Yahweh restored Job’s prosperity when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job 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. |
Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. | Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. |
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When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. | When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness. |
Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him. | While Peter was kept in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him. |
So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request. | So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. |
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. | I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears. |
Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom. | Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place. |
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. | This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord, and was saved from every trouble. |
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. | About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. |
In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears. | In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. |
But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ | But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.” | Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.” |