17 Then Abraham fell on his face (A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?

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17 Abraham fell facedown;(A) he laughed(B) and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old?(C) Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”(D)

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16 And (A)the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and (B)worshiped God,

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16 And the twenty-four elders,(A) who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces(B) and worshiped God,

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56 Your father Abraham (A)rejoiced to see My day, (B)and he saw it and was glad.”

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56 Your father Abraham(A) rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it(B) and was glad.”

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And Sarah said, (A)“God has [a]made me laugh, and all who hear (B)will laugh with me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:6 Lit. made laughter for me

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter,(A) and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”

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12 Therefore Sarah (A)laughed within herself, saying, (B)“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my (C)lord being old also?”

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12 So Sarah laughed(A) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord(B) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

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Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying:

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19 And not being weak in faith, (A)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), (B)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God,

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19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(A)—since he was about a hundred years old(B)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(C) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(D) in his faith and gave glory to God,(E)

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28 (A)Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. (B)This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

Ezekiel Sent to Rebellious Israel

So when I saw it, (C)I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.

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28 Like the appearance of a rainbow(A) in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.(B)

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory(C) of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell facedown,(D) and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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Worthy Is the Lamb

Now when He had taken the scroll, (A)the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the (B)prayers of the saints.

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And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(A) and the twenty-four elders(B) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(C) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(D) of God’s people.

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20 Then Job arose, (A)tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he (B)fell to the ground and worshiped.

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20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe(A) and shaved his head.(B) Then he fell to the ground in worship(C)

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17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came I was afraid and (A)fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end.”

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17 As he came near the place where I was standing, I was terrified and fell prostrate.(A) “Son of man,”[a] he said to me, “understand that the vision concerns the time of the end.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with “Son of Man” in the New Testament.

16 Then David lifted his eyes and (A)saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

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16 David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand extended over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.(A)

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20 it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they (A)fell on their faces to the ground.

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20 As the flame(A) blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.(B)

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