| You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. | You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. |
| It is he who builds his rooms in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth—Yahweh is his name. | He who builds His layers in the sky, And has founded His strata in the earth; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the face of the earth— The Lord is His name. |
| For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning. | For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning. |
| Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. | Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. |
| Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! | Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! |
| Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. | Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures. |
| I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. | I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. |
| In him we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. | In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. |
| 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, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears. |
| The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he. | He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He. |
| He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. | He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. |
| Behold, his soul is puffed up. It is not upright in him, but the righteous will live by his faith. | Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith. |
| Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him! A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. | Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name Yah, And rejoice before Him. A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation. |
| He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. | One who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. |
| But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children, to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. | But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them. |
| For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life. | For if when 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. |
| Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. | Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. |
| The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. | The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own esteem. |
| Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? | Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared? |
| As he came out of his mother’s womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. | As he came from his mother’s womb, naked shall he return, To go as he came; And he shall take nothing from his labor Which he may carry away in his hand. |
| Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! | Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! |
| He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds. | Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. |
| 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 don’t have love, I am nothing. | And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. |
| Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways. | Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways. |
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