| As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. | You intended to do evil to me, but God decided to make it serve a good, to fulfill that which today has come true: to keep alive a numerous people. |
| For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life? | What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his very life? Or what can he give in exchange for his life? |
| I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass? | I, I alone, am the one who comforts you. Why then do you fear mortal men who must die, human beings who must perish like grass? |
| As sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things. | As sorrowful, and yet we are always rejoicing; as poor, and yet we make many rich; as having nothing, and yet we possess everything. |
| For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. | For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost. |
| For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also. | For all of us fall short in many ways. Anyone who never makes a mistake in speech has reached perfection and is able to control every part of his body. |
| Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? | With the Lord to protect me I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me? |
| Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance. | As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor. |
| It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to place your trust in mortals. |
| A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. | A perverse man sows strife, and a tale-bearer destroys close friendships. |
| 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, 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? |
| How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. | How can a young man lead a spotless life? By living according to your word. |
| For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. | Through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves in Christ. |
| Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. | Beloved, do not trust every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
| For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit. | And just as no human being comprehends any person’s innermost being except the person’s own spirit within him, so also no one comprehends what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. |
| I will magnify myself and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. | I will, thereby, display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known to many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord. |
| For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? | What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his very life? |
| Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? | What then if you were to behold the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? |
| Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts. | A man’s ways may seem right to him, but the Lord weighs the heart. |
| Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. | A man is haughty until disaster overtakes him, but humility comes before honors. |
| A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control. | A fool gives free rein to his anger, but a wise man bides his time and calms it. |
| There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. | There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end of it leads to death. |
| This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. | In my anguish I cried out; the Lord heard my plea, and I was saved from all my troubles. |
| Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. | Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. |
| But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation, a snare, and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. | However, those who want riches fall into temptations and are trapped into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. |
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