The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. | The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. |
Do not deprive one another except perhaps by agreement for a set time, to devote yourselves to prayer, and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. | Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control. |
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If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you. | But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. |
When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but the prudent are restrained in speech. | In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely. |
Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. | Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. |
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters. | Yahweh is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. |
Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. | Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint. |
Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. | Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. |
Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. | Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. |
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. | For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love. |
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. | For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. |