| Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. | We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. |
| O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. | O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! |
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| Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
| I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. | I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety. |
| The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous. | The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. |
| But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. | But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
| The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. | The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. |
| Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. | Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. |
| And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. | He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” |
| The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. | The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. |
| For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? | For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? |
| He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. | Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. |
| Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. | Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. |
| To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. | To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. |
| Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. | Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. |
| I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. |
| Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. | Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back. |
| And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. | I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing; and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. |
| The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. | The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
| Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. |
| Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. | He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. |
| And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. | Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. |
| Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. | Looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. |
| So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. | So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. |
| O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. | O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. |
