God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? | God is not human, that he should lie, or the son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act, does he promise and then not fulfill it? |
But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. | Our God is in heaven; he does whatever he pleases. |
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Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. | Seek the Lord while he still may be found; call to him when he is close at hand. |
He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. | He will not permit your foot to stumble; he who guards you will not fall asleep. |
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. | Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up to heaven. |
Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. | All those who keep his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And the proof that he abides in us is the Spirit that he has given us. |
The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. | The Lord makes poor and makes rich, he humbles and he also exalts. |
He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must increase; I must decrease. |
We love Him because He first loved us. | Therefore, we love because he first loved us. |
And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. | And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. |
So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. | He proclaimed his covenant to you which he ordered you to fulfill, the Ten Commandments, that he wrote upon two tablets of stone. |
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. | This is how we can be certain that we abide in him and that he abides in us: he has given us a share in his Spirit. |
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. | He reserves his wisdom for the upright and is a shield to those who lead blameless lives. |
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” | He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” |
But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” | But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised, as he promised he would be. Come and see the place where he lay.” |
Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. | Entrust your cares to the Lord, and he will uphold you; he will never allow the righteous to waver. |
He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. | He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress, so that I stand unshaken. |
So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. | When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He not leave us nor forsake us. | May the Lord, our God, be with us, just as he was with our fathers; may he not leave us or abandon us. |
He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. | He gives strength to the weary and new vigor to those who are powerless. |
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. | Train a child in the way he should go, and he will not deviate from it, even in old age. |
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. | God created mankind in his image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. |
He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him. | He reveals deep and hidden mysteries and knows what lies in the darkness, for light dwells with him. |
I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he set me free from all my fears. |
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. | After he said this, he was lifted up as they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. |