| Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. | John’s clothing was made of camel’s hair, with a leather loincloth around his waist, and his food consisted of locusts and wild honey. |
| The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The Lord is His name. | He builds his upper chambers in the heavens and establishes his vault of the sky over the earth— the Lord is his name. |
| Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! | Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unfathomable his ways! |
| For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. | For his anger lasts for only a moment, while his goodwill endures for a lifetime. Weeping may last throughout the night, but at daybreak there is rejoicing. |
| You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male slave, or his female slave, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. | You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male slave, nor his female slave, nor his oxen, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor. |
| If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. | If I have the gift of prophecy and the ability to understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and have all the faith necessary to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. |
| In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches of His grace. | In Christ and through his blood we have redemption and the forgiveness of our sins. In accord with the riches of his grace. |
| But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting for those who fear Him, And His justice to the children’s children, To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts, so as to do them. | But from everlasting to everlasting the kindness of the Lord is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children, with those who keep his covenant and diligently observe his commandments. |
| In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. | By his own choice he gave us birth through the way of truth so that we may be a kind of firstfruits of all his creation. |
| The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and just is He. | He is a rock, his deeds are perfect, and all of his ways are just. He is a God of truth who does no wrong; he is just and upright. |
| No one is to seek his own advantage, but rather that of his neighbor. | No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. |
| I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And I wait for His word. | I wait for the Lord in anxious expectation; I place my hope in his word. |
| In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. | In my anguish I cried out to the Lord and called to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends. | No one can have greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. |
| Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. | Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power. |
| For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. | For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. |
| Behold, as for the impudent one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous one will live by his faith. | The proud man’s heart is not upright, but the righteous man will live because of his faith. |
| Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Exalt Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the Lord, and be jubilant before Him. A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy dwelling. | Sing to God, sing praise to his name; exalt him who rides upon the clouds. Rejoice in the presence of this God whose name is the Lord. The Father of orphans and the defender of widows: such is God in his holy dwelling place. |
| Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? | Or can a man walk on red-hot coals without scorching his feet? |
| One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law, Even his prayer is an abomination. | When anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayer is detestable. |
| Bless the Lord, my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. | Bless the Lord, O my soul; my entire being, bless his holy name. |
| The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it. | Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. |
| And He Himself brought our sins in His body up on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness; by His wounds you were healed. | He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live in righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. |
| Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways. | Blessed are all those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways. |
| A rich person’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. | The wealth of a rich man is his stronghold; he regards it as a high wall that cannot be scaled. |
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