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 upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. |
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God. | As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil. |
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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 he removes our transgressions from us. |
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. | And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell 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 delight in the way of your decrees as much as in all 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 being. |
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. | If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. |
“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, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. |
As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing 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. | And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. |
Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. |
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. | Therefore 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. | May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth. |
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. | Just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. |
Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. | Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. |
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. | No longer present your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and present your members to God as instruments of righteousness. |
A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ | And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. | Be perfect, therefore, 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 who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have 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 flowing 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, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. | For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. |
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. | For all 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 my supplications. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |