Job 27:2
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- 27.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 34:5
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5 For Job has said, ‘I am innocent,
and God has taken away my right;
2 Kings 4:27
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27 When she came to the man of God at the mountain, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
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Numbers 14:21
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21 nevertheless, as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,(A)
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Ezekiel 33:11
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11 Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from their ways and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?(A)
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Jeremiah 12:16
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16 And then, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, “As the Lord lives,” as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.(A)
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Jeremiah 5:2
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2 Although they say, “As the Lord lives,”
yet they swear falsely.(A)
Jeremiah 4:2
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2 and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!”
in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
then nations shall be blessed[a] by you,[b]
and by you[c] they shall boast.(A)
Isaiah 40:27
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27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?(A)
Job 10:3
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3 Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)
Job 9:18
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18 he will not let me get my breath
but fills me with bitterness.(A)
1 Kings 18:15
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15 Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”(A)
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1 Kings 17:1
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Elijah Predicts a Drought
17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”(A)
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- 17.1 Gk: Heb of the settlers
2 Samuel 2:27
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27 Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, the people would have continued to pursue their kinsmen, not stopping until morning.”(A)
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1 Samuel 25:34
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34 For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, truly by morning there would not have been left to Nabal so much as one male.”
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1 Samuel 25:26
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26 “Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, since the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal.(A)
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1 Samuel 20:21
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21 Then I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; collect them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
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1 Samuel 14:45
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45 Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, and he did not die.(A)
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1 Samuel 14:39
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39 For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is in my son Jonathan, he shall surely die!” But there was no one among all the people who answered him.(A)
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Ruth 3:13
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13 Remain this night, and in the morning, if he will act as next-of-kin[a] for you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to act as next-of-kin[b] for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will act as next-of-kin[c] for you. Lie down until the morning.”(A)
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Ruth 1:20-21
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20 She said to them,
“Call me no longer Naomi;[a]
call me Mara,[b]
for the Almighty[c] has dealt bitterly with me.(A)
21 I went away full,
but the Lord has brought me back empty;
why call me Naomi
when the Lord has dealt harshly with[d] me
and the Almighty[e] has brought calamity upon me?”(B)
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