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Psalm 17:8
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Psalm 17:8
New International Version
Psalm 17:8-9
The Message
Psalm 17:8-9
The Message
8-9 Keep your eye on me;
hide me under your cool wing feathers
From the wicked who are out to get me,
from mortal enemies closing in.
Psalm 17:8
Amplified Bible
Psalm 17:8
Amplified Bible
8
Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the [a]apple of Your eye;
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
Footnotes
- Psalm 17:8 Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye.
Psalm 17:8-9
The Message
Psalm 17:8-9
The Message
8-9 Keep your eye on me;
hide me under your cool wing feathers
From the wicked who are out to get me,
from mortal enemies closing in.
Psalm 17:8-9
Amplified Bible
Psalm 17:8-9
Amplified Bible
8
Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the [a]apple of Your eye;
Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings
9
From the wicked who despoil and deal violently with me,
My deadly enemies who surround me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 17:8 Lit the pupil, the daughter of the eye.
Proverbs 7:2
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Proverbs 7:2
New International Version
2 Keep my commands and you will live;(A)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
Proverbs 7:2-5
The Message
Proverbs 7:2-5
The Message
Dressed to Seduce
7 1-5 Dear friend, do what I tell you;
treasure my careful instructions.
Do what I say and you’ll live well.
My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it!
Write it out on the back of your hands;
etch it on the chambers of your heart.
Talk to Wisdom as to a sister.
Treat Insight as your companion.
They’ll be with you to fend off the Temptress—
that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
Proverbs 7:2
Amplified Bible
Proverbs 7:2
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2
Keep my commandments and live,
And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.
Proverbs 7:2-5
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Proverbs 7:2-5
New International Version
2 Keep my commands and you will live;(A)
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
3 Bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(C)
Proverbs 7:2-5
The Message
Proverbs 7:2-5
The Message
Dressed to Seduce
7 1-5 Dear friend, do what I tell you;
treasure my careful instructions.
Do what I say and you’ll live well.
My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it!
Write it out on the back of your hands;
etch it on the chambers of your heart.
Talk to Wisdom as to a sister.
Treat Insight as your companion.
They’ll be with you to fend off the Temptress—
that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
Proverbs 7:2-5
Amplified Bible
Proverbs 7:2-5
Amplified Bible
2
Keep my commandments and live,
And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.
3
Bind them [securely] on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
5
That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.
Zechariah 2:8
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Zechariah 2:8
New International Version
8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)—
Zechariah 2:8-9
The Message
Zechariah 2:8-9
The Message
8-9 God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the One of Glory who sent me on my mission, commenting on the godless nations who stripped you and left you homeless, said, “Anyone who hits you, hits me—bloodies my nose, blackens my eye. Yes, and at the right time I’ll give the signal and they’ll be stripped and thrown out by their own servants.” Then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission.
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Zechariah 2:8
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Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After [a]glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.
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- Zechariah 2:8 I.e. the Messiah’s first and second advents, Matt 25:31-46.
Zechariah 2:8-9
New International Version
Zechariah 2:8-9
New International Version
8 For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)— 9 I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(C)
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: 9 “I … plunder them.”
Zechariah 2:8-9
The Message
Zechariah 2:8-9
The Message
8-9 God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the One of Glory who sent me on my mission, commenting on the godless nations who stripped you and left you homeless, said, “Anyone who hits you, hits me—bloodies my nose, blackens my eye. Yes, and at the right time I’ll give the signal and they’ll be stripped and thrown out by their own servants.” Then you’ll know for sure that God-of-the-Angel-Armies sent me on this mission.
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Zechariah 2:8-9
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Zechariah 2:8-9
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After [a]glory He has sent Me against the nations which plunder you—for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye. 9 Behold, I will wave my hand over them and they shall become plunder for their own slaves. Then you shall know (recognize, understand fully) that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.
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- Zechariah 2:8 I.e. the Messiah’s first and second advents, Matt 25:31-46.
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