Add parallel Print Page Options

15 You would call, and I would answer you;
    you would long for the work of your hands.

Read full chapter

15 You will call and I will answer you;(A)
    you will long for the creature your hands have made.(B)

Read full chapter

22 Then call, and I will answer;
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.(A)

Read full chapter

22 Then summon me and I will answer,(A)
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.(B)

Read full chapter

Does it seem good to you to oppress,
    to despise the work of your hands
    and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)

Read full chapter

Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)

Read full chapter

The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
    your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake the work of your hands.(A)

Read full chapter

The Lord will vindicate(A) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever(B)
    do not abandon(C) the works of your hands.(D)

Read full chapter

19 Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.

Read full chapter

19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will(A) should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

Read full chapter

17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will be with the Lord forever.(A)

Read full chapter

17 After that, we who are still alive and are left(A) will be caught up together with them in the clouds(B) to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord(C) forever.

Read full chapter

He calls to the heavens above
    and to the earth, that he may judge his people:(A)
“Gather to me my faithful ones,
    who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”(B)

Read full chapter

He summons the heavens above,
    and the earth,(A) that he may judge his people:(B)
“Gather to me this consecrated people,(C)
    who made a covenant(D) with me by sacrifice.”

Read full chapter

Your hands fashioned and made me,
    and now you turn and destroy me.[a](A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 10.8 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb made me together all around, and you destroy me

“Your hands shaped(A) me and made me.
    Will you now turn and destroy me?(B)

Read full chapter

21 Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
    you will seek me, but I shall not be.”(A)

Read full chapter

21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?(A)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;(B)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”(C)

Read full chapter

28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming.(A)

Read full chapter

God’s Children and Sin

28 And now, dear children,(A) continue in him, so that when he appears(B) we may be confident(C) and unashamed before him at his coming.(D)

Read full chapter