Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. | Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. |
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But he who endures to the end will be saved. | But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved. |
You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. | You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. |
He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He gives strength to the weary, And to the one who lacks might He increases power. |
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. |
Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot from evil. |
For Yahweh says to the house of Israel: “Seek me, and you will live.” | For this is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me so that you may live.” |
Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. | Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. |
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.” | And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” |
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ | And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ |
I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father. | I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. |
The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. | The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. |
For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies. | For Your goodness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. | Let’s examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the Lord. |
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.” | Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” |
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. | For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. |
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears are toward their cry for help. |
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. | The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. |
My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.” | I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” |
But when you do merciful deeds, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand does, so that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. | But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. |
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed. | Commit your works to the Lord, And your plans will be established. |
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God. | But the one who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed as having been performed in God. |
Yahweh’s precepts are right, rejoicing the heart. Yahweh’s commandment is pure, enlightening the eyes. | The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. |