| God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and he won’t do it? Or has he spoken, and he won’t make it good? | God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? |
| But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases. | Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. |
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| Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. | Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. |
| Yahweh makes poor and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. | The Lord sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts. |
| He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. | He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber. |
| He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up into heaven. | When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. |
| He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us. | The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us. |
| He must increase, but I must decrease. | He must become greater; I must become less. |
| We love him, because he first loved us. | We love because He first loved us. |
| When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment. | When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. |
| He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets. | He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. |
| By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. | This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. |
| He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. | He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless. |
| For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good. | For he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. |
| He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him!” | “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” |
| Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. | Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. |
| He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. |
| The angel answered the women, “Don’t be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.” | The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” |
| He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. | He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. |
| God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. | So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. |
| When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. | When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. |
| Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. | Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. |
| When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. | After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. |
| When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the army, neither shall he be assigned any business. He shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. | If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married. |
| God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it. | When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. |
