Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yah. | Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, and ardor is as relentless as the netherworld. Its flames are flashes of fire, an unending blaze. |
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. | As servants of God, behave as free people, but do not use your freedom as a means to cover up wrongdoing. |
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As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. | As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. |
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. | As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit descended upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. |
I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. | I rejoice in following your statutes more than I would rejoice in endless riches. |
I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. | I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have life. |
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. | As much as possible, and to the extent of your ability, live in peace with everyone. |
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” | Come now and let us discuss this, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow. Though they are as red as crimson, they shall become as white as wool. |
As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything. |
Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful. | Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. |
Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. | Thereupon the Lord restored the prosperity of Job after he had prayed for his friends, and he enriched him with twice as much as he had possessed before. |
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. |
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. | Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children. |
My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. | Let my teaching fall down like rain, and my words descend like the dew. Like rain upon the sprouts, and like showers upon the grass. |
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. | In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Therefore, take care to live as intelligent people, and do not be like those who are senseless. Make the most of the present time, for this is a wicked age. |
Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. | Nor should you present any part of your body as an instrument for wickedness leading to sin. Rather, present yourselves to God as having been raised from death to life and the parts of your body to God as instruments for righteousness. |
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | The second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. | Therefore, strive to be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. | All those who have sinned outside the Law will perish outside the Law, and all who sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law. |
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. | As a deer longs for running streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. |
This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you. |
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. | Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ. |
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. | Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. |
I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. | I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and listened to my cry for mercy, because he has inclined his ear to me on the day when I called out to him. |