26 Then God said, “Let (A)Us make (B)man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them (C)rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [a]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man (D)in His own image, in the image of God He created him; (E)male and female He created them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:26 Lit heavens

26 Then God said, “Let us(A) make mankind(B) in our image,(C) in our likeness,(D) so that they may rule(E) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,(F) over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created(G) mankind(H) in his own image,(I)
    in the image of God(J) he created them;
    male and female(K) he created them.(L)

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  1. Genesis 1:26 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text the earth

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of (A)Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from (B)the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

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22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(A) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(B) and eat, and live forever.”

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They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top (A)will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves (B)a name, otherwise we (C)will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” (D)The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [a](E)the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be [b]impossible for them. Come, (F)let Us go down and there (G)confuse their [c]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [d]speech.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 11:6 Lit one lip
  2. Genesis 11:6 Lit withheld from
  3. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip
  4. Genesis 11:7 Lit lip

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens,(A) so that we may make a name(B) for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered(C) over the face of the whole earth.”(D)

But the Lord came down(E) to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language(F) they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us(G) go down(H) and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”(I)

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Unjust Judgments Rebuked.

A Psalm of Asaph.

82 God takes His (A)stand in [a]His own congregation;
He (B)judges in the midst of the [b](C)rulers.
How long will you (D)judge unjustly
And (E)show partiality to the wicked? [c]Selah.
(F)Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
(G)Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

They (H)do not know nor do they understand;
They (I)walk about in darkness;
All the (J)foundations of the earth are shaken.
[d]I (K)said, “You are gods,
And all of you are (L)sons of the Most High.
“Nevertheless (M)you will die like men
And fall like any (N)one of the princes.”
(O)Arise, O God, (P)judge the earth!
For it is You who (Q)possesses all the nations.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:1 Lit the congregation of God
  2. Psalm 82:1 Lit gods
  3. Psalm 82:2 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  4. Psalm 82:6 Lit I, on my part

Psalm 82

A psalm of Asaph.

God presides in the great assembly;
    he renders judgment(A) among the “gods”:(B)

“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(C) to the wicked?[b](D)
Defend the weak and the fatherless;(E)
    uphold the cause of the poor(F) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.(G)
    They walk about in darkness;(H)
    all the foundations(I) of the earth are shaken.

“I said, ‘You are “gods”;(J)
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
But you will die(K) like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

Rise up,(L) O God, judge(M) the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance.(N)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.