
13
wind? That thou turnest thy spirit against
3
Should he reason with unprofitable God,
talk, And lettest such words go out of thy
Or with speeches wherewith he can mouth.
14
do no good? What is man, that he should be
4
Yea, thou doest away with fear, clean?
And impairest devotion before God. And he that is born of a woman, that
5
For thine iniquity teacheth thy he should be righteous?
15
mouth, Behold, He putteth no trust in His
And thou choosest the tongue of the holy ones;
crafty. Yea, the heavens are not clean in
6
Thine own mouth condemneth His sight.
16
thee, and not I; How much less one that is
Yea, thine own lips testify against abominable and impure,
thee. Man who drinketh iniquity like
water!
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17
JOB
I will tell thee, hear thou me; And made collops of fat on his
And that which I have seen I will loins;
28
declare— And he hath dwelt in desolate
18
Which wise men have told cities,
From their fathers, and have not hid In houses which no man would
it; inhabit,
19
Unto whom alone the land was Which were ready to become heaps.
29
given, He shall not be rich, neither shall
And no stranger passed among his substance continue,
them. Neither shall their produce bend to
20
The wicked man travaileth with the earth.
30
pain all his days, He shall not depart out of
Even the number of years that are darkness;
laid up for the oppressor. The flame shall dry up his branches,
21
A sound of terrors is in his ears: And by the breath of His mouth
In prosperity the destroyer shall shall he go away.
31
come upon him. Let him not trust in vanity,
22
He believeth not that he shall deceiving himself;
return out of darkness, For vanity shall be his recompense.
32
And he is waited for of the sword. It shall be accomplished before his
23
He wandereth abroad for bread: time,
‘Where is it?’ And his branch shall not be leafy.
33
He knoweth that the day of darkness He shall shake off his unripe grape
is ready at his hand. as the vine,
24
Distress and anguish overwhelm And shall cast off his flower as the
him; olive.
34
They prevail against him, as a king For the company of the godless
ready to the battle. shall be desolate,
25
Because he hath stretched out his And fire shall consume the tents of
hand against God, bribery.
35
And behaveth himself proudly They conceive mischief, and bring
against the Almighty; forth iniquity,
26
He runneth upon him with a stiff And their belly prepareth deceit.
neck,
With the thick bosses of his
27
bucklers. 16 Then Job answered and said:
2
I have heard many such
Because he hath covered his face things;
with his fatness, Sorry comforters are ye all.
3
Shall windy words have an end?
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JOB 12
Or what provoketh thee that thou I was at ease, and He broke me
answerest? asunder;
4
I also could speak as ye do; Yea, He hath taken me by the neck,
If your soul were in my soul’s stead, and dashed me to pieces;
I could join words together against He hath also set me up for His mark.
13
you, His archers compass me round
And shake my head at you. about,
5
I would strengthen you with my He cleaveth my reins asunder, and
mouth, doth not spare;
And the moving of my lips would He poureth out my gall upon the
assuage your grief. ground.
14
He breaketh me with breach upon
6
Though I speak, my pain is not breach;
assuaged; He runneth upon me like a giant.
15
And though I forbear, what am I I have sewed sackcloth upon my
eased? skin,
7
But now He hath made me weary; And have laid my horn in the dust.
16
Thou hast made desolate all my My face is reddened with weeping,
company. And on my eyelids is the shadow of
8
And Thou hast shrivelled me up, death;
17
which is a witness against me; Although there is no violence in
And my leanness riseth up against my hands,
me, it testifieth to my face. And my prayer is pure.
9 18
He hath torn me in His wrath, and O earth, cover not thou my blood,
hated me; And let my cry have no resting-
He hath gnashed upon me with His place.
19
teeth; Even now, behold, my Witness is
Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes in heaven,
upon me. And He that testifieth of me is on
10
They have gaped upon me with high.
20
their mouth; Mine inward thoughts are my
They have smitten me upon the intercessors,
cheek scornfully; Mine eye poureth out tears unto
They gather themselves together God;
21
against me. That He would set aright a man
11
God delivereth me to the ungodly, contending with God,
And casteth me into the hands of the As a son of man setteth aright his
wicked. neighbour!
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22
JOB
For the years that are few are And I shall not find a wise man
coming on, among you.
11
And I shall go the way whence I My days are past, my purposes are
shall not return. broken off,
17 My spirit is consumed, my
days are extinct,
Even the thoughts of my heart.
12
They change the night into day;
The grave is ready for me. The light is short because of
2
Surely there are mockers with me, darkness.
13
And mine eye abideth in their If I look for the nether-world as
provocation. my house;
3
Give now a pledge, be surety for If I have spread my couch in the
me with Thyself; darkness;
14
Who else is there that will strike If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou
hands with me? art my father’,
4
For Thou hast hid their heart from To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother,
understanding; and my sister’;
15
Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them. Where then is my hope?
5
He that denounceth his friends for And as for my hope, who shall see
the sake of flattery, it?
16
Even the eyes of his children shall They shall go down to the bars of
fail. the nether-world,
When we are at rest together in the
6
He hath made me also a byword of dust.
the people;
And I am become one in whose face
7
they spit. 18 2
Then answered Bildad the
Shuhite, and said:
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason How long will ye lay snares for
of vexation, words?
And all my members are as a Consider, and afterwards we will
shadow. speak.
8 3
Upright men are astonished at this, Wherefore are we counted as
And the innocent stirreth up himself beasts,
against the godless. And reputed dull in your sight?
9 4
Yet the righteous holdeth on his Thou that tearest thyself in thine
way, anger,
And he that hath clean hands waxeth Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?
stronger and stronger. Or shall the rock be removed out of
10
But as for you all, do ye return, its place?
and come now;
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5
JOB 17
Yea, the light of the wicked shall His remembrance shall perish
be put out, from the earth,
And the spark of his fire shall not And he shall have no name abroad.
18
shine. He shall be driven from light into
6
The light shall be dark in his tent, darkness,
And his lamp over him shall be put And chased out of the world.
19
out. He shall have neither son nor son’s
7
The steps of his strength shall be son among his people,
straitened, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20
And his own counsel shall cast him They that come after shall be
down. astonished at his day,
8
For he is cast into a net by his own As they that went before are
feet, affrighted.
21
And he walketh upon the toils. Surely such are the dwellings of
9
A gin shall take him by the heel, the wicked,
And a snare shall lay hold on him. And this is the place of him that
10
A noose is hid for him in the knoweth not God.
ground,
And a trap for him in the way.
11
Terrors shall overwhelm him on 19 Then Job answered and said:
2
How long will ye vex my
every side, soul,
And shall entrap him at his feet. And crush me with words?
12 3
His trouble shall be ravenous, These ten times have ye reproached
And calamity shall be ready for his me;
fall. Ye are not ashamed that ye deal
13
It shall devour the members of his harshly with me.
4
body, And be it indeed that I have erred,
Yea, the first-born of death shall Mine error remaineth with myself.
5
devour his members. If indeed ye will magnify
14
That wherein he trusteth shall be yourselves against me,
plucked out of his tent; And plead against me my reproach;
6
And he shall be brought to the king Know now that God hath subverted
of terrors. my cause,
15
There shall dwell in his tent that And hath compassed me with His
which is none of his; net.
7
Brimstone shall be scattered upon Behold, I cry out: ‘Violence! ’ but I
his habitation. am not heard;
16
His roots shall dry up beneath, I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
And above shall his branch wither.
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8
JOB 20
He hath fenced up my way that I My bone cleaveth to my skin and
cannot pass, to my flesh,
And hath set darkness in my paths. And I am escaped with the skin of
9
He hath stripped me of my glory, my teeth.
And taken the crown from my head.
10 21
He hath broken me down on every Have pity upon me, have pity upon
side, and I am gone; me, O ye my friends;
And my hope hath He plucked up For the hand of God hath touched
like a tree. me.
11 22
He hath also kindled His wrath Why do ye persecute me as God,
against me, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23
And He counteth me unto Him as Oh that my words were now
one of His adversaries. written!
12
His troops come on together, Oh that they were inscribed in a
And cast up their way against me, book!
24
And encamp round about my tent. That with an iron pen and lead
13
He hath put my brethren far from They were graven in the rock for
me, ever!
25
And mine acquaintance are wholly But as for me, I know that my
estranged from me. Redeemer liveth,
14
My kinsfolk have failed, And that He will witness at the last
And my familiar friends have upon the dust;
26
forgotten me. And when after my skin this is
15
They that dwell in my house, and destroyed,
my maids, count me for a Then without my flesh shall I see
stranger; God;
27
I am become an alien in their sight. Whom I, even I, shall see for
16
I call unto my servant, and he myself,
giveth me no answer, And mine eyes shall behold, and not
Though I entreat him with my another’s.
mouth. My reins are consumed within me.
17 28
My breath is abhorred of my wife, If ye say: ‘How we will persecute
And I am loathsome to the children him! ’
of my tribe. Seeing that the root of the matter is
18
Even urchins despised me; found in me;
29
If I arise, they speak against me. Be ye afraid of the sword;
19
All my intimate friends abhor me; For wrath bringeth the punishments
And they whom I loved are turned of the sword,
against me.
1121
JOB 11
That ye may know there is a His bones are full of his youth,
judgment. But it shall lie down with him in the
dust.
20
12
Then answered Zophar the Though wickedness be sweet in
Naamathite, and said: his mouth,
2
Therefore do my thoughts give Though he hide it under his tongue;
13
answer to me, Though he spare it, and will not let
Even by reason of mine agitation it go,
that is in me. But keep it still within his mouth;
3 14
I have heard the reproof which Yet his food in his bowels is
putteth me to shame, turned,
But out of my understanding my It is the gall of asps within him.
15
spirit answereth me. He hath swallowed down riches,
and he shall vomit them up again;
4
Knowest thou not this of old time, God shall cast them out of his belly.
16
Since man was placed upon earth, He shall suck the poison of asps;
5
That the triumphing of the wicked The viper’s tongue shall slay him.
17
is short, He shall not look upon the rivers,
And the joy of the godless but for a The flowing streams of honey and
moment? curd.
6 18
Though his excellency mount up to That which he laboured for shall
the heavens, he give back, and shall not
And his head reach unto the clouds; swallow it down;
7
Yet he shall perish for ever like his According to the substance that he
own dung; hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
19
They that have seen him shall say: For he hath oppressed and
‘Where is he?’ forsaken the poor;
8
He shall fly away as a dream, and He hath violently taken away a
shall not be found; house, and he shall not build it
Yea, he shall be chased away as a up.
20
vision of the night. Because he knew no quietness
9
The eye which saw him shall see within him,
him no more; In his greed he suffered nought to
Neither shall his place any more escape,
21
behold him. There was nothing left that he
10
His children shall appease the devoured not—
poor, Therefore his prosperity shall not
And his hands shall restore his endure.
wealth.
1122
22
JOB
In the fulness of his sufficiency he And let this be your consolations.
3
shall be in straits; Suffer me, that I may speak;
The hand of every one that is in And after that I have spoken, mock
misery shall come upon him. on.
23 4
It shall be for the filling of his As for me, is my complaint to man?
belly; Or why should I not be impatient?
5
He shall cast the fierceness of His Turn unto me, and be astonished,
wrath upon him, And lay your hand upon your
And shall cause it to rain upon him mouth.
6
into his flesh. Even when I remember I am
24
If he flee from the iron weapon, affrighted,
The bow of brass shall strike him And horror hath taketh hold on my
through. flesh.
25 7
He draweth it forth, and it cometh Wherefore do the wicked live,
out of his body; Become old, yea, wax mighty in
Yea, the glittering point cometh out power?
8
of his gall; Their seed is established in their
Terrors are upon him. sight with them,
26
All darkness is laid up for his And their offspring before their
treasures; eyes.
9
A fire not blown by man shall Their houses are safe, without fear,
consume him; Neither is the rod of God upon
It shall go ill with him that is left in them.
10
his tent. Their bull gendereth, and faileth
27
The heavens shall reveal his not;
iniquity, Their cow calveth, and casteth not
And the earth shall rise up against her calf.
11
him. They send forth their little ones
28
The increase of his house shall like a flock,
depart, And their children dance.
12
His goods shall flow away in the They sing to the timbrel and harp,
day of his wrath. And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
29 13
This is the portion of a wicked They spend their days in
man from God, prosperity,
And the heritage appointed unto him And peacefully they go down to the
by God. grave.
14
Yet they said unto God: ‘Depart
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JOB 24
For we desire not the knowledge of His pails are full of milk,
Thy ways. And the marrow of his bones is
15
What is the Almighty, that we moistened.
25
should serve Him? And another dieth in bitterness of
And what profit should we have, if soul,
we pray unto Him?’— And hath never tasted of good.
16 26
Lo, their prosperity is not in their They lie down alike in the dust,
hand; And the worm covereth them.
The counsel of the wicked is far
27
from me. Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the devices which ye
17
How oft is it that the lamp of the wrongfully imagine against me.
28
wicked is put out? For ye say: ‘Where is the house of
That their calamity cometh upon the prince?
them? And where is the tent wherein the
That He distributeth pains in His wicked dwelt?’
29
anger? Have ye not asked them that go by
18
That they are as stubble before the the way;
wind, And will ye misdeem their tokens,
30
And as chaff that the storm stealeth That the evil man is reserved to the
away? day of calamity,
19
’God layeth up his iniquity for his That they are led forth to the day of
children! ’— wrath?
31
Let Him recompense it unto himself, But who shall declare his way to
that he may know it. his face?
20
Let his own eyes see his And who shall repay him what he
destruction, hath done?
32
And let him drink of the wrath of For he is borne to the grave,
the Almighty. And watch is kept over his tomb.
21 33
For what pleasure hath he in his The clods of the valley are sweet
house after him? unto him,
Seeing the number of his months is And all men draw after him,
determined. As there were innumerable before
him.
22 34
Shall any teach God knowledge? How then comfort ye me in vain?
Seeing it is He that judgeth those And as for your answers, there
that are high. remaineth only faithlessness?
23
One dieth in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and quiet;
1124
JOB
22
12
Then answered Eliphaz the Is not God in the height of heaven?
Temanite, and said: And behold the topmost of the stars,
2
Can a man be profitable unto God? how high they are!
13
Or can he that is wise be profitable And thou sayest: ‘What doth God
unto Him? know?
3
Is it any advantage to the Almighty, Can He judge through the dark
that thou art righteous? cloud?
14
Or is it gain to Him, that thou Thick clouds are a covering to
makest thy ways blameless? Him, that He seeth not;
4
Is it for thy fear of Him that He And He walketh in the circuit of
reproveth thee, heaven.’
15
That He entereth with thee into Wilt thou keep the old way
judgment? Which wicked men have trodden?
5 16
Is not thy wickedness great? Who were snatched away before
And are not thine iniquities without their time,
end? Whose foundation was poured out
6
For thou hast taken pledges of thy as a stream;
17
brother for nought, Who said unto God: ‘Depart from
And stripped the naked of their us’;
clothing. And what could the Almighty do
7
Thou hast not given water to the unto them?
18
weary to drink, Yet He filled their houses with
And thou hast withholden bread good things—
from the hungry. But the counsel of the wicked is far
8
And as a mighty man, who hath the from me.
19
earth, The righteous saw it, and were
And as a man of rank, who dwelleth glad,
in it, And the innocent laugh them to
9
Thou hast sent widows away scorn:
20
empty, ’Surely their substance is cut off,
And the arms of the fatherless have And their abundance the fire hath
been broken. consumed.’
10
Therefore snares are round about
21
thee, Acquaint now thyself with Him,
And sudden dread affrighted thee, and be at peace;
11
Or darkness, that thou canst not Thereby shall thine increase be
see, good.
22
And abundance of waters cover Receive, I pray thee, instruction
thee. from His mouth,
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JOB 5
And lay up His words in thy heart. I would know the words which He
23
If thou return to the Almighty, would answer me,
thou shalt be built up— And understand what He would say
If thou put away unrighteousness far unto me.
6
from thy tents, Would He contend with me in His
24
And lay thy treasure in the dust, great power?
And the gold of Ophir among the Nay; but He would give heed unto
stones of the brooks; me.
25 7
And the Almighty be thy treasure, There the upright might reason
And precious silver unto thee; with Him;
26
Then surely shalt thou have thy So should I be delivered for ever
delight in the Almighty, from my Judge.
And shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 8
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Behold, I go forward, but He is not
Him, and He will hear thee, there,
And thou shalt pay thy vows; And backward, but I cannot
28
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and perceive Him;
9
it shall be established unto thee, On the left hand, when He doth
And light shall shine upon thy ways. work, but I cannot behold Him,
He turneth Himself to the right
29
When they cast thee down, thou hand, but I cannot see Him.
shalt say: ‘There is lifting up’;
10
For the humble person He saveth. For He knoweth the way that I
30
He delivereth him that is innocent, take;
Yea, thou shalt be delivered through When He hath tried me, I shall come
the cleanness of thy hands. forth as gold.
11
My foot hath held fast to His steps,
26
22
He draweth away the mighty also Then Job answered and said:
2
by his power; How hast thou helped him
He riseth up, and he trusteth not his that is without power!
own life. How hast thou saved the arm that
23
Though it be given him to be in hath no strength!
3
safety, whereon he resteth, How hast thou counselled him that
Yet His eyes are upon their ways. hath no wisdom,
24
They are exalted for a little while, And plentifully declared sound
and they are gone; knowledge!
4
Yea, they are brought low, they are With whose help hast thou uttered
gathered in as all others, words?
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JOB
And whose spirit came forth from
5
thee?
27 2
And Job again took up his
parable, and said:
The shades tremble As God liveth, who hath taken
Beneath the waters and the away my right;
inhabitants thereof. And the Almighty, who hath dealt
6
The nether-world is naked before bitterly with me;
3
Him, All the while my breath is in me
And Destruction hath no covering. And the spirit of God is in my
7
He stretcheth out the north over the nostrils,
4
empty space, Surely my lips shall not speak
And hangeth the earth over nothing. unrighteousness,
8
He bindeth up the waters in His Neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
5
thick clouds; Far be it from me that I should
And the cloud is not rent under justify you;
them. Till I die I will not put away mine
9
He closeth in the face of His integrity from me.
6
throne, My righteousness I hold fast, and
And spreadeth His cloud upon it. will not let it go;
10
He hath described a boundary My heart shall not reproach me so
upon the face of the waters, long as I live.
Unto the confines of light and
7
darkness. Let mine enemy be as the wicked,
11
The pillars of heaven tremble And let him that riseth up against
And are astonished at His rebuke. me be as the unrighteous.
12 8
He stirreth up the sea with His For what is the hope of the godless,
power, though he get him gain,
And by His understanding He When God taketh away his soul?
9
smiteth through Rahab. Will God hear his cry,
13
By His breath the heavens are When trouble cometh upon him?
10
serene; Will he have his delight in the
His hand hath pierced the slant Almighty,
serpent. And call upon God at all times?
14 11
Lo, these are but the outskirts of I will teach you concerning the
His ways; hand of God;
And how small a whisper is heard of That which is with the Almighty
Him! will I not conceal.
12
But the thunder of His mighty deeds Behold, all ye yourselves have
who can understand? seen it;
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JOB 23
Why then are ye become altogether Men shall clap their hands at him,
vain? And shall hiss him out of his place.
13
This is the portion of a wicked
man with God,
And the heritage of oppressors, 28 For there is a mine for silver,
And a place for gold which
which they receive from the they refine.
2
Almighty. Iron is taken out of the dust,
14
If his children be multiplied, it is And brass is molten out of the stone.
3
for the sword; Man setteth an end to darkness,
And his offspring shall not have And searcheth out to the furthest
bread enough. bound
15
Those that remain of him shall be The stones of thick darkness and of
buried by pestilence, the shadow of death.
4
And his widows shall make no He breaketh open a shaft away
lamentation. from where men sojourn;
16
Though he heap up silver as the They are forgotten of the foot that
dust, passeth by;
And prepare raiment as the clay; They hang afar from men, they
17
He may prepare it, but the just swing to and fro.
5
shall put it on, As for the earth, out of it cometh
And the innocent shall divide the bread,
silver. And underneath it is turned up as it
18
He buildeth his house as a moth, were by fire.
6
And as a booth which the keeper The stones thereof are the place of
maketh. sapphires,
19
He lieth down rich, but there shall And it hath dust of gold.
7
be nought to gather; That path no bird of prey knoweth,
He openeth his eyes, and his wealth Neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it;
8
is not. The proud beasts have not trodden
20
Terrors overtake him like waters; it,
A tempest stealeth him away in the Nor hath the lion passed thereby.
9
night. He putteth forth his hand upon the
21
The east wind carrieth him away, flinty rock;
and he departeth; He overturneth the mountains by the
And it sweepeth him out of his roots.
10
place. He cutteth out channels among the
22
Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth rocks;
not; And his eye seeth every precious
He would fain flee from its power. thing.
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11
JOB 21
He bindeth the streams that they Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all
trickle not; living,
And the thing that is hid bringeth he And kept close from the fowls of the
forth to light. air.
22
Destruction and Death say:
12
But wisdom, where shall it be ‘We have heard a rumor thereof
found? with our ears.’
23
And where is the place of God understandeth the way
understanding? thereof,
13
Man knoweth not the price And He knoweth the place thereof.
24
thereof; For He looketh to the ends of the
Neither is it found in the land of the earth,
living. And seeth under the whole heaven;
14 25
The deep saith: ‘It is not in me’; When He maketh a weight for the
And the sea saith: ‘It is not with wind,
me.’ And meteth out the waters by
15
It cannot be gotten for gold, measure.
26
Neither shall silver be weighed for When He made a decree for the
the price thereof. rain,
16
It cannot be valued with the gold And a way for the storm of
of Ophir, thunders;
27
With the precious onyx, or the Then did He see it, and declare it;
sapphire. He established it, yea, and searched
17
Gold and glass cannot equal it; it out.
Neither shall the exchange thereof
28
be vessels of fine gold. And unto man He said:
18
No mention shall be made of coral ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is
or of crystal; wisdom;
Yea, the price of wisdom is above And to depart from evil is
rubies. understanding.’
19
The topaz of Ethiopia shall not
equal it,
Neither shall it be valued with pure 29 2
And Job again took up his
parable, and said:
gold. Oh that I were as in the months of
old,
20
Whence then cometh wisdom? As in the days when God watched
And where is the place of over me;
3
understanding? When His lamp shined above my
head,
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And by His light I walked through My justice was as a robe and a
darkness; diadem.
4 15
As I was in the days of my youth, I was eyes to the blind,
When the converse of God was And feet was I to the lame.
16
upon my tent; I was a father to the needy;
5
When the Almighty was yet with And the cause of him that I knew
me, not I searched out.
17
And my children were about me; And I broke the jaws of the
6
When my steps were washed with unrighteous,
butter, And plucked the prey out of his
And the rock poured me out rivers teeth.
18
of oil! Then I said: ‘I shall die with my
7
When I went forth to the gate unto nest,
the city, And I shall multiply my days as the
When I prepared my seat in the phoenix;
19
broad place, My root shall be spread out to the
8
The young men saw me and hid waters,
themselves, And the dew shall lie all night upon
And the aged rose up and stood; my branch;
9 20
The princes refrained talking, My glory shall be fresh in me,
And laid their hand on their mouth; And my bow shall be renewed in
10
The voice of the nobles was my hand.’
hushed,
21
And their tongue cleaved to the roof Unto me men gave ear, and
of their mouth. waited,
11
For when the ear heard me, then it And kept silence for my counsel.
22
blessed me, After my words they spoke not
And when the eye saw me, it gave again;
witness unto me; And my speech dropped upon them.
12 23
Because I delivered the poor that And they waited for me as for the
cried, rain;
The fatherless also, that had none to And they opened their mouth wide
help him. as for the latter rain.
13 24
The blessing of him that was ready If I laughed on them, they believed
to perish came upon me; and I it not;
caused the widow’s heart to sing And the light of my countenance
for joy. they cast not down.
14 25
I put on righteousness, and it I chose out their way, and sat as
clothed itself with me; chief,
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JOB 11
And dwelt as a king in the army, For He hath loosed my cord, and
As one that comforteth the afflicted me,
mourners. And they have cast off the bridle
before me.
30
12
But now they that are younger Upon my right hand rise the
than I have me in derision, brood;
Whose fathers I disdained to set They entangle my feet,
with the dogs of my flock. And they cast up against me their
2
Yea, the strength of their hands, ways of destruction.
13
whereto should it profit me? They break up my path,
Men in whom ripe age is perished. They further my calamity,
3
They are gaunt with want and Even men that have no helper.
14
famine; As through a wide breach they
They gnaw the dry ground, in the come;
gloom of wasteness and In the midst of the ruin they roll
desolation. themselves upon me.
4 15
They pluck salt-wort with Terrors are turned upon me,
wormwood; They chase mine honour as the
And the roots of the broom are their wind;
food. And my welfare is passed away as a
5
They are driven forth from the cloud.
midst of men;
16
They cry after them as after a thief. And now my soul is poured out
6
In the clefts of the valleys must within me;
they dwell, Days of affliction have taken hold
In holes of the earth and of the upon me.
17
rocks. In the night my bones are pierced,
7
Among the bushes they bray; and fall from me,
Under the nettles they are gathered And my sinews take no rest.
18
together. By the great force [of my disease]
8
They are children of churls, yea, is my garment disfigured;
children of ignoble men; It bindeth me about as the collar of
They were scourged out of the land. my coat.
19
He hath cast me into the mire,
9
And now I am become their song, And I am become like dust and
Yea, I am a byword unto them. ashes.
10 20
They abhor me, they flee far from I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not
me, answer me;
And spare not to spit in my face. I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.
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JOB
31
21
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; I made a covenant with mine
With the might of Thy hand Thou eyes;
hatest me. How then should I look upon a
22
Thou liftest me up to the wind, maid?
2
Thou causest me to ride upon it; For what would be the portion of
And Thou dissolvest my substance. God from above,
23
For I know that Thou wilt bring And the heritage of the Almighty
me to death, from on high?
3
And to the house appointed for all Is it not calamity to the
living. unrighteous,
And disaster to the workers of
24
Surely none shall put forth his iniquity?
4
hand to a ruinous heap, Doth not He see my ways,
Neither because of these things shall And count all my steps?
help come in one’s calamity,
25 5
If I have not wept for him that was If I have walked with vanity,
in trouble, And my foot hath hasted to deceit—
6
And if my soul grieved not for the Let me be weighed in a just
needy. balance,
26
Yet, when I looked for good, there That God may know mine
came evil; integrity—
7
And when I waited for light, there If my step hath turned out of the
came darkness. way,
27
Mine inwards boil, and rest not; And my heart walked after mine
Days of affliction are come upon eyes,
me. And if any spot hath cleaved to my
28
I go mourning without the sun; hands;
8
I stand up in the assembly, and cry Then let me sow, and let another
for help. eat;
29
I am become a brother to jackals, Yea, let the produce of my field be
And a companion to ostriches. rooted out.
30
My skin is black, and falleth from
9
me, If my heart have been enticed unto
And my bones are burned with heat. a woman,
31
Therefore is my harp turned to And I have lain in wait at my
mourning, neighbour’s door;
10
And my pipe into the voice of them Then let my wife grind unto
that weep. another,
And let others bow down upon her.
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11
JOB 21
For that were a heinous crime; If I have lifted up my hand against
Yea, it were an iniquity to be the fatherless,
punished by the judges. Because I saw my help in the gate;
12 22
For it is a fire that consumeth unto Then let my shoulder fall from the
destruction, shoulder-blade,
And would root out all mine And mine arm be broken from the
increase. bone.
23
For calamity from God was a
13
If I did despise the cause of my terror to me,
man-servant, And by reason of His majesty I
Or of my maid-servant, when they could do nothing.
24
contended with me— If I have made gold my hope,
14
What then shall I do when God And have said to the fine gold:
riseth up? ‘Thou art my confidence’;
25
And when He remembereth, what If I rejoiced because my wealth
shall I answer Him? was great,
15
Did not He that made me in the And because my hand had gotten
womb make him? much;
26
And did not One fashion us in the If I beheld the sun when it shined,
womb? Or the moon walking in brightness;
27
And my heart hath been secretly
16
If I have withheld aught that the enticed,
poor desired, And my mouth hath kissed my
Or have caused the eyes of the hand;
28
widow to fail; This also were an iniquity to be
17
Or have eaten my morsel myself punished by the judges;
alone, For I should have lied to God that is
And the fatherless hath not eaten above.
thereof—
18 29
Nay, from my youth he grew up If I rejoiced at the destruction of
with me as with a father, him that hated me,
And I have been her guide from my Or exulted when evil found him—
30
mother’s womb. Yea, I suffered not my mouth to
19
If I have seen any wanderer in sin
want of clothing, By asking his life with a curse.
31
Or that the needy had no covering; If the men of my tent said not:
20
If his loins have not blessed me, ‘Who can find one that hath not
And if he were not warmed with the been satisfied with his meat?’
fleece of my sheep;
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32
JOB
The stranger did not lodge in the The words of Job are ended.
street;
My doors I opened to the roadside.
33
32 So these three men ceased to
answer Job, because he was
If after the manner of men I righteous in his own eyes. 2Then was
covered my transgressions, kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of
By hiding mine iniquity in my Barachel the Buzite, of the family of
bosom— Ram; against Job was his wrath
34
Because I feared the great kindled, because he justified himself
multitude, rather than God. 3Also against his
And the most contemptible among three friends was his wrath kindled,
families terrified me, because they had found no answer, and
So that I kept silence, and went not yet had condemned Job. 4Now Elihu
out of the door. had waited to speak unto Job, because
they were older than he. 5And when
35
Oh that I had one to hear me!— Elihu saw that there was no answer in
Lo, here is my signature, let the the mouth of these three men, his
Almighty answer me— wrath was kindled.
6
And that I had the indictment which And Elihu the son of Barachel the
mine adversary hath written! Buzite answered and said:
36
Surely I would carry it upon my I am young, and ye are very old;
shoulder; Wherefore I held back, and durst not
I would bind it unto me as a crown. declare you mine opinion.
37 7
I would declare unto him the I said: ‘Days should speak,
number of my steps; And multitude of years should teach
As a prince would I go near unto wisdom.’
8
him. But it is a spirit in man,
And the breath of the Almighty, that
38
If my land cry out against me, giveth them understanding.
9
And the furrows thereof weep It is not the great that are wise,
together; Nor the aged that discern judgment.
39 10
If I have eaten the fruits thereof Therefore I say: ‘Hearken to me;
without money, I also will declare mine opinion.’
Or have caused the tillers thereof to
11
be disappointed— Behold, I waited for your words,
40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, I listened for your reasons,
And noisome weeds instead of Whilst ye searched out what to say.
12
barley. Yea, I attended unto you,
1136
JOB
And, behold, there was none that
convinced Job, 33 Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear
my speech,
Or that answered his words, among And hearken to all my words.
2
you. Behold now, I have opened my
13
Beware lest ye say: ‘We have mouth,
found wisdom; My tongue hath spoken in my
God may vanquish him, not man! ’ mouth.
14 3
For he hath not directed his words My words shall utter the
against me; uprightness of my heart;
Neither will I answer him with your And that which my lips know they
speeches. shall speak sincerely.
4
The spirit of God hath made me,
15
They are amazed, they answer no And the breath of the Almighty
more; given me life.
5
Words are departed from them. If thou canst, answer thou me,
16
And shall I wait, because they Set thy words in order before me,
speak not, stand forth.
6
Because they stand still, and answer Behold, I am toward God even as
no more? thou art;
17
I also will answer my part, I also am formed out of the clay.
7
I also will declare mine opinion. Behold, my terror shall not make
18
For I am full of words; thee afraid,
The spirit within me constraineth Neither shall my pressure be heavy
me. upon thee.
19
Behold, mine inwards are as wine
8
which hath no vent; Surely thou hast spoken in my
Like new wine-skins which are hearing,
ready to burst. And I have heard the voice of thy
20
I will speak, that I may find relief; words;
9
I will open my lips and answer. ’I am clean, without transgression,
21
Let me not, I pray you, respect any I am innocent, neither is there
man’s person; iniquity in me;
10
Neither will I give flattering titles Behold, He findeth occasions
unto any man. against me,
22
For I know not to give flattering He counteth me for His enemy;
11
titles; He putteth my feet in the stocks,
Else would my Maker soon take me He marketh all my paths.’
away
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12
JOB
Behold, I answer thee: In this thou An intercessor, one among a
art not right, thousand,
That God is too great for man; To vouch for a man’s uprightness;
13 24
Why hast thou striven against Then He is gracious unto him, and
Him? saith:
Seeing that He will not answer any ‘Deliver him from going down to
of his words. the pit,
14
For God speaketh in one way, I have found a ransom.’
25
Yea in two, though man perceiveth His flesh is tenderer than a child’s;
it not. He returneth to the days of his
15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, youth;
26
When deep sleep falleth upon men, He prayeth unto God, and He is
In slumberings upon the bed; favourable unto him;
16
Then He openeth the ears of men, So that he seeth His face with joy;
And by their chastisement sealeth And He restoreth unto man his
the decree, righteousness.
17 27
That men may put away their He cometh before men, and saith:
purpose, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that
And that He may hide pride from which was right,
man; And it profited me not.’
18 28
That He may keep back his soul So He redeemeth his soul from
from the pit, going into the pit,
And his life from perishing by the And his life beholdeth the light.
sword.
19 29
He is chastened also with pain Lo, all these things doth God
upon his bed, work,
And all his bones grow stiff; Twice, yea thrice, with a man,
20 30
So that his life maketh him to To bring back his soul from the
abhor bread, pit,
And his soul dainty food. That he may be enlightened with the
21
His flesh is consumed away, that it light of the living.
cannot be seen;
31
And his bones corrode to Mark well, O Job, hearken unto
unsightliness. me;
22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto Hold thy peace, and I will speak.
32
the pit, If thou hast any thing to say,
And his life to the destroyers. answer me;
23
If there be for him an angel, Speak, for I desire to justify thee.
33
If not, hearken thou unto me;
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JOB
Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee And cause every man to find
wisdom. according to his ways.
12
Yea, of a surety, God will not do
34
2
Moreover Elihu answered and
said:
wickedly,
Neither will the Almighty pervert
Hear my words, ye wise men; justice.
13
And give ear unto me, ye that have Who gave Him a charge over the
knowledge. earth?
3
For the ear trieth words, Or who hath disposed the whole
As the palate tasteth food. world?
4 14
Let us choose for us that which is If He set His heart upon man,
right; If He gather unto Himself his spirit
Let us know among ourselves what and his breath;
15
is good. All flesh shall perish together,
5
For Job hath said: ‘I am righteous, And man shall return unto dust.
And God hath taken away my right;
6 16
Notwithstanding my right I am If now thou hast understanding,
accounted a liar; hear this;
My wound is incurable, though I am Hearken to the voice of my words.
17
without transgression.’ Shall even one that hateth right
7
What man is like Job, govern?
Who drinketh up scorning like And wilt thou condemn Him that is
water? just and mighty—
8 18
Who goeth in company with the Is it fit to say to a king: ‘Thou art
workers of iniquity, base’?
And walketh with wicked men. Or to nobles: ‘Ye are wicked’?—
9 19
For he hath said: ‘It profiteth a man That respecteth not the persons of
nothing princes,
That he should be in accord with Nor regardeth the rich more than the
God.’ poor?
For they all are the work of His
10
Therefore hearken unto me, ye hands.
20
men of understanding: In a moment they die, even at
Far be it from God, that He should midnight;
do wickedness; The people are shaken and pass
And from the Almighty, that He away,
should commit iniquity. And the mighty are taken away
11
For the work of a man will He without hand.
requite unto him,
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21
JOB
For His eyes are upon the ways of ‘I have borne chastisement, though I
a man, offend not;
32
And He seeth all his goings. That which I see not teach Thou
22
There is no darkness, nor shadow me;
of death, If I have done iniquity, I will do it
Where the workers of iniquity may no more’?
33
hide themselves. Shall His recompense be as thou
23
For He doth not appoint a time wilt? For thou loathest it,
unto any man, So that thou must choose, and not I;
When he should go before God in Therefore speak what thou knowest.
34
judgment. Men of understanding will say
24
He breaketh in pieces mighty men unto me,
without inquisition, Yea, every wise man that heareth
And setteth others in their stead. me:
25 35
Therefore He taketh knowledge of ’Job speaketh without knowledge,
their works; And his words are without
And He overturneth them in the discernment.’
36
night, so that they are crushed. Would that Job were tried unto the
26
He striketh them as wicked men end,
In the open sight of others; Because of his answering like
27
Because they turned aside from wicked men.
37
following Him, For he addeth rebellion unto his
And would not have regard to any sin,
of His ways; He clappeth his hands among us,
28
So that they cause the cry of the And multiplieth his words against
poor to come unto Him, God.
And He heareth the cry of the
29
afflicted.
When He giveth quietness, who 35 2
Moreover Elihu answered and
said:
then can condemn? Thinkest thou this to be thy right,
And when He hideth His face, who Or sayest thou: ‘I am righteousness
then can behold Him? before God’,
3
Whether it be done unto a nation, or That thou inquirest: ‘What
unto a man, alike; advantage will it be unto Thee?’
30
That the godless man reign not, And: ‘What profit shall I have, more
That there be none to ensnare the than if I had sinned?’
4
people. I will give thee answer,
And thy companions with thee.
31 5
For hath any said unto God: Look unto the heavens, and see;
1140
JOB 16
And behold the skies, which are But Job doth open his mouth in
higher than thou. vanity;
6
If thou hast sinned, what doest thou He multiplieth words without
against Him? knowledge.
And if thy transgressions be
7
multiplied, what doest thou unto
Him? 36 2
Elihu also proceeded, and
said:
If thou be righteous, what givest Suffer me a little, and I will tell
thou Him? thee;
Or what receiveth He of thy hand? For there are yet words on God’s
8
Thy wickedness concerneth a man behalf.
3
as thou art; I will fetch my knowledge from
And thy righteousness a son of man. afar,
And will ascribe righteousness to
9
By reason of the multitude of my Maker.
4
oppressions they cry out; For truly my words are not false;
They cry for help by reason of the One that is upright in mind is with
arm of the mighty. thee.
10 5
But none saith: ‘Where is God my Behold, God is mighty, yet He
Maker, despiseth not any;
Who giveth songs in the night; He is mighty in strength of
11
Who teacheth us more than the understanding.
6
beasts of the earth, He preserveth not the life of the
And maketh us wiser than the fowls wicked;
of heaven?’ But giveth to the poor their right.
12 7
There they cry, but none giveth He withdraweth not His eyes from
answer, the righteous;
Because of the pride of evil men. But with kings upon the throne
13
Surely God will not hear vanity, He setteth them for ever, and they
Neither will the Almighty regard it. are exalted.
14 8
Yea, when thou sayest thou canst And if they be bound in fetters,
not see Him— And be holden in cords of affliction;
9
The cause is before Him; therefore Then He declareth unto them their
wait thou for Him. work,
15
And now, is it for nought that He And their transgressions, that they
punished in His anger? have behaved themselves
And hath He not full knowledge of proudly.
10
arrogance? He openeth also their ear to
discipline,
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JOB
And commandeth that they return When peoples are cut off in their
from iniquity. place.
11 21
If they hearken and serve Him, Take heed, regard not iniquity;
They shall spend their days in For this hast thou chosen rather than
prosperity, affliction.
And their years in pleasures.
12 22
But if they hearken not, they shall Behold, God doeth loftily in His
perish by the sword, power;
And they shall die without Who is a teacher like Him?
23
knowledge. Who hath enjoined Him His way?
13
But they that are godless in heart Or who hath said: ‘Thou hast
lay up anger; wrought unrighteousness’?
24
They cry not for help when He Remember that thou magnify His
bindeth them. work,
14
Their soul perisheth in youth, Whereof men have sung.
25
And their life as that of the All men have looked thereon;
depraved. Man beholdeth it afar off.
15 26
He delivereth the afflicted by His Behold, God is great, beyond our
affliction, knowledge;
And openeth their ear by tribulation. The number of His years is
16
Yea, He hath allured thee out of unsearchable.
27
distress For He draweth away the drops of
Into a broad place, where there is no water,
straitness; Which distil rain from His vapour;
28
And that which is set on thy table is Which the skies pour down
full of fatness; And drop upon the multitudes of
17
And thou art full of the judgment men.
29
of the wicked; Yea, can any understand the
Judgment and justice take hold on spreadings of the clouds,
them. The crashings of His pavilion?
18 30
For beware of wrath, lest thou be Behold, He spreadeth His light
led away by thy sufficiency; upon it;
Neither let the greatness of the And He covereth the depths of the
ransom turn thee aside. sea.
19 31
Will thy riches avail, that are For by these He judgeth the
without stint, peoples;
Or all the forces of thy strength? He giveth food in abundance.
20 32
Desire not the night, He covereth His hands with the
lightning,
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JOB
And giveth it a charge that it strike And cold out of the north.
10
the mark. By the breath of God ice is given,
33
The noise thereof telleth And the breadth of the waters is
concerning it, straitened.
11
The cattle also concerning the storm Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud
that cometh up. with moister,
He spreadeth abroad the cloud of
38
2
Then the LORD answered Job
out of the whirlwind, and said:
morning since thy days began,
And caused the dayspring to know
Who is this that darkeneth counsel its place;
13
By words without knowledge? That it might take hold of the ends
3
Gird up now thy loins like a man; of the earth,
For I will demand of thee, and And the wicked be shaken out of it?
14
declare thou unto Me. It is changed as clay under the
seal;
4
Where wast thou when I laid the And they stand as a garment.
15
foundations of the earth? But from the wicked their light is
Declare, if thou hast the withholden,
understanding. And the high arm is broken.
5
Who determined the measures
16
thereof, if thou knowest? Hast thou entered into the springs
Or who stretched the line upon it? of the sea?
6
Whereupon were the foundations Or hast thou walked in the recesses
thereof fastened? of the deep?
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JOB 27
Have the gates of death been To satisfy the desolate and waste
revealed unto thee? ground,
Or hast thou seen the gates of the And to cause the bud of the tender
shadow of death? herb to spring forth?
18 28
Hast thou surveyed unto the Hath the rain a father?
breadths of the earth? Or who hath begotten the drops of
Declare, if thou knowest it all. dew?
29
Out of whose womb came the ice?
19
Where is the way to the dwelling And the hoar-frost of heaven, who
of light, hath gendered it?
30
And as for darkness, where is the The waters are congealed like
place thereof; stone,
20
That thou shouldest take it to the And the face of the deep is frozen.
bound thereof,
31
And that thou shouldest know the Canst thou bind the chains of the
paths to the house thereof? Pleiades,
21
Thou knowest it, for thou wast Or loose the bands of Orion?
32
then born, Canst thou lead forth the
And the number of thy days is great! Mazzaroth in their season?
22
Hast thou entered the treasuries of Or canst thou guide the Bear with
the snow, her sons?
33
Or hast thou seen the treasuries of Knowest thou the ordinances of
the hail, the heavens?
23
Which I have reserved against the Canst thou establish the dominion
time of trouble, thereof in the earth?
34
Against the day of battle and war? Canst thou lift up thy voice to the
clouds,
24
By what way is the light parted, That abundance of waters may
Or the east wind scattered upon the cover thee?
35
earth? Canst thou send forth lightnings,
25
Who hath cleft a channel for the that they may go,
waterflood, And say unto thee: ‘Here we are’?
Or a way for the lightning of the
36
thunder; Who hath put wisdom in the
26
To cause it to rain on a land where inward parts?
no man is, Or who hath given understanding to
On the wilderness, wherein there is the mind?
37
no man; Who can number the clouds by
wisdom?
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Or who can pour out the bottles of He scorneth the tumult of the city,
heaven, Neither heareth he the shoutings of
38
When the dust runneth into a mass, the driver.
8
And the clods cleave fast together? The range of the mountains is his
pasture,
39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the And he searcheth after every green
lioness? thing.
Or satisfy the appetite of the young
9
lions, Will the wild-ox be willing to serve
40
When they couch in their dens, thee?
And abide in the covert to lie in Or will he abide by thy crib?
10
wait? Canst thou bind the wild-ox with
41
Who provideth for the raven his his band in the furrow?
prey, Or will he harrow the valleys after
When his young ones cry unto God, thee?
11
and wander for lack of food? Wilt thou trust him, because his
41
12
Behold, the hope of him is in Out of his nostrils goeth smoke,
vain; As out of a seething pot and burning
Shall not one be cast down even at rushes.
13
the sight of him? His breath kindleth coals,
2
None is so fierce that dare stir him And a flame goeth out of his mouth.
14
up; In his neck abideth strength,
Who then is able to stand before And dismay danceth before him.
15
Me? The flakes of his flesh are joined
3
Who hath given Me anything together;
beforehand, that I should repay They are firm upon him; they cannot
him? be moved.
16
Whatsoever is under the whole His heart is as firm as a stone;
heaven is Mine. Yea, firm as the nether millstone.
4 17
Would I keep silence concerning When he raiseth himself up, the
his boastings, mighty are afraid;
Or his proud talk, or his fair array of By reason of despair they are beside
words? themselves.
18
If one lay at him with the sword, it
5
Who can uncover the face of his will not hold;
garment? Nor the spear, the dart, nor the
Who shall come within his double pointed shaft.
19
bridle? He esteemeth iron as straw,
6
Who can open the doors of his And brass as rotten wood.
20
face? The arrow cannot make him flee;
Round about his teeth is terror. Slingstones are turned with him into
7
His scales are his pride, stubble.
21
Shut up together as with a close Clubs are accounted as stubble;
seal.
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He laugheth at the rattling of the Seeing I am dust and ashes.
javelin.
22 7
Sharpest potsherds are under him; And it was so, that after the LORD
He spreadeth a threshing-sledge had spoken these words unto Job, the
upon the mire. LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite:
23
He maketh the deep to boil like a ‘My wrath is kindled against thee, and
pot; against thy two friends; for ye have not
He maketh the sea like a seething spoken of Me the thing that is right, as
mixture. My servant Job hath. 8Now therefore,
24
He maketh a path to shine after take unto you seven bullocks and
him; seven rams, and go to My servant Job,
One would think the deep to be and offer up for yourselves a burnt-
hoary. offering; and My servant Job shall
25
Upon earth there is not his like pray for you; for him will I accept, that
Who is made to be fearless. I do not unto you aught unseemly; for
26
He looketh at all high things; ye have not spoken of Me the thing
He is king over all the proud beasts. that is right, as my servant Job hath.’
9
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad
42
2
Then Job answered the LORD,
and said:
the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite
went, and did according as the LORD
I know that Thou canst do every commanded them; and the LORD
thing, accepted Job. 10And the LORD changed
And that no purpose can be the fortune of Job, when he prayed for
withholden from Thee. his friends; and the LORD gave Job
3
Who is this that hideth counsel twice as much as he had before. 11Then
without knowledge? came there unto him all his brethren,
Therefore have I uttered that which I and all his sisters, and all they that had
understood not, been of his acquaintance before, and
Things too wonderful for me, which did eat bread with him in his house;
I knew not. and they bemoaned him, and
4
Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will comforted him concerning all the evil
speak; that the LORD had brought upon him;
I will demand of Thee, and declare every man also gave him a piece of
Thou unto me. money, and every one a ring of gold.
5 12
I had heard of Thee by the hearing So the LORD blessed the latter end of
of the ear; Job more than his beginning; and he
But now mine eye seeth Thee; had fourteen thousand sheep, and six
6
Wherefore I abhor my words, and thousand camels, and a thousand yoke
repent, of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
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He had also seven sons and three
daughters. 14And he called the name of
the first, aJemimah; and the name of
the second, bKeziah; and the name of
the third, cKeren-happuch. 15And in all
the land were no women found so fair
as the daughters of Job; and their
father gave them inheritance among
their brethren. 16And after this Job
lived a hundred and forty years, and
saw his sons, and his sons’sons, even
four generations. 17So Job died, being
old and full of days.
a
That is, Dove.
b
That is, Cassia.
c
That is, Horn of eye-paint.
שיר השירים
SONG OF SONGS
1 THE song of songs, which is
Solomon’s.
Where thou feedest, where thou
makest thy flock to rest at noon;
For why should I be as one that
2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of veileth herself
his mouth— Beside the flocks of thy
For thy love is better than wine. companions?
3 8
Thine ointments have a goodly If thou know not, O thou fairest
fragrance; among women,
Thy name is as ointment poured Go thy way forth by the footsteps of
forth; the flock
Therefore do the maidens love thee. And feed thy kids, beside the
4
Draw me, we will run after thee; shepherds’tents.
9
The king hath brought me into his I have compared thee, O my love,
chambers; To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10
We will be glad and rejoice in thee, Thy cheeks are comely with
We will find thy love more fragrant circlets,
than wine! Thy neck with beads.
11
Sincerely do they love thee. We will make thee circlets of gold
5
’I am black, but comely, With studs of silver.
O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
12
As the tents of Kedar, While the king sat at his table,
As the curtains of Solomon. My spikenard sent forth its
6
Look not upon me, that I am fragrance.
13
swarthy, My beloved is unto me as a bag of
That the sun hath tanned me; myrrh,
My mother’s sons were incensed That lieth betwixt my breasts.
14
against me, My beloved is unto me as a cluster
They made me keeper of the of henna
vineyards; In the vineyards of En-gedi.
But mine own vineyard have I not
15
kept.’ Behold, thou art fair, my love;
7
Tell me, O thou whom my soul behold, thou art fair;
loveth, Thine eyes are as doves.
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SONG OF SONGS
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, He peereth through the lattice.
10
yea, pleasant; My beloved spoke, and said unto
Also our couch is leafy. me:
17
The beams of our houses are ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one, and
cedars, come away.
11
And our panels are cypresses. For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
2
12
I am a rose of Sharon, The flowers appear on the earth;
A lily of the valleys. The time of singing is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard
2
As a lily among thorns, in our land;
13
So is my love among the daughters. The fig-tree putteth forth her green
3
As an apple-tree among the trees of figs,
the wood, And the vines in blossom give forth
So is my beloved among the sons. their fragrance.
Under its shadow I delighted to sit, Arise, my love, my fair one, and
And its fruit was sweet to my taste. come away.
4 14
He hath brought me to the O my dove, that art in the clefts of
banqueting-house, the rock, in the covert of the cliff,
And his banner over me is love. Let me see thy countenance, let me
5
’Stay ye me with dainties, refresh hear thy voice;
me with apples; For sweet is thy voice, and thy
For I am love-sick.’ countenance is comely.’
6 15
Let his left hand be under my head, ’Take us the foxes, the little foxes,
And his right hand embrace me. that spoil the vineyards;
7
’I adjure you, O daughters of For our vineyards are in blossom.’
16
Jerusalem, My beloved is mine, and I am his,
By the gazelles, and by the hinds of That feedeth among the lilies.
17
the field, Until the day breathe, and the
That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, shadows flee away,
until it please.’ Turn, my beloved, and be thou like
8
Hark! my beloved! behold, he a gazelle or a young hart
cometh, Upon the mountains of spices.
Leaping upon the mountains,
9
skipping upon the hills.
My beloved is like a gazelle or a 3 By night on my bed I sought him
whom my soul loveth;
young hart; I sought him, but I found him not.
2
Behold, he standeth behind our wall, ’I will rise now, and go about the
He looketh in through the windows, city,
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SONG OF SONGS 9
In the streets and in the broad ways, King Solomon made himself a
I will seek him whom my soul palanquin
loveth.’ Of the wood of Lebanon.
10
I sought him, but I found him not. He made the pillars thereof of
3
The watchmen that go about the silver,
city found me: The top thereof of gold,
‘Saw ye him whom my soul The seat of it of purple,
loveth?’ The inside thereof being inlaid with
4
Scarce had I passed from them, love,
When I found him whom my soul From the daughters of Jerusalem.
11
loveth: Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion,
I held him, and would not let him And gaze upon king Solomon,
go, Even upon the crown wherewith his
Until I had brought him into my mother hath crowned him in the
mother’s house, day of his espousals,
And into the chamber of her that And in the day of the gladness of his
conceived me. heart.
5
’I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem,
By the gazelles, and by the hinds of 4 Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair;
the field, Thine eyes are as doves behind thy
That ye awaken not, nor stir up love, veil;
Until it please.’ Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that
trail down from mount Gilead.
6 2
Who is this that cometh up out of Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes
the wilderness all shaped alike,
Like pillars of smoke, Which are come up from the
Perfumed with myrrh and washing;
frankincense, Whereof all are paired, and none
With all powders of the merchant? faileth among them.
7 3
Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet,
Threescore mighty men are about it, And thy mouth is comely;
Of the mighty men of Israel. Thy temples are like a pomegranate
8
They all handle the sword, split open
And are expert in war; Behind thy veil.
4
Every man hath his sword upon his Thy neck is like the tower of David
thigh, Builded with turrets,
Because of dread in the night. Whereon there hang a thousand
shields,
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SONG OF SONGS 13
All the armour of the mighty men. Thy shoots are a park of
5
Thy two breasts are like two fawns pomegranates,
That are twins of a gazelle, With precious fruits;
Which feed among the lilies. Henna with spikenard plants,
6 14
Until the day breathe, Spikenard and saffron, calamus
And the shadows flee away, and cinnamon,
I will get me to the mountain of With all trees of frankincense;
myrrh, Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief
And to the hill of frankincense. spices.
7 15
Thou art all fair, my love; Thou art a fountain of gardens,
And there is no spot in thee. A well of living waters,
8
Come with me from Lebanon, my And flowing streams from Lebanon.
bride,
16
With me from Lebanon; Awake, O north wind;
Look from the top of Amana, And come, thou south;
From the top of Senir and Hermon, Blow upon my garden,
From the lions’dens, That the spices thereof may flow
From the mountains of the leopards. out.
9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my Let my beloved come into his
sister, my bride; garden,
Thou hast ravished my heart with And eat his precious fruits.
one of thine eyes,
With one bead of thy necklace.
10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my 5 I am come into my garden, my
sister, my bride;
bride! I have gathered my myrrh with my
How much better is thy love than spice;
wine! I have eaten my honeycomb with
And the smell of thine ointments my honey;
than all manner of spices! I have drunk my wine with my milk.
11
Thy lips, O my bride, drop Eat, O friends;
honey— Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O
Honey and milk are under thy beloved.
tongue;
2
And the smell of thy garments is I sleep, but my heart waketh;
like the smell of Lebanon. Hark! my beloved knocketh:
12
A garden shut up is my sister, my ‘Open to me, my sister, my love, my
bride; dove, my undefiled;
A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. For my head is filled with dew,
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SONG OF SONGS 11
My locks with the drops of the His head is as the most fine gold,
night.’ His locks are curled,
3
I have put off my coat; And black as a raven.
12
How shall I put it on? His eyes are like doves
I have washed my feet; Beside the water-brooks;
How shall I defile them? Washed with milk,
4
My beloved put in his hand by the And fitly set.
13
hole of the door, His cheeks are as a bed of spices,
And my heart was moved for him. As banks of sweet herbs;
5
I rose up to open to my beloved; His lips are as lilies,
And my hands dropped with myrrh, Dropping with flowing myrrh.
14
And my fingers with flowing myrrh, His hands are as rods of gold
Upon the handles of the bar. Set with beryl;
6
I opened to my beloved; His body is as polished ivory
But my beloved had turned away, Overlaid with sapphires.
15
and was gone. His legs are as pillars of marble,
My soul failed me when he spoke. Set upon sockets of fine gold;
I sought him, but I could not find His aspect is like Lebanon,
him; Excellent as the cedars.
16
I called him, but he gave me no His mouth is most sweet;
answer. Yea, he is altogether lovely.
7
The watchmen that go about the This is my beloved, and this is my
city found me, friend,
They smote me, they wounded me; O daughters of Jerusalem.’
The keepers of the walls took away
8
my mantle from me.
’I adjure you, O daughters of 6 ’Whither is thy beloved gone,
O thou fairest among women?
Jerusalem, Whither hath thy beloved turned
If ye find my beloved, what will ye him,
tell him? That we may seek him with thee?’
2
That I am love-sick.’ ’My beloved is gone down into his
9
’What is thy beloved more than garden,
another beloved, To the beds of spices,
O thou fairest among women? To feed in the gardens,
What is thy beloved more than And to gather lilies.
3
another beloved, I am my beloved’s, and my beloved
That thou dost so adjure us?’ is mine,
10
’My beloved is white and ruddy, That feedeth among the lilies.’
Pre-eminent above ten thousand.
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SONG OF SONGS 12
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Before I was aware, my soul set
Tirzah, me
Comely as Jerusalem, Upon the chariots of my princely
Terrible as an army with banners. people.
5
Turn away thine eyes from me,
For they have overcome me.
Thy hair is as a flock of goats, 7 Return, return, O Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may look
That trail down from Gilead. upon thee.
6
Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes,
Which are come up from the What will ye see in the Shulammite?
washing; As it were a dance of two
Whereof all are paired, companies.
And none faileth among them.
7 2
Thy temples are like a pomegranate How beautiful are thy steps in
split open sandals,
Behind thy veil. O prince’s daughter!
8
There are threescore queens, The roundings of thy thighs are like
And fourscore concubines, the links of a chain,
And maidens without number. The work of the hands of a skilled
9
My dove, my undefiled, is but one; workman.
3
She is the only one of her mother; Thy navel is like a round goblet,
She is the choice one of her that Wherein no mingled wine is
bore her. wanting;
The daughters saw her, and called Thy belly is like a heap of wheat
her happy; Set about with lilies.
4
Yea, the queens and the concubines, Thy two breasts are like two fawns
and they praised her. That are twins of a gazelle.
10 5
Who is she that looketh forth as Thy neck is as a tower of ivory;
the dawn, Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon,
Fair as the moon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Clear as the sun, Thy nose is like the tower of
Terrible as an army with banners? Lebanon
11
I went down into the garden of Which looketh toward Damascus.
6
nuts, Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,
To look at the green plants of the And the hair of thy head like purple;
valley, The king is held captive in the
To see whether the vine budded, tresses thereof.
7
And the pomegranates were in How fair and how pleasant art thou,
flower. O love, for delights!
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SONG OF SONGS
This thy stature is like to a palm-
tree,
And thy breasts to clusters of 8 Oh that thou wert as my brother,
That sucked the breasts of my
grapes. mother!
9
I said: ‘I will climb up into the When I should find thee without, I
palm-tree, would kiss thee;
I will take hold of the branches Yea, and none would despise me.
2
thereof; I would lead thee, and bring thee
And let thy breasts be as clusters of into my mother’s house,
the vine, That thou mightest instruct me;
And the smell of thy countenance I would cause thee to drink of
like apples; spiced wine,
10
And the roof of thy mouth like the Of the juice of my pomegranate.
3
best wine, His left hand should be under my
That glideth down smoothly for my head,
beloved, And his right hand should embrace
Moving gently the lips of those that me.
4
are asleep.’ ’I adjure you, O daughters of
Jerusalem:
11
I am my beloved’s, Why should ye awaken, or stir up
And his desire is toward me. : love,
12
Come, my beloved, let us go forth Until it please?’
into the field;
5
Let us lodge in the villages. Who is this that cometh up from
13
Let us get up early to the the wilderness,
vineyards; Leaning upon her beloved?
Let us see whether the vine hath Under the apple-tree I awakened
budded, thee;
Whether the vine-blossom be There thy mother was in travail with
opened, thee;
And the pomegranates be in flower; There was she in travail and brought
There will I give thee my love. thee forth.
14
The mandrakes give forth
6
fragrance, Set me as a seal upon thy heart,
And at our doors are all manner of As a seal upon thine arm;
precious fruits, For love is strong as death,
New and old, Jealousy is cruel as the grave;
Which I have laid up for thee, O my The flashes thereof are flashes of
beloved. fire,
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SONG OF SONGS 11
A very flame of the LORD. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-
7
Many waters cannot quench love, hamon;
Neither can the floods drown it; He gave over the vineyard unto
If a man would give all the keepers;
substance of his house for love, Every one for the fruit thereof
He would utterly be contemned. Brought in a thousand pieces of
8
We have a little sister, silver.
12
And she hath no breasts; My vineyard, which is mine, is
What shall we do for our sister before me;
In the day when she shall be spoken Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the
for? thousand,
9
If she be a wall, And those that keep the fruit thereof
We will build upon her a turret of two hundred.
silver;
13
And if she be a door, Thou that dwellest in the gardens,
We will enclose her with boards of The companions hearken for thy
cedar. voice:
‘Cause me to hear it.’
10
I am a wall,
14
And my breasts like the towers Make haste, my beloved,
thereof; And be thou like to a gazelle or to a
Then was I in his eyes young hart
As one that found peace. Upon the mountains of spices.
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רות
RUTH
1 AND IT came to pass in the days
when the judges judged, that there
LORD grant you that ye may find rest,
each of you in the house of her
was a famine in the land. And a certain husband.’ Then she kissed them; and
man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10
sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and And they said unto her: ‘Nay, but we
his wife, and his two sons. 2And the will return with thee unto thy people.’
11
name of the man was Elimelech, and And Naomi said: ‘Turn back, my
the name of his wife Naomi, and the daughters; why will ye go with me?
name of his two sons Mahlon and have I yet sons in my womb, that they
Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in may be your husbands? 12Turn back,
Judah. And they came into the field of my daughters, go your way; for I am
Moab, and continued there. 3And too old to have a husband. If I should
Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and say: I have hope, should I even have
she was left, and her two sons. 4And an husband to-night, and also bear
they took them wives of the women of sons; 13would ye tarry for them till
Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, they were grown? would ye shut
and the name of the other Ruth; and yourselves off for them and have no
they dwelt there about ten years. 5And husbands? nay, my daughters; for it
Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; grieveth me much for your sakes, for
and the woman was left of her two the hand of the LORD is gone forth
children and of her husband. 6Then she against me.’ 14And they lifted up their
arose with her daughters-in-law, that voice, and wept again; and Orpah
she might return from the field of kissed her mother-in-law; but Ruth
Moab; for she had heard in the field of cleaved unto her. 15And she said:
Moab how that the LORD had ‘Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back
remembered His people in giving them unto her people, and unto her god;
bread. 7And she went forth out of the return thou after thy sister-in-law.’
16
place where she was, and her two And Ruth said: ‘Entreat me not to
daughters-in-law with her; and they leave thee, and to return from
went on the way to return unto the following after thee; for whither thou
land of Judah. 8And Naomi said unto goest, I will go; and where thou
her two daughters-in-law: ‘Go, return lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall
each of you to her mother’s house; the be my people, and thy God my God;
17
LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have where thou diest, will I die, and there
dealt with the dead, and with me. 9The will I be buried; the LORD do so to me,
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and more also, if aught but death part Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said
thee and me.’ 18And when she saw that unto the reapers: ‘The LORD be with
she was stedfastly minded to go with you.’ And they answered him: ‘The
her, she left off speaking unto her. 19So LORD bless thee.’ 5Then said Boaz unto
they two went until they came to Beth- his servant that was set over the
lehem. And it came to pass, when they reapers: ‘Whose damsel is this?’ 6And
were come to Beth-lehem, that all the the servant that was set over the
city was astir concerning them, and the reapers answered and said: ‘It is a
women said: ‘Is this Naomi?’ 20And Moabitish damsel that came back with
she said unto them: ‘Call me not Naomi out of the field of Moab; 7and
a
Naomi, call me bMarah; for the she said: Let me glean, I pray you, and
Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with gather after the reapers among the
me. 21I went out full, and the LORD sheaves; so she came, and hath
hath brought me back home empty; continued even from the morning until
why call ye me Naomi, seeing the now, save that she tarried a little in the
LORD hath testified against me, and the house.’ 8Then said Boaz unto Ruth:
Almighty hath afflicted me?’ 22So ‘Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go
Naomi returned, and Ruth the not to glean in another field, neither
Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with pass from hence, but abide here fast by
her, who returned out of the field of my maidens. 9Let thine eyes be on the
Moab—and they came to Beth-lehem field that they do reap, and go thou
in the beginning of barley harvest. after them; have I not charged the
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The LORD hath caused to be כ Mine eyes do fail with tears,
forgotten in Zion Mine inwards burn,
Appointed season and sabbath, My liver is poured upon the earth,
And hath rejected in the indignation For the breach of the daughter of my
of His anger people;
The king and the priest. Because the young children and the
7
ז The Lord hath cast off His altar, sucklings swoon
He hath abhorred His sanctuary, In the broad places of the city.
12
He hath given up into the hand of ל They say to their mothers:
the enemy ‘Where is corn and wine?’
The walls of her palaces; When they swoon as the wounded
They have made a noise in the In the broad places of the city,
house of the LORD, When their soul is poured out
As in the day of a solemn assembly. Into their mothers’bosom.
8 13
ח The LORD hath purposed to destroy מ What shall I take to witness for
The wall of the daughter of Zion; thee?
He hath stretched out the line, What shall I liken to thee,
He hath not withdrawn O daughter of Jerusalem?
His hand from destroying; What shall I equal to thee, that I
But He hath made the rampart and may comfort thee,
wall to mourn, O virgin daughter of Zion?
They languish together. For thy breach is great like the sea;
9
ט Her gates are sunk into the ground; Who can heal thee?
14
He hath destroyed and broken her נ Thy prophets have seen visions for
bars; thee
Her king and her princes are among Of vanity and delusion;
the nations, And they have not uncovered thine
Instruction is no more; iniquity,
Yea, her prophets find To bring back thy captivity;
No vision from the LORD. But have prophesied for thee
10
י They sit upon the ground, and burdens
keep silence, Of vanity and seduction.
15
The elders of the daughter of Zion; ס All that pass by clap
They have cast up dust upon their Their hands at thee;
heads, They hiss and wag their head
They have girded themselves with At the daughter of Jerusalem:
sackcloth; ‘Is this the city that men called
The virgins of Jerusalem hang down The perfection of beauty,
Their heads to the ground. The joy of the whole earth?’
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פ All thine enemies have opened Shall the priest and the prophet be
Their mouth wide against thee; slain
They hiss and gnash the teeth; In the sanctuary of the Lord?
They say: ‘We have swallowed her ש21The youth and the old man lie
up; On the ground in the streets;
Certainly this is the day that we My virgins and my young men
looked for; Are fallen by the sword;
We have found, we have seen it.’ Thou hast slain them in the day of
ע17The LORD hath done that which He Thine anger;
devised; Thou hast slaughtered unsparingly.
He hath performed His word ת22Thou hast called, as in the day of a
That He commanded in the days of solemn assembly,
old; My terrors on every side,
He hath thrown down unsparingly; And there was none in the day of the
And He hath caused the enemy to LORD’S anger
rejoice over thee, That escaped or remained;
He hath exalted the horn of thine Those that I have dandled and
adversaries. brought up
Hath mine enemy consumed.’
18
צ Their heart cried unto the Lord:
‘O wall of the daughter of Zion, א
Let tears run down like a river
Day and night;
Give thyself no respite;
3 I am the man that hath seen
affliction
By the rod of His wrath.
2
Let not the apple of thine eye cease. He hath led me and caused me to
ק19Arise, cry out in the night, walk in darkness and not in light.
3
At the beginning of the watches; Surely against me He turneth His
Pour out thy heart like water hand again and again all the day.
Before the face of the Lord; ב
Lift up thy hands toward Him 4
My flesh and my skin hath He
For the life of thy young children, worn out;
That faint for hunger He hath broken my bones.
At the head of every street.’ 5
He hath builded against me, and
ר20’See, O LORD, and consider, compassed me
To whom Thou hast done thus! With gall and travail.
Shall the women eat their fruit, 6
He hath made me to dwell in dark
The children that are dandled in the places,
hands? As those that have been long dead.
ג
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LAMENTATIONS 19
He hath hedged me about, that I Remember mine affliction and
cannot go forth; mine anguish,
He hath made my chain heavy. The wormwood and the gall.
8 20
Yea, when I cry and call for help, My soul hath them still in
He shutteth out my prayer. remembrance,
9
He hath enclosed my ways with And is bowed down within me.
21
hewn stone, This I recall to my mind,
He hath made my paths crooked. Therefore have I hope.
ד ח
10 22
He is unto me as a bear lying in Surely the LORD’S mercies are not
wait, consumed,
As a lion in secret places. Surely His compassions fail not.
11 23
He hath turned aside my ways, and They are new every morning;
pulled me in pieces; Great is Thy faithfulness.
24
He hath made me desolate. ’The LORD is my portion’, saith my
12
He hath bent His bow, and set me soul;
As a mark for the arrow. ‘Therefore will I hope in Him.’
ה ט
13 25
He hath caused the arrows of His The LORD is good unto them that
quiver wait for Him,
To enter into my reins. To the soul that seeketh Him.
14 26
I am become a derision to all my It is good that a man should
people, quietly wait
And their song all the day. For the salvation of the LORD.
15 27
He hath filled me with bitterness, It is good for a man that he bear
He hath sated me with wormwood. The yoke in his youth.
ו י
16 28
He hath also broken my teeth with Let him sit alone and keep silence,
gravel stones, Because He hath laid it upon him.
29
He hath made me to wallow in Let him put his mouth in the dust,
ashes. If so be there may be hope.
17 30
And my soul is removed far off Let him give his cheek to him that
from peace, smiteth him
I forgot prosperity. Let him be filled full with reproach.
18
And I said: ‘My strength is כ
31
perished, For the Lord will not cast off
And mine expectation from the For ever.
32
LORD.’ For though He cause grief, yet will
ז He have compassion
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According to the multitude of His In the midst of the peoples.
mercies. פ
33 46
For He doth not afflict willingly, All our enemies have opened their
Nor grieve the children of men. mouth
ל Wide against us.
34 47
To crush under foot Terror and the pit are come upon
All the prisoners of the earth, us,
35
To turn aside the right of a man Desolation and destruction.
48
Before the face of the Most High, Mine eye runneth down with rivers
36
To subvert a man in his cause, of water,
The Lord approveth not. For the breach of the daughter of my
מ people.
37
Who is he that saith, and it cometh ע
49
to pass, Mine eye is poured out, and
When the Lord commandeth it not? ceaseth not,
38
Out of the mouth of the Most High Without any intermission,
50
proceedeth not Till the LORD look forth,
Evil and good? And behold from heaven.
39 51
Wherefore doth a living man Mine eye affected my soul,
complain, Because of all the daughters of my
A strong man because of his sins? city.
נ צ
40 52
Let us search and try our ways, They have chased me sore like a
And return to the LORD. bird,
41
Let us lift up our heart with our That are mine enemies without
hands cause.
53
Unto God in the heavens. They have cut off my life in the
42
We have transgressed and have dungeon,
rebelled; And have cast stones upon me.
54
Thou hast not pardoned. Waters flowed over my head;
ס I said: ‘I am cut off.’
43
Thou hast covered with anger and ק
55
pursued us; I called upon Thy name, O LORD,
Thou hast slain unsparingly. Out of the lowest dungeon.
44 56
Thou hast covered Thyself with a Thou heardest my voice; hide not
cloud, Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
57
So that no prayer can pass through. Thou drewest near in the day that I
45
Thou hast made us as the called upon Thee;
offscouring and refuse Thou saidst: ‘Fear not.’
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ר How are they esteemed as earthen
58
O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the pitchers,
causes of my soul; The work of the hands of the potter!
3
Thou hast redeemed my life. ג Even the jackals draw out the
59
O LORD, Thou hast seen my breast,
wrong; They give suck to their young ones;
Judge Thou my cause. The daughter of my people is
60
Thou hast seen all their vengeance become cruel,
And all their devices against me. Like the ostriches in the wilderness.
4
ש ד The tongue of the sucking child
61
Thou hast heard their taunt, O cleaveth
LORD, To the roof of his mouth for thirst;
And all their devices against me; The young children ask bread,
62
The lips of those that rose up And none breaketh it unto them.
5
against me, ה They that did feed on dainties
And their muttering against me all Are desolate in the streets;
the day. They that were brought up in scarlet
63
Behold Thou their sitting down, Embrace dunghills.
and their rising up; ו 6
For the iniquity of the daughter of
I am their song. my people is greater
ת Than the sin of Sodom,
64
Thou wilt render unto them a That was overthrown as in a
recompense, O LORD, moment,
According to the work of their And no hands fell upon her.
hands. ז 7
Her princes were purer than snow,
65
Thou wilt give them hardness of They were whiter than milk,
heart, They were more ruddy in body than
Thy curse unto them. rubies,
66
Thou wilt pursue them in anger, Their polishing was as of sapphire;
and destroy them ח 8
Their visage is blacker than a coal;
From under the heavens of the LORD. They are not known in the streets;
Their skin is shrivelled upon their
4א How is the gold become dim!
How is the most fine gold
bones;
It is withered, it is become like a
changed! stick.
The hallowed stones are poured out ט 9
They that are slain with the sword
At the head of every street. are better
ב2The precious sons of Zion, Than they that are slain with hunger;
Comparable to fine gold,
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16
For these pine away, stricken פ The anger of the LORD hath divided
through, them;
For want of the fruits of the field. He will no more regard them;
י10The hands of women full of They respected not the persons of
compassion the priests,
Have sodden their own children; They were not gracious unto the
They were their food elders.
In the destruction of the daughter of
17
my people. ע As for us, our eyes do yet fail
For our vain help;
11
כ The LORD hath accomplished His In our watching we have watched
fury, For a nation that could not save.
18
He hath poured out His fierce anger; צ They hunt our steps,
And He hath kindled a fire in Zion, That we cannot go in our broad
Which hath devoured the places;
foundations thereof. Our end is near, our days are
12
ל The kings of the earth believed fulfilled;
not, For our end is come.
19
Neither all the inhabitants of the ק Our pursuers were swifter
world, Than the eagles of the heaven;
That the adversary and the enemy They chased us upon the mountains,
would enter They lay in wait for us in the
Into the gates of Jerusalem. wilderness.
13
מ It is because of the sins of her ר 20
The breath of our nostrils, the
prophets, anointed of the LORD,
And the iniquities of her priests, Was taken in their pits;
That have shed the blood of the just Of whom we said: ‘Under his
In the midst of her. shadow
14
נ They wander as blind men in the We shall live among the nations.’
21
streets, ש Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of
They are polluted with blood, Edom,
So that men cannot That dwellest in the land of Uz:
Touch their garments. The cup shall pass over unto thee
15
ס ’Depart ye! unclean! ’ men cried also;
unto them, Thou shalt be drunken, and shalt
‘Depart, depart, touch not’; make thyself naked.
22
Yea, they fled away and wandered; ת The punishment of thine iniquity is
Men said among the nations: accomplished, O daughter of
‘They shall no more sojourn here.’ Zion,
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He will no more carry thee away Princes are hanged up by their
into captivity; hand;
He will punish thine iniquity, O The faces of elders are not
daughter of Edom, honoured.
13
He will uncover thy sins. The young men have borne the
mill,
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ECCLESIASTES
Happy art thou, O land, when thy And he that regardeth the clouds
king is a free man, shall not reap.
5
And thy princes eat in due season, As thou knowest not what is the
In strength, and not in drunkenness! way of the wind,
Nor how the bones do grow in the
18
By slothfulness the rafters sink in; womb of her that is with child;
And through idleness of the hands Even so thou knowest not the work
the house leaketh. of God
Who doeth all things.
19 6
A feast is made for laughter, In the morning sow thy seed,
And wine maketh glad the life; And in the evening withhold not thy
And money answereth all things. hand;
For thou knowest not which shall
20
Curse not the king, no, not in thy prosper, whether this or that,
thought, Or whether they both shall be alike
And curse not the rich in thy good.
7
bedchamber; And the light is sweet,
For a bird of the air shall carry the And a pleasant thing it is for the
voice, eyes to behold the sun.
8
And that which hath wings shall tell For if a man live many years,
the matter. Let him rejoice in them all,
And remember the days of darkness,
5
9
Now it came to pass on the third Then went Haman forth that day
day, that Esther put on her royal joyful and glad of heart; but when
apparel, and stood in the inner court of Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s
the king’s house, over against the gate, that he stood not up, nor moved
king’s house; and the king sat upon his for him, Haman was filled with wrath
royal throne in the royal house, over against Mordecai. 10Nevertheless
against the entrance of the house. 2And Haman refrained himself, and went
it was so, when the king saw Esther home; and he sent and fetched his
the queen standing in the court, that friends and Zeresh his wife. 11And
she obtained favour in his sight; and Haman recounted unto them the glory
the king held out to Esther the golden of his riches, and the multitude of his
sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther children, and everything as to how the
drew near, and touched the top of the king had promoted him, and how he
sceptre. 3Then said the king unto her: had advanced him above the princes
‘What wilt thou, queen Esther? for and servants of the king. 12Haman said
whatever thy request, even to the half moreover: ‘Yea, Esther the queen did
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let no man come in with the king unto Haman came in. And the king said
the banquet that she had prepared but unto him: ‘What shall be done unto the
myself; and to-morrow also am I man whom the king delighteth to
invited by her together with the king. honour?’—Now Haman said in his
13
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so heart: ‘Whom would the king delight
long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting to honour besides myself?’—7And
at the king’s gate.’ 14Then said Zeresh Haman said unto the king: ‘For the
his wife and all his friends unto him: man whom the king delighteth to
‘Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits honour, 8let royal apparel be brought
high, and in the morning speak thou which the king useth to wear, and the
unto the king that Mordecai may be horse that the king rideth upon, and on
hanged thereon; then go thou in whose head a crown royal is set; 9and
merrily with the king unto the let the apparel and the horse be
banquet.’ And the thing pleased delivered to the hand of one of the
Haman; and he caused the gallows to king’s most noble princes, that they
be made. may array the man therewith whom
7
2
So the king and Haman came to
banquet with Esther the queen.
went out of the king’s mouth, they
covered Haman’s face. 9Then said
And the king said again unto Esther Harbonah, one of the chamberlains
on the second day at the banquet of that were before the king: ‘Behold
wine: ‘Whatever thy petition, queen also, the gallows fifty cubits high,
Esther, it shall be granted thee; and which Haman hath made for
whatever thy request, even to the half Mordecai, who spoke good for the
of the kingdom, it shall be performed.’ king, standeth in the house of Haman.’
3
Then Esther the queen answered and And the king said: ‘Hang him
said: ‘If I have found favour in thy thereon.’ 10So they hanged Haman on
sight, O king, and if it please the king, the gallows that he had prepared for
let my life be given me at my petition, Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath
and my people at my request; 4for we assuaged.
are sold, I and my people, to be
destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. 8 On that day did the king
Ahasuerus give the house of
But if we had been sold for bondmen Haman the Jews’enemy unto Esther
and bondwomen, I had held my peace, the queen. And Mordecai came before
for the adversary is not worthy that the the king; for Esther had told what he
king be endamaged.’ was unto her. 2And the king took off
5
Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and his ring, which he had taken from
said unto Esther the queen: ‘Who is Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai.
he, and where is he, that durst presume And Esther set Mordecai over the
in his heart to do so?’ 6And Esther house of Haman.
3
said: ‘An adversary and an enemy, And Esther spoke yet again before
even this wicked Haman.’ Then the king, and fell down at his feet, and
Haman was terrified before the king besought him with tears to put away
and the queen. 7And the king arose in the mischief of Haman the Agagite,
his wrath from the banquet of wine and his device that he had devised
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against the Jews. 4Then the king held according to their writing, and
out to Esther the golden sceptre. So according to their language. 10And
Esther arose, and stood before the they wrote in the name of king
king. 5And she said: ‘If it please the Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the
king, and if I have found favour in his king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on
sight, and the thing seem right before horseback, riding on swift steeds that
the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, were used in the king’s service, bred
let it be written to reverse the letters of the stud; 11that the king had granted
devised by Haman the son of the Jews that were in every city to
Hammedatha the Agagite, which he gather themselves together, and to
wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all stand for their life, to destroy, and to
the king’s provinces; 6for how can I slay, and to cause to perish, all the
endure to see the evil that shall come forces of the people and province that
unto my people? or how can I endure would assault them, their little ones
to see the destruction of my kindred?’ and women, and to take the spoil of
7
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto them for a prey, 12upon one day in all
Esther the queen and to Mordecai the the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
Jew: ‘Behold, I have given Esther the namely, upon the thirteenth day of the
house of Haman, and him they have twelfth month, which is the month
hanged upon the gallows, because he Adar. 13The copy of the writing, to be
laid his hand upon the Jews. 8Write ye given out for a decree in every
also concerning the Jews, as it liketh province, was to be published unto all
you, in the king’s name, and seal it the peoples, and that the Jews should
with the king’s ring; for the writing be ready against that day to avenge
which is written in the king’s name, themselves on their enemies. 14So the
and sealed with the king’s ring, may posts that rode upon swift steeds that
no man reverse.’ 9Then were the were used in the king’s service went
king’s scribes called at that time, in the out, being hastened and pressed on by
third month, which is the month Sivan, the king’s commandment; and the
on the three and twentieth day thereof; decree was given out in Shushan the
and it was written according to all that castle.
15
Mordecai commanded concerning the And Mordecai went forth from the
Jews, even to the satraps, and the presence of the king in royal apparel of
governors and princes of the provinces blue and white, and with a great crown
which are from India unto Ethiopia, a of gold, and with a rob of fine linen
hundred twenty and seven provinces, and purple; and the city of Shushan
unto every province according to the shouted and was glad. 16The Jews had
writing thereof, and unto every people light and gladness, and joy and
after their language, and to the Jews honour. 17And in every province, and
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in every city, whithersoever the king’s and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9and
commandment and his decree came, Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and
the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast Vaizatha, 10the ten sons of Haman the
and a good day. And many from son of Hammedatha, the Jews’enemy,
among the peoples of the land became slew they; but on the spoil they laid
Jews; for the fear of the Jews was not their hand.
11
fallen upon them. On that day the number of those
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DANIEL
1
8
IN THE third year of the reign of But Daniel purposed in his heart
Jehoiakim king of Judah came that he would not defile himself with
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto the king’s food, nor with the wine
Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2And the which he drank; therefore he requested
Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah of the chief of the officers that he
into his hand, with part of the vessels might not defile himself. 9And God
of the house of God; and he carried granted Daniel mercy and compassion
them into the land of Shinar to the in the sight of the chief of the officers.
10
house of his god, and the vessels he And the chief of the officers said
brought into the treasure-house of his unto Daniel: ‘I fear my lord the king,
god. 3And the king spoke unto who hath appointed your food and
Ashpenaz his chief officer, that he your drink; for why should he see your
should bring in certain of the children faces sad in comparison with the
of Israel, and of the seed royal, and of youths that are of your own age? so
the nobles, 4youths in whom was no would ye endanger my head with the
blemish, but fair to look on, and skilful king.’ 11Then said Daniel to the
in all wisdom, and skilful in steward, whom the chief of the officers
knowledge, and discerning in thought, had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah,
and such as had ability to stand in the Mishael, and Azariah: 12’Try thy
king’s palace; and that he should teach servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and
them the learning and the tongue of the let them give us pulse to eat, and water
Chaldeans. 5And the king appointed to drink. 13Then let our countenances
for them a daily portion of the king’s be looked upon before thee, and the
food, and of the wine which he drank, countenance of the youths that eat of
and that they should be nourished the king’s food; and as thou seest, deal
three years; that at the end thereof they with thy servants.’ 14So he hearkened
might stand before the king. 6Now unto them in this matter, and tried
among these were, of the children of them ten days. 15And at the end of ten
Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and days their countenances appeared
Azariah. 7And the chief of the officers fairer, and they were fatter in flesh,
gave names unto them: unto Daniel he than all the youths that did eat of the
gave the name of Belteshazzar; and to king’s food. 16So the steward took
Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to away their food, and the wine that they
Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, should drink, and gave them pulse.
17
of Abed-nego. Now as for these four youths, God
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gave them knowledge and skill in all be made a dunghill. 6But if ye declare
learning and wisdom; and Daniel had the dream and the interpretation
understanding in all visions and thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts
dreams. 18And at the end of the days and rewards and great honour; only
which the king had appointed for declare unto me the dream and the
bringing them in, the chief of the interpretation thereof.’ 7They answered
officers brought them in before the second time and said: ‘Let the king
Nebuchadnezzar. 19And the king spoke tell his servants the dream, and we will
with them; and among them all was declare the interpretation.’ 8The king
found none like Daniel, Hananiah, answered and said: ‘I know of a truth
Mishael, and Azariah; therefore stood that ye would gain time, inasmuch as
they before the king. 20And in all ye see the thing is certain with me,
9
matters of wisdom and understanding, that, if ye make not known unto me
that the king inquired of them, he the dream, there is but one law for
found them ten times better than all the you; and ye have agreed together to
magicians and enchanters that were in speak before me lying and corrupt
all his realm. 21And Daniel continued words, till the time be changed; only
even unto the first year of king Cyrus. tell me the dream, and I shall know
3
8
Nebuchadnezzar the king made Wherefore at that time certain
an image of gold, whose height Chaldeans came near, and brought
was threescore cubits, and the breadth accusation against the Jews. 9They
thereof six cubits; he set it up in the spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the
plain of Dura, in the province of king: ‘O king, live for ever! 10Thou, O
Babylon. 2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king, hast made a decree, that every
king sent to gather together the satraps, man that shall hear the sound of the
the prefects, and the governors, the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and
judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall
the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the fall down and worship the golden
provinces, to come to the dedication of image; 11and whoso falleth not down
the image which Nebuchadnezzar the and worshippeth shall be cast into the
king had set up. 3Then the satraps, the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12
prefects, and the governors, the judges, There are certain Jews whom thou
the treasurers, the counsellors, the hast appointed over the affairs of the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the province of Babylon, Shadrach,
provinces, were gathered together unto Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men,
the dedication of the image that O king, have not regarded thee: they
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serve not thy gods, nor worship the were in his army to bind Shadrach,
golden image which thou hast set up.’ Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast
13
Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage them into the burning fiery furnace.
21
and fury commanded to bring Then these men were bound in their
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. cloaks, their tunics, and their robes,
Then were these men brought before and their other garments, and were cast
the king. 14Nebuchadnezzar spoke and into the midst of the burning fiery
said unto them: ‘Is it true, O Shadrach, furnace. 22Therefore because the
Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye king’s commandment was peremptory,
serve not my gods, nor worship the and the furnace exceeding hot, the
golden image which I have set up? flame of the fire slew those men that
15
Now if ye be ready that at what time took up Shadrach, Meshach, and
ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, Abed-nego. 23And these three men,
harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
all kinds of music, ye fall down and fell down bound into the midst of the
worship the image which I have made burning fiery furnace.
24
, well; but if ye worship not, ye shall Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
be cast the same hour into the midst of was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he
a burning fiery furnace; and who is the spoke and said unto his ministers: ‘Did
god that shall deliver you out of my not we cast three men bound into the
hands?’ 16Shadrach, Meshach, and midst of the fire?’ They answered and
Abed-nego, answered and said to the said unto the king: ‘True, O king.’
25
king: ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no He answered and said: ‘Lo, I see four
need to answer thee in this matter. 17If men loose, walking in the midst of the
our God whom we serve is able to fire, and they have no hurt; and the
deliver us, He will deliver us from the appearance of the fourth is like a son
burning fiery furnace, and out of thy of the gods.’
hand, O king. 18But if not, be it known 26
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near
unto thee, O king, that we will not to the mouth of the burning fiery
serve thy gods, nor worship the golden furnace; he spoke and said: ‘Shadrach,
image which thou hast set up.’ Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants
19
Then was Nebuchadnezzar filled of God Most High, come forth, and
with fury, and the form of his visage come hither.’ Then Shadrach,
was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth
Meshach, and Abed-nego; he spoke, out of the midst of the fire. 27And the
and commanded that they should heat satraps, the prefects, and the
the furnace seven times more than it governors, and the king’s ministers,
was wont to be heated. 20And he being gathered together, saw these
commanded certain mighty men that men, that the fire had no power upon
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their bodies, nor was the hair of their palace. 2I saw a dream which made
head singed, neither were their cloaks me afraid; and imaginings upon my
changed, nor had the smell of fire bed and the visions of my head
passed on them. 28Nebuchadnezzar affrighted me. 3Therefore made I a
spoke and said: ‘Blessed be the God of decree to bring in all the wise men of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, Babylon before me, that they might
who hath sent His angel, and delivered make known unto me the
His servants that trusted in Him, and interpretation of the dream. 4Then
have changed the king’s word, and came in the magicians, the enchanters,
have yielded their bodies, that they the Chaldeans, and the astrologers; and
might not serve nor worship any god, I told the dream before them; but they
except their own God. 29Therefore I did not make known unto me the
make a decree, that every people, interpretation thereof. 5But at the last
nation, and language, which speak any Daniel came in before me, whose
thing amiss against the God of name was Belteshazzar, according to
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, the name of my god, and in whom is
shall be cut in pieces, and their houses the spirit of the holy gods; and I told
6
shall be made a dunghill; because the dream before him: O
there is no other god that is able to Belteshazzar, master of the magicians,
deliver after this sort.’ 30Then the king because I know that the spirit of the
promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and holy gods is in thee, and no secret
Abed-nego, in the province of causeth thee trouble, tell me the
Babylon. visions of my dream that I have seen,
and the interpretation thereof. 7Thus
31
‘Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all were the visions of my head upon my
peoples, nations, and languages, that bed: I saw,
dwell in all the earth; peace be And behold a tree in the midst of the
multiplied unto you. 32It hath seemed earth,
good unto me to declare the signs and And the height thereof was great.
8
wonders that God Most High hath The tree grew, and was strong,
wrought toward me. And the height thereof reached unto
33
How great are His signs! heaven,
And how mighty are His wonders! And the sight thereof to the end of
His kingdom is an everlasting all the earth.
9
kingdom, The leaves thereof were fair, and
And His dominion is from the fruit thereof much,
generation to generation. And in it was food for all;
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EZRA
1 NOW IN the first year of Cyrus
king of Persia, that the word of
beside all that was willingly offered.
7
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the
the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah vessels of the house of the LORD,
might be accomplished, the LORD which Nebuchadnezzar had brought
stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of forth out of Jerusalem, and had put
Persia, that he made a proclamation them in the house of his gods; 8even
throughout all his kingdom, and put it those did Cyrus king of Persia bring
also in writing, saying: 2’Thus saith forth by the hand of Mithredath the
Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms treasurer, and numbered them unto
of the earth hath the LORD, the God of Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9And
heaven, given me; and He hath this is the number of them: thirty
charged me to build Him a house in basins of gold, a thousand basins of
Jerusalem, which is in Judah. silver, nine and twenty knives; 10thirty
3
Whosoever there is among you of all bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second
His people—his God be with him—let sort four hundred and ten, and other
him go up to Jerusalem, which is in vessels a thousand. 11All the vessels of
Judah, and build the house of the gold and of silver were five thousand
LORD, the God of Israel, He is the God and four hundred. All these did
who is in Jerusalem. 4And whosoever Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of
is left, in any place where he the captivity were brought up from
sojourneth, let the men of his place Babylon unto Jerusalem.
help him with silver, and with gold,
and with goods, and with beasts, 2 Now these are the children of the
province, that went up out of the
beside the freewill-offering for the captivity of those that had been carried
house of God which is in Jerusalem.’ away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
5
Then rose up the heads of of Babylon had carried away unto
fathers’houses of Judah and Benjamin, Babylon, and that returned unto
and the priests, and the Levites, even Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto
all whose spirit God had stirred to go his city; 2who came with Zerubbabel,
up to build the house of the LORD Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,
which is in Jerusalem. 6And all they Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai,
that were round about them Rehum, Baanah.
strengthened their hands with vessels The number of the men of the
of silver, with gold, with goods, and people of Israel:
with beasts, and with precious things,
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EZRA 22
The children of Parosh, two The men of Netophah, fifty and
thousand a hundred seventy and two. six.
4 23
The children of Shephatiah, three The men of Anathoth, a hundred
hundred seventy and two. twenty and eight.
5 24
The children of Arah, seven The children of Azmaveth, forty
hundred seventy and five. and two.
6 25
The children of Pahath-moab, of The children of Kiriath-arim,
the children of Jeshua and Joab, two Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven
thousand eight hundred and twelve. hundred and forty and three.
7 26
The children of Elam, a thousand The children of Ramah and Geba,
two hundred fifty and four. six hundred twenty and one.
8 27
The children of Zattu, nine hundred The men of Michmas, a hundred
forty and five. twenty and two.
9 28
The children of Zaccai, seven The men of Beth-el and Ai, two
hundred and threescore. hundred twenty and three.
10 29
The children of Bani, six hundred The children of Nebo, fifty and
forty and two. two.
11 30
The children of Bebai, six hundred The children of Magbish, a
twenty and three. hundred fifty and six.
12 31
The children of Azgad, a thousand The children of the other Elam, a
two hundred twenty and two. thousand two hundred fifty and four.
13 32
The children of Adonikam, six The children of Harim, three
hundred sixty and six. hundred and twenty.
14 33
The children of Bigvai, two The children of Lod, Hadid, and
thousand fifty and six. Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
15 34
The children of Adin, four The children of Jericho, three
hundred fifty and four. hundred forty and five.
16 35
The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, The children of Senaah, three
ninety and eight. thousand and six hundred and thirty.
17
The children of Bezai, three
36
hundred twenty and three. The priests:
18
The children of Jorah, a hundred The children of Jedaiah, of the
and twelve. house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy
19
The children of Hashum, two and three.
37
hundred twenty and three. The children of Immer, a thousand
20
The children of Gibbar, ninety and fifty and two.
38
five. The children of Pashhur, a
21
The children of Beth-lehem, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
hundred twenty and three.
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The children of Harim, a thousand children of Temah; 54the children of
and seventeen. 4 Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
55
The children of Solomon’s
0
The Levites: the children of Jeshua servants: the children of Sotai, the
and Kadmiel, of the children of children of Hassophereth, the children
Hodaviah, seventy and four. of Peruda; 56the children of Jaalah, the
children of Darkon, the children of
41
The singers: the children of Asaph, Giddel; 57the children of Shephatiah,
a hundred twenty and eight. the children of Hattil, the children of
Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of
42
The children of the porters: the Ami.
58
children of Shallum, the children of All the Nethinim, and the children
Ater, the children of Talmon, the of Solomon’s servants, were three
children of Akkub, the children of hundred ninety and two.
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all a
59
hundred thirty and nine. And these were they that went up
from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub,
43
The Nethinim: the children of Addan, and Immer; but they could not
Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the tell their fathers’houses, and their seed,
children of Tabbaoth; 44the children of whether they were of Israel: 60the
Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Delaiah, the children of
children of Padon; 45the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six
Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the hundred fifty and two. 61And of the
children of Akkub; 46the children of children of the priests: the children of
Hagab, the children of Salmai, the Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the
children of Hanan; 47the children of children of Barzillai, who took a wife
Giddel, the children of Gahar, the of the daughters of Barzillai the
children of Reaiah; 48the children of Gileadite, and was called after their
Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the name. 62These sought their register,
children of Gazzam; 49the children of that is, the genealogy, but it was not
Uzza, the children of Paseah, the found; therefore were they deemed
children of Besai; 50the children of polluted and put from the priesthood.
63
Asnah, the children of Meunim, the And the aTirshatha said unto them,
children of Nephusim; 51the children that they should not eat of the most
of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, holy things, till there stood up a priest
the children of Harhur; 52the children with Urim and with Thummim.
of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the
children of Harsha; 53the children of
Barkos, the children of Sisera, the a
That is, governor.
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EZRA 3
The whole congregation together And they set the altar upon its bases;
was forty and two thousand three for fear was upon them because of the
hundred and threescore, 65beside their people of the countries, and they
men-servants and their maid-servants, offered burnt-offerings thereon unto
of whom there were seven thousand the LORD, even burnt-offerings
three hundred thirty and seven; and morning and evening. 4And they kept
they had two hundred singing men and the feast of tabernacles, as it is written,
singing women. 66Their horses were and offered the daily burnt-offerings
seven hundred thirty and six; their by number, according to the ordinance,
mules, two hundred forty and five; as the duty of every day required; 5and
67
their camels, four hundred thirty and afterward the continual burnt-offering,
five; their asses, six thousand seven and the offerings of the new moons,
hundred and twenty. and of all the appointed seasons of the
68
And some of the heads of LORD that were hallowed, and of every
fathers’houses, when they came to the one that willingly offered a freewill-
house of the LORD which is in offering unto the LORD. 6From the first
Jerusalem, offered willingly for the day of the seventh month began they
house of God to set it up in its place; to offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD;
69
they gave after their ability into the but the foundation of the temple of the
treasury of the work threescore and LORD was not yet laid. 7They gave
one thousand darics of gold, and five money also unto the hewers, and to the
thousand pounds of silver, and one carpenters; and food, and drink, and
hundred priests’tunics. oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of
70
So the priests, and the Levites, and Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from
some of the people, and the singers, Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa,
and the porters, and the Nethinim, according to the grant that they had of
dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in Cyrus king of Persia.
8
their cities. Now in the second year of their
8
15
Now these are the heads of their And I gathered them together to
fathers’houses, and this is the the river that runneth to Ahava; and
genealogy of them that went up with there we encamped three days; and I
me from Babylon, in the reign of viewed the people, and the priests, and
Artaxerxes the king. 2Of the sons of found there none of the sons of Levi.
16
Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for
Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for
Hattush. 3Of the sons of Shecaniah: of Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for
the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for
with him were reckoned by genealogy Meshullam, chief men; also for
of the males a hundred and fifty. 4Of Joiarib, and for Elnathan, teachers.
17
the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai And I gave them commandment unto
the son of Zerahiah; and with him two Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia;
hundred males. 5Of the sons of and I told them what they should say
Shechaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and unto Iddo [and] his brother, who were
with him three hundred males. 6And of set over the place Casiphia, that they
the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of should bring unto us ministers for the
Jonathan; and with him fifty males. house of our God. 18And according to
7
And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the the good hand of our God upon us they
son of Athaliah; and with him seventy brought us a man of discretion, of the
males. 8And of the sons of Shephatiah, sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son
Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons
him fourscore males. 9Of the sons of and his brethren, eighteen; 19and
Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of
with him two hundred and eighteen the sons of Merari, his brethren and
males. 10And of the sons of Shelomith, their sons, twenty; 20and of the
the son of Josiphiah; and with him a Nethinim, whom David and the
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princes had given for the service of the weigh them before the chiefs of the
Levites, two hundred and twenty priests and the Levites, and the princes
Nethinim; all of them were mentioned of the fathers’houses of Israel, at
by name. Jerusalem, in the chambers of the
21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at house of the LORD.’ 30So the priests
the river Ahava, that we might humble and the Levites received the weight of
ourselves before our God, to seek of the silver and the gold, and the vessels,
Him a straight way, for us, and for our to bring them to Jerusalem unto the
little ones, and for all our substance. house of our God.
22 31
For I was ashamed to ask of the king Then we departed from the river
a band of soldiers and horsemen to of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first
help us against the enemy in the way; month, to go unto Jerusalem; and the
because we had spoken unto the king, hand of our God was upon us, and He
saying: ‘The hand of our God is upon delivered us from the hand of the
all them that seek Him, for good; but enemy and lier-in-wait by the way.
32
His power and His wrath is against all And we came to Jerusalem, and
them that forsake Him.’ 23So we fasted abode there three days. 33And on the
and besought our God for this; and He fourth day was the silver and the gold
was entreated of us. 24Then I separated and the vessels weighed in the house
twelve of the chiefs of the priests, of our God into the hand of Meremoth
besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten the son of Uriah the priest; and with
of their brethren with them, 25and him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas;
weighed unto them the silver, and the and with them was Jozabad the son of
gold, and the vessels, even the offering Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui,
for the house of our God, which the the Levites; 34the whole by number
king, and his counsellors, and his and by weight; and all the weight was
princes, and all Israel there present, written at that time.
had offered; 26I even weighed into 35
The children of the captivity, that
their hand six hundred and fifty talents were come out of exile, offered burnt-
of silver, and silver vessels a hundred offerings unto the God of Israel,
talents; of gold a hundred talents; 27and twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety
twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand and six rams, seventy and seven
darics; and two vessels of fine bright lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-
brass, precious as gold. 28And I said offering; all this was a burnt-offering
unto them: ‘Ye are holy unto the LORD, unto the LORD. 36And they delivered
and the vessels are holy; and the silver the king’s commissions unto the king’s
and the gold are a freewill-offering satraps, and to the governors beyond
unto the LORD, the God of your fathers. the River; and they furthered the
29
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye people and the house of God.
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9 Now when these things were
done, the princes drew near unto
our priests, been delivered into the
hand of the kings of the lands, to the
me, saying: ‘The people of Israel, and sword, to captivity, and to spoiling,
the priests and the Levites, have not and to confusion of face, as it is this
separated themselves from the peoples day. 8And now for a little moment
of the lands, doing according to their grace hath been shown from the LORD
abominations, even of the Canaanites, our God, to leave us a remnant to
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the escape, and to give us a nail in His
Jebusites, the Ammonites, the holy place, that our God may lighten
Moabites, the Egyptians, and the our eyes, and give us a little reviving
Amorites. 2For they have taken of their in our bondage. 9For we are bondmen;
daughters for themselves and for their yet our God hath not forsaken us in
sons; so that the holy seed have our bondage, but hath extended mercy
mingled themselves with the peoples unto us in the sight of the kings of
of the lands; yea, the hand of the Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up
princes and rulers hath been first in the house of our God, and to repair the
this faithlessness.’ 3And when I heard ruins thereof, and to give us a fence in
this thing, I rent my garment and my Judah and in Jerusalem. 10And now, O
mantle, and plucked off the hair of my our God, what shall we say after this?
head and of my beard, and sat down for we have forsaken Thy
appalled. 4Then were assembled unto 11
commandments, which Thou hast
me every one that trembled at the commanded by Thy servants the
words of the God of Israel, because of prophets, saying: The land, unto which
the faithlessness of them of the ye go to possess it, is an unclean land
captivity; and I sat appalled until the through the uncleanness of the peoples
evening offering. of the lands, through their
5
And at the evening offering I arose abominations, wherewith they have
up from my fasting, even with my filled it from one end to another with
garment and my mantle rent; and I fell their filthiness. 12Now therefore give
upon my knees, and spread out my not your daughters unto their sons,
hands unto the LORD my God; 6and I neither take their daughters unto your
said: ‘O my God, I am ashamed and sons, nor seek their peace or their
blush to lift up my face to Thee, my prosperity for ever; that ye may be
God; for our iniquities are increased strong, and eat the good of the land,
over our head, and our guiltiness is and leave it for an inheritance to your
grown up unto the heavens. 7Since the children for ever. 13And after all that is
days of our fathers we have been come upon us for our evil deeds, and
exceeding guilty unto this day; and for for our great guilt, seeing that Thou
our iniquities have we, our kings, and our God hast punished us less than our
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iniquities deserve, and hast given us all Israel, to swear that they would do
such a remnant, 14shall we again break according to this word. So they swore.
6
Thy commandments, and make Then Ezra rose up from before the
marriages with the peoples that do house of God, and went into the
these abominations? wouldest not chamber of Jehohanan the son of
Thou be angry with us till Thou hadst Eliashib; and when he came thither, he
consumed us, so that there should be did eat no bread, nor drink water; for
no remnant, nor any to escape? 15O he mourned because of the
LORD, the God of Israel, Thou art faithlessness of them of the captivity.
7
righteous; for we are left a remnant And they made proclamation
that is escaped, as it is this day; throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto
behold, we are before Thee in our all the children of the captivity, that
guiltiness; for none can stand before they should gather themselves together
Thee because of this.’ unto Jerusalem; 8and that whosoever
נחמיה
NEHEMIAH
1 THE WORDS of Nehemiah the son of
Hacaliah.
while I confess the sins of the children
of Israel, which we have sinned
Now it came to pass in the month against Thee; yea, I and my father’s
Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was house have sinned. 7We have dealt
in Shushan the castle, 2that Hanani, very corruptly against Thee, and have
one of my brethren, came out of Judah, not kept the commandments, nor the
he and certain men; and I asked them statutes, nor the ordinances which
concerning the Jews that had escaped, Thou didst command Thy servant
that were left of the captivity, and Moses. 8Remember, I beseech Thee,
concerning Jerusalem. 3And they said the word that Thou didst command
unto me: ‘The remnant that are left of Thy servant Moses, saying: If ye deal
the captivity there in the province are treacherously, I will scatter you abroad
in great affliction and reproach; the among the peoples; 9but if ye return
wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, unto Me, and keep My commandments
and the gates thereof are burned with and do them, though your dispersed
fire.’ 4And it came to pass, when I were in the uttermost part of the
heard these words, that I sat down and heaven, yet will I gather them from
wept, and mourned certain days; and I thence, and will bring them unto the
fasted and prayed before the God of place that I have chosen to cause My
heaven, 5and said: ‘I beseech Thee, O name to dwell there. 10Now these are
LORD, the God of heaven, the great and Thy servants and Thy people, whom
awful God, that keepeth covenant and Thou hast redeemed by Thy great
mercy with them that love Him and power, and by Thy strong hand. 11O
keep His commandments; 6let Thine Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine
ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy
open, that Thou mayest hearken unto servant, and to the prayer of Thy
the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray servants, who delight to fear Thy
before Thee at this time, day and night, name; and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy
for the children of Israel Thy servants, servant this day, and grant him mercy
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in the sight of this man.’ Now I was appertaineth to the house, and for the
cupbearer to the king. wall of the city, and for the house that
11
10
And the princes of the people Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of
dwelt in Jerusalem; the rest of Joiarib, Jachin, 11Seraiah the son of
the people also cast lots, to bring one Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son
of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son
city, and nine parts in the other cities. of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of
2
And the people blessed all the men God, 12and their brethren that did the
that willingly offered themselves to work of the house, eight hundred
dwell in Jerusalem. twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of
3
Now these are the chiefs of the Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son
province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son
in the cities of Judah dwelt every one of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13and
in his possession in their cities, to wit, his brethren, chiefs of fathers’houses,
Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, two hundred forty and two; and
and the Nethinim, and the children of Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of
Solomon’s servants. 4And in Jerusalem Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the
dwelt certain of the children of Judah, son of Immer, 14and their brethren,
and of the children of Benjamin. mighty men of valour, a hundred
Of the children of Judah: Athaiah twenty and eight; and their overseer
the son of Uzziah, the son of was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
15
Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son And of the Levites: Shemaiah the
of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam,
the children of Perez; 5and Maaseiah the son of Hashabiah, the son of
the son of Baruch, the son of Bunni; 16and Shabbethai and Jozabad,
Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of the chiefs of the Levites, who had
of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son the oversight of the outward business
of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. of the house of God; 17and Mattaniah
6
All the sons of Perez that dwelt in the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the
Jerusalem were four hundred son of Asaph, who was the chief to
threescore and eight valiant men. begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and
7
And these are the sons of Bakbukiah, the second among his
Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, brethren; and Abda the son of
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Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of their villages, Lachish and the fields
Jeduthun. 18All the Levites in the holy thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof.
city were two hundred fourscore and So they encamped from Beer-sheba
four. unto the valley of Hinnom.
19 31
Moreover the porters, Akkub, And the children of Benjamin
Talmon, and their brethren, that kept from Geba onward, at Michmas and
watch at the gates, were a hundred Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns
seventy and two. thereof; 32at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah;
20 33
And the residue of Israel, of the Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim; 34Hadid,
priests, the Levites, were in all the Zeboim, Neballat; 35Lod, and Ono, Ge-
cities of Judah, every one in his harashim. 36And of the Levites, certain
inheritance. 21But the Nethinim dwelt courses in Judah were joined to
in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were Benjamin.
over the Nethinim.
22
The overseer also of the Levites 12 Now these are the priests and
the Levites that went up with
at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
the son of Hashabiah, the son of Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra;
2
Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons Amariah, Malluch, Hattush;
3
of Asaph, the singers, over the Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth; 4Iddo,
business of the house of God. 23For Ginnethoi, Abijah; 5
Mijamin,
6
there was a commandment from the Maadiah, Bilgah; Shemaiah, and
king concerning them, and a sure Joiarib, Jedaiah; 7Sallu, Amok,
ordinance concerning the singers, as Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs
every day required. 24And Pethahiah of the priests and their brethren in the
the son of Meshezabel, of the children days of Jeshua.
8
of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the Moreover the Levites: Jeshua,
king’s hand in all matters concerning Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah,
the people. 25And for the villages, with and Mattaniah, who was over the
their fields, some of the children of thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
9
Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their
towns thereof, and in Dibon and the brethren, were over against them in
towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and wards.
the villages thereof; 26and in Jeshua, 10
And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and
and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet; 27and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib
in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and begot Joiada, 11and Joiada begot
the towns thereof; 28and in Ziklag, and Jonathan and Jonathan begot Jaddua.
12
in Meconah and in the towns thereof; And in the days of Joiakim were
29
and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and priests, heads of fathers’houses: of
in Jarmuth; 30Zanoah, Adullam, and Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
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Hananiah; 13of Ezra, Meshullam; of out of all their places, to bring them to
Amariah, Jehohanan; 14of Melicu, Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with
Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15of gladness, both with thanksgivings, and
Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16of with singing, with cymbals, psalteries,
Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, and with harps. 28And the sons of the
Meshullam; 17of Abijah, Zichri; of singers gathered themselves together,
Miniamin; of Moadiah, Piltai; 18of both out of the Plain round about
Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jerusalem, and from the villages of the
Jehonathan; 19and of Joiarib, Mattenai; Netophathites; 29also from Beth-gilgal,
of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20of Sallai, Kallai; of and out of the fields of Geba and
Amok, Eber; 21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; Azmaveth; for the singers had builded
of Jedaiah, Nethanel. them villages round about Jerusalem.
22 30
The Levites in the days of And the priests and the Levites
Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and purified themselves; and they purified
Jaddua, were recorded heads of the people, and the gates, and the wall.
31
fathers’houses; also the priests, in the Then I brought up the princes of
reign of Darius the Persian. Judah upon the wall, and appointed
23
The sons of Levi, heads of two great companies that gave thanks
fathers’houses, were written in the and went in procession: on the right
book of the chronicles, even until the hand upon the wall toward the dung
days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. gate; 32and after them went Hoshaiah,
24
And the chiefs of the Levites: and half of the princes of Judah; 33and
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
34
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah,
over against them, to praise and give and Jeremiah; 35and certain of the
thanks, according to the priests’sons with trumpets: Zechariah
commandment of David the man of the son of Jonathan, the son of
God, ward against ward. 25Mattaniah, Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the
and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the
Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping son of Asaph; 36and his brethren,
the ward at the store-houses of the Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai,
gates. 26These were in the days of Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani,
Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of with the musical instruments of David
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the man of God; and Ezra the scribe
the governor, and of Ezra the priest the was before them; 37and by the fountain
scribe. gate, and straight before them, they
went up by the stairs of the city of
27
And at the dedication of the wall David, at the going up of the wall,
of Jerusalem they sought the Levites above the house of David, even unto
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the water gate eastward. 38And the of their God, and the ward of the
other company of them that gave purification, and so did the singers and
thanks went to meet them, and I after the porters, according to the
them, with the half of the people, upon commandment of David, and of
the wall, above the tower of the Solomon his son. 46For in the days of
furnaces, even unto the broad wall; David and Asaph of old there were
39
and above the gate of Ephraim, and chief of the singers, and songs of
by the gate of the old city and by the praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47
fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, And all Israel in the days of
and the tower of Hammeah, even unto Zerubbabel, and in the days of
the sheep gate; and they stood still in Nehemiah, gave the portions of the
the gate of the guard. 40So stood the singers and the porters, as every day
two companies of them that gave required; and they hallowed for the
thanks in the house of God, and I, and Levites; and the Levites hallowed for
the half of the rulers with me; 41and the the sons of Aaron.
priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,
Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and 13 On that day they read in the
book of Moses in the hearing
Hananiah, with trumpets; 42and of the people; and therein was found
Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, written, that an Ammonite and a
and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Moabite should not enter into the
Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And assembly of God for ever; 2because
the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah they met not the children of Israel with
their overseer. 43And they offered great bread and with water, but hired
sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for Balaam against them, to curse them;
God had made them rejoice with great howbeit our God turned the curse into
joy; and the women also and the a blessing. 3And it came to pass, when
children rejoiced; so that the joy of they had heard the law, that they
Jerusalem was heard even afar off. separated from Israel all the alien
mixture.
44
And on that day were men
4
appointed over the chambers for the Now before this, Eliashib the
treasures, for the heave-offerings, for priest, who was appointed over the
the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to chambers of the house of our God,
gather into them, according to the being allied unto Tobiah, 5had
fields of the cities, the portions prepared for him a great chamber,
appointed by the law for the priests where aforetime they laid the meal-
and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the offerings, the frankincense, and the
priests and for the Levites that took vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the
their stations. 45And they kept the ward wine, and the oil, which were given by
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commandment to the Levites, and the concerning this, and wipe not out my
singers, and the porters; and the heave- good deeds that I have done for the
offerings for the priests. 6But in all this house of my God, and for the wards
time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thereof.
15
two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes In those days saw I in Judah some
king of Babylon I went unto the king, treading winepresses on the sabbath,
and after certain days asked I leave of and bringing in heaps of corn, and
the king; 7and I came to Jerusalem, and lading asses therewith; as also wine,
understood the evil that Eliashib had grapes, and figs, and all manner of
done for Tobiah, in preparing him a burdens, which they brought into
chamber in the courts of the house of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I
God. 8And it grieved me sore; forewarned them in the day wherein
therefore I cast forth all the household they sold victuals. 16There dwelt men
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. of Tyre also therein, who brought in
9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed fish, and all manner of ware, and sold
the chambers; and thither brought I on the sabbath unto the children of
again the vessels of the house of God, Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17Then I
with the meal-offerings and the contended with the nobles of Judah,
frankincense. and said unto them: ‘What evil thing is
10
And I perceived that the portions this that ye do, and profane the sabbath
of the Levites had not been given day? 18Did not your fathers thus, and
them; so that the Levites and the did not our God bring all this evil upon
singers, that did the work, were fled us, and upon this city? yet ye bring
every one to his field. 11Then more wrath upon Israel by profaning
contended I with the rulers, and said: the sabbath.’
19
‘Why is the house of God forsaken?’ And it came to pass that, when
And I gathered them together, and set the gates of Jerusalem began to be
them in their place. 12Then brought all dark before the sabbath, I commanded
Judah the tithe of the corn and the that the doors should be shut, and
wine and the oil unto the treasuries. commanded that they should not be
13
And I made treasurers over the opened till after the sabbath; and some
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and of my servants set I over the gates, that
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, there should no burden be brought in
Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan on the sabbath day. 20So the merchants
the son of Zaccur, the son of and sellers of all kind of ware lodged
Mattaniah; for they were counted without Jerusalem once or twice.
21
faithful, and their office was to Then I forewarned them, and said
distribute unto their brethren. unto them: ‘Why lodge ye about the
14
Remember me, O my God, wall? if ye do so again, I will lay
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hands on you.’ From that time forth many nations was there no king like
came they no more on the sabbath. him, and he was beloved of his God,
22
And I commanded the Levites that and God made him king over all Israel;
they should purify themselves, and nevertheless even him did the foreign
that they should come and keep the women cause to sin. 27Shall we then
gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. hearken unto you to do all this great
Remember unto me, O my God, this evil, to break faith with our God in
also, and spare me according to the marrying foreign women?’
28
greatness of Thy mercy. And one of the sons of Joiada, the
23
In those days also saw I the Jews son of Eliashib the high priest, was
that had married women of Ashdod, of son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite;
Ammon, and of Moab; 24and their therefore I chased him from me.
29
children spoke half in the speech of Remember them, O my God, because
Ashdod, and could not speak in the they have defiled the priesthood, and
Jews’language, but according to the the covenant of the priesthood, and of
language of each people. 25And I the Levites.
30
contended with them, and cursed them, Thus cleansed I them from
and smote certain of them, and everything foreign, and appointed
plucked off their hair, and made them wards for the priests and for the
swear by God: ‘Ye shall not give your Levites, every one in his work; 31and
daughters unto their sons, nor take for the wood-offering, at times
their daughters for your sons, or for appointed, and for the first-fruits.
yourselves. 26Did not Solomon king of Remember me, O my God, for good.
Israel sin by these things? yet among
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1 ADAM, SETH, Enosh; 2Kenan,
Mahalalel, Jared;
4
3
Enoch,
name of the one was Peleg; for in his
days the earth was divided; and his
Methuselah, Lamech; Noah, Shem, brother’s name was Joktan. 20And
Ham, and Japheth. Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph,
5
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; 21and
Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; 22and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba; 23and
the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All
Diphath, and Togarmah. 7And the sons these were the sons of Joktan.
24
of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
25 26
Kittim, and Rodanim. Eber, Peleg, Reu; Serug, Nahor,
8 27
The sons of Ham: Cush, and Terah; Abram—the same is
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9And the Abraham. 28The sons of Abraham:
sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Isaac, and Ishmael.
29
Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And These are their generations: the
the sons of Raama: Sheba, and Dedan. first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then
10
And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
be a mighty one in the earth. 11And 30
Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12and Kedem. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32
Pathrusim, and Casluhim—from And the sons of Keturah,
whence came the Philistines—and Abraham’s concubine: she bore
Caphtorim. 13And Canaan begot Zidon Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
his first-born, and Heth; 14and the Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And
Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and
Girgashite; 15and the Hivite, and the Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian:
Arkite, and the Sinite; 16and the Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and
Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the
Hamathite. sons of Keturah.
17 34
The Sons of Shem: Elam, and And Abraham begot Isaac. The
Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
35
Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel,
and Meshech. 18And Arpachshad begot and Jeush, and Jalam and Korah. 36The
Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber. 19And sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar,
unto Eber were born two sons: the Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna,
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and Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel: daughter of Mezahab. 51And Hadad
Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. died.
38
And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and And the chiefs of Edom were: the
Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and chief of Timna, the chief of Alvah, the
Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 39And chief of Jetheth; 52the chief of
the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the
and Timna was Lotan’s sister. 40The chief of Pinon; 53the chief of Kenaz,
sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, the chief of Teman, the chief of
and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the Mibzar; 54the chief of Magdiel, the
sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. 41The chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of
sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Edom.
Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran. 42The sons of Ezer: 2 These are the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons Issachar, and Zebulun; 2Dan, Joseph,
of Dishan: Uz, and Aran. and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and
43
Now these are the kings that Asher.
3
reigned in the land of Edom, before The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan,
their reigned any king over the and Shelah; which three were born
children of Israel: Bela the son of unto him of Bath-shua the
Beor; and the name of his city was Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-
Dinhabah. 44And Bela died, and Jobab born, was wicked in the sight of the
the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in LORD; and He slew him. 4And Tamar
his stead. 45And Jobab died, and his daughter-in-law bore him Perez
Husham of the land of the Temanites and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were
reigned in his stead. 46And Husham five.
5
died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, The sons of Perez: Hezron, and
who smote Midian in the field of Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah: Zimri,
Moab, reigned in his stead; and the and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol,
name of his city was Avith. 47And and Dara: five of them in all. 7And the
Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of
reigned in his stead. 48And Samlah Israel, who committed a trespass
died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the concerning the devoted thing. 8And the
River reigned in his stead. 49And Shaul sons of Ethan: Azariah.
9
died, and Baal-hanan the son of The sons also of Hezron, that were
Achbor reigned in his stead. 50And born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram,
Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in and Chelubai. 10And Ram begot
his stead; and the name of his city was Amminadab; and Amminadab begot
Pai; and his wife’s name was Nahshon, prince of the children of
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the Judah; 11and Nahshon begot Salma,
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and Salma begot Boaz; 12and Boaz first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and
begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; Ozem, Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel had
13
and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, another wife, whose name was Atarah;
and Abinadab the second, and Shimea she was the mother of Onam.
the third; 14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai 27
And the sons of Ram the first-
the fifth; 15Ozem the sixth, David the born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and
seventh. 16And their sisters were Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of
Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada; and
Zeruiah: aAbishai, and Joab, and the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and
Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of
Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him
Jether the Ishmaelite. Ahban, and Molid. 30And the sons of
18
And Caleb the son of Hezron Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled
begot children of Azubah his wife— died without children. 31And the sons
and of Jerioth—and these were her of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi:
sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan:
19
And Azubah died, and Caleb took Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the
unto him Ephrath, who bore him Hur. brother of Shammai: Jether, and
20
And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Jonathan: and Jether died without
Bezalel. children. 33And the sons of Jonathan:
21
And afterward Hezron went in to Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons
the daughter of Machir the father of of Jerahmeel.
34
Gilead; whom he took to wife when he Now Sheshan had no sons, but
was threescore years old; and she bore daughters. And Sheshan had a servant,
him Segub. 22And Segub begot Jair, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35
who had three and twenty cities in the So Sheshan gave his daughter to
land of Gilead. 23And Geshur and Jarha his servant to wife; and she bore
Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, him Attai. 36And Attai begot Nathan,
with Kenath, and the villages thereof, and Nathan begot Zabad; 37and Zabad
even threescore cities. All these were begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed;
38
the sons of Machir the father of and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot
Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was Azariah; 39and Azariah begot Helez,
dead in Caleb-ephrath, then Abiah and Helez begot Eleasah; 40and
Hezron’s wife bore him Ashhur the Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai
father of Tekoa. begot Shallum; 41and Shallum begot
25
And the sons of Jerahmeel the Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot
first-born of Hezron were Ram the Elishama.
42
And the sons of Caleb the brother
a
of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-
Heb. Abshai.
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born, who was the father of Ziph, and the Kenites that came of Hammath, the
the sons of Mareshah the father of father of the house of Rechab.
Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron:
Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and 3 Now these were the sons of
David, that were born unto him in
Shema. 44And Shema begot Raham, Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of
the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second,
begot Shammai. 45And the son of Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
2
Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the third, Absalom the son of Maacah
the father of Beth-zur. 46And Ephah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, and the fourth, Adonijah the son of
Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Haggith; 3the fifth, Shephatiah of
Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai: Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his
Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and wife. 4Six were born unto him in
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. Hebron; and there he reigned seven
48
Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore years and six months; and in Jerusalem
Sheber and Tirhanah. 49And [the wife he reigned thirty and three years.
5
of] Shaaph the father of Madmannah And these were born unto him in
bore Sheva the father of Machbenah Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and
and the father of Gibea. And the Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-
daughter of Caleb was Achsah. shua the daughter of Ammiel; 6and
50
These were the sons of Caleb. Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet;
7
The sons of Hur the first-born of and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia;
8
Ephrath: Shobal the father of Kiriath- and Elishama, and Eliada, and
jearim; 51Salma the father of Beth- Eliphelet, nine. 9All these were the
lehem, Hareph the father of Beth- sons of David, beside the sons of the
gader. 52And Shobal the father of concubines; and Tamar was their
Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and sister.
half of the Menuhoth. 53And the 10
And Solomon’s son was
families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his
and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, son, Jehoshaphat his son; 11Joram his
and the Mishraites; of them came the son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son;
12
Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites. Amaziah his son, Azariah his son,
54
The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, Jotham his son; 13Ahaz his son,
and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth- Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son;
14
joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15And
Zorites. 55And the families of scribes the sons of Josiah: the firstborn
that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the
Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah first-born of Ephrath, the father of
his son, Zedekiah his son. Beth-lehem.
17 5
And the sons of Jeconiah—the And Ashhur the father of Tekoa
same is Assir—Shealtiel his son; 18and had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6
Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and
Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Hepher, and Timeni, and Ahashtari.
Nedabiah. 19And the sons of Pedaiah: These were the sons of Naarah. 7And
Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons the sons of Helah were Zereth, and
of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Zohar, and Ethnan. 8And Koz begot
Hananiah; and Shelomith was their Anub, and Zobebah, and the families
sister; 20and Hashubah and Ohel, and of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9And
Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jabez was more honourable than his
Jushabhesed, five. 21And the sons of brethren; and his mother called his
Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the name Jabez, saying: ‘Because I bore
sons of [Jeshaiah]: Rephaiah; the sons him with pain.’ 10And Jabez called on
of [Rephaiah]: Arnan; the sons of the God of Israel, saying: ‘Oh that
[Arnan]: Obadiah; the sons of Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and
[Obadiah]: Shecaniah. 22And the sons enlarge my border, and that Thy hand
of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons might be with me, and that Thou
of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and wouldest work deliverance from evil,
Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. that it may not pain me! ’ And God
23
And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, granted him that which he requested.
11
and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. And Chelub the brother of
24
And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the
and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, father of Eshton. 12And Eshton begot
and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
seven. the father of Ir-nahash. These are the
4
2
The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron,
and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
men of Recah.
13
And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel,
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel:
Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Hathath. 14And Meonothai begot
Lahad. These are the families of the Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the
Zorathites. father of aGe-harashim; for they were
3
And these were [the sons of] the craftsmen. 15And the sons of Caleb the
father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and
Idbash; and the name of their sister Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz.
was Hazlelponi; 4and Penuel the father 16
And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and
of Gedor, and Ezer the father of
Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the a
That is, The valley of craftsmen.
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Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17And the neither did all their family multiply,
sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and like to the children of Judah.
28
Epher, and Jalon. And she bore And they dwelt at Beer-sheba,
Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the and Moladah, and Hazar-shual; 29and
father of Eshtemoa—18and his wife at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad;
30
Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and
Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, at Ziklag; 31and at Beth-marcaboth,
and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah— and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and
and these are the sons of Bithiah the at Shaaraim. These were their cities
daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered unto the reign of David. 32And their
took. villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon,
19
And the sons of the wife of and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
33
Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the and all their villages that were round
father of Keilah the Garmite, and about the same cities, unto Baal. These
Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20And the were their habitations, and they have
sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, their genealogy.
34
Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and
Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. Joshah the son of Amaziah; 35and Joel,
21
The sons of Shelah the son of and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son
Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; 36and
Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshoaiah,
families of the house of them that and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel,
wrought fine linen, of the house of and Benaiah; 37and Ziza the son of
Ashbea; 22and Jokim, and the men of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of
had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi- Shemaiah; 38these mentioned by name
lehem. And the records are ancient. were princes in their families; and
23
These were the potters, and those their fathers’houses increased greatly.
39
that dwelt among plantations and And they went to the entrance of
hedges; there they dwelt occupied in Gedor, even unto the east side of the
the king’s work. valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
24 40
The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and And they found fat pasture and good,
Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 25Shallum and the land was wide, and quiet, and
his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his peaceable; for they that dwelt there
son. 26And the sons of Mishma: aforetime were of Ham. 41And these
Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, written by name came in the days of
Shimei his son. 27And Shimei had Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote
sixteen sons and six daughters; but his their tents, and the Meunim that were
brethren had not many children, found there, and destroyed them
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utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in the land of Gilead. 10And in the days
their stead; because there was pasture of Saul they made war with the
there for their flocks. 42And some of Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and
them, even of the sons of Simeon, five they dwelt in their tents throughout all
hundred men, went to mount Seir, the land east of Gilead.
11
having for their captains Pelatiah, and And the sons of Gad dwelt over
Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the against them, in the land of Bashan
sons of Ishi. 43And they smote the unto Salcah: 12Joel the chief, and
remnant of the Amalekites that Shapham the second, and Janai, and
escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. Shaphat in Bashan; 13and their
a b
Heb. Cities. Heb. Cities.
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it; and Rehob with the open land about were bands of the host for war, six and
it; 61and out of the tribe of Naphtali: thirty thousand; for they had many
Kedesh in Galilee with the open land wives and sons. 5And their brethren
about it, and Hammon with the open among all the families of Issachar,
land about it, and Kiriathaim with the mighty men of valour, reckoned in all
open land about it. by genealogy, were fourscore and
62
Unto the rest [of the Levites], the seven thousand.
6
sons of Merari, were given, out of the [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and
tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with the Becher, and Jediael, three. 7And the
open land about it, Tabor with the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and
open land about it; 63and beyond the Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of heads of fathers’houses, mighty men
the Jordan, were given them, out of the of valour; and they were reckoned by
tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the genealogy twenty and two thousand
wilderness with the open land about it, and thirty and four. 8And the sons of
and Jahaz with the open land about it, Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and
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and Kedemoth with the open land Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
about it, and Mephaath with the open Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth,
land about it; 65and out of the tribe of and Alemeth. All these were the sons
Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with the open of Becher. 9And they were reckoned
land about it, and Mahanaim with the by genealogy, after their generations,
open land about it, 66and Heshbon with heads of their fathers’houses, mighty
the open land about it, and Jazer with men of valour, twenty thousand and
the open land about it. two hundred. 10And the sons of
a b
Heb. Beraah. Heb. Non.
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of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and inhabitants of Gath. 14And Ahio,
Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Shashak, and Jeremoth; 15
and
Hanniel, and Rizia. 40All these were Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder; 16and
the children of Asher, heads of the Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, were
fathers’houses, choice and mighty men the sons of Beriah. 17And Zebadiah,
of valour, chief of the princes. And the and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber;
18
number of them reckoned by and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab,
genealogy for service in war was were the sons of Elpaal. 19And Jakim,
twenty and six thousand men. and Zichri, and Zabdi; 20and Elienai,
and Zillethai, and Eliel; 21and Adaiah,
12
27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Now these are they that came
Pelonite; 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the to David to Ziklag, while he
Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite; was yet shut up because of Saul the
29
Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the son of Kish; and they were among the
Ahohite; 30Mahrai the Netophathite, mighty men, his helpers in war. 2They
were armed with bows, and could use
a
both the right hand and the left in
Heb. Abshai.
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slinging stones and in shooting arrows of the valleys, both toward the east,
from the bow; they were of Saul’s and toward the west.
brethren of Benjamin. 3The chief was 17
And there came of the children of
Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold
Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, unto David. 18And David went out to
and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and meet them, and answered and said
Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite; unto them: ‘If ye be come peaceably
4
and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty unto me to help me, my heart shall be
man among the thirty, and over the knit unto you; but if ye be come to
thirty; 5and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and betray me to mine adversaries, seeing
Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite; there is no wrong in my hands, the
6
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, God of our fathers look thereon, and
and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the give judgment.’ 19Then the spirit
Hariphite; 7Elkanah, and Isshiah, and clothed Amasai, who was chief of the
Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, captains:
the Korahites; 8and Joelah, and Thine are we, David,
Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of the And on thy side, thou son of Jesse;
troop. Peace, peace be unto thee,
9
And of the Gadites there separated And peace be to thy helpers;
themselves unto David to the For thy God helpeth thee.
stronghold in the wilderness, mighty Then David received them, and made
men of valour, men trained for war, them captains of the band.
20
that could handle shield and spear; Of Manasseh also there fell away
whose faces were like the faces of some to David, when he came with the
lions, and they were as swift as the Philistines against Saul to battle, but
roes upon the mountains; 10Ezer the a
they helped them not; for the lords of
chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the the Philistines upon advisement sent
third; 11Mashmannah the fourth, him away, saying: ‘He will fall away
Jeremiah the fifth; 12Attai the sixth, to his master Saul to the jeopardy of
Eliel the seventh; 13Johanan the eighth, our heads.’ 21As he went to Ziklag,
Elzabad the ninth; 14Jeremiah the there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,
tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael,
15
These of the sons of Gad were and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai,
captains of the host; he that was least captains of thousands that were of
was equal to a hundred, and the Manasseh. 22And they helped David
greatest to a thousand. 16These are they against the troop, for they were all
that went over the Jordan in the first mighty men of valour, and were
month, when it had overflown all its
banks; and they put to flight all them a
That is, David and his men.
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captains in the host. 23For from day to that could set the battle in array, with
day men came to David to help him, all manner of instruments of war, fifty
until there was a great host, like the thousand; and that could order the
host of God. battle array, and were not of double
24
And these are the numbers of the heart. 35And of Naphtali a thousand
heads of them that were armed for captains, and with them with shield
war, who came to David to Hebron, to and spear thirty and seven thousand.
36
turn the kingdom of Saul to him, And of the Danites that could set the
according to the word of the LORD. battle in array, twenty and eight
25
The children of Judah that bore thousand and six hundred. 37And of
shield and spear were six thousand and Asher, such as were able to go out in
eight hundred, armed for war. 26Of the the host, that could set the battle in
children of Simeon, mighty men of array, forty thousand. 38And on the
valour for the war, seven thousand and other side of the Jordan, of the
one hundred. 27Of the children of Levi Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the
four thousand and six hundred. 28And half-tribe of Manasseh, with all
Jehoiada was the leader of the house of manner of instruments of war for the
Aaron, and with him were three battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
thousand and seven hundred; 29and 39
All these, being men of war, that
Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, could order the battle array, came with
and of his father’s house twenty and a whole heart to Hebron, to make
two captains. 30And of the children of David king over all Israel; and all the
Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three rest also of Israel were of one heart to
thousand; for hitherto the greatest part make David king. 40And they were
of them had kept their allegiance to the there with David three days, eating and
house of Saul. 31And of the children of drinking; for their brethren had made
Ephraim twenty thousand and eight preparation for them. 41Moreover they
hundred, mighty men of valour, that were nigh unto them, even as far
famous men in their fathers’houses. as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali,
32
And of the half-tribe of Manasseh brought bread on asses, and on camels,
eighteen thousand, who were and on mules, and on oxen, victual of
mentioned by name, to come and make meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of
David king. 33And of the children of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen,
Issachar, men that had understanding and sheep in abundance; for there was
of the times, to know what Israel ought joy in Israel.
to do; the heads of them were two
hundred; and all their brethren were at 13 And David consulted with the
captains of thousands and of
their commandment. 34Of Zebulun, hundreds, even with every leader.
2
such as were able to go out in the host, And David said unto all the assembly
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of Israel: ‘If it seem good unto you, displeased, because the LORD had
and if it be of the LORD our God, let us broken forth upon Uzza; and that place
send abroad everywhere unto our was called aPerez-uzza unto this day.
12
brethren that are left in all the land of And David was afraid of God that
Israel, and with them to the priests and day, saying: ‘How shall I bring the ark
Levites that are in their cities that have of God home to me?’ 13So David
open land about them, that they may removed not the ark unto him into the
gather themselves unto us; 3and let us city of David, but carried it aside into
bring back the ark of our God to us; the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
14
for we sought not unto it in the days of And the ark of God remained with
Saul.’ 4And all the assembly said that the family of Obed-edom in his house
they would do so; for the thing was three months; and the LORD blessed the
right in the eyes of all the people. 5So house of Obed-edom, and all that he
David assembled all Israel together, had.
from Shihor the brook of Egypt even
unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring 14 And Huram king of Tyre sent
messengers to David, and
the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. cedar-trees, and masons, and
6
And David went up, and all Israel, carpenters, to build him a house. 2And
to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, David perceived that the LORD had
which belonged to Judah, to bring up established him king over Israel, for
from thence the ark of God, the LORD his kingdom was exalted exceedingly,
that sitteth upon the cherubim, for His people Israel’s sake.
whereon is called the Name. 7And they 3
And David took more wives at
set the ark of God upon a new cart, Jerusalem; and David begot more sons
[and brought it] out of the house of and daughters. 4And these are the
Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove names of the children whom he had in
the cart. 8And David and all Israel Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab,
played before God with all their might; Nathan, and Solomon; 5and Ibhar, and
even with songs, and with harps, and Elishua, and Elpelet; 6and Nogah, and
with psalteries, and with timbrels, and Nepheg, and Japhia; 7and Elishama,
with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9And and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8
when they came unto the threshing- And when the Philistines heard
floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his that David was anointed king over all
hand to hold the ark; for the oxen Israel, all the Philistines went up to
stumbled. 10And the anger of the LORD seek David; and David heard of it, and
was kindled against Uzza, and He went out to meet them. 9Now the
smote him, because he put forth his Philistines had come and made a raid
hand to the ark; and there he died
before God. 11And David was a
That is, The breach of Uzza.
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in the valley of Rephaim. 10And David said: ‘None ought to carry the ark of
inquired of God, saying: ‘Shall I go up God but the Levites; for them hath the
against the Philistines? and wilt Thou LORD chosen to carry the ark of the
deliver them into my hand?’ And the LORD, and to minister unto Him for
LORD said unto him: ‘Go up; for I will ever.’ 3And David assembled all Israel
deliver them into thy hand.’ 11So they at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
came up to Baal-perazim, and David LORD unto its place, which he had
smote them there; and David said: prepared for it. 4And David gathered
‘God hath broken mine enemies by my together the sons of Aaron, and the
hand, like the breach of waters.’ Levites; 5of the sons of Kohath: Uriel
Therefore they called the name of that the chief, and his brethren a hundred
place aBaal-perazim. 12And they left and twenty; 6of the sons of Merari:
their gods there; and David gave Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two
commandment, and they were burned hundred and twenty; 7of the sons of
with fire. Gershom: Joel the chief, and his
13
And the Philistines yet again brethren a hundred and thirty; 8of the
made a raid in the valley. 14And David sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief,
inquired again of God; and God said and his brethren two hundred; 9of the
unto him: ‘Thou shalt not go up after sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his
them; turn away from them, and come brethren fourscore; 10of the sons of
upon them over against the mulberry- Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his
trees. 15And it shall be, when thou brethren a hundred and twelve. 11And
hearest the sound of marching in the David called for Zadok and Abiathar
tops of the mulberry-trees, that then the priests, and for the Levites, for
thou shalt go out to battle; for God is Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and
gone out before thee to smite the host Eliel, and Amminadab, 12and said unto
of the Philistines.’ 16And David did as them: ‘Ye are the heads of the
God commanded him; and they smote fathers’houses of the Levites; sanctify
the host of the Philistines from Gibeon yourselves, both ye and your brethren,
even to Gezer. 17And the fame of that ye may bring up the ark of the
David went out into all lands; and the LORD, the God of Israel, unto the place
LORD brought the fear of him upon all that I have prepared for it. 13For
nations. because ye [bore it] not at the first, the
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1 AND SOLOMON the son of David
was strengthened in his kingdom,
Thou hast made me king over a people
like the dust of the earth in multitude.
10
and the LORD his God was with him, Give me now wisdom and
and magnified him exceedingly. 2And knowledge, that I may go out and
Solomon spoke unto all Israel, to the come in before this people; for who
captains of thousands and of hundreds, can judge this Thy people, that is so
and to the judges, and to every prince great?’ 11And God said to Solomon:
in all Israel, the heads of the ‘Because this was in thy heart, and
fathers’houses. 3So Solomon, and all thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or
the congregation with him, went to the honour, nor the life of them that hate
high place that was at Gibeon; for thee, neither yet hast asked long life,
there was the tent of meeting of God, but hast asked wisdom and knowledge
which Moses the servant of the LORD for thyself, that thou mayest judge My
had made in the wilderness. 4But the people, over whom I have made thee
ark of God had David brought up from king; 12wisdom and knowledge is
Kiriath-jearim to the place that David granted unto thee, and I will give thee
had prepared for it; for he had pitched riches, and wealth, and honour, such as
a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5Moreover none of the kings have had that have
the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of been before thee, neither shall there
Uri, the son of Hur, had made, had any after thee have the like.’ 13So
been put before the tabernacle of the Solomon came [from his journey] to
LORD; and Solomon and the the high place that was at Gibeon,
congregation sought unto it. 6And from before the tent of meeting, unto
Solomon offered there, upon the Jerusalem; and he reigned over Israel.
14
brazen altar before the LORD, which And Solomon gathered chariots
was at the tent of meeting, he offered a and horsemen; and he had a thousand
thousand burnt-offerings upon it. and four hundred chariots, and twelve
7
In that night did God, appear unto thousand horsemen, that he placed in
Solomon, and said unto him: ‘Ask the chariot cities, and with the king at
what I shall give thee.’ 8And Solomon Jerusalem. 15And the king made silver
said unto God: ‘Thou hast shown great and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones,
kindness unto David my father, and and cedars made he to be as the
hast made me king in his stead. 9Now, sycamore-trees that are in the
O LORD God, let Thy promise unto Lowland, for abundance. 16And the
David my father be established; for horses which Solomon had were
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brought out of Egypt; also out of save only to offer before Him? 6Now
Keve, the king’s merchants buying therefore send me a man skilful to
them of the men of Keve at a price. work in gold, and in silver, and in
17
And they fetched up, and brought out brass, and in iron, and in purple, and
of Egypt a chariot for six hundred crimson, and blue, and that hath skill
shekels of silver, and a horse for a to grave all manner of gravings, to be
hundred and fifty; and so for all the with the skilful men that are with me
kings of the Hittites, and the kings of in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom
Aram, did they bring them out by their David my father did provide. 7Send
means. me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and
18
Now Solomon purposed to build a sandal-wood, out of Lebanon; for I
house for the name of the LORD, and a know that thy servants have skill to cut
3
10
Then Solomon began to build the And in the most holy place he
house of the LORD at Jerusalem in made two cherubim of image work;
mount Moriah, where [the LORD] and they overlaid them with gold.
11
appeared unto David his father; for And the wings of the cherubim were
which provision had been made in the twenty cubits long: the wing of the one
Place of David, in the threshingfloor of cherub was five cubits, reaching to the
Ornan the Jebusite. 2And he began to wall of the house; and the other wing
build in the second day of the second was likewise five cubits, reaching to
month, in the fourth year of his reign. the wing of the other cherub. 12And the
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wing of the other cherub was five when it was cast. 4It stood upon twelve
cubits, reaching to the wall of the oxen, three looking toward the north,
house; and the other wing was five and three looking toward the west, and
cubits also, joining to the wing of the three looking toward the south, and
other cherub. 13The wings of these three looking toward the east; and the
cherubim spread themselves forth sea was set upon them above, and all
twenty cubits; and they stood on their their hinder parts were inward. 5And it
feet, and their faces were inward. was a handbreadth thick; and the brim
14
And he made the veil of blue, and thereof was wrought like the brim of a
purple, and crimson, and fine linen, cup, like the flower of a lily: it
and wrought cherubim thereon. received and held three thousand
15
Also he made before the house baths.
6
two pillars of thirty and five cubits He made also ten lavers, and put
high, and the capital that was on the five on the right hand, and five on the
top of each of them was five cubits. left, to wash in them; such things as
16
And he made chains in the belonged to the burnt-offering they
Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of washed in them; but the sea was for
the pillars; and he made a hundred the priests to wash in.
7
pomegranates, and put them on the And he made the ten candlesticks
chains. 17And he set up the pillars of gold according to the ordinance
before the temple, one on the right concerning them; and he set them in
hand, and the other on the left; and the temple, five on the right hand, and
called the name of that on the right five on the left.
8
hand Jachin, and the name of that on He made also ten tables, and placed
the left Boaz. them in the temple, five on the right
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And he stood before the altar of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O
the LORD in the presence of all the LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry
congregation of Israel, and spread and to the prayer which Thy servant
forth his hands—13for Solomon had prayeth before Thee; 20that Thine eyes
made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits may be open toward this house day
long, and five cubits broad, and three and night, even toward the place
cubits high, and had set it in the midst whereof Thou hast said that thou
of the court; and upon it he stood, and wouldest put Thy name there; to
kneeled down upon his knees before hearken unto the prayer which Thy
all the congregation of Israel, and servant shall pray toward this place.
21
spread forth his hands toward And hearken Thou to the
heaven—14and he said: ‘O LORD, the supplications of Thy servant, and of
God of Israel, there is no God like Thy people Israel, when they shall
Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; pray toward this place; yea, hear Thou
who keepest covenant and mercy with from Thy dwelling-place, even from
Thy servants, that walk before Thee heaven; and when Thou hearest,
with all their heart; 15who hast kept forgive.
22
with Thy servant David my father that If a man sin against his neighbour,
which Thou didst promise him; yea, and an oath be exacted of him to cause
Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and him to swear, and he come and swear
hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is before Thine altar in this house; 23then
this day. 16Now therefore, O LORD, the hear Thou from heaven, and do, and
God of Israel, keep with Thy servant judge Thy servants, requiting the
David my father that which Thou hast wicked, to bring his way upon his own
promised him, saying: There shall not head; and justifying the righteous, to
fail thee a man in My sight to sit on give him according to his
the throne of Israel; if only thy righteousness.
24
children take heed to their way, to And if Thy people Israel be
walk in My law as thou hast walked smitten down before the enemy, when
before Me. 17Now therefore, O LORD, they sin against Thee, and shall turn
the God of Israel, let Thy word be again and confess Thy name, and pray
verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy and make supplication before Thee in
servant David. this house; 25then hear Thou from
18
But will God in very truth dwell heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy
with men on the earth? behold, heaven people Israel, and bring them back
and the heaven of heavens cannot unto the land which Thou gavest to
contain Thee; how much less this them and to their fathers.
house which I have builded! 19Yet 26
When the heaven is shut up, and
have Thou respect unto the prayer of there is no rain, when they sin against
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Thee; if they pray toward this place, place, and do according to all that the
and confess Thy name, turning from stranger calleth to Thee for; that all the
their sin, when Thou dost afflict them; peoples of the earth may know Thy
27
then hear Thou in heaven, and name, and fear Thee, as doth Thy
forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of people Israel, and that they may know
Thy people Israel, when Thou dost that Thy name is called upon this
direct them on the good way wherein house which I have built.
34
they should walk; and send rain upon If Thy people go out to battle
Thy land, which Thou hast given to against their enemies, by whatsoever
Thy people for an inheritance. way Thou shalt send them, and they
28
If there be in the land famine, if pray unto Thee toward this city which
there be pestilence, if there be blasting Thou hast chosen, and the house which
or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their I have built for Thy name; 35then hear
enemies besiege them in the land of Thou from heaven their prayer and
their cities; whatsoever plague or their supplication, and maintain their
whatsoever sickness there be; 29what cause. 36If they sin against Thee—for
prayer and supplication soever be there is no man that sinneth not—and
made by any man, or by all Thy people Thou be angry with them, and deliver
Israel, who shall know every man his them to the enemy, so that they carry
own plague and his own pain, and them away captive unto a land far off
shall spread forth his hands toward this or near; 37yet if they shall bethink
house; 30then hear Thou from heaven themselves in the land whither they are
Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and carried captive, and turn, and make
render unto every man according to all supplication unto Thee in the land of
his ways, whose heart Thou their captivity, saying: We have
knowest—for Thou, even Thou only, sinned, we have done iniquitously, and
knowest the hearts of the children of have dealt wickedly; 38if they return
men—31that they may fear Thee, to unto Thee with all their heart and with
walk in Thy ways, all the days that all their soul in the land of their
they live in the land which Thou captivity, whither they have carried
gavest unto our fathers. them captive, and pray toward their
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Moreover concerning the stranger, land, which Thou gavest unto their
that is not of Thy people Israel, when fathers, and the city which Thou hast
be shall come out of a far country for chosen, and toward the house which I
Thy great name’s sake, and Thy have built for Thy name; 39then hear
mighty hand, and Thine outstretched Thou from heaven, even from Thy
arm; when they shall come and pray dwelling-place, their prayer and their
toward this house; 33then hear Thou supplications, and maintain their
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cause; and forgive Thy people who So the king and all the people
have sinned against Thee. dedicated the house of God. 6And the
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Now, O my God, let, I beseech priests stood, according to their
Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let offices; the Levites also with
Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer instruments of music of the LORD,
that is made in this place. which David the king had made, to
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Now therefore arise, O LORD God, give thanks unto the LORD, for His
into Thy resting-place, mercy endureth for ever, with the
Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; praises of David by their hand; and the
Let Thy priests, O LORD God, be priests sounded trumpets over against
clothed with salvation, them; and all Israel stood. 7Moreover
And let Thy saints rejoice in good. Solomon hallowed the middle of the
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O LORD God, turn not away the court that was before the house of the
face of Thine anointed; LORD; for there he offered the burnt-
Remember the good deeds of David offerings, and the fat of the peace-
Thy servant.’ offerings; because the brazen altar
which Solomon had made was not able
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Then Solomon offered burnt- And when the queen of Sheba
offerings unto the LORD on the altar of heard of the fame of Solomon,
the LORD, which he had built before the she came to prove Solomon with hard
porch, 13even as the duty of every day questions at Jerusalem, with a very
required, offering according to the great train, and camels that bore spices
commandment of Moses, on the and gold in abundance, and precious
sabbaths, and on the new moons, and stones; and when she was come to
on the appointed seasons, three times Solomon, she spoke with him of all
in the year, even in the feast of that was in her heart. 2And Solomon
unleavened bread, and in the feast of told her all her questions; and there
weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. was not any thing hid from Solomon
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And he appointed, according to the which he told her not. 3And when the
ordinance of David his father, the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom
courses of the priests to their service, of Solomon, and the house that he had
and the Levites to their charges, to built, 4and the food of his table, and
praise, and to minister before the the sitting of his servants, and the
priests, as the duty of every day attendance of his ministers, and their
required; the doorkeepers also by their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their
courses at every gate; for so had David apparel; and his ascent by which he
the man of God commanded. 15And went up into the house of the LORD;
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there was no more spirit in her. 5And 13
Now the weight of gold that came
she said to the king: ‘It was a true to Solomon in one year was six
report that I heard in mine own land of hundred and threescore and six talents
thine acts, and of thy wisdom. of gold; 14beside that which the
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Howbeit I believed not their words, traffickers and merchants brought; and
until I came, and mine eyes had seen all the kings of Arabia and the
it; and, behold, the half of the governors of the country brought gold
greatness of thy wisdom was not told and silver to Solomon. 15And king
me; thou exceedest the fame that I Solomon made two hundred targets of
heard. 7Happy are thy men, and happy beaten gold: six hundred shekels of
are these thy servants, that stand beaten gold went to one target; 16three
continually before thee, and hear thy hundred shields of beaten gold also:
wisdom. 8Blessed be the LORD thy three hundred shekels of gold went to
God, who delighted in thee, to set thee one shield; and the king put them in
on His throne, to be king for the LORD the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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thy God; because thy God loved Israel, Moreover the king made a great
to establish them for ever, therefore throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
made He thee king over them, to do pure gold. 18And there were six steps
justice and righteousness.’ to the throne, with a footstool of gold,
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And she gave the king a hundred which were fastened to the throne, and
and twenty talents of gold, and spices arms on either side by the place of the
in great abundance, and precious seat, and two lions standing beside the
stones; neither was there any such arms. 19And twelve lions stood there
spice as the queen of Sheba gave to on the one side and on the other upon
king Solomon. 10And the servants also the six steps; there was not the like
of Huram, and the servants of made in any kingdom.
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Solomon that brought gold from And all king Solomon’s drinking-
Ophir, brought sandal-wood and vessels were of gold, and all the
precious stones. 11And the king made vessels of the house of the forest of
of the sandal-wood paths for the house Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was
of the LORD, and for the king’s house, nothing accounted of in the days of
and harps and psalteries for the Solomon. 21For the king had ships that
singers; and there were none such seen went to Tarshish with the servants of
before in the land of Judah. 12And king Huram; once every three years came
Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold,
all her desire, whatsoever she asked, and silver, ivory, and apes, and
beside that which she had brought unto peacocks.
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the king. So she turned, and went to So king Solomon exceeded all the
her own land, she and her servants. kings of the earth in riches and
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wisdom. 23And all the kings of the was in Egypt, whither he had fled from
earth sought the presence of Solomon, the presence of king Solomon—that
to hear his wisdom, which God had Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3And
put in his heart. 24And they brought they sent and called him; and
every man his present, vessels of Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they
silver, and vessels of gold, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying: 4’Thy
raiment, armour, and spices, horses, father made our yoke grievous; now
and mules, a rate year by year. therefore make thou the grievous
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And Solomon had four thousand service of thy father, and his heavy
stalls for horses and chariots, and yoke which he put upon us, lighter,
twelve thousand horsemen, that he and we will serve thee.’ 5And he said
bestowed in the chariot cities, and with unto them: ‘Come again unto me after
the king at Jerusalem. 26And he ruled three days.’ And the people departed.
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over all the kings from the River even And king Rehoboam took counsel
unto the land of the Philistines, and to with the old men, that had stood before
the border of Egypt. 27And the king Solomon his father while he yet lived,
made silver to be in Jerusalem as saying: ‘What counsel give ye me to
stones, and cedars made he to be as the return answer to this people?’ 7And
sycamore-trees that are in the they spoke unto him, saying: ‘If thou
Lowland, for abundance. 28And they be kind to this people, and please
brought horses for Solomon out of them, and speak good words to them,
Egypt, and out of all lands. then they will be thy servants for
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Now the rest of the acts of ever.’ 8But he forsook the counsel of
Solomon, first and last, are they not the old men which they had given him,
written in the words of Nathan the and took counsel with the young men
prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah that were grown up with him, that
the Shilonite, and in the visions of stood before him. 9And he said unto
Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam the them: ‘What counsel give ye, that we
son of Nebat? 30And Solomon reigned may return answer to this people, who
in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. have spoken to me, saying: Make the
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And Solomon slept with his fathers; yoke that thy father did put upon us
they buried him in the city of David lighter?’ 10And the young men that
his father; and Rehoboam his son were grown up with him spoke unto
reigned in his stead. him, saying: ‘Thus shalt thou say unto
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