| Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. |
| After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him 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. |
| If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you. | If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer. |
| The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. |
| His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. | His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence. |
| But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. | But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. |
| She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. | She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. |
| He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. | Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. |
| It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. | You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him. |
| And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. | And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. |
| For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. | Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. |
| But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. | But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. |
| This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. | By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
| This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. | In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. |
| The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. | And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. |
| As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. | As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. |
| But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ | But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
| But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love. | Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love. |
| The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. | He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. |
| Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. | Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage! |
| Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
| There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. | So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. |
| Praise the Lord. Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who find great delight in his commands. | Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments! |
| No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. | Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. |
| The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. | The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. |
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