He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Read full chapter

He was a mighty(A) hunter(B) before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Read full chapter

“See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but (A)trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction

“Here now is the man
    who did not make God his stronghold(A)
but trusted in his great wealth(B)
    and grew strong by destroying others!”

Read full chapter

Ahaz's Idolatry

22 In the time of his distress he became yet more faithless to the Lord—this same King Ahaz.

Read full chapter

22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful(A) to the Lord.

Read full chapter

30 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Read full chapter

30 After Isaac finished blessing him, and Jacob had scarcely left his father’s presence, his brother Esau came in from hunting.

Read full chapter

27 When the boys grew up, Esau was (A)a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, (B)dwelling in tents.

Read full chapter

27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter,(A) a man of the open country,(B) while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents.

Read full chapter

13 Now the men of Sodom (A)were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Read full chapter

13 Now the people of Sodom(A) were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord.(B)

Read full chapter

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.

Read full chapter

11 Now the earth was corrupt(A) in God’s sight and was full of violence.(B)

Read full chapter

The Nephilim[a] were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 6:4 Or giants

The Nephilim(A) were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans(B) and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.(C)

Read full chapter

(A)The godly has perished from the earth,
    and (B)there is no one upright among mankind;
(C)they all lie in wait for blood,
    and (D)each hunts the other with a net.

Read full chapter

The faithful have been swept from the land;(A)
    not one(B) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(C) to shed blood;(D)
    they hunt each other(E) with nets.(F)

Read full chapter

18 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women (A)who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and (B)make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in (C)the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive?

Read full chapter

18 and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?

Read full chapter

16 “Behold, (A)I am sending for many fishers, declares the Lord, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out (B)of the clefts of the rocks.

Read full chapter

16 “But now I will send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will catch them.(A) After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt(B) them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks.(C)

Read full chapter