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JAMES
BY THE GRACE OF GOD

KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c.

The Translators of the Bible wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace,

through JESUS CHRIST our Lord

G REAT and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which Almighty God, the Father of all
mercies, bestowed upon us the people of England, when first he sent Your Majesty’s Royal Person to
rule and reign over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well unto our Sion, that
upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, Queen Elizabeth of most happy memory, some thick and
palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt
which way they were to walk; and that it should hardly be known, who was to direct the unsettled State; the
appearance of Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised
mists, and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld the
Government established in Your Highness, and Your hopeful Seed, by an undoubted Title, and this also
accompanied with peace and tranquillity at home and abroad.

But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts, than the blessed continuance of the
preaching of God’s sacred Word among us; which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches
of the earth; because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this transitory world, but
directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven.

Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and to continue it in that state, wherein
the famous Predecessor of Your Highness did leave it: nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolution
of a Man in maintaining the truth of Christ, and propagating it far and near, is that which hath so bound
and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesty’s loyal and religious people unto You, that Your very name is
precious among them: their eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their hearts, as that
sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate Author of their true happiness. And this their
contentment doth not diminish or decay, but every day increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe,
that the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and more
kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, by writing in defence of the Truth,
(which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin, as will not be healed,) and every day at home, by
religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of God, by hearing the Word preached, by
cherishing the Teachers thereof, by caring for the Church, as a most tender and loving nursing Father.

There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and religious affection in Your Majesty; but none is
more forcible to declare it to others than the vehement and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and
publishing of this work, which now with all humility we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your
Highness had once out of deep judgment apprehended how convenient it was, that out of the Original
Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our own, and other foreign Languages, of
many worthy men who went before us, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures
into the English Tongue; Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite those to whom it was
commended, that the work might be hastened, and that the business might be expedited in so decent a
manner, as a matter of such importance might justly require.

And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our labours, it being brought unto such a
conclusion, as that we have great hopes that the Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby; we hold it
our duty to offer it to Your Majesty, not only as to our King and Sovereign, but as to the principal Mover
and Author of the work: humbly craving of Your most Sacred Majesty, that since things of this quality have
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ever been subject to the censures of illmeaning and discontented persons, it may receive approbation and
patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your Highness is, whose allowance and acceptance of
our labours shall more honour and encourage us, than all the calumniations and hard interpretations of
other men shall dismay us. So that if, on the one side, we shall be traduced by Popish Persons at home or
abroad, who therefore will malign us, because we are poor instruments to make God’s holy Truth to be yet
more and more known unto the people, whom they desire still to keep in ignorance and darkness; or if, on
the other side, we shall be maligned by selfconceited Brethren, who run their own ways, and give liking unto
nothing, but what is framed by themselves, and hammered on their anvil; we may rest secure, supported
within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience, having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity,
as before the Lord; and sustained without by the powerful protection of Your Majesty’s grace and favour,
which will ever give countenance to honest and Christian endeavours against bitter censures and
uncharitable imputations.

The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days, that, as his heavenly hand
hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces, so You may be the
wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of that great
GOD, and the good of his Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord and only Saviour.

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¶ The best things have been calumniated

Z EAL to promote the common good, whether it be by devising any thing ourselves, or revising that
which hath been laboured by others, deserveth certainly much respect and esteem, but yet findeth but
cold entertainment in the world. It is welcomed with suspicion instead of love, and with emulation instead
of thanks: and if there be any hole left for cavil to enter, (and cavil, if it do not find an hole, will make one) it
is sure to be misconstrued, and in danger to be condemned. This will easily be granted by as many as know
story, or have any experience. For was there ever any thing projected, that savoured any way of newness or
renewing, but the same endured many a storm of gainsaying or opposition? A man would think that civility,
wholesome laws, learning and eloquence, synods, and Church-maintenance, (that we speak of no more
things of this kind) should be as safe as a sanctuary, and out of shot, as they say, that no man would lift up
the heel, no, nor dog move his tongue against the motioners of them. For by the first we are distinguished
from brute beasts led with sensuality: by the second we are bridled and restrained from outrageous
behaviour, and from doing of injuries, whether by fraud or by violence: by the third we are enabled to
inform and reform others by the light and feeling that we have attained unto ourselves: briefly, by the
fourth, being brought together to a parley face to face, we sooner compose our differences, than by writings,
which are endless: and lastly, that the Church be sufficiently provided for is so agreeable to good reason and
conscience, that those mothers are holden to be less cruel, that kill their children as soon as they are born,
than those nursing fathers and mothers (wheresoever they be) that withdraw from them who hang upon
their breasts (and upon whose breasts again themselves do hang to receive the spiritual and sincere milk of
the word) livelihood and support fit for their estates. Thus it is apparent, that these things which we speak
of are of most necessary use, and therefore that none, either without absurdity can speak against them, or
without note of wickedness can spurn against them.

Yet for all that, the learned know that certain worthy men have been brought to untimely death for none
other fault, but for seeking to reduce their countrymen to good order and discipline: And that in some
Commonweals it was made a capital crime, once to motion the making of a new law for the abrogating of
an old, though the same were most pernicious: And that certain, which would be counted pillars of the
State, and patterns of virtue and prudence, could not be brought for a long time to give way to good letters
and refined speech; but bare themselves as averse from them, as from rocks or boxes of poison: And
fourthly, that he was no babe, but a great Clerk, that gave forth, (and in writing to remain to posterity) in
passion peradventure, but yet he gave forth, That he had not seen any profit to come by any synod or
meeting of the Clergy, but rather the contrary: And lastly, against Church-maintenance and allowance, in
such sort as the ambassadors and messengers of the great King of kings should be furnished, it is not
unknown what a fiction or fable (so it is esteemed, and for no better by the reporter himself, though
superstitious) was devised: namely, That at such time as the professors and teachers of Christianity in the
Church of Rome, then a true Church, were liberally endowed, a voice forsooth was heard from heaven,
saying, Now is poison poured down into the Church, &c. Thus not only as oft as we speak, as one saith, but
also as oft as we do any thing of note or consequence, we subject ourselves to every one’s censure, and
happy is he that is least tossed upon tongues; for utterly to escape the snatch of them it is impossible. If any
man conceit that this is the lot and portion of the meaner sort only, and that princes are privileged by their
high estate, he is deceived. As, The sword devoureth as well one as another, as it is in Samuel; nay, as the
great commander charged his soldiers in a certain battle to strike at no part of the enemy, but at the face;
and as the king of Syria commanded his chief captains, To fight neither with small nor great, save only
against the king of Israel: so it is too true, that envy striketh most spitefully at the fairest, and at the chiefest.
David was a worthy prince, and no man to be compared to him for his first deeds; and yet for as worthy an
act as ever he did, even for bringing back the ark of God in solemnity, he was scorned and scoffed at by his
own wife. Solomon was greater than David, though not in virtue, yet in power; and by his power and
wisdom he built a temple to the Lord, such an one as was the glory of the land of Israel, and the wonder of
the whole world. But was that his magnificence liked by all? We doubt of it. Otherwise why do they lay it in
his son’s dish, and call unto him for easing of the burden? Make, say they, the grievous servitude of thy
father, and his sore yoke, lighter. Belike he had charged them with some levies, and troubled them with
some carriages; hereupon they raise up a tragedy, and wish in their heart the temple had never been built. So
hard a thing it is to please all, even when we please God best, and do seek to approve ourselves to every one’s
conscience.

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¶ The highest personages have been calumniated
If we will descend to later times, we shall find many the like examples of such kind, or rather unkind,
acceptance. The first Roman Emperor did never do a more pleasing deed to the learned, nor more profitable
to posterity, for conserving the record of times in true supputation, than when he corrected the Calendar,
and ordered the year according to the course of the sun: and yet this was imputed to him for novelty and
arrogancy, and procured to him great obloquy. So the first Christened Emperor, (at the leastwise, that
openly professed the faith himself, and allowed others to do the like) for strengthening the empire at his
great charges, and providing for the Church, as he did, got for his labour the name Pupillus, as who would
say, a wasteful Prince, that had need of a guardian or overseer. So the best Christened Emperor, for the love
that he bare unto peace, thereby to enrich both himself and his subjects, and because he did not seek war,
but find it, was judged to be no man at arms, (though in deed he excelled in feats of chivalry, and shewed so
much when he was provoked) and condemned for giving himself to his ease, and to his pleasure. To be
short, the most learned Emperor of former times, (at the least, the greatest politician) what thanks had he
for cutting off the superfluities of the laws, and digesting them into some order and method? This, that he
hath been blotted by some to be an Epitomist, that is, one that extinguished worthy whole volumes, to bring
his abridgments into request. This is the measure that hath been rendered to excellent Princes in former
times, even, Cum bene facerent, male audire, For their good deeds to be evil spoken of. Neither is there any
likelihood that envy and malignity died and were buried with the ancient. No, no, the reproof of Moses
taketh hold of most ages, Ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men. What is that that
hath been done? that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun, saith the wise man. And
St Stephen, As your fathers did, so do ye.

¶ His Majesty’s constancy, notwithstanding calumniation, for the survey of the English translations
This, and more to this purpose, his Majesty that now reigneth (and long and long may he reign, and his
offspring for ever, Himself and children and children’s children always!) knew full well, according to the
singular wisdom given unto him by God, and the rare learning and experience that he hath attained unto;
namely, That whosoever attempteth any thing for the publick, (especially if it appertain to religion, and to
the opening and clearing of the word of God) the same setteth himself upon a stage to be glouted upon by
every evil eye; yea, he casteth himself headlong upon pikes, to be gored by every sharp tongue. For he that
meddleth with men’s religion in any part meddleth with their custom, nay, with their freehold; and though
they find no content in that which they have, yet they cannot abide to hear of altering. Notwithstanding his
royal heart was not daunted or discouraged for this or that colour, but stood resolute, As a statue
immoveable, and an anvil not easy to be beaten into plates, as one saith; he knew who had chosen him to be
a soldier, or rather a captain; and being assured that the course which he intended made much for the glory
of God, and the building up of his Church, he would not suffer it to be broken off for whatsoever speeches
or practices. It doth certainly belong unto kings, yea, it doth specially belong unto them, to have care of
religion, yea, to know it aright, yea, to profess it zealously, yea, to promote it to the uttermost of their
power. This is their glory before all nations which mean well, and this will bring unto them a far most
excellent weight of glory in the day of the Lord Jesus. For the Scripture saith not in vain, Them that honour
me I will honour: neither was it a vain word that Eusebius delivered long ago, That piety towards God was
the weapon, and the only weapon, that both preserved Constantine’s person, and avenged him of his
enemies.

¶ The praise of the Holy Scriptures

But now what piety without truth? What truth, what saving truth, without the word of God? What word of
God, whereof we may be sure, without the Scripture? The Scriptures we are commanded to search. John v.
39. Isaiah viii. 20. They are commended that searched and studied them. Acts xvii. 11 and viii. 28, 29. They
are reproved that were unskilful in them, or slow to believe them. Matth. xxii. 29. Luke xxiv. 25. They can
make us wise unto salvation. 2 Tim. iii. 15. If we be ignorant, they will instruct us; if out of the way, they will
bring us home; if out of order, they will reform us; if in heaviness, comfort us; if dull, quicken us; if cold,
inflame us. Tolle, lege; tolle, lege; Take up and read, take up and read the Scriptures, (for unto them was the
direction) it was said unto St Augustine by a supernatural voice. Whatsoever is in the Scriptures, believe me,
saith the same St Augustine, is high and divine; there is verily truth, and a doctrine most fit for the
refreshing and renewing of men’s minds, and truly so tempered, that every one may draw from thence that
which is sufficient for him, if he come to draw with a devout and pious mind, as true religion requireth.
Thus St Augustine. And St Hierome, Ama Scripturas, et amabit te sapientia, &c. Love the Scriptures, and
wisdom will love thee. And St Cyrill against Julian, Even boys that are bred up in the Scriptures, become
most religious, &c. But what mention we three or four uses of the Scripture, whereas whatsoever is to be
believed, or practised, or hoped for, is contained in them? or three or four sentences of the Fathers, since
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whosoever is worthy the name of a Father, from Christ’s time downward, hath likewise written not only of
the riches, but also of the perfection of the Scripture? I adore the fulness of the Scripture, saith Tertullian
against Hermogenes. And again, to Apelles an heretick of the like stamp he saith, I do not admit that which
thou bringest in (or concludest) of thine own (head or store, de tuo) without Scripture. So St Justin Martyr
before him; We must know by all means (saith he) that it is not lawful (or possible) to learn (any thing) of
God or of right piety, save only out of the Prophets, who teach us by divine inspiration. So St Basil after
Tertullian, It is a manifest falling away from the faith, and a fault of presumption, either to reject any of
those things that are written, or to bring in (upon the head of them, ἐπεισάγειν) any of those things that are not
written. We omit to cite to the same effect St Cyrill, Bishop of Jerusalem in his 4. Cateches. St Hierome
against Helvidius, St Augustine in his third book against the letters of Petilian, and in very many other
places of his works. Also we forbear to descend to latter Fathers, because we will not weary the reader. The
Scriptures then being acknowledged to be so full and so perfect, how can we excuse ourselves of negligence,
if we do not study them? of curiosity, if we be not content with them? Men talk much of εἰρεσιώνη, how many
sweet and goodly things it had hanging on it; of the Philosopher’s stone, that it turneth copper into gold; of
Cornucopia, that it had all things necessary for food in it; of Panaces the herb, that it was good for all
diseases; of Catholicon the drug, that it is instead of all purges; of Vulcan’s armour, that it was an armour of
proof against all thrusts and all blows, &c. Well, that which they falsely or vainly attributed to these for
bodily good, we may justly and with full measure ascribe unto the Scripture for spiritual. It is not only an
armour, but also a whole armoury of weapons, both offensive and defensive; whereby we may save
ourselves, and put the enemy to flight. It is not an herb, but a tree, or rather a whole paradise of trees of life,
which bring forth fruit every month, and the fruit thereof is for meat, and the leaves for medicine. It is not a
pot of Manna or a cruse of oil, which were for memory only, or for a meal’s meat or two; but as it were a
shower of heavenly bread sufficient for a whole host, be it never so great, and as it were a whole cellar full of
oil vessels; whereby all our necessities may be provided for, and our debts discharged. In a word, it is a
panary of wholesome food against fenowed traditions; a physician’s shop (St Basil calleth it) of preservatives
against poisoned heresies; a pandect of profitable laws against rebellious spirits; a treasury of most costly
jewels against beggarly rudiments; finally, a fountain of most pure water springing up unto everlasting life.
And what marvel? the original thereof being from heaven, not from earth; the author being God, not man;
the inditer, the Holy Spirit, not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets; the penmen, such as were sanctified
from the womb, and endued with a principal portion of God’s Spirit; the matter, verity, piety, purity,
uprightness; the form, God’s word, God’s testimony, God’s oracles, the word of truth, the word of
Salvation, &c.; the effects, light of understanding, stableness of persuasion, repentance from dead works,
newness of life, holiness, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost; lastly, the end and reward of the study thereof,
fellowship with the saints, participation of the heavenly nature, fruition of an inheritance immortal,
undefiled, and that never shall fade away: Happy is the man that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrice
happy that meditateth in it day and night.

¶ Translation necessary
But how shall men meditate in that which they cannot understand? How shall they understand that which is
kept close in an unknown tongue? as it is written, Except I know the power of the voice, I shall be to him
that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian to me. The Apostle excepteth no tongue;
not Hebrew the ancientest, not Greek the most copious, not Latin the finest. Nature taught a natural man to
confess, that all of us in those tongues which we do not understand are plainly deaf; we may turn the deaf
ear unto them. The Scythian counted the Athenian, whom he did not understand, barbarous: so the Roman
did the Syrian and the Jew: (even St Hierome himself calleth the Hebrew tongue barbarous; belike, because
it was strange to so many:) so the Emperor of Constantinople calleth the Latin tongue barbarous, though
Pope Nicolas do storm at it: so the Jews long before Christ called all other nations Lognasim, which is little
better than barbarous. Therefore as one complaineth that always in the Senate of Rome there was one or
other that called for an interpreter; so, lest the Church be driven to the like exigent, it is necessary to have
translations in a readiness. Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the
shell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most holy place;
that removeth the cover of the well, that we may come by the water; even as Jacob rolled away the stone
from the mouth of the well, by which means the flocks of Laban were watered. Indeed without translation
into the vulgar tongue, the unlearned are but like children at Jacob’s well (which was deep) without a bucket
or something to draw with: or as that person mentioned by Esay, to whom when a sealed book was
delivered with this motion, Read this, I pray thee, he was fain to make this answer, I cannot, for it is sealed.

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¶ The translation of the Old Testament out of the Hebrew into Greek
While God would be known only in Jacob, and have his name great in Israel, and in none other place; while
the dew lay on Gideon’s fleece only, and all the earth besides was dry; then for one and the same people,
which spake all of them the language of Canaan, that is, Hebrew, one and the same original in Hebrew was
sufficient. But when the fulness of time drew near, that the Sun of righteousness, the Son of God, should
come into the world, whom God ordained to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood, not of the Jew
only, but also of the Greek, yea, of all them that were scattered abroad; then, lo, it pleased the Lord to stir up
the spirit of a Greek prince, (Greek for descent and language) even of Ptolemy Philadelph king of Egypt, to
procure the translating of the book of God out of Hebrew into Greek. This is the translation of the Seventy
interpreters, commonly so called, which prepared the way for our Saviour among the Gentiles by written
preaching, as St John Baptist did among the Jews by vocal. For the Grecians, being desirous of learning,
were not wont to suffer books of worth to lie moulding in kings’ libraries, but had many of their servants,
ready scribes, to copy them out, and so they were dispersed and made common. Again the Greek tongue
was well known and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asia by reason of the conquests that there the
Grecians had made, as also by the colonies which thither they had sent. For the same causes also it was well
understood in many places of Europe, yea, and of Africk too. Therefore the word of God being set forth in
Greek, becometh hereby like a candle set upon a candlestick, which giveth light to all that are in the house;
or like a proclamation sounded forth in the market-place, which most men presently take knowledge of;
and therefore that language was fittest to contain the Scriptures, both for the first preachers of the Gospel to
appeal unto for witness, and for the learners also of those times to make search and trial by. It is certain, that
that translation was not so sound and so perfect, but that it needed in many places correction; and who had
been so sufficient for this work as the Apostles or apostolick men? Yet it seemed good to the Holy Ghost and
to them to take that which they found, (the same being for the greatest part true and sufficient) rather than
by making a new, in that new world and green age of the Church, to expose themselves to many exceptions
and cavillations, as though they made a translation to serve their own turn, and therefore bearing witness to
themselves, their witness not to be regarded. This may be supposed to be some cause, why the translation of
the Seventy was allowed to pass for current. Notwithstanding, though it was commended generally, yet it
did not fully content the learned, no not of the Jews. For not long after Christ, Aquila fell in hand with a
new translation, and after him Theodotion, and after him Symmachus: yea, there was a fifth and a sixth
edition, the authors whereof were not known. These with the Seventy made up the Hexapla, and were
worthily and to great purpose compiled together by Origen. Howbeit the edition of the Seventy went away
with the credit, and therefore not only was placed in the midst by Origen, (for the worth and excellency
thereof above the rest, as Epiphanius gathereth) but also was used by the Greek Fathers for the ground and
foundation of their commentaries. Yea, Epiphanius abovenamed doth attribute so much unto it, that he
holdeth the authors thereof not only for interpreters, but also for prophets in some respect: and Justinian
the Emperor, injoining the Jews his subjects to use especially the translation of the Seventy, rendereth this
reason thereof, Because they were, as it were, enlightened with prophetical grace. Yet for all that, as the
Egyptians are said of the Prophet to be men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: so it is
evident, (and St Hierome affirmeth as much) that the Seventy were interpreters, they were not prophets.
They did many things well, as learned men; but yet as men they stumbled and fell, one while through
oversight, another while through ignorance; yea, sometimes they may be noted to add to the original, and
sometimes to take from it: which made the Apostles to leave them many times, when they left the Hebrew,
and to deliver the sense thereof according to the truth of the word, as the Spirit gave them utterance. This
may suffice touching the Greek translations of the Old Testament.

¶ Translation out of Hebrew and Greek into Latin

There were also within a few hundred years after Christ translations many into the Latin tongue: for this
tongue also was very fit to convey the law and the Gospel by, because in those times very many countries of
the West, yea of the South, East, and North, spake or understood Latin, being made provinces to the
Romans. But now the Latin translations were too many to be all good, for they were infinite; (Latini
interpretes nullo modo numerari possunt, saith St Augustine.) Again, they were not out of the Hebrew
fountain, (we speak of the Latin translations of the Old Testament) but out of the Greek stream; therefore
the Greek being not altogether clear, the Latin derived from it must needs be muddy. This moved St
Hierome, a most learned Father, and the best linguist without controversy of his age, or of any other that
went before him, to undertake the translating of the Old Testament out of the very fountains themselves;
which he performed with that evidence of great learning, judgment, industry, and faithfulness, that he hath
for ever bound the Church unto him in a debt of special remembrance and thankfulness.

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¶ The translating of the Scripture into the vulgar tongues
Now though the Church were thus furnished with Greek and Latin translations, even before the faith of
Christ was generally embraced in the Empire: (for the learned know that even in St Hierome’s time the
Consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnicks, and about the same time the greatest part of the Senate
also) yet for all that the godly learned were not content to have the Scriptures in the language which
themselves understood, Greek and Latin, (as the good lepers were not content to fare well themselves, but
acquainted their neighbours with the store that God had sent, that they also might provide for themselves)
but also for the behoof and edifying of the unlearned which hungered and thirsted after righteousness, and
had souls to be saved as well as they, they provided translations into the vulgar for their countrymen,
insomuch that most nations under heaven did shortly after their conversion hear Christ speaking unto them
in their mother tongue, not by the voice of their minister only, but also by the written word translated. If
any doubt hereof, he may be satisfied by examples enough, if enough will serve the turn. First, St Hierome
saith, Multarum gentium linguis Scriptura ante translata docet falsa esse quæ addita sunt, &c. i.e. The
Scripture being translated before in the language of many nations doth shew that those things that were
added (by Lucian or Hesychius) are false. So St Hierome in that place. The same Hierome elsewhere
affirmeth that he, the time was, had set forth the translation of the Seventy, Suæ linguæ hominibus; i.e. for
his countrymen of Dalmatia. Which words not only Erasmus doth understand to purport, that St Hierome
translated the Scripture into the Dalmatian tongue; but also Sixtus Senensis, and Alphonsus a Castro, (that
we speak of no more) men not to be excepted against by them of Rome, do ingenuously confess as much. So
St Chrysostome, that lived in St Hierome’s time, giveth evidence with him: The doctrine of St John (saith
he) did not in such sort (as the Philosophers’ did) vanish away: but the Syrians, Egyptians, Indians, Persians,
Ethiopians, and infinite other nations, being barbarous people, translated it into their (mother) tongue and
have learned to be (true) Philosophers (he meaneth Christians). To this may be added Theodoret, as next
unto him both for antiquity, and for learning. His words be these, Every country that is under the sun is full
of these words, (of the Apostles and Prophets) and the Hebrew tongue (he meaneth the Scriptures in the
Hebrew tongue) is turned not only into the language of the Grecians, but also of the Romans, and
Egyptians, and Persians, and Indians, and Armenians, and Scythians, and Sauromatians, and, briefly, into
all the languages that any nation useth. So he. In like manner Ulpilas is reported by Paulus Diaconus and
Isidore, and before them by Sozomen, to have translated the Scriptures into the Gothick tongue: John
Bishop of Sevil by Vasseus, to have turned them into Arabick about the Year of our Lord 717: Beda by
Cistertiensis, to have turned a great part of them into Saxon: Efnard by Trithemius, to have abridged the
French Psalter (as Beda had done the Hebrew) about the year 800; King Alured by the said Cistertiensis, to
have turned the Psalter into Saxon: Methodius by Aventinus (printed at Ingolstad) to have turned the
Scriptures into Sclavonian: Valdo Bishop of Frising by Beatus Rhenanus, to have caused about that time the
Gospels to be translated into Dutch rhyme, yet extant in the library of Corbinian: Valdus by divers, to have
turned them himself, or to have gotten them turned, into French about the year 1160: Charles the fifth of
that name, surnamed The wise, to have caused them to be turned into French, about 200 years after Valdus
his time; of which translation there be many copies yet extant, as witnesseth Beroaldus. Much about that
time, even in our King Richard the second’s days, John Trevisa translated them into English, and many
English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seen with divers; translated, as it is very probable, in that age. So
the Syrian translation of the New Testament is in most learned men’s libraries, of Widminstadius his setting
forth; and the Psalter in Arabick is with many, of Augustinus Nebiensis’ setting forth. So Postel affirmeth,
that in his travel he saw the Gospels in the Ethiopian tongue: And Ambrose Thesius allegeth the Psalter of
the Indians, which he testifieth to have been set forth by Potken in Syrian characters. So that to have the
Scriptures in the mother tongue is not a quaint conceit lately taken up, either by the Lord Cromwell in
England, or by the Lord Radevile in Polony, or by the Lord Ungnadius in the Emperor’s dominion, but hath
been thought upon, and put in practice of old, even from the first times of the conversion of any nation; no
doubt, because it was esteemed most profitable to cause faith to grow in men’s hearts the sooner, and to
make them to be able to say with the words of the Psalm, As we have heard, so we have seen.

¶ The unwillingness of our chief adversaries that the Scriptures should be divulged in the mother tongue, &c.
Now the Church of Rome would seem at the length to bear a motherly affection towards her children, and
to allow them the Scriptures in their mother tongue: but indeed it is a gift, not deserving to be called a gift,
an unprofitable gift: they must first get a licence in writing before they may use them; and to get that, they
must approve themselves to their Confessor, that is, to be such as are, if not frozen in the dregs, yet soured
with the leaven of their superstition. Howbeit it seemed too much to Clement the eighth that there should
be any licence granted to have them in the vulgar tongue, and therefore he overruleth and frustrateth the
grant of Pius the fourth. So much are they afraid of the light of the Scripture, (Lucifugæ Scripturarum, as
Tertullian speaketh) that they will not trust the people with it, no not as it is set forth by their own sworn
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men, no not with the licence of their own Bishops and Inquisitors. Yea, so unwilling they are to
communicate the Scriptures to the people’s understanding in any sort, that they are not ashamed to confess
that we forced them to translate it into English against their wills. This seemeth to argue a bad cause, or a
bad conscience, or both. Sure we are, that it is not he that hath good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the
touchstone, but he that hath the counterfeit; neither is it the true man that shunneth the light, but the
malefactor, lest his deeds should be reproved; neither is it the plaindealing merchant that is unwilling to
have the weights, or the meteyard, brought in place, but he that useth deceit. But we will let them alone for
this fault, and return to translation.

¶ The speeches and reasons, both of our brethren, and of our adversaries, against this work
Many men’s mouths have been opened a good while (and yet are not stopped) with speeches about the
translation so long in hand, or rather perusals of translations made before: and ask what may be the reason,
what the necessity, of the employment. Hath the Church been deceived, say they, all this while? Hath her
sweet bread been mingled with leaven, her silver with dross, her wine with water, her milk with lime? (Lacte
gypsum male miscetur, saith St Irenee.) We hoped that we had been in the right way, that we had had the
oracles of God delivered unto us, and that though all the world had cause to be offended, and to complain,
yet that we had none. Hath the nurse holden out the breast, and nothing but wind in it? Hath the bread
been delivered by the Fathers of the Church, and the same proved to be lapidosus, as Seneca speaketh? What
is it to handle the word of God deceitfully, if this be not? Thus certain brethren. Also the adversaries of
Judah and Hierusalem, like Sanballat in Nehemiah, mock, as we hear, both at the work and workmen,
saying, What do these weak Jews, &c. will they make the stones whole again out of the heaps of dust which
are burnt? Although they build, yet if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stony wall. Was their
translation good before? Why do they now mend it? Was it not good? Why then was it obtruded to the
people? Yea, why did the Catholicks (meaning Popish Romanists) always go in jeopardy for refusing to go
to hear it? Nay, if it must be translated into English, Catholicks are fittest to do it. They have learning, and
they know when a thing is well, they can manum de tabula. We will answer them both briefly: and the
former, being brethren, thus with St Hierome, Damnamus veteres? Minime, sed post priorum studia in
domo Domini quod possumus laboramus. That is, Do we condemn the ancient? In no case: but after the
endeavours of them that were before us, we take the best pains we can in the house of God. As if he said,
Being provoked by the example of the learned that lived before my time, I have thought it my duty to assay
whether my talent in the knowledge of the tongues may be profitable in any measure to God’s Church, lest I
should seem to have laboured in them in vain, and lest I should be thought to glory in men (although
ancient) above that which was in them. Thus St Hierome may be thought to speak.

¶ A satisfaction to our brethren

And to the same effect say we, that we are so far off from condemning any of their labours that travelled
before us in this kind, either in this land, or beyond sea, either in King Henry’s time, or King Edward’s, (if
there were any translation, or correction of a translation, in his time) or Queen Elizabeth’s of ever renowned
memory, that we acknowledge them to have been raised up of God for the building and furnishing of his
Church, and that they deserve to be had of us and of posterity in everlasting remembrance. The judgment of
Aristotle is worthy and well known: If Timotheus had not been, we had not had much sweet musick: But if
Phrynis (Timotheus his master) had not been, we had not had Timotheus. Therefore blessed be they, and
most honoured be their name, that break the ice, and give the onset upon that which helpeth forward to the
saving of souls. Now what can be more available thereto, than to deliver God’s book unto God’s people in a
tongue which they understand? Since of an hidden treasure, and of a fountain that is sealed, there is no
profit, as Ptolemy Philadelph wrote to the Rabbins or masters of the Jews, as witnesseth Epiphanius: and as
St Augustine saith, A man had rather be with his dog than with a stranger (whose tongue is strange unto
him.) Yet for all that, as nothing is begun and perfected at the same time, and the latter thoughts are
thought to be the wiser: so, if we building upon their foundation that went before us, and being holpen by
their labours, do endeavour to make that better which they left so good; no man, we are sure, hath cause to
mislike us; they, we persuade ourselves, if they were alive, would thank us. The vintage of Abiezer, that
strake the stroke: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be despised. See Judges viii. 2. Joash the
king of Israel did not satisfy himself till he had smitten the ground three times; and yet he offended the
Prophet for giving over then. Aquila, of whom we spake before, translated the Bible as carefully and as
skilfully as he could; and yet he thought good to go over it again, and then it got the credit with the Jews to
be called κατ᾽ ἀκρίβειαν, that is, accurately done, as St Hierome witnesseth. How many books of profane
learning have been gone over again and again, by the same translators, by others? Of one and the same book
of Aristotle’s Ethics there are extant not so few as six or seven several translations. Now if this cost may be
bestowed upon the gourd, which affordeth us a little shade, and which to day flourisheth, but to morrow is
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cut down; what may we bestow, nay, what ought we not to bestow, upon the vine, the fruit whereof maketh
glad the conscience of man, and the stem whereof abideth for ever? And this is the word of God, which we
translate. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. Tanti vitreum, quanti verum margaritum! (saith
Tertullian,) if a toy of glass be of that reckoning with us, how ought we to value the true pearl? Therefore let
no man’s eye be evil, because his Majesty’s is good; neither let any be grieved, that we have a Prince that
seeketh the increase of the spiritual wealth of Israel; (let Sanballats and Tobiahs do so, which therefore do
bear their just reproof) but let us rather bless God from the ground of our heart for working this religious
care in him to have the translations of the Bible maturely considered of and examined. For by this means it
cometh to pass, that whatsoever is sound already, (and all is sound for substance in one or other of our
editions, and the worst of ours far better than their authentick Vulgar) the same will shine as gold more
brightly, being rubbed and polished; also, if any thing be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the
original, the same may be corrected, and the truth set in place. And what can the King command to be
done, that will bring him more true honour than this? And wherein could they that have been set at work
approve their duty to the King, yea, their obedience to God, and love to his Saints, more, than by yielding
their service, and all that is within them, for the furnishing of the work? But besides all this, they were the
principal motives of it, and therefore ought least to quarrel it. For the very historical truth is, that upon the
importunate petitions of the Puritans at his Majesty’s coming to this crown, the conference at Hampton
Court having been appointed for hearing their complaints, when by force of reason they were put from all
other grounds, they had recourse at the last to this shift, that they could not with good conscience subscribe
to the Communion book, since it maintained the Bible as it was there translated, which was, as they said, a
most corrupted translation. And although this was judged to be but a very poor and empty shift, yet even
hereupon did his Majesty begin to bethink himself of the good that might ensue by a new translation, and
presently after gave order for this translation which is now presented unto thee. Thus much to satisfy our
scrupulous brethren.

¶ An answer to the imputations of our adversaries

Now to the latter we answer, That we do not deny, nay, we affirm and avow, that the very meanest
translation of the Bible in English set forth by men of our profession (for we have seen none of theirs of the
whole Bible as yet) containeth the word of God, nay, is the word of God: as the King’s speech which he
uttered in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Italian, and Latin, is still the King’s speech,
though it be not interpreted by every translator with the like grace, nor peradventure so fitly for phrase, nor
so expressly for sense, every where. For it is confessed, that things are to take their denomination of the
greater part; and a natural man could say, Verum ubi multa nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendor
maculis, &c. A man may be counted a virtuous man, though he have made many slips in his life, (else there
were none virtuous, for, In many things we offend all,) also a comely man and lovely, though he have some
warts upon his hand; yea, not only freckles upon his face, but also scars. No cause therefore why the word
translated should be denied to be the word, or forbidden to be current, notwithstanding that some
imperfections and blemishes may be noted in the setting forth of it. For whatever was perfect under the sun,
where Apostles or apostolick men, that is, men endued with an extraordinary measure of God’s Spirit, and
privileged with the privilege of infallibility, had not their hand? The Romanists therefore in refusing to hear,
and daring to burn the word translated, did no less than despite the Spirit of grace, from whom originally it
proceeded, and whose sense and meaning, as well as man’s weakness would enable, it did express. Judge by
an example or two.

Plutarch writeth, that after that Rome had been burnt by the Gauls, they fell soon to build it again: but
doing it in haste, they did not cast the streets, nor proportion the houses, in such comely fashion, as had
been most sightly and convenient. Was Catiline therefore an honest man, or a good patriot, that sought to
bring it to a combustion? or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed set it on fire? So by the story of Ezra and
the prophecy of Haggai it may be gathered, that the temple built by Zerubbabel after the return from
Babylon was by no means to be compared to the former built by Solomon: (for they that remembered the
former wept when they considered the latter) notwithstanding might this latter either have been abhorred
and forsaken by the Jews, or profaned by the Greeks? The like we are to think of translations. The
translation of the Seventy dissenteth from the Original in many places, neither doth it come near it for
perspicuity, gravity, majesty; yet which of the Apostles did condemn it? Condemn it? Nay, they used it, (as it
is apparent, and as St Hierome and most learned men do confess) which they would not have done, nor by
their example of using of it so grace and commend it to the Church, if it had been unworthy the appellation
and name of the word of God. And whereas they urge for their second defence of their vilifying and abusing
of the English Bibles, or some pieces thereof, which they meet with, for that Hereticks forsooth were the
authors of the translations: (Hereticks they call us by the same right that they call themselves Catholicks,
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both being wrong) we marvel what divinity taught them so. We are sure Tertullian was of another mind: Ex
personis probamus fidem, an ex fide personas? Do we try men’s faith by their persons? We should try their
persons by their faith. Also St Augustine was of another mind: for he, lighting upon certain rules made by
Tychonius a Donatist for the better understanding of the Word, was not ashamed to make use of them, yea,
to insert them into his own book, with giving commendation to them so far forth as they were worthy to be
commended, as is to be seen in St Augustine’s third book De Doctrina Christiana. To be short, Origen, and
the whole Church of God for certain hundred years, were of another mind: for they were so far from
treading under foot (much more from burning) the translation of Aquila a proselyte, that is, one that had
turned Jew, of Symmachus, and Theodotion, both Ebionites, that is, most vile hereticks, that they joined
them together with the Hebrew original, and the translation of the Seventy, (as hath been before signified
out of Epiphanius) and set them forth openly to be considered of and perused by all. But we weary the
unlearned, who need not know so much; and trouble the learned, who know it already.

Yet before we end, we must answer a third cavil and objection of theirs against us, for altering and
amending our translation so oft; wherein truly they deal hardly and strangely with us. For to whom ever was
it imputed for a fault (by such as were wise) to go over that which he had done, and to amend it where he
saw cause? St Augustine was not afraid to exhort St Hierome to a Palinodia or recantation. The same St
Augustine was not ashamed to retractate, we might say, revoke, many things that had passed him, and doth
even glory that he seeth his infirmities. If we will be sons of the truth, we must consider what it speaketh,
and trample upon our own credit, yea, and upon other men’s too, if either be any way an hinderance to it.
This to the cause. Then to the persons we say, that of all men they ought to be most silent in this case. For
what varieties have they, and what alterations have they made, not only of their service books, portesses, and
breviaries, but also of their Latin translation? The service book supposed to be made by St Ambrose
(Officium Ambrosianum) was a great while in special use and request: but Pope Adrian, calling a council
with the aid of Charles the Emperor, abolished it, yea, burnt it, and commanded the service book of St
Gregory universally to be used. Well, Officium Gregorianum gets by this means to be in credit; but doth it
continue without change or altering? No, the very Roman service was of two fashions; the new fashion, and
the old, the one used in one Church, and the other in another; as is to be seen in Pamelius a Romanist his
preface before Micrologus. The same Pamelius reporteth out of Radulphus de Rivo, that about the year of
our Lord 1277 Pope Nicolas the third removed out of the churches of Rome the more ancient books (of
service) and brought into use the missals of the Friers Minorites, and commanded them to be observed
there; insomuch that about an hundred years after, when the above named Radulphus happened to be at
Rome, he found all the books to be new, of the new stamp. Neither was there this chopping and changing in
the more ancient times only, but also of late. Pius Quintus himself confesseth, that every bishoprick almost
had a peculiar kind of service, most unlike to that which others had; which moved him to abolish all other
breviaries, though never so ancient, and privileged and published by Bishops in their Dioceses, and to
establish and ratify that only which was of his own setting forth in the year 1568. Now when the Father of
their Church, who gladly would heal the sore of the daughter of his people softly and slightly, and make the
best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their odds and jarring; we hope the children have no great
cause to vaunt of their uniformity. But the difference that appeareth between our translations, and our often
correcting of them, is the thing that we are specially charged with; let us see therefore whether they
themselves be without fault this way, (if it be to be counted a fault to correct) and whether they be fit men
to throw stones at us: O tandem major parcas insane minori: They that are less sound themselves ought not
to object infirmities to others. If we should tell them that Valla, Stapulensis, Erasmus, and Vives, found fault
with their vulgar translation, and consequently wished the same to be mended, or a new one to be made;
they would answer peradventure, that we produced their enemies for witnesses against them; albeit they
were in no other sort enemies, than as St Paul was to the Galatians, for telling them the truth: and it were to
be wished, that they had dared to tell it them plainlier and oftener. But what will they say to this, That Pope
Leo the tenth allowed Erasmus’s translation of the New Testament, so much different from the Vulgar, by
his apostolick letter and bull? That the same Leo exhorted Pagnine to translate the whole Bible, and bare
whatsoever charges was necessary for the work? Surely, as the Apostle reasoneth to the Hebrews, That if the
former Law and Testament had been sufficient, there had been no need of the latter: so we may say, that if
the old Vulgar had been at all points allowable, to small purpose had labour and charges been undergone
about framing of a new. If they say, it was one Pope’s private opinion, and that he consulted only himself;
then we are able to go further with them, and to aver, that more of their chief men of all sorts, even their
own Trent champions, Paiva and Vega, and their own inquisitor Hieronymus ab Oleastro, and their own
Bishop Isidorus Clarius, and their own Cardinal Thomas a Vio Cajetan, do either make new translations
themselves, or follow new ones of other men’s making, or note the Vulgar interpreter for halting, none of
them fear to dissent from him, nor yet to except against him. And call they this an uniform tenor of text and
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judgment about the text, so many of their worthies disclaiming the now received conceit? Nay, we will yet
come nearer the quick. Doth not their Paris edition differ from the Louvain, and Hentenius’s from them
both, and yet all of them allowed by authority? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confess, that certain Catholicks
(he meaneth certain of his own side) were in such an humour of translating the Scriptures into Latin, that
Satan taking occasion by them, though they thought of no such matter, did strive what he could, out of so
uncertain and manifold a variety of translations, so to mingle all things, that nothing might seem to be left
certain and firm in them? &c. Nay further, did not the same Sixtus ordain by an inviolable decree, and that
with the counsel and consent of his Cardinals, that the Latin edition of the Old and New Testament, which
the Council of Trent would have to be authentick, is the same without controversy which he then set forth,
being diligently corrected and printed in the printinghouse of Vatican? Thus Sixtus in his preface before his
Bible. And yet Clement the eighth, his immediate successor, published another edition of the Bible,
containing in it infinite differences from that of Sixtus, and many of them weighty and material; and yet this
must be authentick by all means. What is to have the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with yea and
nay, if this be not? Again, what is sweet harmony and consent, if this be? Therefore, as Demaratus of
Corinth advised a great King, before he talked of the dissensions among the Grecians, to compose his
domestick broils; (for at that time his queen and his son and heir were at deadly feud with him) so all the
while that our adversaries do make so many and so various editions themselves, and do jar so much about
the worth and authority of them, they can with no show of equity challenge us for changing and correcting.

¶ The purpose of the Translators, with their number, furniture, care, &c.
But it is high time to leave them, and to shew in brief what we proposed to ourselves, and what course we
held, in this our perusal and survey of the Bible. Truly, good Christian Reader, we never thought from the
beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one; (for
then the imputation of Sixtus had been true in some sort, that our people had been fed with gall of dragons
instead of wine, with whey instead of milk;) but to make a good one better, or out of many good ones one
principal good one, not justly to be excepted against; that hath been our endeavour, that our mark. To that
purpose there were many chosen, that were greater in other men’s eyes than in their own, and that sought
the truth rather than their own praise. Again, they came, or were thought to come, to the work, not
exercendi causa, (as one saith) but exercitati, that is, learned, not to learn; for the chief overseer and
ἐργοδιώκτης under his Majesty, to whom not only we, but also our whole Church was much bound, knew by his
wisdom, which thing also Nazianzen taught so long ago, that it is a preposterous order to teach first, and to
learn after, yea that τὸ ἐν πίθῳ κεραμίαν μανθάνειν, to learn and practise together, is neither commendable for the
workman, nor safe for the work. Therefore such were thought upon, as could say modestly with St
Hierome, Et Hebræum sermonem ex parte didicimus, et in Latino pene ab ipsis incunabulis, &c. detriti
sumus; Both we have learned the Hebrew tongue in part, and in the Latin we have been exercised almost
from our very cradle. St Hierome maketh no mention of the Greek tongue, wherein yet he did excel;
because he translated not the Old Testament out of Greek, but out of Hebrew. And in what sort did these
assemble? In the trust of their own knowledge, or of their sharpness of wit, or deepness of judgment, as it
were in an arm of flesh? At no hand. They trusted in him that hath the key of David, opening, and no man
shutting; they prayed to the Lord, the Father of our Lord, to the effect that St Augustine did; O let thy
Scriptures be my pure delight; let me not be deceived in them, neither let me deceive by them. In this
confidence, and with this devotion, did they assemble together; not too many, lest one should trouble
another; and yet many, lest many things haply might escape them. If you ask what they had before them,
truly it was the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, the Greek of the New. These are the two golden pipes, or
rather conduits, wherethrough the olive branches empty themselves into the gold. St Augustine calleth them
precedent, or original, tongues; St Hierome, fountains. The same St Hierome affirmeth, and Gratian hath
not spared to put it into his decree, That as the credit of the old books (he meaneth of the Old Testament) is
to be tried by the Hebrew volumes; so of the New by the Greek tongue, he meaneth by the original Greek. If
truth be to be tried by these tongues, then whence should a translation be made, but out of them? These
tongues therefore (the Scriptures, we say, in those tongues) we set before us to translate, being the tongues
wherein God was pleased to speak to his Church by his Prophets and Apostles. Neither did we run over the
work with that posting haste that the Septuagint did, if that be true which is reported of them, that they
finished it in seventy two days; neither were we barred or hindered from going over it again, having once
done it, like St Hierome, if that be true which himself reporteth, that he could no sooner write any thing,
but presently it was caught from him, and published, and he could not have leave to mend it: neither, to be
short, were we the first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture into English, and consequently
destitute of former helps, as it is written of Origen, that he was the first in a manner, that put his hand to
write commentaries upon the Scriptures, and therefore no marvel if he overshot himself many times. None
of these things: The work hath not been huddled up in seventy two days, but hath cost the workmen, as
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light as it seemeth, the pains of twice seven times seventy two days, and more. Matters of such weight and
consequence are to be speeded with maturity: for in a business of moment a man feareth not the blame of
convenient slackness. Neither did we think much to consult the translators or commentators, Chaldee,
Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, or Latin; no, nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we disdain to
revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered: but having and
using as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, nor coveting praise for
expedition, we have at the length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the work to that
pass that you see.

¶ Reasons moving us to set diversity of senses in the margin, where there is great probability for each
Some peradventure would have no variety of senses to be set in the margin, lest the authority of the
Scriptures for deciding of controversies by that show of uncertainty should somewhat be shaken. But we
hold their judgment not to be so sound in this point. For though, Whatsoever things are necessary are
manifest, as St Chrysostome saith; and, as St Augustine, In those things that are plainly set down in the
Scriptures all such matters are found that concern faith, hope, and charity: yet for all that it cannot be
dissembled, that partly to exercise and whet our wits, partly to wean the curious from loathing of them for
their every where plainness, partly also to stir up our devotion to crave the assistance of God’s Spirit by
prayer, and lastly, that we might be forward to seek aid of our brethren by conference, and never scorn
those that be not in all respects so complete as they should be, being to seek in many things ourselves, it
hath pleased God in his Divine Providence here and there to scatter words and sentences of that difficulty
and doubtfulness, not in doctrinal points that concern salvation, (for in such it hath been vouched that the
Scriptures are plain) but in matters of less moment, that fearfulness would better beseem us than
confidence, and if we will resolve, to resolve upon modesty with St Augustine, (though not in this same case
altogether, yet upon the same ground) Melius est dubitare de occultis, quam litigare de incertis: It is better
to make doubt of those things which are secret, than to strive about those things that are uncertain. There
be many words in the Scriptures which be never found there but once, (having neither brother nor
neighbour, as the Hebrews speak) so that we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Again, there be
many rare names of certain birds, beasts, and precious stones, &c. concerning which the Hebrews
themselves are so divided among themselves for judgment, that they may seem to have defined this or that,
rather because they would say something, than because they were sure of that which they said, as St
Hierome somewhere saith of the Septuagint. Now in such a case doth not a margin do well to admonish the
Reader to seek further, and not to conclude or dogmatize upon this or that peremptorily? For as it is a fault
of incredulity, to doubt of those things that are evident; so to determine of such things as the Spirit of God
hath left (even in the judgment of the judicious) questionable, can be no less than presumption. Therefore
as St Augustine saith, that variety of translations is profitable for the finding out of the sense of the
Scriptures: so diversity of signification and sense in the margin, where the text is not so clear, must needs do
good; yea, is necessary, as we are persuaded. We know that Sixtus Quintus expressly forbiddeth that any
variety of readings of their Vulgar edition should be put in the margin; (which though it be not altogether
the same thing to that we have in hand, yet it looketh that way;) but we think he hath not all of his own side
his favourers for this conceit. They that are wise had rather have their judgments at liberty in differences of
readings, than to be captivated to one, when it may be the other. If they were sure that their high priest had
all laws shut up in his breast, as Paul the second bragged, and that he were as free from error by special
privilege, as the dictators of Rome were made by law inviolable, it were another matter; then his word were
an oracle, his opinion a decision. But the eyes of the world are now open, God be thanked, and have been a
great while; they find that he is subject to the same affections and infirmities that others be, that his skin is
penetrable, and therefore so much as he proveth, not as much as he claimeth, they grant and embrace.

¶ Reasons inducing us not to stand curiously upon an identity of phrasing

Another thing we think good to admonish thee of, gentle Reader, that we have not tied ourselves to an
uniformity of phrasing, or to an identity of words, as some peradventure would wish that we had done,
because they observe, that some learned men somewhere have been as exact as they could that way. Truly,
that we might not vary from the sense of that which we had translated before, if the word signified the same
thing in both places, (for there be some words that be not of the same sense every where) we were especially
careful, and made a conscience, according to our duty. But that we should express the same notion in the
same particular word; as for example, if we translate the Hebrew or Greek word once by ‘purpose’, never to
call it ‘intent’; if one where ‘journeying’, never ‘travelling’; if one where ‘think’, never ‘suppose’; if one where
‘pain’, never ‘ache’; if one where ‘joy’, never ‘gladness’, &c. thus to mince the matter, we thought to savour
more of curiosity than wisdom, and that rather it would breed scorn in the atheist, than bring profit to the
godly reader. For is the kingdom of God become words or syllables? Why should we be in bondage to them,
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if we may be free? use one precisely, when we may use another no less fit as commodiously? A godly Father
in the primitive time shewed himself greatly moved, that one of newfangledness called κράββατον, σκίμπους,
though the difference be little or none; and another reporteth, that he was much abused for turning
‘cucurbita’ (to which reading the people had been used) into ‘hedera’. Now if this happen in better times,
and upon so small occasions, we might justly fear hard censure, if generally we should make verbal and
unnecessary changings. We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some unequal dealing towards a great
number of good English words. For as it is written of a certain great Philosopher, that he should say, that
those logs were happy that were made images to be worshipped; for their fellows, as good as they, lay for
blocks behind the fire: so if we should say, as it were, unto certain words, Stand up higher, have a place in
the Bible always; and to others of like quality, Get ye hence, be banished for ever; we might be taxed
peradventure with St James his words, namely, To be partial in ourselves, and judges of evil thoughts. Add
hereunto, that niceness in words was always counted the next step to trifling; and so was to be curious about
names too: also that we cannot follow a better pattern for elocution than God himself; therefore he using
divers words in his holy writ, and indifferently for one thing in nature; we, if we will not be superstitious,
may use the same liberty in our English versions out of Hebrew and Greek, for that copy or store that he
hath given us. Lastly, we have on the one side avoided the scrupulosity of the Puritans, who leave the old
Ecclesiastical words, and betake them to other, as when they put ‘washing’ for ‘baptism’, and ‘congregation’
instead of ‘church’: as also on the other side we have shunned the obscurity of the Papists, in their ‘azymes’,
‘tunik’, ‘rational’, ‘holocausts’, ‘prepuce’, ‘pasche’, and a number of such like, whereof their late translation
is full, and that of purpose to darken the sense, that since they must needs translate the Bible, yet by the
language thereof it may be kept from being understood. But we desire that the Scripture may speak like
itself, as in the language of Canaan, that it may be understood even of the very vulgar.

Many other things we might give thee warning of, gentle Reader, if we had not exceeded the measure of a
preface already. It remaineth that we commend thee to God, and to the Spirit of his grace, which is able to
build further than we can ask or think. He removeth the scales from our eyes, the vail from our hearts,
opening our wits that we may understand his word, enlarging our hearts, yea, correcting our affections, that
we may love it above gold and silver, yea, that we may love it to the end. Ye are brought unto fountains of
living water which ye digged not; do not cast earth into them, with the Philistines, neither prefer broken pits
before them, with the wicked Jews. Others have laboured, and you may enter into their labours. O receive
not so great things in vain: O despise not so great salvation. Be not like swine to tread under foot so precious
things, neither yet like dogs to tear and abuse holy things. Say not to our Saviour with the Gergesites, Depart
out of our coasts; neither yet with Esau sell your birthright for a mess of pottage. If light be come into the
world, love not darkness more than light: if food, if clothing, be offered, go not naked, starve not yourselves.
Remember the advice of Nazianzene, It is a grievous thing (or dangerous) to neglect a great fair, and to seek
to make markets afterwards: also the encouragement of St Chrysostome, It is altogether impossible, that he
that is sober (and watchful) should at any time be neglected: lastly, the admonition and menacing of St
Augustine, They that despise God’s will inviting them shall feel God’s will taking vengeance of them. It is a
fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God; but a blessed thing it is, and will bring us to everlasting
blessedness in the end, when God speaketh unto us, to hearken; when he setteth his word before us, to read
it; when he stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to answer, Here am I, here we are to do thy will, O God. The
Lord work a care and conscience in us to know him and serve him, that we may be acknowledged of him at
the appearing of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, to whom with the Holy Ghost be all praise and thanksgiving.
Amen.

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 HOW TO KNOW THE
PURE CAMBRIDGE EDITION
OF THE KING JAMES BIBLE
It is important to have the correct, perfect and final text of the King James Bible, since there are correctors
(e.g. publishers) who have changed some aspects of King James Bible texts. The final form of the King James
Bible is the Pure Cambridge Edition (circa 1900), which conforms to the following:

1. “or Sheba” not “and Sheba” in Joshua 19:2

2. “sin” not “sins” in 2 Chronicles 33:19
3. “Spirit of God” not “spirit of God” in Job 33:4
4. “whom ye” not “whom he” in Jeremiah 34:16
5. “Spirit of God” not “spirit of God” in Ezekiel 11:24
6. “flieth” not “fleeth” in Nahum 3:16
7. “Spirit” not “spirit” in Matthew 4:1
8. “further” not “farther” in Matthew 26:39
9. “bewrayeth” not “betrayeth” in Matthew 26:73
10. “Spirit” not “spirit” in Mark 1:12
11. “spirit” not “Spirit” in Acts 11:28
12. “spirit” not “Spirit” in 1 John 5:8

THE GUARDIANS OF THE PURE CAMBRIDGE EDITION

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 THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE
BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT,
WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS.
———————
The Books of the Old Testament.
Page Chaps Page Chaps
GENESIS 1 50 Ecclesiastes 479 12
Exodus 42 40 Song of Solomon 485 8
Leviticus 77 27 Isaiah 488 66
Numbers 102 36 Jeremiah 527 52
Deuteronomy 138 34 Lamentations 572 5
Joshua 168 24 Ezekiel 576 48
Judges 188 21 Daniel 617 12
Ruth 208 4 Hosea 630 14
1 Samuel 211 31 Joel 636 3
2 Samuel 237 24 Amos 639 9
1 Kings 259 22 Obadiah 644 1
2 Kings 285 25 Jonah 645 4
1 Chronicles 309 29 Micah 647 7
2 Chronicles 333 36 Nahum 651 3
Ezra 361 10 Habakkuk 653 3
Nehemiah 370 13 Zephaniah 655 3
Esther 382 10 Haggai 657 2
Job 389 42 Zechariah 659 14
Psalms 410 150 Malachi 666 4
Proverbs 461 31

———————
The Books of the New Testament.
Page Chaps Page Chaps
MATTHEW 671 28 1 Timothy 839 6
Mark 697 16 2 Timothy 842 4
Luke 714 24 Titus 845 3
John 743 21 Philemon 847 1
The Acts 764 28 Hebrews 848 13
Romans 791 16 James 856 5
1 Corinthians 802 16 1 Peter 859 5
2 Corinthians 813 13 2 Peter 862 3
Galatians 820 6 1 John 864 5
Ephesians 824 6 2 John 867 1
Philippians 828 4 3 John 868 1
Colossians 831 4 Jude 869 1
1 Thessalonians 834 5 Revelation 870 22
2 Thessalonians 837 3

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CALLED
GENESIS
CHAPTER 1
I N the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God
divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And the evening and the morning were
the first day.
6 ¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from
the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the
waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament: and it was
so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the
evening and the morning were the second day.
9 ¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven
be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry
land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the
gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and
God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the
herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:
and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb
yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding
fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third
day.
14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and
for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light
to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:
he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and
to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw
that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth
day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth
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abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and
fowl that may fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living
creature that moveth, which the waters brought
forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged
fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl
multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day.
24 ¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping
thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was
so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his
kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that
creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw
that it was good.
26 ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,
and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 ¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every
herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the
earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a
tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl
of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the
earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green
herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and,
behold, it was very good. And the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
CHAPTER 2
T HUS the heavens and the earth were finished,
and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from
all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it he had rested from all his work
which God created and made.
4 ¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of
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the earth when they were created, in the day that the 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
LORD God made the earth and the heavens, mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the be one flesh.
earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife,
the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the and were not ashamed.
earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and CHAPTER 3
watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the N OW the serpent was more subtil than any beast
of the field which the LORD God had made.
ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
life; and man became a living soul. shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
8 ¶ And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
Eden; and there he put the man whom he had of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
formed. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it,
grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. surely die:
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
and from thence it was parted, and became into four then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as
heads. gods, knowing good and evil.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good
compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
gold; tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
bdellium and the onyx stone. husband with her; and he did eat.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they
same is it that compasseth the whole land of knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
Ethiopia. together, and made themselves aprons.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking
is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and
fourth river is Euphrates. his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, unto him, Where art thou?
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?
thereof thou shalt surely die. Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded
18 ¶ And the LORD God said, It is not good that the thee that thou shouldest not eat?
man should be alone; I will make him an help meet 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest
for him. to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The
brought them unto Adam to see what he would call serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living 14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because
creature, that was the name thereof. thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly
fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of
Adam there was not found an help meet for him. thy life:
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply
man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt
man. bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, husband, and he shall rule over thee.
and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
because she was taken out of Man. hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten
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of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy 13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is
life; greater than I can bear.
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from
thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth;
thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth
taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou me shall slay me.
return. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on
she was the mother of all living. him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain,
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD lest any finding him should kill him.
God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the
22 ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of
become as one of us, to know good and evil: and Eden.
now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the 17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and
tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he 18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat
was taken. Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the Methusael begat Lamech.
east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming 19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of name of the one was Adah, and the name of the
the tree of life. other Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as
CHAPTER 4 dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
A ND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she 21 And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
gotten a man from the LORD. 22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the
a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
ground. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken
brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my
the LORD. wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had seventy and sevenfold.
respect unto Abel and to his offering: 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she,
respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel,
countenance fell. whom Cain slew.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son;
wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? and he called his name Enos: then began men to call
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and upon the name of the LORD.
if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. CHAPTER 5
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came
to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose
up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
T HIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In
the day that God created man, in the likeness of
God made he him;
9 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy 2 Male and female created he them; and blessed
brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s them, and called their name Adam, in the day when
keeper? they were created.
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of 3 ¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,
thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image;
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which and called his name Seth:
hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth
blood from thy hand; were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not daughters:
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5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred
hundred and thirty years: and he died. seventy and seven years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah
begat Enos: begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: CHAPTER 6
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and
twelve years: and he died.
9 ¶ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
AND it came to pass, when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters
were born unto them,
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men
hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and that they were fair; and they took them wives of all
daughters: which they chose.
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and 3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always
five years: and he died. strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days
12 ¶ And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Mahalaleel: 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight also after that, when the sons of God came in unto
hundred and forty years, and begat sons and the daughters of men, and they bare children to
daughters: them, the same became mighty men which were of
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred old, men of renown.
and ten years: and he died. 5 ¶ And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was
15 ¶ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and great in the earth, and that every imagination of the
begat Jared: thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
daughters: 7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight have created from the face of the earth; both man,
hundred ninety and five years: and he died. and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of
18 ¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
and he begat Enoch: 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight 9 ¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty walked with God.
and two years: and he died. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Japheth.
Methuselah: 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat earth was filled with violence.
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it
daughters: was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred the earth.
sixty and five years: 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for come before me; for the earth is filled with violence
God took him. through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and the earth.
seven years, and begat Lamech: 14 ¶ Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and
seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons without with pitch.
and daughters: 15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits,
hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it
28 ¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two thirty cubits.
years, and begat a son: 16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the
shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower,
hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
cursed. 17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the
hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing
daughters: that is in the earth shall die.
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18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two
thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD
sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive shut him in.
with thee; they shall be male and female. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was
kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his lift up above the earth.
kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased
them alive. greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, face of the waters.
and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the
food for thee, and for them. earth; and all the high hills, that were under the
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God whole heaven, were covered.
commanded him, so did he. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and
the mountains were covered.
CHAPTER 7 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth,
A ND the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every
all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and
righteous before me in this generation. every man:
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that that was in the dry land, died.
are not clean by two, the male and his female. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the was upon the face of the ground, both man, and
female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the
earth. heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon Noah only remained alive, and they that were with
the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living him in the ark.
substance that I have made will I destroy from off 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an
the face of the earth. hundred and fifty days.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD
commanded him. CHAPTER 8
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the
flood of waters was upon the earth. A ND God remembered Noah, and every living
thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the
7 ¶ And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth,
and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of and the waters asswaged;
the waters of the flood. 2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was
and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon restrained;
the earth, 3 And the waters returned from off the earth
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the continually: and after the end of the hundred and
ark, the male and the female, as God had fifty days the waters were abated.
commanded Noah. 4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains
waters of the flood were upon the earth. of Ararat.
11 ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the 5 And the waters decreased continually until the
second month, the seventeenth day of the month, tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of
the same day were all the fountains of the great deep the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 6 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and Noah opened the window of the ark which he had
forty nights. made:
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and 7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and
Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s fro, until the waters were dried up from off the
wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into earth.
the ark; 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that 9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot,
creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every and she returned unto him into the ark, for the
fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he
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put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will
unto him into the ark. I require the life of man.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he 6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his
sent forth the dove out of the ark; blood be shed: for in the image of God made he
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, man.
lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah 7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth
knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth 8 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with
the dove; which returned not again unto him any him, saying,
more. 9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and and with your seed after you;
first year, in the first month, the first day of the 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of
month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth
and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every
looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. beast of the earth.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and 11 And I will establish my covenant with you;
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the
15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying, waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy flood to destroy the earth.
sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is which I make between me and you and every living
with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a
that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be token of a covenant between me and the earth.
fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the
and his sons’ wives with him: cloud:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is
and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their between me and you and every living creature of all
kinds, went forth out of the ark. flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood
20 ¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and to destroy all flesh.
took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look
and offered burnt offerings on the altar. upon it, that I may remember the everlasting
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the covenant between God and every living creature of
LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the all flesh that is upon the earth.
ground any more for man’s sake; for the 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the
imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; covenant, which I have established between me and
neither will I again smite any more every thing all flesh that is upon the earth.
living, as I have done. 18 ¶ And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day the father of Canaan.
and night shall not cease. 19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them
was the whole earth overspread.
CHAPTER 9 20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he
A ND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said planted a vineyard:
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and
replenish the earth. he was uncovered within his tent.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the
upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren
of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and without.
upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid
delivered. it upon both their shoulders, and went backward,
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for and covered the nakedness of their father; and their
you; even as the green herb have I given you all faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s
things. nakedness.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what
thereof, shall ye not eat. his younger son had done unto him.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of
at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him
and Canaan shall be his servant. were children born.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and
and fifty years. Gether, and Mash.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
fifty years: and he died. 25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of
one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided;
CHAPTER 10 and his brother’s name was Joktan.
N OW these are the generations of the sons of 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
them were sons born after the flood. 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were
Tiras. the sons of Joktan.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest
and Togarmah. unto Sephar a mount of the east.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
Kittim, and Dodanim. after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after
their lands; every one after his tongue, after their their generations, in their nations: and by these were
families, in their nations. the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
6 ¶ And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and
Phut, and Canaan. CHAPTER 11
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and
Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of
Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
AND the whole earth was of one language, and of
one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar;
one in the earth. and they dwelt there.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: 3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick
hunter before the LORD. for stone, and slime had they for morter.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and 4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon
Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, the face of the whole earth.
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same 5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the
is a great city. tower, which the children of men builded.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and 6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, they have all one language; and this they begin to do:
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom and now nothing will be restrained from them,
came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. which they have imagined to do.
15 ¶ And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and 7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their
Heth, language, that they may not understand one
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the another’s speech.
Girgasite, 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the build the city.
Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the 9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because
Canaanites spread abroad. the LORD did there confound the language of all the
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them
Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou abroad upon the face of all the earth.
goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and 10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was
Zeboim, even unto Lasha. an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after the flood:
after their tongues, in their countries, and in their 11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five
nations. hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
21 ¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of 12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and
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begat Salah: 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four brother’s son, and all their substance that they had
hundred and three years, and begat sons and gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in
daughters. Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred 6 ¶ And Abram passed through the land unto the
and three years, and begat sons and daughters. place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Canaanite was then in the land.
Peleg: 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said,
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded
and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-
and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
Serug: name of the LORD.
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. south.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: 10 ¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. famine was grievous in the land.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to
Terah: enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife,
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to
and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. look upon:
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the
Nahor, and Haran. Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is
27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee
begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat alive.
Lot. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live
land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. because of thee.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the 14 ¶ And it came to pass, that, when Abram was
name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman
Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the that she was very fair.
father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, 16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he
his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants,
from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
years: and Terah died in Haran. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this
that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell
CHAPTER 12 me that she was thy wife?
N OW the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee 19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have
out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy
from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew wife, take her, and go thy way.
thee: 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all
bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt that he had.
be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him CHAPTER 13
that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto the south.
A ND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his
wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into

him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in
and five years old when he departed out of Haran. gold.
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3 And he went on his journeys from the south even Siddim, which is the salt sea.
to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at 4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the
the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; thirteenth year they rebelled.
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer,
there at the first: and there Abram called on the and the kings that were with him, and smote the
name of the LORD. Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in
5 ¶ And Lot also, which went with Abram, had Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
flocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they paran, which is by the wilderness.
might dwell together: for their substance was great, 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat,
so that they could not dwell together. which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in
Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and Hazezon-tamar.
the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the
land. king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is
pray thee, between me and thee, and between my Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of
herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. Siddim;
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with
I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar,
then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell
of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, 11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and
even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 12 And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves 13 ¶ And there came one that had escaped, and told
the one from the other. Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
toward Sodom. 14 And when Abram heard that his brother was
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in
before the LORD exceedingly. his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and
14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot pursued them unto Dan.
was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his
look from the place where thou art northward, and servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued
southward, and eastward, and westward: them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I Damascus.
give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and
so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, the women also, and the people.
then shall thy seed also be numbered. 17 ¶ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer,
and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth
and built there an altar unto the LORD. bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most
high God.
CHAPTER 14 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram
A ND it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath
king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave
2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and him tithes of all.
with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of 21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give
Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
king of Bela, which is Zoar. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift
3 All these were joined together in the vale of up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God,
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the possessor of heaven and earth, 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace,
shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is and a burning lamp that passed between those
thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram pieces.
rich: 18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,
and the portion of the men which went with me, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river
Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their Euphrates:
portion. 19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the
Kadmonites,
CHAPTER 15 20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the
A FTER these things the word of the LORD came Rephaims,
unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, 21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give CHAPTER 16
me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my
house is this Eliezer of Damascus? N OW Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children:
and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no name was Hagar.
seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in
saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children
come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
heir. 3 And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the
now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram
to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy to be his wife.
seed be. 4 ¶ And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived:
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to and when she saw that she had conceived, her
him for righteousness. mistress was despised in her eyes.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon
thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and
to inherit it. when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
I shall inherit it? 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when
years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young 7 ¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a
pigeon. fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the way to Shur.
in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest
but the birds divided he not. thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee
11 And when the fowls came down upon the from the face of my mistress Sarai.
carcases, Abram drove them away. 9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness 10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will
fell upon him. multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that numbered for multitude.
thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold,
theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt
them four hundred years; call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I thy affliction.
judge: and afterward shall they come out with great 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be
substance. against every man, and every man’s hand against
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his
shalt be buried in a good old age. brethren.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake
hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I
yet full. also here looked after him that seeth me?
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14 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him
behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is
15 ¶ And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called ninety years old, bear?
his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when might live before thee!
Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son
indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will
CHAPTER 17 establish my covenant with him for an everlasting
A ND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, covenant, and with his seed after him.
the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I
him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and
thou perfect. will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall
2 And I will make my covenant between me and he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next
him, saying, year.
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and 22 And he left off talking with him, and God went
thou shalt be a father of many nations. up from Abraham.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, 23 ¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that
but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many were born in his house, and all that were bought
nations have I made thee. with his money, every male among the men of
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their
make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto
thee. him.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine,
thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when
to thy seed after thee. he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised,
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the and Ishmael his son.
land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I 27 And all the men of his house, born in the house,
will be their God. and bought with money of the stranger, were
9 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep circumcised with him.
my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee
in their generations. CHAPTER 18
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between
me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child
among you shall be circumcised.
A ND the LORD appeared unto him in the plains
of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the
heat of the day;
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three
and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to
and you. meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised toward the ground,
among you, every man child in your generations, he 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in
that is born in the house, or bought with money of thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
any stranger, which is not of thy seed. servant:
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash
bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye
everlasting covenant. your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as
his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut thou hast said.
off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah,
15 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine
wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
shall her name be. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and
her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of he hasted to dress it.
nations; kings of people shall be of her. 8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood
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by them under the tree, and they did eat. righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of
9 ¶ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will
And he said, Behold, in the tent. not destroy it.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And
shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
which was behind him. 30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall
stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if
the manner of women. I find thirty there.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be
being old also? twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did for twenty’s sake.
Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, 32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I
which am old? will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for
appointed I will return unto thee, according to the ten’s sake.
time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned
was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. unto his place.
16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked
toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to CHAPTER 19
bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham
that thing which I do;
A ND there came two angels to Sodom at even;
and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing
them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great with his face toward the ground;
and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray
shall be blessed in him? you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night,
19 For I know him, that he will command his and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go
children and his household after him, and they shall on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide
keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and in the street all night.
judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they
that which he hath spoken of him. turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened
Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very bread, and they did eat.
grievous; 4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city,
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have even the men of Sodom, compassed the house
done altogether according to the cry of it, which is round, both old and young, all the people from
come unto me; and if not, I will know. every quarter:
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him,
went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Where are the men which came in to thee this night?
the LORD. bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
23 ¶ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut
also destroy the righteous with the wicked? the door after him,
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place 8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not
for the fifty righteous that are therein? known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only
slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they
righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from under the shadow of my roof.
thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again,
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs
righteous within the city, then I will spare all the be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than
place for their sakes. with them. And they pressed sore upon the man,
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I even Lot, and came near to break the door.
have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot
am but dust and ashes: into the house to them, and shut to the door.
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty 11 And they smote the men that were at the door of
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the house with blindness, both small and great: so 29 ¶ And it came to pass, when God destroyed the
that they wearied themselves to find the door. cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham,
12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when
besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out 30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
of this place: mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he
them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and and his two daughters.
the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. 31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to
which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we
But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our
law. father.
15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels 33 And they made their father drink wine that night:
hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father;
two daughters, which are here; lest thou be and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when
consumed in the iniquity of the city. she arose.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay
the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being yesternight with my father: let us make him drink
merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with
set him without the city. him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
17 ¶ And it came to pass, when they had brought 35 And they made their father drink wine that night
them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and
look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she
plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be arose.
consumed. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: their father.
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name
sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto
thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I this day.
cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called
me, and I die: his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is children of Ammon unto this day.
a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little
one?) and my soul shall live. CHAPTER 20
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee
concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow
this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
A ND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the
south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my
thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took
of the city was called Zoar. Sarah.
23 ¶ The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night,
entered into Zoar. and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man,
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of man’s wife.
heaven; 4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which 5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she,
grew upon the ground. even she herself said, He is my brother: in the
26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands
she became a pillar of salt. have I done this.
27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to 6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know
the place where he stood before the LORD: that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, also withheld thee from sinning against me:
and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a
a furnace. prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt
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live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou 9 ¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian,
shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
and called all his servants, and told all these things in bondwoman and her son: for the son of this
their ears: and the men were sore afraid. bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto Isaac.
him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s
offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on sight because of his son.
my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto 12 ¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be
me that ought not to be done. grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto
thou, that thou hast done this thing? thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the seed be called.
fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I
for my wife’s sake. make a nation, because he is thy seed.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto
mother; and she became my wife. Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in
wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she
at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He cast the child under one of the shrubs.
is my brother. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let
menservants, and womenservants, and gave them me not see the death of the child. And she sat over
unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel
thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath
brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to heard the voice of the lad where he is.
thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand;
thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. for I will make him a great nation.
17 ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of
Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water,
they bare children. and gave the lad drink.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and
the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
wife. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his
mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
CHAPTER 21 22 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech
A ND the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto
the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in doest:
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou
his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken 23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that
to him. thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son,
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness
born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me,
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
eight days old, as God had commanded him. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a
son Isaac was born unto him. well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had
6 ¶ And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so violently taken away.
that all that hear will laugh with me. 26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done
7 And she said, Who would have said unto this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet
Abraham, that Sarah should have given children heard I of it, but to day.
suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a
Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac covenant.
was weaned. 28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
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themselves. that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean thy son, thine only son from me.
these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and
themselves? behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and
take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of
me, that I have digged this well. his son.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; 14 And Abraham called the name of that place
because there they sware both of them. Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then of the LORD it shall be seen.
Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of 15 ¶ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham
his host, and they returned into the land of the out of heaven the second time,
Philistines. 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD,
33 ¶ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not
and called there on the name of the LORD, the withheld thy son, thine only son:
everlasting God. 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the
many days. heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore;
and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
CHAPTER 22 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth
A ND it came to pass after these things, that God be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, 19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and
Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land 20 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that it
of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath
upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
3 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and
saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with Kemuel the father of Aram,
him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,
burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place and Bethuel.
of which God had told him. 23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, did bear to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
and saw the place afar off. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah,
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and
here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder Maachah.
and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, CHAPTER 23
and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in
his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together.
A ND Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty
years old: these were the years of the life of
Sarah.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is
said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came
he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
the lamb for a burnt offering? 3 ¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead,
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a
both of them together. possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may
9 And they came to the place which God had told bury my dead out of my sight.
him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid 5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham,
the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid saying unto him,
him on the altar upon the wood. 6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead;
the knife to slay his son. none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre,
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, 7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the
Here am I. people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, 8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your
neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight;
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hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land
Zohar, from whence thou camest?
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which 6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that
he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much thou bring not my son thither again.
money as it is worth he shall give it me for a 7 ¶ The LORD God of heaven, which took me from
possession of a buryingplace amongst you. my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred,
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me,
and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall
audience of the children of Heth, even of all that send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife
went in at the gate of his city, saying, unto my son from thence.
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow
the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath:
of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. only bring not my son thither again.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the 9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of
people of the land. Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the that matter.
people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I 10 ¶ And the servant took ten camels of the camels
pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his
field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
him, 11 And he made his camels to kneel down without
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four the city by a well of water at the time of the evening,
hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me even the time that women go out to draw water.
and thee? bury therefore thy dead. 12 And he said, O LORD God of my master
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,
Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four 13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw
merchant. water:
17 ¶ And the field of Ephron, which was in 14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom
Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I
the cave which was therein, and all the trees that may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give
were in the field, that were in all the borders round thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou
about, were made sure hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto
the children of Heth, before all that went in at the my master.
gate of his city. 15 ¶ And it came to pass, before he had done
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was
the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor,
same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were shoulder.
made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a
buryingplace by the sons of Heth. virgin, neither had any man known her: and she
went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
CHAPTER 24 came up.
A ND Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: 17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me,
and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
things. 18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray drink.
thee, thy hand under my thigh: 19 And when she had done giving him drink, she
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they
of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt have done drinking.
not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the 20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell: trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water,
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my and drew for all his camels.
kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the wit whether the LORD had made his journey
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this prosperous or not.
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22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done 41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when
drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee
a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
ten shekels weight of gold; 42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do
pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us prosper my way which I go:
to lodge in? 43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to
Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a
Nahor. little water of thy pitcher to drink;
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw 44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will
and provender enough, and room to lodge in. also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman
26 And the man bowed down his head, and whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s
worshipped the LORD. son.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my 45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart,
master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her
master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and
the LORD led me to the house of my master’s drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray
brethren. thee.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher
mother’s house these things. from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give
29 ¶ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the
Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the camels drink also.
well. 47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel,
bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard Nahor’s son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put
the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her
the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, hands.
behold, he stood by the camels at the well. 48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master
wherefore standest thou without? for I have Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take
prepared the house, and room for the camels. my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
32 ¶ And the man came into the house: and he 49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my
ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to
for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the the right hand, or to the left.
men’s feet that were with him. 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak
said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. unto thee bad or good.
And he said, Speak on. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go,
34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; hath spoken.
and he is become great: and he hath given him 52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham’s
flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD,
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and bowing himself to the earth.
asses. 53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver,
36 And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to
master when she was old: and unto him hath he Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her
given all that he hath. mother precious things.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou 54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that
shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up
the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my
38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to master.
my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. 55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after
woman will not follow me. that she shall go.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I 56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing
walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that
way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my I may go to my master.
kindred, and of my father’s house: 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and
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inquire at her mouth. that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt well Lahai-roi.
thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 12 ¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael,
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s
nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men. handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, 13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands by their names, according to their generations: the
of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and
which hate them. Adbeel, and Mibsam,
61 ¶ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai- names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve
roi; for he dwelt in the south country. princes according to their nations.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an
eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up
behold, the camels were coming. the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she people.
saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he
this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the died in the presence of all his brethren.
servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a 19 ¶ And these are the generations of Isaac,
vail, and covered herself. Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had 20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took
done. Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; 21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because
and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him,
mother’s death. and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her;
CHAPTER 25 and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went
T HEN again Abraham took a wife, and her name to inquire of the LORD.
was Keturah. 23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and thy womb, and two manner of people shall be
Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall
sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and serve the younger.
Leummim. 24 ¶ And when her days to be delivered were
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the 25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy
children of Keturah. garment; and they called his name Esau.
5 ¶ And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she
away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, bare them.
unto the east country. 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain
life which he lived, an hundred threescore and man, dwelling in tents.
fifteen years. 28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was 29 ¶ And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the
gathered to his people. field, and he was faint:
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was
Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; his name called Edom.
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die:
wife. and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
11 ¶ And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he
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sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto thou art much mightier than we.
Jacob. 17 ¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which
went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. they had digged in the days of Abraham his father;
for the Philistines had stopped them after the death
CHAPTER 26 of Abraham: and he called their names after the
A ND there was a famine in the land, beside the names by which his father had called them.
first famine that was in the days of Abraham. 19 And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and
And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the found there a well of springing water.
Philistines unto Gerar. 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the
not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
tell thee of: 21 And they digged another well, and strove for that
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I 22 And he removed from thence, and digged
will give all these countries, and I will perform the another well; and for that they strove not: and he
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be
heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these fruitful in the land.
countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
earth be blessed; 24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night,
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and
laws. multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.
6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: 25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there:
and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should 26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and
kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief
upon. captain of his army.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long 27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to
time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from
out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was you?
sporting with Rebekah his wife. 28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath
surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make
sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I a covenant with thee;
die for her. 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done touched thee, and as we have done unto thee
unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace:
with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
guiltiness upon us. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He drink.
that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and
to death. sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the they departed from him in peace.
same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s
him. servants came, and told him concerning the well
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and which they had digged, and said unto him, We have
grew until he became very great: found water.
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of 33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of
herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
envied him. 34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to
15 For all the wells which his father’s servants had wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and
digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with 35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to
earth. Rebekah.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for
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CHAPTER 27 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray

A ND it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be
and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, my very son Esau or not.
he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he
son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the hands are the hands of Esau.
day of my death: 23 And he discerned him not, because his hands
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands: so he blessed
quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take him.
me some venison; 24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and said, I am.
bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless 25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of
thee before I die. my son’s venison, that my soul may bless thee. And
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he
son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, brought him wine, and he drank.
and to bring it. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near
6 ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, now, and kiss me, my son.
Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he
brother, saying, smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a
that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before field which the LORD hath blessed:
my death. 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven,
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and
to that which I command thee. wine:
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to
good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s
meat for thy father, such as he loveth: sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. 30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce
Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that
man: Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall 31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought
seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my
upon me, and not a blessing. father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy soul may bless me.
curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art
them. thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to 33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said,
his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and
such as his father loved. brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be
son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put blessed.
them upon Jacob her younger son: 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said
upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and
which she had prepared, into the hand of her son hath taken away thy blessing.
Jacob. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he
18 ¶ And he came unto his father, and said, My hath supplanted me these two times: he took away
father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away
son? my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy blessing for me?
firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I
arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I
soul may bless me. given to him for servants; and with corn and wine
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto
hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, thee, my son?
Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
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blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of
father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, his wife.
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, 10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went
and of the dew of heaven from above; toward Haran.
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve 11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried
thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou there all night, because the sun was set; and he took
shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his of the stones of that place, and put them for his
yoke from off thy neck. pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
41 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on
wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and
his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at behold the angels of God ascending and descending
hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. on it.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I
to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the
younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee
Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, will I give it, and to thy seed;
purposing to kill thee. 14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east,
flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be
fury turn away; blessed.
45 Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in
and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee
I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I
be deprived also of you both in one day? have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life 16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this
the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do place! this is none other but the house of God, and
me? this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took
CHAPTER 28 the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up
A ND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not 19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but
take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be
thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and
of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother. will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee 21 So that I come again to my father’s house in
fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
multitude of people; 22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I
and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit will surely give the tenth unto thee.
the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God
gave unto Abraham. CHAPTER 29
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-
aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the
brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
T HEN Jacob went on his journey, and came into
the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and,
6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out
sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone
from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him was upon the well’s mouth.
a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they
daughters of Canaan; rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s
and was gone to Padan-aram; mouth in his place.
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence
pleased not Isaac his father; be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of
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Nahor? And they said, We know him. 26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh 27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for
with the sheep. the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time other years.
that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he
the sheep, and go and feed them. gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
gathered together, and till they roll the stone from handmaid to be her maid.
the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
9 ¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet
with her father’s sheep: for she kept them. seven other years.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the 31 ¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated,
daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she
near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the
and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, my husband will love me.
and wept. 33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated,
brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran he hath therefore given me this son also: and she
and told her father. called his name Simeon.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto
him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and me, because I have born him three sons: therefore
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all was his name called Levi.
these things. 35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called
and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a his name Judah; and left bearing.
month.
15 ¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art CHAPTER 30
my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for
nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? A ND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no
children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was 2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and
Rachel. he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful from thee the fruit of the womb?
and well favoured. 3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may
seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. also have children by her.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, 4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife:
than that I should give her to another man: abide and Jacob went in unto her.
with me. 5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they 6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath
seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had also heard my voice, and hath given me a son:
to her. therefore called she his name Dan.
21 ¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, 7 And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and
for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. bare Jacob a second son.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the 8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
place, and made a feast. wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took she called his name Naphtali.
Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he 9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took
went in unto her. Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah 10 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
his maid for an handmaid. 11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, name Gad.
it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou 12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for 13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will
Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
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14 ¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such
and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them shall be my hire.
unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes. to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that face: every one that is not speckled and spotted
thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that
take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel shall be counted stolen with me.
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be
son’s mandrakes. according to thy word.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were
and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that
must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee were speckled and spotted, and every one that had
with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep,
night. and gave them into the hand of his sons.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she 36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself
conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, 37 ¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and
because I have given my maiden to my husband: and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white
she called his name Issachar. strakes in them, and made the white appear which
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the was in the rods.
sixth son. 38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs
dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because when the flocks came to drink, that they should
I have born him six sons: and she called his name conceive when they came to drink.
Zebulun. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and
her name Dinah. spotted.
22 ¶ And God remembered Rachel, and God 40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the
hearkened to her, and opened her womb. faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own
hath taken away my reproach: flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The cattle.
LORD shall add to me another son. 41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger
25 ¶ And it came to pass, when Rachel had born cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before
Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might
that I may go unto mine own place, and to my conceive among the rods.
country. 42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger
have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest Jacob’s.
my service which I have done thee. 43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants,
found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned and camels, and asses.
by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy
sake. CHAPTER 31
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will
give it. A ND he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying,
Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s;
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all
served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. this glory.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the behold, it was not toward him as before.
LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now 3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the
when shall I provide for mine own house also? land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob with thee.
said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the
do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy field unto his flock,
flock: 5 And said unto them, I see your father’s
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but
from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and the God of my father hath been with me.
all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served
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your father. the sword?
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed 27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal
my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might
hurt me. have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; tabret, and with harp?
then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my
The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
cattle ringstraked. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your the God of your father spake unto me yesternight,
father, and given them to me. saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle either good or bad.
conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone,
dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the because thou sore longedst after thy father’s house,
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, 31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I
saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all take by force thy daughters from me.
the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, 32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him
speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban not live: before our brethren discern thou what is
doeth unto thee. thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew
13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst not that Rachel had stolen them.
the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: 33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s
now arise, get thee out from this land, and return tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he
unto the land of thy kindred. found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent,
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto and entered into Rachel’s tent.
him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them
our father’s house? in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. 35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom
father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, of women is upon me. And he searched, but found
whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. not the images.
17 ¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his 36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban:
wives upon camels; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, pursued after me?
which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what
Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may
had stolen the images that were her father’s. judge betwixt us both.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes
Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
and passed over the river, and set his face toward the 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto
mount Gilead. thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
was fled. 40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me,
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from
after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook mine eyes.
him in the mount Gilead. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and
night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my
not to Jacob either good or bad. wages ten times.
25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had 42 Except the God of my father, the God of
pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me,
brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my
that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
carried away my daughters, as captives taken with 43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
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daughters are my daughters, and these children are he divided the people that was with him, and the
my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and
unto these my daughters, or unto their children smite it, then the other company which is left shall
which they have born? escape.
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a 9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham,
covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst
between me and thee. unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies,
and they took stones, and made an heap: and they and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto
did eat there upon the heap. thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this
47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
called it Galeed. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest
me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it he will come and smite me, and the mother with the
called Galeed; children.
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and
between me and thee, when we are absent one from make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot
another. be numbered for multitude.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt 13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took
take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his
us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. brother;
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two
behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
thee; 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine,
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his
thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto
unto me, for harm. his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the betwixt drove and drove.
God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When
sware by the fear of his father Isaac. Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee,
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and
called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat whose are these before thee?
bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s;
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold,
kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: also he is behind us.
and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third,
and all that followed the droves, saying, On this
CHAPTER 32 manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
A ND Jacob went on his way, and the angels of 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is
God met him. behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God’s present that goeth before me, and afterward I will
host: and he called the name of that place see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Mahanaim. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his lodged that night in the company.
brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven
speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there 23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook,
until now: and sent over that he had.
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and 24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a
menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to man with him until the breaking of the day.
tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against
6 ¶ And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the
We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he
meet thee, and four hundred men with him. wrestled with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And
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he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. young are with me: and if men should overdrive
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he them one day, all the flock will die.
said, Jacob. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the
Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power cattle that goeth before me and the children be able
with God and with men, and hast prevailed. to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some
thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that of the folk that are with me. And he said, What
thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
there. 16 ¶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him
I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon the name of the place is called Succoth.
him, and he halted upon his thigh. 18 ¶ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from
sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had
of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank. spread his tent, at the hand of the children of
Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of
CHAPTER 33 money.
A ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-
behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred elohe-Israel.
men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and
unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. CHAPTER 34
2 And he put the handmaids and their children
foremost, and Leah and her children after, and
Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Aland.
ND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the

3 And he passed over before them, and bowed 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,
himself to the ground seven times, until he came prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay
near to his brother. with her, and defiled her.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of
and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and unto the damsel.
the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
he said, The children which God hath graciously saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
given thy servant. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the
children, and they bowed themselves. field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and 6 ¶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out
bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and unto Jacob to commune with him.
Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they
which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in
the sight of my lord. Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep ought not to be done.
that thou hast unto thyself. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I
found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at pray you give her him to wife.
my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your
though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
pleased with me. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you
thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, possessions therein.
and because I have enough. And he urged him, and 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her
he took it. brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us shall say unto me I will give.
go, and I will go before thee. 12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me
children are tender, and the flocks and herds with the damsel to wife.
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13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as
had defiled Dinah their sister: with an harlot?
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this
thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; CHAPTER 35
for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be
as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
A ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-
el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto
God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we from the face of Esau thy brother.
will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that
you, and we will become one people. were with him, Put away the strange gods that are
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be among you, and be clean, and change your
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we garments:
will be gone. 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem make there an altar unto God, who answered me in
Hamor’s son. the day of my distress, and was with me in the way
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, which I went.
because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods
was more honourable than all the house of his which were in their hand, and all their earrings
father. which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under
20 ¶ And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the oak which was by Shechem.
the gate of their city, and communed with the men 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was
of their city, saying, upon the cities that were round about them, and
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the 6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of
land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that
their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them were with him.
our daughters. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to beth-el: because there God appeared unto him,
dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among when he fled from the face of his brother.
us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name
every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto of it was called Allon-bachuth.
them, and they will dwell with us. 9 ¶ And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy
and every male was circumcised, all that went out of name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel
the gate of his city. shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be
were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of
Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of
and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the thy loins;
males. 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give
the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of the land.
Shechem’s house, and went out. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and talked with him.
spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he
asses, and that which was in the city, and that which poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil
was in the field, thereon.
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where
their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all God spake with him, Beth-el.
that was in the house. 16 ¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel
troubled me to make me to stink among the travailed, and she had hard labour.
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour,
the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
gather themselves together against me, and slay me; have this son also.
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18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar,
(for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
his father called him Benjamin. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son;
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons
Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. of Adah Esau’s wife.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and
pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons
21 ¶ And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
beyond the tower of Edar. 14 ¶ And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s
land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and
father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons Korah.
of Jacob were twelve: 15 ¶ These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman,
Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
Zebulun: 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
and Naphtali: 17 ¶ And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son;
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke
and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the
born to him in Padan-aram. land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath
27 ¶ And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Esau’s wife.
Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, 18 ¶ And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s
where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
fourscore years. daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and
gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: these are their dukes.
and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 20 ¶ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who
inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon,
CHAPTER 36 and Anah,
N OW these are the generations of Esau, who is 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the
Edom. dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land
2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; of Edom.
Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
Zibeon the Hivite; 23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and
3 And Bashemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Nebajoth. 24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah,
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules
bare Reuel; in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and father.
Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and
unto him in the land of Canaan. Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his 26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan,
daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and
he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the Zaavan, and Akan.
country from the face of his brother Jacob. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
7 For their riches were more than that they might 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites;
dwell together; and the land wherein they were duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in
9 ¶ And these are the generations of Esau the father the land of Seir.
of the Edomites in mount Seir: 31 ¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the of Edom, before there reigned any king over the
son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of children of Israel.
Bashemath the wife of Esau. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and
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the name of his city was Dinhabah. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren:
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of and his father rebuked him, and said unto him,
Bozrah reigned in his stead. What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to
Temani reigned in his stead. bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father
who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in observed the saying.
his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father’s
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah flock in Shechem.
reigned in his stead. 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee
river reigned in his stead. unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether
reigned in his stead. it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks;
39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the
Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the 15 ¶ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. was wandering in the field: and the man asked him,
40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of saying, What seekest thou?
Esau, according to their families, after their places, 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray
by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke thee, where they feed their flocks.
Jetheth, 17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he
Edom, according to their habitations in the land of came near unto them, they conspired against him to
their possession: he is Esau the father of the slay him.
Edomites. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this
dreamer cometh.
CHAPTER 37 20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast
A ND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast
was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. hath devoured him: and we shall see what will
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being become of his dreams.
seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of
brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but
Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of
because he was the son of his old age: and he made their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
him a coat of many colours. 23 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his
him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
could not speak peaceably unto him. 24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and
5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of
dream which I have dreamed: Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry
and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, it down to Egypt.
behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made 26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is
obeisance to my sheaf. it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and
reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother
over us? And they hated him yet the more for his and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
dreams, and for his words. 28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen;
9 ¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit,
his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces
dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 29 ¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold,
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Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 14 And she put her widow’s garments off from her,
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself,
child is not; and I, whither shall I go? and sat in an open place, which is by the way to
31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she
the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; was not given unto him to wife.
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an
brought it to their father; and said, This have we harlot; because she had covered her face.
found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he
evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she
doubt rent in pieces. said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth in unto me?
upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou
comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he send it?
said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And
mourning. Thus his father wept for him. she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the unto her, and she conceived by him.
guard. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her
vail from her, and put on the garments of her
CHAPTER 38 widowhood.
A ND it came to pass at that time, that Judah went 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend
down from his brethren, and turned in to a the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the
certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. woman’s hand: but he found her not.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying,
Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side?
and went in unto her. And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find
his name Er. her; and also the men of the place said, that there
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she was no harlot in this place.
called his name Onan. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not
called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when found her.
she bare him. 24 ¶ And it came to pass about three months after,
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in
name was Tamar. law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is
7 And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her
of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. forth, and let her be burnt.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her
brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are,
thy brother. am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee,
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She
brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave
that he should give seed to his brother. her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: more.
wherefore he slew him also. 27 ¶ And it came to pass in the time of her travail,
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my 28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the
son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die one put out his hand: and the midwife took and
also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This
in her father’s house. came out first.
12 ¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand,
Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and that, behold, his brother came out: and she said,
went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon
his friend Hirah the Adullamite. thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the
in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was
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called Zarah. 18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
CHAPTER 39 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the
A ND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying,
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the After this manner did thy servant to me; that his
guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the wrath was kindled.
Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were
prosperous man; and he was in the house of his bound: and he was there in the prison.
master the Egyptian. 21 ¶ But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the
and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in keeper of the prison.
his hand. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the
him: and he made him overseer over his house, and prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the
all that he had he put into his hand. doer of it.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had 23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing
made him overseer in his house, and over all that he that was under his hand; because the LORD was with
had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to
Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon prosper.
all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he CHAPTER 40
knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did
eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well
favoured.
A ND it came to pass after these things, that the
butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had
offended their lord the king of Egypt.
7 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers,
master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief
said, Lie with me. of the bakers.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the
Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where
the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to Joseph was bound.
my hand; 4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither them, and he served them: and they continued a
hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, season in ward.
because thou art his wife: how then can I do this 5 ¶ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each
great wickedness, and sin against God? man his dream in one night, each man according to
10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the
day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the
to be with her. prison.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning,
went into the house to do his business; and there was and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
none of the men of the house there within. 7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore
with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and look ye so sadly to day?
fled, and got him out. 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph
his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and God? tell me them, I pray you.
spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and
Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before
lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: me;
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as
up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and
me, and fled, and got him out. the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord 11 And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand: and I took
came home. the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup,
17 And she spake unto him according to these and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the
brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: interpretation of it: The three branches are three
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days: was troubled; and he sent and called for all the
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof:
head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was
deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
manner when thou wast his butler. 9 ¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh,
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me
mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of in ward in the captain of the guard’s house, both me
this house: and the chief baker:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he;
the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that we dreamed each man according to the
they should put me into the dungeon. interpretation of his dream.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation 12 And there was there with us a young man, an
was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we
dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to
head: each man according to his dream he did interpret.
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all 13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it
manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he
eat them out of the basket upon my head. hanged.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the 14 ¶ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they
interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he
days: shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy in unto Pharaoh.
head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I
20 ¶ And it came to pass the third day, which was have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a
Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his dream to interpret it.
servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler 16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in
and of the chief baker among his servants. me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream,
butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
hand: 18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a
interpreted to them. meadow:
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but 19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after
forgat him. them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed,
such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for
CHAPTER 41 badness:
A ND it came to pass at the end of two full years, 20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up
that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the first seven fat kine:
the river. 21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven be known that they had eaten them; but they were
well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
meadow. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them came up in one stalk, full and good:
out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and 23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and
stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat 24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears:
up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh and I told this unto the magicians; but there was
awoke. none that could declare it to me.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, 25 ¶ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of
behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
rank and good. about to do.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the 26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the
east wind sprung up after them. seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank 27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that
and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it came up after them are seven years; and the seven
was a dream. empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit years of famine.
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28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto 47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth
Pharaoh. brought forth by handfuls.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven
throughout all the land of Egypt: years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was
famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the round about every city, laid he up in the same.
land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the 49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea,
land; very much, until he left numbering; for it was
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by without number.
reason of that famine following; for it shall be very 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the
grievous. years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn
by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man my toil, and all my father’s house.
discreet and wise, and set him over the land of 52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim:
Egypt. For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers my affliction.
over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land 53 ¶ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was
of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. in the land of Egypt, were ended.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come,
years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in
Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the
against the seven years of famine, which shall be in people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said
the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he
the famine. saith to you, do.
37 ¶ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth:
and in the eyes of all his servants. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in
such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of the land of Egypt.
God is? 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all
God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so lands.
discreet and wise as thou art:
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thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the
throne will I be greater than thou. N OW when Jacob saw that there was corn in
Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set one upon another?
thee over all the land of Egypt. 2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from
put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in thence; that we may live, and not die.
vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his 3 ¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy
neck; corn in Egypt.
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not
which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure
knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of mischief befall him.
Egypt. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, those that came: for the famine was in the land of
and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or Canaan.
foot in all the land of Egypt. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath- it was that sold to all the people of the land: and
paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down
daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
went out over all the land of Egypt. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them,
46 ¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood but made himself strange unto them, and spake
before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence
from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to
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buy food. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their
him. heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; 29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the
to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy them; saying,
food are thy servants come. 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake
11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
servants are no spies. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the no spies:
nakedness of the land ye are come. 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, not, and the youngest is this day with our father in
the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, the land of Canaan.
behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto
one is not. us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake one of your brethren here with me, and take food for
unto you, saying, Ye are spies: the famine of your households, and be gone:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh 34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then
ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true
brother come hither. men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, traffick in the land.
and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may 35 ¶ And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks,
be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in
by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. his sack: and when both they and their father saw the
17 And he put them all together into ward three bundles of money, they were afraid.
days. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and
do, and live; for I fear God: Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be these things are against me.
bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay
for the famine of your houses: my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you;
And they did so. for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if
21 ¶ And they said one to another, We are verily mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go,
guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we to the grave.
would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon
us. CHAPTER 43
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not
unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye A ND the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up
would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their
required. father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did
for he spake unto them by an interpreter. solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my
24 And he turned himself about from them, and face, except your brother be with you.
wept; and returned to them again, and communed 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go
with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound down and buy thee food:
him before their eyes. 5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:
25 ¶ Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face,
corn, and to restore every man’s money into his except your brother be with you.
sack, and to give them provision for the way: and 6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me,
thus did he unto them. as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and 7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our
departed thence. state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass alive? have ye another brother? and we told him
provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, according to the tenor of these words: could we
behold, it was in his sack’s mouth. certainly know that he would say, Bring your
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brother down? house, and gave them water, and they washed their
8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad feet; and he gave their asses provender.
with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph
and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little came at noon: for they heard that they should eat
ones. bread there.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou 26 ¶ And when Joseph came home, they brought
require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him the present which was in their hand into the
him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is
returned this second time. your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must he yet alive?
be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in
in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down
little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, their heads, and made obeisance.
nuts, and almonds: 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother
12 And take double money in your hand; and the Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your
money that was brought again in the mouth of your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And
sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
was an oversight: 30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and
the man: he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and
man, that he may send away your other brother, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them
bereaved. by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat
15 ¶ And the men took that present, and they took with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians
double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an
up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before abomination unto the Egyptians.
Joseph. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he to his birthright, and the youngest according to his
said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from
with me at noon. before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were
brought the men into Joseph’s house. merry with him.
18 And the men were afraid, because they were
brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because CHAPTER 44
of the money that was returned in our sacks at the
first time are we brought in; that he may seek A ND he commanded the steward of his house,
saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much
occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his
bondmen, and our asses. sack’s mouth.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s
house, and they communed with him at the door of mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he
the house, did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were
time to buy food: sent away, they and their asses.
21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not
that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow
money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in after the men; and when thou dost overtake them,
full weight: and we have brought it again in our say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
hand. good?
22 And other money have we brought down in our 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and
hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so
money in our sacks. doing.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, 6 ¶ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them
and the God of your father, hath given you treasure these same words.
in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord
Simeon out unto them. these words? God forbid that thy servants should do
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph’s according to this thing:
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8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ 28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely
mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief
lord’s house silver or gold? befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both sorrow to the grave.
let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my
10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life
your words: he with whom it is found shall be my is bound up in the lad’s life;
servant; and ye shall be blameless. 31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is
11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall
to the ground, and opened every man his sack. bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left with sorrow to the grave.
at the youngest: and the cup was found in 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my
Benjamin’s sack. father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I
13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
his ass, and returned to the city. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide
14 ¶ And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the
house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him lad go up with his brethren.
on the ground. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be
15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that
that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I shall come on my father.
can certainly divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? CHAPTER 45
what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves?
God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: T HEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all
them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause
behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he every man to go out from me. And there stood no
also with whom the cup is found. man with him, while Joseph made himself known
17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but unto his brethren.
the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be 2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the
my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto house of Pharaoh heard.
your father. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph;
18 ¶ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not
my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against 4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to
thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
father, or a brother? 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send
old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and me before you to preserve life.
his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the
mother, and his father loveth him. land: and yet there are five years, in the which there
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him shall neither be earing nor harvest.
down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a
his father: for if he should leave his father, his father great deliverance.
would die. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and
youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the
my face no more. land of Egypt.
24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto
servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
food. 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children,
brother be with us, then will we go down: for we and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy
may not see the man’s face, except our youngest herds, and all that thou hast:
brother be with us. 11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all
that my wife bare me two sons: that thou hast, come to poverty.
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12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my thee a great nation:
brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also
unto you. surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in hand upon thine eyes.
Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons
and bring down my father hither. of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh
and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. had sent to carry him.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which
upon them: and after that his brethren talked with they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came
him. into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
16 ¶ And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s 7 His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his
house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed
pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. brought he with him into Egypt.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy 8 ¶ And these are the names of the children of Israel,
brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben,
you unto the land of Canaan; Jacob’s firstborn.
18 And take your father and your households, and 9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and
come unto me: and I will give you the good of the Hezron, and Carmi.
land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 10 ¶ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin,
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son
wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, of a Canaanitish woman.
and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 11 ¶ And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the Merari.
land of Egypt is yours. 12 ¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan
them wagons, according to the commandment of died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez
Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. were Hezron and Hamul.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of 13 ¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and
raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred Job, and Shimron.
pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. 14 ¶ And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten Jahleel.
asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten 15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto
she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all
father by the way. the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and three.
and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the 16 ¶ And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi,
way. Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
25 ¶ And they went up out of Egypt, and came into 17 ¶ And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and
the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to
heart fainted, for he believed them not. Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob,
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which even sixteen souls.
he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob’s wife; Joseph, and
which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Benjamin.
Jacob their father revived: 20 ¶ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter
alive: I will go and see him before I die. of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 ¶ And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and
CHAPTER 46 Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and
A ND Israel took his journey with all that he had, Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices 22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to
unto the God of his father Isaac. Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the 23 ¶ And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am 24 ¶ And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni,
I. and Jezer, and Shillem.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave
not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto
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Jacob: all the souls were seven. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, 9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the
which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty
wives, all the souls were threescore and six; years: few and evil have the days of the years of my
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and pilgrimage.
ten. 10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from
28 ¶ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to before Pharaoh.
direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the 11 ¶ And Joseph placed his father and his brethren,
land of Goshen. and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in
29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as
to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented Pharaoh had commanded.
himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept 12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his
on his neck a good while. brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread,
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, according to their families.
since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. 13 ¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and
father’s house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the
say unto him, My brethren, and my father’s house, famine.
which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto 14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was
me; found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph
been to feed cattle; and they have brought their brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto
you, and shall say, What is your occupation? Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
about cattle from our youth even until now, both 16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give
we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the you for your cattle, if money fail.
land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an 17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and
abomination unto the Egyptians. Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and
for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for
CHAPTER 47 the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their
T HEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, cattle for that year.
My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and 18 When that year was ended, they came unto him
their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide
the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my
of Goshen. lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our
and presented them unto Pharaoh. lands:
3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your 19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we
occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we
servants are shepherds, both we, and also our and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give
fathers. us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn be not desolate.
in the land are we come; for thy servants have no 20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for
pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field,
land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy because the famine prevailed over them: so the land
servants dwell in the land of Goshen. became Pharaoh’s.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father 21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities
and thy brethren are come unto thee: from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the other end thereof.
land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the
land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and
any men of activity among them, then make them did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them:
rulers over my cattle. wherefore they sold not their lands.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set 23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have
him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo,
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here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. whom God hath given me in this place. And he said,
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless
shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts them.
shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he
food, and for them of your households, and for food could not see. And he brought them near unto him;
for your little ones. and he kissed them, and embraced them.
25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to
find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy
Pharaoh’s servants. seed.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his
unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the
part; except the land of the priests only, which earth.
became not Pharaoh’s. 13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right
27 ¶ And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the hand toward Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh in his
country of Goshen; and they had possessions left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought
therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. them near unto him.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it
years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his
forty and seven years. left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I 15 ¶ And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before
have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the
hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry the lads; and let my name be named on them, and
me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let
And he said, I will do as thou hast said. them grow into a multitude in the midst of the
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto earth.
him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right
hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him:
CHAPTER 48 and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from
A ND it came to pass after these things, that one Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my
took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son upon his head.
Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened 19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my
himself, and sat upon the bed. son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty also shall be great: but truly his younger brother
appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a
blessed me, multitude of nations.
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim
multitude of people; and will give this land to thy and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before
seed after thee for an everlasting possession. Manasseh.
5 ¶ And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but
which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the
before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as land of your fathers.
Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the
shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel CHAPTER 49
died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when
yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: A ND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the which shall befall you in the last days.
same is Beth-lehem. 2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of
8 And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
these? 3 ¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and
9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, the beginning of my strength, the excellency of
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dignity, and the excellency of power: lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the
4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because womb:
thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst 26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above
thou it: he went up to my couch. the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost
5 ¶ Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the
cruelty are in their habitations. head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto that was separate from his brethren.
their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for 27 ¶ Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning
in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide
they digged down a wall. the spoil.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their 28 ¶ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this
wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed
and scatter them in Israel. them; every one according to his blessing he blessed
8 ¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall them.
praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am
enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my
thee. fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, Hittite,
thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a 30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah,
lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; for a possession of a buryingplace.
and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. 31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife;
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and
unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in there I buried Leah.
wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: 32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth therein was from the children of Heth.
white with milk. 33 And when Jacob had made an end of
13 ¶ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into
he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered
be unto Zidon. unto his people.
14 ¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between
two burdens: CHAPTER 50
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that
it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and
became a servant unto tribute.
A ND Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept
upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the
16 ¶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians
of Israel. embalmed Israel.
17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are
path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and
shall fall backward. the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. days.
19 ¶ Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall 4 And when the days of his mourning were past,
overcome at the last. Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If
20 ¶ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray
yield royal dainties. you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
21 ¶ Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly 5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my
words. grave which I have digged for me in the land of
22 ¶ Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let
by a well; whose branches run over the wall: me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at come again.
him, and hated him: 6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father,
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of according as he made thee swear.
his hands were made strong by the hands of the 7 ¶ And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with
mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders
the stone of Israel:) of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help 8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and
thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with his father’s house: only their little ones, and their
blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of
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Goshen. now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for
9 And there went up with him both chariots and they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee,
horsemen: and it was a very great company. forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before
with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
a mourning for his father seven days. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the the place of God?
Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but
they said, This is a grievous mourning to the God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel- day, to save much people alive.
mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. 21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and
12 And his sons did unto him according as he your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake
commanded them: kindly unto them.
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, 22 ¶ And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s
and buried him in the cave of the field of house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third
for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the generation: the children also of Machir the son of
Hittite, before Mamre. Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
14 ¶ And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God
brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land
father, after he had buried his father. unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac,
15 ¶ And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their and to Jacob.
father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel,
hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry
which we did unto him. up my bones from hence.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, 26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years
Thy father did command before he died, saying, old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a
17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee coffin in Egypt.

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CALLED
EXODUS
CHAPTER 1 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared

N OW these are the names of the children of God, that he made them houses.
Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every
his household came with Jacob. son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, daughter ye shall save alive.
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. CHAPTER 2
5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of
Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt
already.
A ND there went a man of the house of Levi, and
took to wife a daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and
6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid
generation. him three months.
7 ¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and 3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took
increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with
exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
knew not Joseph. 4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of done to him.
the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 5 ¶ And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked
multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark
falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
and fight against us, and so get them up out of the 6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child:
land. and, behold, the babe wept. And she had
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to compassion on him, and said, This is one of the
afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Hebrews’ children.
Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women,
multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because that she may nurse the child for thee?
of the children of Israel. 8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to maid went and called the child’s mother.
serve with rigour: 9 And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee
bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner thy wages. And the woman took the child, and
of service in the field: all their service, wherein they nursed it.
made them serve, was with rigour. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto
15 ¶ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she
midwives, of which the name of the one was called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew
Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: him out of the water.
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife 11 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses
to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and
if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian
daughter, then she shall live. smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when
king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian,
children alive. and hid him in the sand.
18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, 13 And when he went out the second day, behold,
and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said
and have saved the men children alive? to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the thy fellow?
Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge
they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst
come in unto them. the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and this thing is known.
the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to
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slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of
and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land
a well. flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the
16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
to water their father’s flock. 9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the
but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
their flock. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto
18 And when they came to Reuel their father, he Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the
said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? children of Israel out of Egypt.
19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of 11 ¶ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I
the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring
enough for us, and watered the flock. forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this
why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee:
may eat bread. When thou hast brought forth the people out of
21 And Moses was content to dwell with the man: Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come
22 And she bare him a son, and he called his name unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them,
Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and
strange land. they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I
23 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the say unto them?
king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:
by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of
cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
24 And God heard their groaning, and God 15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt
remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God
and with Jacob. of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of
25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:
God had respect unto them. this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial
unto all generations.
CHAPTER 3 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and
N OW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the
law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared
the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen
of God, even to Horeb. that which is done to you in Egypt:
2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the
flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites,
looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
the bush was not consumed. Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this land flowing with milk and honey.
great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 18 And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou
4 And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the
see, God called unto him out of the midst of the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD
bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let
I. us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey into the
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our
shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou God.
standest is holy ground. 19 ¶ And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let
6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of 20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to with all my wonders which I will do in the midst
look upon God. thereof: and after that he will let you go.
7 ¶ And the LORD said, I have surely seen the 21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of
affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when
heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I ye go, ye shall not go empty:
know their sorrows; 22 But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour,
8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of
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silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall 17 And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand,
put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; wherewith thou shalt do signs.
and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. 18 ¶ And Moses went and returned to Jethro his
father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray
CHAPTER 4 thee, and return unto my brethren which are in
A ND Moses answered and said, But, behold, they Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro
will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: said to Moses, Go in peace.
for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto 19 And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go,
thee. return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which
2 And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine sought thy life.
hand? And he said, A rod. 20 And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of
on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
fled from before it. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those
hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine
hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let
5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their the people go.
fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
6 ¶ And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may
now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I
hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
behold, his hand was leprous as snow. 24 ¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that
7 And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
And he put his hand into his bosom again; and 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the
plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said,
turned again as his other flesh. Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe 26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband
thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, thou art, because of the circumcision.
that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. 27 ¶ And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met
also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD
pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou who had sent him, and all the signs which he had
takest out of the river shall become blood upon the commanded him.
dry land. 29 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went and gathered
10 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I together all the elders of the children of Israel:
am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou 30 And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD
hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the
speech, and of a slow tongue. sight of the people.
11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made 31 And the people believed: and when they heard
man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and
the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? that he had looked upon their affliction, then they
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, bowed their heads and worshipped.
and teach thee what thou shalt say.
13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the CHAPTER 5
hand of him whom thou wilt send.
14 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against A ND afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and
told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of
Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast
brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, unto me in the wilderness.
behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should
seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD,
15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in neither will I let Israel go.
his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with 3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met
his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey
16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our
and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the
mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. sword.
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4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou
do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their delivered thy people at all.
works? get you unto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land CHAPTER 6
now are many, and ye make them rest from their
burdens. T HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou
see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand
taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, shall he drive them out of his land.
7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I
brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for am the LORD:
themselves. 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and
8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my
heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore 4 And I have also established my covenant with
they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of
9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
they may labour therein; and let them not regard 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children
vain words. of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I
10 ¶ And the taskmasters of the people went out, have remembered my covenant.
and their officers, and they spake to the people, 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the
saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. LORD, and I will bring you out from under the
11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of
ought of your work shall be diminished. their bondage, and I will redeem you with a
12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of 7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will
straw. be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the
13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under
your works, your daily tasks, as when there was the burdens of the Egyptians.
straw. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning
14 And the officers of the children of Israel, which the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac,
Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I
beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not am the LORD.
fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday 9 ¶ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel:
and to day, as heretofore? but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of
15 ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israel came spirit, and for cruel bondage.
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
thou thus with thy servants? 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he
16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and let the children of Israel go out of his land.
they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants 12 And Moses spake before the LORD, saying,
are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am
say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. of uncircumcised lips?
18 Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel,
bricks. and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the
19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall 14 ¶ These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The
not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and
20 ¶ And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of
the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: Reuben.
21 And they said unto them, The LORD look upon 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes Canaanitish woman: these are the families of
of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay Simeon.
us. 16 ¶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi
22 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, according to their generations; Gershon, and
Lord, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi
people? why is it that thou hast sent me? were an hundred thirty and seven years.
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according
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to their families. Pharaoh.
18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Aaron, saying,
Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew
19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron,
are the families of Levi according to their Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall
generations. become a serpent.
20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister 10 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh,
to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and
years of the life of Amram were an hundred and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before
thirty and seven years. his servants, and it became a serpent.
21 ¶ And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and 11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the
Zichri. sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did
22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, in like manner with their enchantments.
and Zithri. 12 For they cast down every man his rod, and they
23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their
Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare rods.
him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 13 And he hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he
24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. 14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh’s heart
25 And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go.
daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he
Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by
Levites according to their families. the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which
26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine
LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the hand.
land of Egypt according to their armies. 16 And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of
27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my
Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:
these are that Moses and Aaron. and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
28 ¶ And it came to pass on the day when the LORD 17 Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that
spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that
29 That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the
LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all river, and they shall be turned to blood.
that I say unto thee. 18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the
30 And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to
uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken drink of the water of the river.
unto me? 19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto
Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand
CHAPTER 7 upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon
A ND the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their
thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother pools of water, that they may become blood; and
shall be thy prophet. that there may be blood throughout all the land of
2 Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD
send the children of Israel out of his land. commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the
3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh,
my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I that were in the river were turned to blood.
may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the
armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the
the land of Egypt by great judgments. water of the river; and there was blood throughout
5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, all the land of Egypt.
when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their
bring out the children of Israel from among them. enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had
commanded them, so did they. said.
7 And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house,
fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto neither did he set his heart to this also.
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24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand
river for water to drink; for they could not drink of with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it
the water of the river. became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the
25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
had smitten the river. 18 And the magicians did so with their
enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not:
CHAPTER 8 so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the
Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,
LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had
2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will said.
smite all thy borders with frogs: 20 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in
3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he
which shall go up and come into thine house, and cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus
into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may
the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and serve me.
into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I
4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy
upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses:
5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of
Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they
the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and are.
cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall
of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the
land of Egypt. LORD in the midst of the earth.
7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, 23 And I will put a division between my people and
and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
8 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and 24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous
said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his
frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the
the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
LORD. 25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron,
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we
and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to
and thy houses, that they may remain in the river the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
only? abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and
10 And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it will they not stone us?
according to thy word: that thou mayest know that 27 We will go three days’ journey into the
there is none like unto the LORD our God. wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he
11 And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from shall command us.
thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may
people; they shall remain in the river only. sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness;
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I
which he had brought against Pharaoh. will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may
13 And the LORD did according to the word of depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from
Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal
the villages, and out of the fields. deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to
14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: sacrifice to the LORD.
and the land stank. 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he the LORD.
hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as 31 And the LORD did according to the word of
the LORD had said. Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from
16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people;
Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the there remained not one.
land, that it may become lice throughout all the land 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,
of Egypt. neither would he let the people go.
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CHAPTER 9 Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

T HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all
Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and
of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not
serve me. be brought home, the hail shall come down upon
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them, and they shall die.
them still, 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the
3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle
which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, flee into the houses:
upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD
sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. left his servants and his cattle in the field.
4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth
Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in
die of all that is the children’s of Israel. all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast,
5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To and upon every herb of the field, throughout the
morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. land of Egypt.
6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward
all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the
children of Israel died not one. fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one hail upon the land of Egypt.
of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail,
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the
go. land of Egypt since it became a nation.
8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of
Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast;
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake
Pharaoh. every tree of the field.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of
Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains Israel were, was there no hail.
upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land 27 ¶ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and
of Egypt. Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time:
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are
before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward wicked.
heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with 28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be
blains upon man, and upon beast. no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
because of the boils; for the boil was upon the 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone
magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall
and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how
spoken unto Moses. that the earth is the LORD’s.
13 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye
the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say will not yet fear the LORD God.
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the
Let my people go, that they may serve me. barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon 32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for
thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy they were not grown up.
people; that thou mayest know that there is none like 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh,
me in all the earth. and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the
15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not
smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou poured upon the earth.
shalt be cut off from the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more,
up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
may be declared throughout all the earth. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD
that thou wilt not let them go? had spoken by Moses.
18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it
to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in
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CHAPTER 10 herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which

A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto the hail had left: and there remained not any green
Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field,
heart of his servants, that I might shew these my through all the land of Egypt.
signs before him: 16 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in
2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD
and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in your God, and against you.
Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only
that ye may know how that I am the LORD. this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he
3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and may take away from me this death only.
said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the
Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble LORD.
thyself before me? let my people go, that they may 19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind,
serve me. which took away the locusts, and cast them into the
4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the
morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: coasts of Egypt.
5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one 20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that
cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the he would not let the children of Israel go.
residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth 21 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree thine hand toward heaven, that there may be
which groweth for you out of the field: darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all may be felt.
thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; 22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward
which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land
have seen, since the day that they were upon the of Egypt three days:
earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and 23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from
went out from Pharaoh. his place for three days: but all the children of Israel
7 And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long had light in their dwellings.
shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, 24 ¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go
that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your
thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto 25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices
Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the
your God: but who are they that shall go? LORD our God.
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an
with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve
with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we the LORD our God; and we know not with what we
must hold a feast unto the LORD. must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with 27 ¶ But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he
you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to would not let them go.
it; for evil is before you. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me,
11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that
LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
out from Pharaoh’s presence. 29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see
12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thy face again no more.
thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts,
that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and CHAPTER 11
eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath
left. A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring
one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he
of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence
the land all that day, and all that night; and when it altogether.
was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every
14 And the locusts went up over all the land of man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of
Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
grievous were they; before them there were no such 3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight
locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s
that the land was darkened; and they did eat every servants, and in the sight of the people.
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4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand;
midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this
from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of
throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods
that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the 13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon
land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I
shall be like it any more. will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon
7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye 14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial;
may know how that the LORD doth put a difference and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout
between the Egyptians and Israel. your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto ordinance for ever.
me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get 15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the
thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses:
after that I will go out. And he went out from for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first
Pharaoh in a great anger. day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not from Israel.
hearken unto you; that my wonders may be 16 And in the first day there shall be an holy
multiplied in the land of Egypt. convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be
before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s done in them, save that which every man must eat,
heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel that only may be done of you.
go out of his land. 17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened
bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your
CHAPTER 12 armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in observe this day in your generations by an ordinance
the land of Egypt, saying, for ever.
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of 18 ¶ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the
months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until
3 ¶ Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take 19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your
to them every man a lamb, according to the house of houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened,
their fathers, a lamb for an house: even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the
him and his neighbour next unto his house take it land.
according to the number of the souls; every man 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your
according to his eating shall make your count for the habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
lamb. 21 ¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel,
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb
first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from according to your families, and kill the passover.
the goats: 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel
the same month: and the whole assembly of the and the two side posts with the blood that is in the
congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on his house until the morning.
the two side posts and on the upper door post of the 23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the
houses, wherein they shall eat it. Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to
they shall eat it. come in unto your houses to smite you.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance
roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the to thee and to thy sons for ever.
purtenance thereof. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the land which the LORD will give you, according as he
morning; and that which remaineth of it until the hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
morning ye shall burn with fire. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children
11 ¶ And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
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27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s stranger eat thereof:
passover, who passed over the houses of the children 44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money,
of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat
delivered our houses. And the people bowed the thereof.
head and worshipped. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat
28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as thereof.
the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry
they. forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house;
29 ¶ And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and
firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males
all the firstborn of cattle. be circumcised, and then let him come near and
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the
servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there 49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and
was not one dead. unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
31 ¶ And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, 50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD
and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, 51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the
serve the LORD, as ye have said. LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have of Egypt by their armies.
said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, CHAPTER 13
that they might send them out of the land in haste;
for they said, We be all dead men. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever
34 And the people took their dough before it was openeth the womb among the children of Israel,
leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in both of man and of beast: it is mine.
their clothes upon their shoulders. 3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this
35 And the children of Israel did according to the day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the
word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: brought you out from this place: there shall no
36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight leavened bread be eaten.
of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
things as they required. And they spoiled the 5 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee
Egyptians. into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and
37 ¶ And the children of Israel journeyed from the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites,
Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land
foot that were men, beside children. flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep
38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; this service in this month.
and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and
leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee,
could not tarry, neither had they prepared for neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy
themselves any victual. quarters.
40 ¶ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, 8 ¶ And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying,
who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty This is done because of that which the LORD did unto
years. me when I came forth out of Egypt.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine
hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that
came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out the LORD’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a
from the land of Egypt. strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of
42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD Egypt.
for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is 10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his
that night of the LORD to be observed of all the season from year to year.
children of Israel in their generations. 11 ¶ And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee
43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto
is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
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12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that serving us?
openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh 6 And he made ready his chariot, and took his
of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the people with him:
LORD’s. 7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of
with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then them.
thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of 8 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king
man among thy children shalt thou redeem. of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel:
14 ¶ And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time and the children of Israel went out with an high
to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say hand.
unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us 9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the
out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen,
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly and his army, and overtook them encamping by the
let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the 10 ¶ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of
firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians
all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and
firstborn of my children I redeem. the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no
for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the
hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us,
17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the to carry us forth out of Egypt?
people go, that God led them not through the way of 12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt,
the land of the Philistines, although that was near; saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the
for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the
when they see war, and they return to Egypt: Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
18 But God led the people about, through the way of 13 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not,
the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which
Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more
for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, for ever.
saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry 14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold
up my bones away hence with you. your peace.
20 ¶ And they took their journey from Succoth, and 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore
encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar Israel, that they go forward:
of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine
pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of
night: Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, the sea.
nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the
Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get
CHAPTER 14 me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host,
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,
turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon
Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
it shall ye encamp by the sea. 19 ¶ And the angel of God, which went before the
3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and
are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
them in. and stood behind them:
4 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians
follow after them; and I will be honoured upon and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and
Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these:
may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. so that the one came not near the other all the night.
5 ¶ And it was told the king of Egypt that the people 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea;
fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong
was turned against the people, and they said, Why east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land,
have we done this, that we have let Israel go from and the waters were divided.
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22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of stubble.
the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were
wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. gathered together, the floods stood upright as an
23 ¶ And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of
them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s the sea.
horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them;
the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered
troubled the host of the Egyptians, them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave 11 Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods?
them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in
from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for praises, doing wonders?
them against the Egyptians. 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth
26 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out swallowed them.
thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which
again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy
upon their horsemen. strength unto thy holy habitation.
27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, 14 The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall
and the sea returned to his strength when the take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the
and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold
of the sea. upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt
28 And the waters returned, and covered the away.
chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of 16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the
Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone;
remained not so much as one of them. till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass
29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in over, which thou hast purchased.
the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the
them on their right hand, and on their left. mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD,
30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the
hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have
dead upon the sea shore. established.
31 And Israel saw that great work which the LORD 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the 19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his
LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the
LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon
CHAPTER 15 them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in
T HEN sang Moses and the children of Israel this the midst of the sea.
song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will 20 ¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron,
sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went
gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown out after her with timbrels and with dances.
into the sea. 21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD,
2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his
become my salvation: he is my God, and I will rider hath he thrown into the sea.
prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I 22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and
will exalt him. they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they
3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. went three days in the wilderness, and found no
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into water.
the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the 23 ¶ And when they came to Marah, they could not
Red sea. drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter:
5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the therefore the name of it was called Marah.
bottom as a stone. 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying,
6 Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in What shall we drink?
power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in 25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD
pieces the enemy. shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the
7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made
overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he
sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as proved them,
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26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the God.
voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came
right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the
commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put dew lay round about the host.
none of these diseases upon thee, which I have 14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold,
brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small
healeth thee. round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the
27 ¶ And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells ground.
of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they 15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said
encamped there by the waters. one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it
was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread
CHAPTER 16 which the LORD hath given you to eat.
A ND they took their journey from Elim, and all 16 ¶ This is the thing which the LORD hath
the congregation of the children of Israel came commanded, Gather of it every man according to his
unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim eating, an omer for every man, according to the
and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month number of your persons; take ye every man for them
after their departing out of the land of Egypt. which are in his tents.
2 And the whole congregation of the children of 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered,
Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the some more, some less.
wilderness: 18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would gathered much had nothing over, and he that
to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man
land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and according to his eating.
when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have 19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the
brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this morning.
whole assembly with hunger. 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses;
4 ¶ Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will but some of them left of it until the morning, and it
rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with
go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may them.
prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 21 And they gathered it every morning, every man
5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day according to his eating: and when the sun waxed
they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it hot, it melted.
shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 22 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they
6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one
Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and
hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: told Moses.
7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the
the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy
against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake
against us? to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which
8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the
give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning.
morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses
your murmurings which ye murmur against him: bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any
and what are we? your murmurings are not against worm therein.
us, but against the LORD. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a
9 ¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in
congregation of the children of Israel, Come near the field.
before the LORD: for he hath heard your 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day,
murmurings. which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the 27 ¶ And it came to pass, that there went out some of
whole congregation of the children of Israel, that the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they
they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the found none.
glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse
11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath,
Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of
flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man
bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your go out of his place on the seventh day.
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30 So the people rested on the seventh day. went up to the top of the hill.
31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his
Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his
the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. hand, Amalek prevailed.
32 ¶ And Moses said, This is the thing which the 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a
LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and
your generations; that they may see the bread Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I one side, and the other on the other side; and his
brought you forth from the land of Egypt. hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put 13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people
an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before with the edge of the sword.
the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a
34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of
up before the Testimony, to be kept. Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of
35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty Amalek from under heaven.
years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of
eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the it Jehovah-nissi:
land of Canaan. 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation
to generation.
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A ND all the congregation of the children of Israel

journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their
journeys, according to the commandment of the W
CHAPTER 18
HEN Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’
father in law, heard of all that God had done
LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the
water for the people to drink. LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and 2 Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah,
said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore 3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one
do ye tempt the LORD? was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the strange land:
people murmured against Moses, and said, 4 And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God
Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with me from the sword of Pharaoh:
thirst? 5 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his
4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness,
shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to where he encamped at the mount of God:
stone me. 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons
people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and with her.
thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in 7 ¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law,
thine hand, and go. and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked
6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the each other of their welfare; and they came into the
rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and tent.
there shall come water out of it, that the people may 8 And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD
drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for
Israel. Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon
7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the
Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out
the LORD among us, or not? of the hand of the Egyptians.
8 ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath
Rephidim. delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and
9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the
and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all
mine hand. gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he
10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and was above them.
fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur 12 And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took a burnt
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offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and wilderness; and there Israel camped before the
all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ mount.
father in law before God. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD
13 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus
sat to judge the people: and the people stood by shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the
Moses from the morning unto the evening. children of Israel;
14 And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you
doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, unto myself.
and all the people stand by thee from morning unto 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed,
even? and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar
15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is
the people come unto me to inquire of God: mine:
16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and
and I judge between one and another, and I do make an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt
them know the statutes of God, and his laws. speak unto the children of Israel.
17 And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The 7 ¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the
thing that thou doest is not good. people, and laid before their faces all these words
18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this which the LORD commanded him.
people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy 8 And all the people answered together, and said, All
for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses
19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto
people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when
causes unto God: I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And
20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
and shalt shew them the way wherein they must 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the
walk, and the work that they must do. people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow,
21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people and let them wash their clothes,
able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third
covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the
of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of people upon mount Sinai.
fifties, and rulers of tens: 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round
22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not
it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring up into the mount, or touch the border of it:
unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the death:
burden with thee. 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall
23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast
thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth
people shall also go to their place in peace. long, they shall come up to the mount.
24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in 14 ¶ And Moses went down from the mount unto
law, and did all that he had said. the people, and sanctified the people; and they
25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and washed their clothes.
made them heads over the people, rulers of 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the
thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and third day: come not at your wives.
rulers of tens. 16 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day in the
26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings,
hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of
small matter they judged themselves. the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people
27 ¶ And Moses let his father in law depart; and he that was in the camp trembled.
went his way into his own land. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the
camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether
CHAPTER 19 part of the mount.
I N the third month, when the children of Israel 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke,
were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the
day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace,
2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were and the whole mount quaked greatly.
come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long,
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and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God 15 Thou shalt not steal.
answered him by a voice. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on neighbour.
the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou
to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
gaze, and many of them perish. 18 ¶ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the
22 And let the priests also, which come near to the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the
LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they
upon them. removed, and stood afar off.
23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us,
cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest
us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify we die.
it. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be
down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron before your faces, that ye sin not.
with thee: but let not the priests and the people 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew
break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he near unto the thick darkness where God was.
break forth upon them. 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt
25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I
unto them. have talked with you from heaven.
23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither
CHAPTER 20 shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
A ND God spake all these words, saying, 24 ¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and
2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all
bondage. places where I record my name I will come unto
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. thee, and I will bless thee.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou
or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up
or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
under the earth: 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar,
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the CHAPTER 21
children unto the third and fourth generation of
them that hate me; N OW these are the judgments which thou shalt
set before them.
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall
love me, and keep my commandments. serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God nothing.
in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself:
taketh his name in vain. if he were married, then his wife shall go out with
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. him.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD born him sons or daughters; the wife and her
thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by
thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy himself.
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 5 And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my
within thy gates: master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, free:
the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges;
seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door
day, and hallowed it. post; and his master shall bore his ear through with
12 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy 7 ¶ And if a man sell his daughter to be a
God giveth thee. maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants
13 Thou shalt not kill. do.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 8 If she please not her master, who hath betrothed
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her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed
sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his
power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. owner also shall be put to death.
9 And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he
deal with her after the manner of daughters. shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid
10 If he take him another wife; her food, her upon him.
raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a
diminish. daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done
11 And if he do not these three unto her, then shall unto him.
she go out free without money. 32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a
12 ¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty
surely put to death. shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him 33 ¶ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall
into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall
whither he shall flee. therein;
14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his 34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give
neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast
him from mine altar, that he may die. shall be his.
15 ¶ And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, 35 ¶ And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die;
shall be surely put to death. then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money
16 ¶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in
death. time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he
17 ¶ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his
shall surely be put to death. own.
18 ¶ And if men strive together, and one smite
another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, CHAPTER 22
but keepeth his bed:
19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, I F a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or
sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four
then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall sheep for a sheep.
pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be 2 ¶ If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten
thoroughly healed. that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
20 ¶ And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood
with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if
surely punished. he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive,
shall not be punished: for he is his money. whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore
22 ¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so double.
that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief 5 ¶ If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be
follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in
woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and
pay as the judges determine. of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make
23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give restitution.
life for life, 6 ¶ If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the
24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be
for foot, consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe surely make restitution.
for stripe. 7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money
26 ¶ And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s
eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
for his eye’s sake. 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the
27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his house shall be brought unto the judges, to see
maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s
tooth’s sake. goods.
28 ¶ If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: 9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for
then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost
not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in of both parties shall come before the judges; and
time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double
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unto his neighbour. shall cast it to the dogs.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an
ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be CHAPTER 23
hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them T HOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine
hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous
both, that he hath not put his hand unto his witness.
neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept 2 ¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil;
thereof, and he shall not make it good. neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after
12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make many to wrest judgment:
restitution unto the owner thereof. 3 ¶ Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in
13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for his cause.
witness, and he shall not make good that which was 4 ¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going
torn. astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
14 ¶ And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying
and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him,
with it, he shall surely make it good. thou shalt surely help with him.
15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in
make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his his cause.
hire. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent
16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the
betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow wicked.
her to be his wife. 8 ¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
he shall pay money according to the dowry of 9 ¶ Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye
virgins. know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were
18 ¶ Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. strangers in the land of Egypt.
19 ¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put 10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt
to death. gather in the fruits thereof:
20 ¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the 11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie
LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what
21 ¶ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like
him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with
22 ¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless thy oliveyard.
child. 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the
23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine
unto me, I will surely hear their cry; ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the
24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you stranger, may be refreshed.
with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and 13 And in all things that I have said unto you be
your children fatherless. circumspect: and make no mention of the name of
25 ¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, 14 ¶ Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in
neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. the year.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread:
pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I
goeth down: commanded thee, in the time appointed of the
27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt:
his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to and none shall appear before me empty:)
pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I 16 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy
am gracious. labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the
28 ¶ Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year,
ruler of thy people. when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the
29 ¶ Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe field.
fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons 17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear
shalt thou give unto me. before the Lord GOD.
30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice
thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my
eighth day thou shalt give it me. sacrifice remain until the morning.
31 ¶ And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall 19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt
ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou
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shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar
20 ¶ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the
thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place twelve tribes of Israel.
which I have prepared. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel,
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace
not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
my name is in him. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the
that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine altar.
enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring the audience of the people: and they said, All that the
thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the
the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant,
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve which the LORD hath made with you concerning all
them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly these words.
overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 9 ¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was
sickness away from the midst of thee. under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire
26 ¶ There shall nothing cast their young, nor be stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his
barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will clearness.
fulfil. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and
all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will drink.
make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee
drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, tables of stone, and a law, and commandments
from before thee. which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and
year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of Moses went up into the mount of God.
the field multiply against thee. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us,
30 By little and little I will drive them out from until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron
before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters
land. to do, let him come unto them.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud
unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert covered the mount.
unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount
land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the
before thee. seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor the cloud.
with their gods. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of
thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it the children of Israel.
will surely be a snare unto thee. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and
gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the
CHAPTER 24 mount forty days and forty nights.
A ND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the
LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and CHAPTER 25
seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar
off. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it
they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
up with him. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them;
3 ¶ And Moses came and told the people all the gold, and silver, and brass,
words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
the people answered with one voice, and said, All the and goats’ hair,
words which the LORD hath said will we do. 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and shittim wood,
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6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden
sweet incense, crown to the border thereof round about.
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and
in the breastplate. put the rings in the four corners that are on the four
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may feet thereof.
dwell among them. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for
9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern places of the staves to bear the table.
of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood,
instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. and overlay them with gold, that the table may be
10 ¶ And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: borne with them.
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and
a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls
and a half the height thereof. thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make
11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within them.
and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread
upon it a crown of gold round about. before me alway.
12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and 31 ¶ And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold:
put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his
shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his
other side of it. flowers, shall be of the same.
13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it;
overlay them with gold. three branches of the candlestick out of the one side,
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the and three branches of the candlestick out of the
sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with other side:
them. 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls
shall not be taken from it. made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop
16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of
which I shall give thee. the candlestick.
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made
two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and like unto almonds, with their knops and their
a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. flowers.
18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of
beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends the same, and a knop under two branches of the
of the mercy seat. same, and a knop under two branches of the same,
19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the according to the six branches that proceed out of the
other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy candlestick.
seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the
thereof. same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and
on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give
and their faces shall look one to another; toward the light over against it.
mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes
21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the thereof, shall be of pure gold.
ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all
I shall give thee. these vessels.
22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern,
commune with thee from above the mercy seat, which was shewed thee in the mount.
from between the two cherubims which are upon
the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will CHAPTER 26
give thee in commandment unto the children of
Israel. M OREOVER thou shalt make the tabernacle
with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and
23 ¶ Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of
two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the cunning work shalt thou make them.
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height 2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty
thereof. cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits:
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and and every one of the curtains shall have one
make thereto a crown of gold round about. measure.
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together one to
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another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one 22 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou
to another. shalt make six boards.
4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners
of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; of the tabernacle in the two sides.
and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge 24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and
of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. they shall be coupled together above the head of it
5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they
fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain shall be for the two corners.
that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops 25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets
may take hold one of another. of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one
6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and board, and two sockets under another board.
couple the curtains together with the taches: and it 26 ¶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five
shall be one tabernacle. for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
7 ¶ And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be 27 And five bars for the boards of the other side of
a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the
thou make. side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward.
8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards
the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the shall reach from end to end.
eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. 29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and
9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and
and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according
10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the
one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty mount.
loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the 31 ¶ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple,
second. and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work:
11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put with cherubims shall it be made:
the taches into the loops, and couple the tent 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of
together, that it may be one. shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be
12 And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall 33 ¶ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the
hang over the backside of the tabernacle. taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the
13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide
other side of that which remaineth in the length of unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of
the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover the testimony in the most holy place.
it. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and
14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of the candlestick over against the table on the side of
rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering above of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put
badgers’ skins. the table on the north side.
15 ¶ And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle 36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of
of shittim wood standing up. the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a twined linen, wrought with needlework.
cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 37 And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars
17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and
order one against another: thus shalt thou make for their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five
all the boards of the tabernacle. sockets of brass for them.
18 And thou shalt make the boards for the
tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side CHAPTER 27
southward.
19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under A ND thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood,
five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar
the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be
his two tenons, and two sockets under another three cubits.
board for his two tenons. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four
20 And for the second side of the tabernacle on the corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and
north side there shall be twenty boards: thou shalt overlay it with brass.
21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes,
under one board, and two sockets under another and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks,
board. and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt
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make of brass. CHAPTER 28
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of
brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen
rings in the four corners thereof.
A ND take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and
his sons with him, from among the children of
Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s
5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and
altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
of the altar. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy
6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of brother for glory and for beauty.
shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted,
7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that
staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him,
it. that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was 4 And these are the garments which they shall make;
shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a
9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall
for the south side southward there shall be hangings make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his
for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s
cubits long for one side: office.
10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty 5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and
sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and scarlet, and fine linen.
their fillets shall be of silver. 6 ¶ And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue,
11 And likewise for the north side in length there and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with
shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his cunning work.
twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the 7 It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined
hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined
12 ¶ And for the breadth of the court on the west together.
side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, 8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon
and their sockets ten. it, shall be of the same, according to the work
13 And the breadth of the court on the east side thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet,
eastward shall be fifty cubits. and fine twined linen.
14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be 9 And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on
fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets them the names of the children of Israel:
three. 10 Six of their names on one stone, and the other six
15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen names of the rest on the other stone, according to
cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. their birth.
16 ¶ And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the
of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two
fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou
their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
17 All the pillars round about the court shall be 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the
filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto
their sockets of brass. the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their
18 ¶ The length of the court shall be an hundred names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a
cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the memorial.
height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their 13 ¶ And thou shalt make ouches of gold;
sockets of brass. 14 And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of
19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the
thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of wreathen chains to the ouches.
the court, shall be of brass. 15 ¶ And thou shalt make the breastplate of
20 ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, judgment with cunning work; after the work of the
that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of
light, to cause the lamp to burn always. purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt
21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the thou make it.
vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his 16 Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall
sons shall order it from evening to morning before be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth
the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their thereof.
generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even
four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a
topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
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18 And the second row shall be an emerald, a sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy
sapphire, and a diamond. place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that
19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an he die not.
amethyst. 36 ¶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and
20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet,
jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
21 And the stones shall be with the names of the 37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may
children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it
like the engravings of a signet; every one with his shall be.
name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that
22 ¶ And thou shalt make upon the breastplate Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things,
chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their
23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead,
rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two that they may be accepted before the LORD.
ends of the breastplate. 39 ¶ And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen,
24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou
gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the shalt make the girdle of needlework.
breastplate. 40 ¶ And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats,
25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets
chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty.
them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy
26 ¶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint
thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that
breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
of the ephod inward. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to
27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the
shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod thighs they shall reach:
underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over 43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons,
against the other coupling thereof, above the curious when they come in unto the tabernacle of the
girdle of the ephod. congregation, or when they come near unto the altar
28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings to minister in the holy place; that they bear not
thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto
blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the him and his seed after him.
ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from
the ephod. CHAPTER 29
29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of
Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, A ND this is the thing that thou shalt do unto
them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the
when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two
before the LORD continually. rams without blemish,
30 ¶ And thou shalt put in the breastplate of 2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened
judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed
shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and
children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the
continually. two rams.
31 ¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the
of blue. door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt
32 And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the wash them with water.
midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon
round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the
habergeon, that it be not rent. ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the
33 ¶ And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt curious girdle of the ephod:
make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of 6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and
scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of put the holy crown upon the mitre.
gold between them round about: 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell upon his head, and anoint him.
and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon
about. them.
35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and
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his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the 25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and
priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a
and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made
10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought by fire unto the LORD.
before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of
and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering
the bullock. before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave
by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering,
12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram
and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron,
finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of and of that which is for his sons:
the altar. 28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute
13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave
inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace
them upon the altar. offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his 29 ¶ And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his
dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be
is a sin offering. consecrated in them.
15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and 30 And that son that is priest in his stead shall put
his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the them on seven days, when he cometh into the
ram. tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the
16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take holy place.
his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the 31 ¶ And thou shalt take the ram of the
altar. consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the
the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door
his pieces, and unto his head. of the tabernacle of the congregation.
18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the
altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify
sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because
LORD. they are holy.
19 ¶ And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron 34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or
and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou
the ram. shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be
20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his eaten, because it is holy.
blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his
Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, sons, according to all things which I have
and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate
the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the them.
blood upon the altar round about. 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin
21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the
altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and
Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the
shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most
and his sons’ garments with him. holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the 38 ¶ Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the
rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day
caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat continually.
that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning;
ram of consecration: and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour
bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil;
unleavened bread that is before the LORD: and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink
24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and offering.
in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and
wave offering before the LORD. shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the
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morning, and according to the drink offering among them, when thou numberest them.
thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among
unto the LORD. them that are numbered, half a shekel after the
42 This shall be a continual burnt offering shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:)
throughout your generations at the door of the an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: 14 Every one that passeth among them that are
where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall
43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, give an offering unto the LORD.
and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall
44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the not give less than half a shekel, when they give an
congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for
Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s your souls.
office. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the
45 ¶ And I will dwell among the children of Israel, children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service
and will be their God. of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be
46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their a memorial unto the children of Israel before the
God, that brought them forth out of the land of LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.
Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
their God. 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot
also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it
CHAPTER 30 between the tabernacle of the congregation and the
A ND thou shalt make an altar to burn incense altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands
2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the and their feet thereat:
breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two 20 When they go into the tabernacle of the
cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof congregation, they shall wash with water, that they
shall be of the same. die not; or when they come near to the altar to
3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the
thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the LORD:
horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that
of gold round about. they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to
4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under them, even to him and to his seed throughout their
the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the generations.
two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be 22 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
for places for the staves to bear it withal. 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure
5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon
and overlay them with gold. half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels,
6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel
over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn an ointment compound after the art of the
incense upon it. apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the
shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense congregation therewith, and the ark of the
before the LORD throughout your generations. testimony,
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the
burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
pour drink offering thereon. 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels,
10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the and the laver and his foot.
horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be
offering of atonements: once in the year shall he most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
make atonement upon it throughout your 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and
generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in
11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, the priest’s office.
12 When thou takest the sum of the children of 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,
Israel after their number, then shall they give every saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me
man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when throughout your generations.
thou numberest them; that there be no plague 32 Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither
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shall ye make any other like it, after the composition 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy
of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be
33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein,
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
even be cut off from his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is
34 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever
sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be
sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall put to death.
there be a like weight: 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their
after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, generations, for a perpetual covenant.
pure and holy: 17 It is a sign between me and the children of Israel
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and
of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was
congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be refreshed.
unto you most holy. 18 ¶ And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an
37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two
shall not make to yourselves according to the tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the
composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for finger of God.
the LORD.
38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell CHAPTER 32
thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
CHAPTER 31
A ND when the people saw that Moses delayed to
come down out of the mount, the people
gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said

A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before
2 See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up
Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become
3 And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in of him.
wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden
and in all manner of workmanship, earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your
4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto
silver, and in brass, me.
5 And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in 3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings
carving of timber, to work in all manner of which were in their ears, and brought them unto
workmanship. Aaron.
6 And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned
son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten
hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which
that they may make all that I have commanded thee; brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it;
the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To
and all the furniture of the tabernacle, morrow is a feast to the LORD.
8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered
candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the
incense, people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to
9 And the altar of burnt offering with all his play.
furniture, and the laver and his foot, 7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee
10 And the cloths of service, and the holy garments down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of
for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
minister in the priest’s office, 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way
11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the which I commanded them: they have made them a
holy place: according to all that I have commanded molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have
thee shall they do. sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O
12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, Egypt.
saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this
sign between me and you throughout your people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may
that doth sanctify you. wax hot against them, and that I may consume
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them: and I will make of thee a great nation. said, Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto
11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves
LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy together unto him.
people, which thou hast brought forth out of the 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God
land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go
hand? in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp,
12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, and slay every man his brother, and every man his
For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in companion, and every man his neighbour.
the mountains, and to consume them from the face 28 And the children of Levi did according to the
of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day
of this evil against thy people. about three thousand men.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day
servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and
and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a
stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken blessing this day.
of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it 30 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses
for ever. said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and
14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall
thought to do unto his people. make an atonement for your sin.
15 ¶ And Moses turned, and went down from the 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said,
mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have
his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; made them gods of gold.
on the one side and on the other were they written. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if
16 And the tables were the work of God, and the not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou
writing was the writing of God, graven upon the hast written.
tables. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath
17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place
war in the camp. of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine
18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day
for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they
do I hear. made the calf, which Aaron made.
19 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh
unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: CHAPTER 33
and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables
out of his hands, and brake them beneath the
mount.
A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go
up hence, thou and the people which thou hast
brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land
20 And he took the calf which they had made, and which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
strawed it upon the water, and made the children of 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will
Israel drink of it. drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the
21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the
people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a Jebusite:
sin upon them? 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a
hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
mischief. 4 ¶ And when the people heard these evil tidings,
23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall they mourned: and no man did put on him his
go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that ornaments.
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the
what is become of him. children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will
24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and
let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments
into the fire, and there came out this calf. from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
25 ¶ And when Moses saw that the people were 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of
naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
shame among their enemies:) 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it
26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called
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it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to CHAPTER 34
pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was
without the camp.
A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two
tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write
upon these tables the words that were in the first
8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto tables, which thou brakest.
the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the
every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there
until he was gone into the tabernacle. to me in the top of the mount.
9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the 3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let
tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither
the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Moses. 4 ¶ And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and
the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had
worshipped, every man in his tent door. commanded him, and took in his hand the two
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a tables of stone.
man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood
into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of with him there, and proclaimed the name of the
Nun, a young man, departed not out of the LORD.
tabernacle. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and
12 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and
unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness
me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou and truth,
hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity
found grace in my sight. and transgression and sin, and that will by no means
13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers
in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know upon the children, and upon the children’s children,
thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider unto the third and to the fourth generation.
that this nation is thy people. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I toward the earth, and worshipped.
will give thee rest. 9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight,
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it
me, carry us not up hence. is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and
16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that 10 ¶ And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before
thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not
thy people, from all the people that are upon the face been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all
of the earth. the people among which thou art shall see the work
17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do
thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found with thee.
grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. 11 Observe thou that which I command thee this
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and
19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant
will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest,
shew mercy. lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there 13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their
shall no man see me, and live. images, and cut down their groves:
21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the
and thou shalt stand upon a rock: LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth 15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants
by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods,
cover thee with my hand while I pass by: and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee,
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt and thou eat of his sacrifice;
see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. 16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons,
and their daughters go a whoring after their gods,
and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
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18 ¶ The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I with him.
commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for
in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. CHAPTER 35
19 All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every
firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that
is male.
A ND Moses gathered all the congregation of the
children of Israel together, and said unto them,
These are the words which the LORD hath
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with commanded, that ye should do them.
a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh
break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of
shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall
empty. be put to death.
21 ¶ Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations
day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest upon the sabbath day.
thou shalt rest. 4 ¶ And Moses spake unto all the congregation of
22 ¶ And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which
firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of the LORD commanded, saying,
ingathering at the year’s end. 5 Take ye from among you an offering unto the
23 ¶ Thrice in the year shall all your men children LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring
appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and
24 For I will cast out the nations before thee, and brass,
enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy 6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the and goats’ hair,
LORD thy God thrice in the year. 7 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and
25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice shittim wood,
with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of 8 And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil,
the passover be left unto the morning. and for the sweet incense,
26 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt 9 And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the
bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou ephod, and for the breastplate.
shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk. 10 And every wise hearted among you shall come,
27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
words: for after the tenor of these words I have made 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his
a covenant with thee and with Israel. taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and sockets,
forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink 12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy
water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the seat, and the vail of the covering,
covenant, the ten commandments. 13 The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and
29 ¶ And it came to pass, when Moses came down the shewbread,
from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony 14 The candlestick also for the light, and his
in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face 15 And the incense altar, and his staves, and the
shone while he talked with him. anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw hanging for the door at the entering in of the
Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they tabernacle,
were afraid to come nigh him. 16 The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate,
31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their
and Moses talked with them. sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
32 And afterward all the children of Israel came 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the
nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that court, and their cords,
the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 19 The cloths of service, to do service in the holy
33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and
put a vail on his face. the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s
34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to office.
speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came 20 ¶ And all the congregation of the children of
out. And he came out, and spake unto the children Israel departed from the presence of Moses.
of Israel that which he was commanded. 21 And they came, every one whose heart stirred
35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing,
that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of
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the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up
service, and for the holy garments. to come unto the work to do it:
22 And they came, both men and women, as many 3 And they received of Moses all the offering, which
as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and the children of Israel had brought for the work of the
earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they
and every man that offered offered an offering of brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.
gold unto the LORD. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of
23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and the sanctuary, came every man from his work which
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, they made;
and red skins of rams, and badgers’ skins, brought 5 ¶ And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people
them. bring much more than enough for the service of the
24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and work, which the LORD commanded to make.
brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, 6 And Moses gave commandment, and they caused
with whom was found shittim wood for any work of it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let
the service, brought it. neither man nor woman make any more work for
25 And all the women that were wise hearted did the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were
spin with their hands, and brought that which they restrained from bringing.
had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, 7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the
and of fine linen. work to make it, and too much.
26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up 8 ¶ And every wise hearted man among them that
in wisdom spun goats’ hair. wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten
27 And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple,
be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made
28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for the he them.
anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight
29 The children of Israel brought a willing offering cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits:
unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart the curtains were all of one size.
made them willing to bring for all manner of work, 10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto
which the LORD had commanded to be made by the another: and the other five curtains he coupled one
hand of Moses. unto another.
30 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, 11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one
the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise
Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in
31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in the coupling of the second.
wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in 12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops
all manner of workmanship; made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the
32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to
in silver, and in brass, another.
33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in 13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the
carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning curtains one unto another with the taches: so it
work. became one tabernacle.
34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, 14 ¶ And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent
both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
tribe of Dan. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and
35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the
work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the eleven curtains were of one size.
cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, 16 And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and
and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the six curtains by themselves.
weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge
that devise cunning work. of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made
he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the
CHAPTER 36 second.
T HEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every 18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the
wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put tent together, that it might be one.
wisdom and understanding to know how to work all 19 And he made a covering for the tent of rams’
manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers’ skins
according to all that the LORD had commanded. above that.
2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every 20 ¶ And he made boards for the tabernacle of
wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put shittim wood, standing up.
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21 The length of a board was ten cubits, and the of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid
22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one them with gold.
from another: thus did he make for all the boards of 5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of
the tabernacle. the ark, to bear the ark.
23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty 6 ¶ And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two
boards for the south side southward: cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one
24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his 7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of
two tenons, and two sockets under another board one piece made he them, on the two ends of the
for his two tenons. mercy seat;
25 And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is 8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another
toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, cherub on the other end on that side: out of the
26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends
under one board, and two sockets under another thereof.
board. 9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high,
27 And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he and covered with their wings over the mercy seat,
made six boards. with their faces one to another; even to the mercy
28 And two boards made he for the corners of the seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
tabernacle in the two sides. 10 ¶ And he made the table of shittim wood: two
29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth
together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
to both of them in both the corners. 11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made
30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets thereunto a crown of gold round about.
were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two 12 Also he made thereunto a border of an
sockets. handbreadth round about; and made a crown of
31 ¶ And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the gold for the border thereof round about.
boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the
32 And five bars for the boards of the other side of rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet
the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the thereof.
tabernacle for the sides westward. 14 Over against the border were the rings, the places
33 And he made the middle bar to shoot through the for the staves to bear the table.
boards from the one end to the other. 15 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and
34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the
overlaid the bars with gold. table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and
35 ¶ And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold.
scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made 17 ¶ And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of
he it of cunning work. beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and
36 And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers,
wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were were of the same:
of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. 18 And six branches going out of the sides thereof;
37 ¶ And he made an hanging for the tabernacle three branches of the candlestick out of the one side
door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of
linen, of needlework; the other side thereof:
38 And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he 19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in
overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls
but their five sockets were of brass. made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a
flower: so throughout the six branches going out of
CHAPTER 37 the candlestick.
A ND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two 20 And in the candlestick were four bowls made like
cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the 21 And a knop under two branches of the same, and
height of it: a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop
2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and under two branches of the same, according to the six
without, and made a crown of gold to it round branches going out of it.
about. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the same:
3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side 23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers,
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and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
vessels thereof. 14 The hangings of the one side of the gate were
25 ¶ And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets
the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a three.
cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the 15 And for the other side of the court gate, on this
height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits;
26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of their pillars three, and their sockets three.
it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of
of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round fine twined linen.
about. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the
27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the
crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the
sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
withal. 18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was
28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
overlaid them with gold. twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and
29 ¶ And he made the holy anointing oil, and the the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable
pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work to the hangings of the court.
of the apothecary. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of
brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying
CHAPTER 38 of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
A ND he made the altar of burnt offering of 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the
shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, court round about, were of brass.
and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was 21 ¶ This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the
foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according
2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the
of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the
overlaid it with brass. priest.
3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of
and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD
and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of commanded Moses.
brass. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of
4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning
network under the compass thereof beneath unto workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in
the midst of it. purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the 24 All the gold that was occupied for the work in all
grate of brass, to be places for the staves. the work of the holy place, even the gold of the
6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven
overlaid them with brass. hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the
7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of sanctuary.
the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow 25 And the silver of them that were numbered of the
with boards. congregation was an hundred talents, and a
8 ¶ And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen
of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
assembling, which assembled at the door of the 26 A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after
tabernacle of the congregation. the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went
9 ¶ And he made the court: on the south side to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward,
southward the hangings of the court were of fine for six hundred thousand and three thousand and
twined linen, an hundred cubits: five hundred and fifty men.
10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets 27 And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the
twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail;
of silver. an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent
11 And for the north side the hangings were an for a socket.
hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their 28 And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and
sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and
their fillets of silver. overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
12 And for the west side were hangings of fifty 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents,
cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
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30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the
the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.
altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them
the altar, on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border
31 And the sockets of the court round about, and the of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.
sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put
tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. them on the two sides of the ephod underneath,
toward the forepart of it, over against the other
CHAPTER 39 coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the
A ND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they ephod.
made cloths of service, to do service in the holy 21 And they did bind the breastplate by his rings
place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that
LORD commanded Moses. it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod,
2 And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut 22 ¶ And he made the robe of the ephod of woven
it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, work, all of blue.
and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning 23 And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as
work. the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about
4 They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it the hole, that it should not rend.
together: by the two edges was it coupled together. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe
5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and
it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of twined linen.
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the
linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the
6 ¶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in robe, round about between the pomegranates;
ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a
the names of the children of Israel. pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to
7 And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
that they should be stones for a memorial to the 27 ¶ And they made coats of fine linen of woven
children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. work for Aaron, and for his sons,
8 ¶ And he made the breastplate of cunning work, 28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of
like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and
9 It was foursquare; they made the breastplate purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD
double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the commanded Moses.
breadth thereof, being doubled. 30 ¶ And they made the plate of the holy crown of
10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the
was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
first row. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on
11 And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded
a diamond. Moses.
12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an 32 ¶ Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the
amethyst. tent of the congregation finished: and the children of
13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded
jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their Moses, so did they.
inclosings. 33 ¶ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses,
14 And the stones were according to the names of the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards,
the children of Israel, twelve, according to their his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with 34 And the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the
his name, according to the twelve tribes. covering of badgers’ skins, and the vail of the
15 And they made upon the breastplate chains at the covering,
ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. 35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof,
16 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold and the mercy seat,
rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the 36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the
breastplate. shewbread,
17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in 37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even
the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels
18 And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they thereof, and the oil for light,
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38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and their father, that they may minister unto me in the
the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an
door, everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
39 The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, 16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD
and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, commanded him, so did he.
40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his 17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first month in the
sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his second year, on the first day of the month, that the
cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service tabernacle was reared up.
of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened
41 The cloths of service to do service in the holy his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in
place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the
office. tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above
42 According to all that the LORD commanded upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. 20 ¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark,
43 And Moses did look upon all the work, and, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat
behold, they had done it as the LORD had above upon the ark:
commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and
blessed them. set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of
the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
CHAPTER 40 22 ¶ And he put the table in the tent of the
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle
2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou northward, without the vail.
set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. 23 And he set the bread in order upon it before the
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 24 ¶ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the
4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order congregation, over against the table, on the side of
the things that are to be set in order upon it; and the tabernacle southward.
thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the 25 And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the
lamps thereof. LORD commanded Moses.
5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense 26 ¶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the
before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging congregation before the vail:
of the door to the tabernacle. 27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD
6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering commanded Moses.
before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the 28 ¶ And he set up the hanging at the door of the
congregation. tabernacle.
7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the 29 And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door
congregation and the altar, and shalt put water of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and
therein. offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat
8 And thou shalt set up the court round about, and offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.
hang up the hanging at the court gate. 30 ¶ And he set the laver between the tent of the
9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint congregation and the altar, and put water there, to
the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt wash withal.
hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be 31 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their
holy. hands and their feet thereat:
10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt 32 When they went into the tent of the
offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: congregation, and when they came near unto the
and it shall be an altar most holy. altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and 33 And he reared up the court round about the
sanctify it. tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash 34 ¶ Then a cloud covered the tent of the
them with water. congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the
13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy tabernacle.
garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of
may minister unto me in the priest’s office. the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon,
14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
with coats: 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the
15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all
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their journeys: tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the
37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their
journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. journeys.
38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the

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CALLED
LEVITICUS
CHAPTER 1 17 And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but

A ND the LORD called unto Moses, and spake shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn
unto him out of the tabernacle of the it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the
congregation, saying, fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the
LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even CHAPTER 2
of the herd, and of the flock.
3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let A ND when any will offer a meat offering unto the
LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he
him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests:
of the congregation before the LORD. and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour
4 And he shall put his hand upon the head of the thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the
burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the
make atonement for him. memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made
5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and 3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be
sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the
by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. offerings of the LORD made by fire.
6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into 4 ¶ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering
his pieces. baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of
7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers
upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the anointed with oil.
fire: 5 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a
8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled
the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is with oil.
on the fire which is upon the altar: 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon:
9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: it is a meat offering.
and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a 7 ¶ And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in
burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
savour unto the LORD. 8 And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is
10 ¶ And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is
the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the
shall bring it a male without blemish. altar.
11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar 9 And the priest shall take from the meat offering a
northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it
sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
altar. the LORD.
12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head 10 And that which is left of the meat offering shall be
and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the
the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: offerings of the LORD made by fire.
13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with 11 No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the
water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn
upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. LORD made by fire.
14 ¶ And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the 12 ¶ As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall
LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be
turtledoves, or of young pigeons. burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and 13 And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt
wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the
blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from
altar: thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt
16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his offer salt.
feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, 14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits
by the place of the ashes: unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering
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of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the
even corn beaten out of full ears. liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it
frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet
16 And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations
thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat
offering made by fire unto the LORD. nor blood.
CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4

A ND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace

offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a
male or female, he shall offer it without blemish
before the LORD.
2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his
offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall
sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace
offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the
fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is
upon the inwards,
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them,
which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon
the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is
on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
6 ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering
unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he
shall offer it without blemish.
7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he
offer it before the LORD.
8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his
offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the
congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the
blood thereof round about upon the altar.
9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace
offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the
fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off
hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the
inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
11 And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the
food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
12 ¶ And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer
it before the LORD.
13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and
kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and
the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof
upon the altar round about.
14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an
offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that
covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the
inwards,
15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
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A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a
soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the
commandments of the LORD concerning things which
ought not to be done, and shall do against any of
them:
3 If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the
sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin,
which he hath sinned, a young bullock without
blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and
shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill
the bullock before the LORD.
5 And the priest that is anointed shall take of the
bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the
congregation:
6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and
sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD,
before the vail of the sanctuary.
7 And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the
horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD,
which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and
shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom
of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of the
bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the
inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon
them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away,
10 As it was taken off from the bullock of the
sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn
them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
11 And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with
his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his
dung,
12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth
without the camp unto a clean place, where the
ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood
with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be
burnt.
13 ¶ And if the whole congregation of Israel sin
through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the
eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat
against any of the commandments of the LORD
concerning things which should not be done, and are
guilty;
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14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood
is known, then the congregation shall offer a young thereof at the bottom of the altar.
bullock for the sin, and bring him before the 31 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the
tabernacle of the congregation. fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace
15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar
hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest
and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be
16 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the forgiven him.
bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the 32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall
congregation: bring it a female without blemish.
17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the 33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin
blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place
even before the vail. where they kill the burnt offering.
18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin
horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of
the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the
out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle 35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the
of the congregation. fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the
19 And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon
upon the altar. the altar, according to the offerings made by fire
20 And he shall do with the bullock as he did with unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an
the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it
and the priest shall make an atonement for them, shall be forgiven him.
and it shall be forgiven them.
21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the CHAPTER 5
camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it
is a sin offering for the congregation. A ND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing,
and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known
22 ¶ When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his
through ignorance against any of the iniquity.
commandments of the LORD his God concerning 2 Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be
things which should not be done, and is guilty; a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean
23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and
knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean,
goats, a male without blemish: and guilty.
24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the 3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever
goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal,
offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then
25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin he shall be guilty.
offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of 4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do
the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall
blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him;
26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one
fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest of these.
shall make an atonement for him as concerning his 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of
sin, and it shall be forgiven him. these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned
27 ¶ And if any one of the common people sin in that thing:
through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the
any of the commandments of the LORD concerning LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female
things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin
28 Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for
knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of him concerning his sin.
the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin 7 And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall
which he hath sinned. bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two
29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD;
offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt
burnt offering. offering.
30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall
his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of offer that which is for the sin offering first, and
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wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide 4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is
it asunder: guilty, that he shall restore that which he took
9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully
offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or
blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: the lost thing which he found,
it is a sin offering. 5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he
10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add
according to the manner: and the priest shall make the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to
an atonement for him for his sin which he hath whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass
sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. offering.
11 ¶ But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, 6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the
or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with
bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the
fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon priest:
it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for 7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him
it is a sin offering. before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any
12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, 8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the
made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering,
13 And the priest shall make an atonement for him because of the burning upon the altar all night unto
as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be
these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant burning in it.
shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering. 10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and
14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and
15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with
ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them
shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram beside the altar.
without blemish out of the flocks, with thy 11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on
estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the other garments, and carry forth the ashes without
sanctuary, for a trespass offering: the camp unto a clean place.
16 And he shall make amends for the harm that he 12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it;
hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn
part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering
priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of
of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. the peace offerings.
17 ¶ And if a soul sin, and commit any of these 13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it
things which are forbidden to be done by the shall never go out.
commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, 14 ¶ And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons
yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the
18 And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of altar.
the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of
unto the priest: and the priest shall make an the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the
atonement for him concerning his ignorance frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and
wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even
forgiven him. the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
19 It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his
trespassed against the LORD. sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in
the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the
CHAPTER 6 congregation they shall eat it.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the unto them for their portion of my offerings made by
LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the
delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing trespass offering.
taken away by violence, or hath deceived his 18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall
neighbour; eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your
3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth generations concerning the offerings of the LORD
concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be
that a man doeth, sinning therein: holy.
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19 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 9 And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven,
20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the
which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of 10 And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and
fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as
the morning, and half thereof at night. another.
21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace
baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.
the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour 12 If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer
unto the LORD. with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes
22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed
stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour,
LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. fried.
23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be 13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering
wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of
24 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, his peace offerings.
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is 14 And of it he shall offer one out of the whole
the law of the sin offering: In the place where the oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it
burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the
before the LORD: it is most holy. peace offerings.
26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings
holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is
tabernacle of the congregation. offered; he shall not leave any of it until the
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be morning.
holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood 16 But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a
thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that
whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the
28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall remainder of it shall be eaten:
be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall 17 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on
be both scoured, and rinsed in water. the third day shall be burnt with fire.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: 18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace
it is most holy. offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not
30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him
brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the
reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
shall be burnt in the fire. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing
shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as
CHAPTER 7 for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
L IKEWISE this is the law of the trespass offering: 20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice
it is most holy. of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD,
2 In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul
they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall be cut off from his people.
shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. 21 Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean
3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean
and the fat that covereth the inwards, beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which
which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off
liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: from his people.
5 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for 22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a 23 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall
trespass offering. eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it 24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and
shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used
7 As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
there is one law for them: the priest that maketh 25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of
atonement therewith shall have it. which men offer an offering made by fire unto the
8 And the priest that offereth any man’s burnt LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off
offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin from his people.
of the burnt offering which he hath offered. 26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood,
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whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him
dwellings. with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and
27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the
blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him
28 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, therewith.
29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that 8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put
offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the 9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the
sacrifice of his peace offerings. mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden
30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded
LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he Moses.
bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed
offering before the LORD. the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified
31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: them.
but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven
32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both
priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
peace offerings. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s
33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have 13 And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats
the right shoulder for his part. upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put
34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded
taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices Moses.
of their peace offerings, and have given them unto 14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering:
Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the
ever from among the children of Israel. head of the bullock for the sin offering.
35 ¶ This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and
and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings put it upon the horns of the altar round about with
of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the
presented them to minister unto the LORD in the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to
priest’s office; make reconciliation upon it.
36 Which the LORD commanded to be given them of 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards,
the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys,
them, by a statute for ever throughout their and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
generations. 17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his
37 This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the
offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass LORD commanded Moses.
offering, and of the consecrations, and of the 18 ¶ And he brought the ram for the burnt offering:
sacrifice of the peace offerings; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the
38 Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount head of the ram.
Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of 19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood
Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the upon the altar round about.
wilderness of Sinai. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt
the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
CHAPTER 8 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water;
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it
2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an
garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD
the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of commanded Moses.
unleavened bread; 22 ¶ And he brought the other ram, the ram of
3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. hands upon the head of the ram.
4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and 23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it,
the assembly was gathered together unto the door of and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and
the tabernacle of the congregation. upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the
5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the great toe of his right foot.
thing which the LORD commanded to be done. 24 And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of
6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon
washed them with water. the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great
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toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering
blood upon the altar round about. mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear
25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat unto you.
that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the 5 ¶ And they brought that which Moses commanded
liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the
right shoulder: congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that 6 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD
was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the
and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put LORD shall appear unto you.
them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar,
27 And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering,
sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering and make an atonement for thyself, and for the
before the LORD. people: and offer the offering of the people, and
28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD
burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: commanded.
they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an 8 ¶ Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the
offering made by fire unto the LORD. calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto
wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put
consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the
commanded Moses. blood at the bottom of the altar:
30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above
blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar;
upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his as the LORD commanded Moses.
sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire
sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, without the camp.
and his sons’ garments with him. 12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons
31 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled
Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the round about upon the altar.
congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him,
in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt
saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. them upon the altar.
32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and
bread shall ye burn with fire. burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the 15 ¶ And he brought the people’s offering, and took
tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the goat, which was the sin offering for the people,
the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
days shall he consecrate you. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it
34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath according to the manner.
commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. 17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside
tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a
not: for so I am commanded. sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people:
36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood,
LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
19 And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the
CHAPTER 9 rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the
A ND it came to pass on the eighth day, that kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he
of Israel; burnt the fat upon the altar:
2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron
a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses
without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. commanded.
3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people,
saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and blessed them, and came down from offering of
and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace
blemish, for a burnt offering; offerings.
4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of
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the congregation, and came out, and blessed the bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to
people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it
the people. shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute
24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and 16 ¶ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin
the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry
and fell on their faces. with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which
were left alive, saying,
CHAPTER 10 17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in
A ND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation,
and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire to make atonement for them before the LORD?
before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within
2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the
devoured them, and they died before the LORD. holy place, as I commanded.
3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the 19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day
LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that have they offered their sin offering and their burnt
come nigh me, and before all the people I will be offering before the LORD; and such things have
glorified. And Aaron held his peace. befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to
4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the
of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, LORD?
Come near, carry your brethren from before the 20 And when Moses heard that, he was content.
sanctuary out of the camp.
5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats CHAPTER 11
out of the camp; as Moses had said.
6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying unto them,
unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are
neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts
come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the that are on the earth.
whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted,
LORD hath kindled. and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye
7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the eat.
tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that
anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the
according to the word of Moses. camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not
8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy 5 And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever 6 And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but
throughout your generations: divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
10 And that ye may put difference between holy and 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be
unholy, and between unclean and clean; clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is
11 And that ye may teach the children of Israel all unclean to you.
the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase
by the hand of Moses. shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
12 ¶ And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar 9 ¶ These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters:
and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the
meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.
LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas,
the altar: for it is most holy: and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and
13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall
thy due, and thy sons’ due, of the sacrifices of the be an abomination unto you:
LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. 11 They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye
14 And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their
eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy carcases in abomination.
daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters,
sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of that shall be an abomination unto you.
peace offerings of the children of Israel. 13 ¶ And these are they which ye shall have in
15 The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they abomination among the fowls; they shall not be
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eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be
ossifrage, and the ospray, unclean.
14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their
15 Every raven after his kind; carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they
cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the 36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is
great owl, plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the 37 And if any part of their carcase fall upon any
lapwing, and the bat. sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
20 All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be 38 But if any water be put upon the seed, and any
an abomination unto you. part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean
21 Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing unto you.
that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that
feet, to leap withal upon the earth; toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until
22 Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his the even.
kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the 40 And he that eateth of the carcase of it shall wash
beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also
kind. that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes,
23 But all other flying creeping things, which have and be unclean until the even.
four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
24 And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever
the even. goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet
25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of among all creeping things that creep upon the earth,
them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
even. 43 Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with
26 The carcases of every beast which divideth the any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye
hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should
are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them be defiled thereby.
shall be unclean. 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore
27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am
manner of beasts that go on all four, those are holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any
unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the
be unclean until the even. earth.
28 And he that beareth the carcase of them shall 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore
are unclean unto you. be holy, for I am holy.
29 ¶ These also shall be unclean unto you among the 46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and
creeping things that creep upon the earth; the of every living creature that moveth in the waters,
weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
kind, 47 To make a difference between the unclean and
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten
and the snail, and the mole. and the beast that may not be eaten.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep:
whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, CHAPTER 12
shall be unclean until the even.
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a
dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any woman have conceived seed, and born a man child:
vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, then she shall be unclean seven days; according to
whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she
must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until be unclean.
the even; so it shall be cleansed. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall
33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them be circumcised.
falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her
shall break it. purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until
such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
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5 But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not
unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shut him up: for he is unclean.
shall continue in the blood of her purifying 12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and
threescore and six days. the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever
for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the priest looketh;
the first year for a burnt offering, and a young 13 Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the
pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white:
priest: he is clean.
7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an 14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be
atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from unclean.
the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that 15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and
hath born a male or a female. pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is
8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she unclean: it is a leprosy.
shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed
one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for 17 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the
her, and she shall be clean. plague be turned into white; then the priest shall
pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is
CHAPTER 13 clean.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, 18 ¶ The flesh also, in which, even in the skin
saying, thereof, was a boil, and is healed,
2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a 19 And in the place of the boil there be a white
rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat
his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be reddish, and it be shewed to the priest;
brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his 20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in
sons the priests: sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be
3 And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin turned white; the priest shall pronounce him
of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the
turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than boil.
the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be
priest shall look on him, and pronounce him no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the
unclean. skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall
4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, shut him up seven days:
and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair 22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the
thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.
shut up him that hath the plague seven days: 23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread
5 And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall
and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, pronounce him clean.
and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest 24 ¶ Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof
shall shut him up seven days more: there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that
6 And the priest shall look on him again the seventh burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish,
day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, or white;
and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall 25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if
pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be
wash his clothes, and be clean. in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken
7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall
after that he hath been seen of the priest for his pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.
cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again: 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be
8 And if the priest see that, behold, the scab no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower
spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the
pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. priest shall shut him up seven days:
9 ¶ When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he 27 And the priest shall look upon him the seventh
shall be brought unto the priest; day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin,
10 And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the
rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the plague of leprosy.
hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; 28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread
11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising
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of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean.
clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. 46 All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he
29 ¶ If a man or woman have a plague upon the shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone;
head or the beard; without the camp shall his habitation be.
30 Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, 47 ¶ The garment also that the plague of leprosy is
if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen
a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce garment;
him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of
head or beard. woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of
31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, skin;
and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the
and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the
shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy,
seven days: and shall be shewed unto the priest:
32 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and
plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh
deeper than the skin; day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in
33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work
shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy;
scall seven days more: it is unclean.
34 And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether
scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of
skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy;
priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash it shall be burnt in the fire.
his clothes, and be clean. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the
35 But if the scall spread much in the skin after his plague be not spread in the garment, either in the
cleansing; warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin;
36 Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the
the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up
seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. seven days more:
37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that
there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not
healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it
him clean. is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret
38 ¶ If a man also or a woman have in the skin of inward, whether it be bare within or without.
their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be
39 Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall
bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out
white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; of the warp, or out of the woof:
he is clean. 57 And if it appear still in the garment, either in the
40 And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a
is bald; yet is he clean. spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the
41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part plague is with fire.
of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is 58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, or
he clean. whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt
42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it
a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean.
bald head, or his bald forehead. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a
43 Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or
the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or
head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy to pronounce it unclean.
appeareth in the skin of the flesh;
44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall CHAPTER 14
pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his
head. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of
45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a 3 And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and
covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of
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leprosy be healed in the leper; 19 And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and
4 Then shall the priest command to take for him make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed
that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the
cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: burnt offering:
5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and
be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall
6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.
wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip 21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then
them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be
was killed over the running water: waved, to make an atonement for him, and one
7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall offering, and a log of oil;
pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird 22 And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such
loose into the open field. as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin
8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, offering, and the other a burnt offering.
and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, 23 And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his
that he may be clean: and after that he shall come cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the
into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD.
seven days. 24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass
9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave
shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his them for a wave offering before the LORD:
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering,
shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in and the priest shall take some of the blood of the
water, and he shall be clean. trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right
10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the
without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of
without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour his right foot:
for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm
oil. of his own left hand:
11 And the priest that maketh him clean shall 27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger
present the man that is to be made clean, and those some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times
things, before the LORD, at the door of the before the LORD:
tabernacle of the congregation: 28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his
12 And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be
him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and
wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place
13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he of the blood of the trespass offering:
shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in 29 And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand
the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so he shall put upon the head of him that is to be
is the trespass offering: it is most holy: cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the
14 And the priest shall take some of the blood of the LORD.
trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the 30 And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of
tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and the young pigeons, such as he can get;
upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the 31 Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin
great toe of his right foot: offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the
15 And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, meat offering: and the priest shall make an
and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the
16 And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil LORD.
that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of
with his finger seven times before the LORD: leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which
17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall pertaineth to his cleansing.
the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him 33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his Aaron, saying,
right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which
upon the blood of the trespass offering: I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of
18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest’s leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to 35 And he that owneth the house shall come and tell
be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were
for him before the LORD. a plague in the house:
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36 Then the priest shall command that they empty into the open fields, and make an atonement for the
the house, before the priest go into it to see the house: and it shall be clean.
plague, that all that is in the house be not made 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy,
unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see and scall,
the house: 55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
37 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if 56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright
the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow spot:
strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower 57 To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean:
than the wall; this is the law of leprosy.
38 Then the priest shall go out of the house to the
door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: CHAPTER 15
39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day,
and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread
in the walls of the house;
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
40 Then the priest shall command that they take them, When any man hath a running issue out of his
away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
cast them into an unclean place without the city: 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue:
41 And he shall cause the house to be scraped within whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be
round about, and they shall pour out the dust that stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.
they scrape off without the city into an unclean 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is
place: unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be
42 And they shall take other stones, and put them in unclean.
the place of those stones; and he shall take other 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his
morter, and shall plaister the house. clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
43 And if the plague come again, and break out in until the even.
the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, 6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat
and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe
plaistered; himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the
if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
leprosy in the house: it is unclean. water, and be unclean until the even.
45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is
it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe
house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
into an unclean place. 9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath
46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the the issue shall be unclean.
while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the 10 And whosoever toucheth any thing that was
even. under him shall be unclean until the even: and he
47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his that beareth any of those things shall wash his
clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
his clothes. until the even.
48 And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, 11 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue,
and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash
house, after the house was plaistered: then the priest his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be
shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague unclean until the even.
is healed. 12 And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which
49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of
and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: wood shall be rinsed in water.
50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his
vessel over running water: issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for
51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his
and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two
and sprinkle the house seven times: turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before
52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the
the bird, and with the running water, and with the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the 15 And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin
hyssop, and with the scarlet: offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the
53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city priest shall make an atonement for him before the
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LORD for his issue. 33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him
16 And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman,
him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
unclean until the even.
17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is CHAPTER 16
the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water,
and be unclean until the even. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses after the death
of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered
18 The woman also with whom man shall lie with before the LORD, and died;
seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron
in water, and be unclean until the even. thy brother, that he come not at all times into the
19 ¶ And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in holy place within the vail before the mercy seat,
her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will
and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
the even. 3 Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a
20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a
separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she burnt offering.
sitteth upon shall be unclean. 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall
21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre
until the even. shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore
22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the
water, and be unclean until the even. children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin
23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin
until the even. offering, which is for himself, and make an
24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers atonement for himself, and for his house.
be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all 7 And he shall take the two goats, and present them
the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the
25 And if a woman have an issue of her blood many congregation.
days out of the time of her separation, or if it run 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one
beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her 9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the
separation: she shall be unclean. LORD’s lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering.
26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the
issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD,
and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as to make an atonement with him, and to let him go
the uncleanness of her separation. for a scapegoat into the wilderness.
27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be 11 And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin
unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe offering, which is for himself, and shall make an
himself in water, and be unclean until the even. atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for
number to herself seven days, and after that she shall himself:
be clean. 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of
29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands
turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it
the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the within the vail:
congregation. 13 And he shall put the incense upon the fire before
30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover
offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die
priest shall make an atonement for her before the not:
LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and
31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat
their uncleanness; that they die not in their eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle
uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is of the blood with his finger seven times.
among them. 15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering,
32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of that is for the people, and bring his blood within the
him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood
therewith; of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat,
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and before the mercy seat: stranger that sojourneth among you:
16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy 30 For on that day shall the priest make an
place, because of the uncleanness of the children of atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be
Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their clean from all your sins before the LORD.
sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the 31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall
congregation, that remaineth among them in the afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
midst of their uncleanness. 32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom
17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office
congregation when he goeth in to make an in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and
atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy
have made an atonement for himself, and for his garments:
household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 33 And he shall make an atonement for the holy
18 And he shall go out unto the altar that is before sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the
the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and
take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for
the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar all the people of the congregation.
round about. 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you,
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with to make an atonement for the children of Israel for
his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD
from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. commanded Moses.
20 ¶ And when he hath made an end of reconciling
the holy place, and the tabernacle of the CHAPTER 17
congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live
goat: A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and
21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them;
head of the live goat, and confess over him all the This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded,
iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their saying,
transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel,
the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or
hand of a fit man into the wilderness: that killeth it out of the camp,
22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle
iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the
go the goat in the wilderness. LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall
23 And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and
congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, that man shall be cut off from among his people:
which he put on when he went into the holy place, 5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring
and shall leave them there: their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field,
24 And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto
place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto
offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto
people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the LORD.
the people. 6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the
25 And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the
the altar. congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour
26 And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall unto the LORD.
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and 7 And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto
afterward come into the camp. devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This
27 And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout
for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to their generations.
make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry 8 ¶ And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man
forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers
fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt
28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, offering or sacrifice,
and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle
come into the camp. of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even
29 ¶ And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that man shall be cut off from among his people.
that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the 10 ¶ And whatsoever man there be of the house of
month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you,
all, whether it be one of your own country, or a that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my
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face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
him off from among his people. father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near
for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an kinswoman.
atonement for the soul. 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife:
soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger she is thine aunt.
that sojourneth among you eat blood. 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
13 And whatsoever man there be of the children of daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not
Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, uncover her nakedness.
which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy
may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
thereof, and cover it with dust. 17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a
14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her
the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to
Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: uncover her nakedness; for they are her near
for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever kinswomen: it is wickedness.
eateth it shall be cut off. 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex
15 And every soul that eateth that which died of her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in
itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it her life time.
be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to
both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for
and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. her uncleanness.
16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy
he shall bear his iniquity. neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass
CHAPTER 18 through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with
them, I am the LORD your God. womankind: it is abomination.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile
dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand
land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out
ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your before you:
God. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth
judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I out her inhabitants.
am the LORD. 26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my
6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of judgments, and shall not commit any of these
kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor
LORD. any stranger that sojourneth among you:
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the
thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy land done, which were before you, and the land is
mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. defiled;)
8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye
uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness. defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy you.
father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these
born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness abominations, even the souls that commit them shall
thou shalt not uncover. be cut off from among their people.
10 The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy 30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye
daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt commit not any one of these abominable customs,
not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. which were committed before you, and that ye defile
11 The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not
uncover her nakedness.
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CHAPTER 19 be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because

A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, she was not free.
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the
holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
3 ¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his 22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him
father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD
God. for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he
4 ¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves hath done shall be forgiven him.
molten gods: I am the LORD your God. 23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall
5 ¶ And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye
the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall
morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it not be eaten of.
shall be burnt in the fire. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is holy to praise the LORD withal.
abominable; it shall not be accepted. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase
iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thereof: I am the LORD your God.
thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from 26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood:
among his people. neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou 27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads,
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the
shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou LORD.
shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the 29 ¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to
LORD your God. be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the
11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie land become full of wickedness.
one to another. 30 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
12 ¶ And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, sanctuary: I am the LORD.
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I 31 ¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits,
am the LORD. neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I
13 ¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither am the LORD your God.
rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not 32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and
abide with thee all night until the morning. honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I
14 ¶ Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a am the LORD.
stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy 33 ¶ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your
God: I am the LORD. land, ye shall not vex him.
15 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be
thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt
honour the person of the mighty: but in love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land
righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
16 ¶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer 35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in
among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just
17 ¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which
thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not brought you out of the land of Egypt.
suffer sin upon him. 37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all
18 ¶ Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. CHAPTER 20
19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy
cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel,
thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the
mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his
20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death:
that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will
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cut him off from among his people; because he hath uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their
given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my iniquity.
sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he
4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear
their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed their sin; they shall die childless.
unto Molech, and kill him not: 21 And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an
5 Then I will set my face against that man, and unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s
against his family, and will cut him off, and all that nakedness; they shall be childless.
go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with 22 ¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all
Molech, from among their people. my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I
6 ¶ And the soul that turneth after such as have bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the
after them, I will even set my face against that soul, nation, which I cast out before you: for they
and will cut him off from among his people. committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred
7 ¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for them.
I am the LORD your God. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their
8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land
the LORD which sanctify you. that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD
9 ¶ For every one that curseth his father or his your God, which have separated you from other
mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed people.
his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean
him. beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and
10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable
another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing
with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated
adulteress shall surely be put to death. from you as unclean.
11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am
uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall holy, and have severed you from other people, that
surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon ye should be mine.
them. 27 ¶ A man also or woman that hath a familiar
12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death:
them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall
confusion; their blood shall be upon them. be upon them.
13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a
woman, both of them have committed an CHAPTER 21
abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them. A ND the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the
priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them,
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is There shall none be defiled for the dead among his
wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he people:
and they; that there be no wickedness among you. 2 But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for
15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and
put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. for his daughter, and for his brother,
16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie 3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him,
down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the which hath had no husband; for her may he be
beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood defiled.
shall be upon them. 4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man
17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s among his people, to profane himself.
daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head,
nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard,
thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane
shall bear his iniquity. the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do
sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath offer: therefore they shall be holy.
discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the 7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or
fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut profane; neither shall they take a woman put away
off from among their people. from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth
mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for
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I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose
9 ¶ And the daughter of any priest, if she profane seed goeth from him;
herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her 5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing,
father: she shall be burnt with fire. whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of
10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever
upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and uncleanness he hath;
that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be
uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile things, unless he wash his flesh with water.
himself for his father, or for his mother; 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his
profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of food.
the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he
LORD. shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. LORD.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an 9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they
harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I
virgin of his own people to wife. the LORD do sanctify them.
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his 10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a
people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not
16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, eat of the holy thing.
17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he
seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they
him not approach to offer the bread of his God. shall eat of his meat.
18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he 12 If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a
shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy
that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, things.
19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 13 But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or
20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto
in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of
stones broken; her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat
21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron thereof.
the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of 14 ¶ And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly,
the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and
not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the
most holy, and of the holy. children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come 16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass,
nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do
he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
sanctify them. 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all
and unto all the children of Israel. the children of Israel, and say unto them,
Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the
CHAPTER 22 strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
separate themselves from the holy things of the 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without
children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
name in those things which they hallow unto me: I 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not
am the LORD. offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed 21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace
among your generations, that goeth unto the holy offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a
things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect
LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or
4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the
hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the
things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any altar unto the LORD.
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23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to
superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou be accepted for you: on the morrow after the
offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not sabbath the priest shall wave it.
be accepted. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf
24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a
bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall burnt offering unto the LORD.
ye make any offering thereof in your land. 13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth
25 Neither from a stranger’s hand shall ye offer the deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made
bread of your God of any of these; because their by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the
corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth
they shall not be accepted for you. part of an hin.
26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have
forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a
from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be statute for ever throughout your generations in all
accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. your dwellings.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it 15 ¶ And ye shall count unto you from the morrow
and her young both in one day. after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be
unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. complete:
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave 16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath
none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and meat offering unto the LORD.
do them: I am the LORD. 17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour;
be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the they shall be baken with leaven; they are the
LORD which hallow you, firstfruits unto the LORD.
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be 18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs
your God: I am the LORD. without blemish of the first year, and one young
bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt
CHAPTER 23 offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering,
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a
shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a
my feasts. sacrifice of peace offerings.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of
the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD,
no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD
your dwellings. for the priest.
4 ¶ These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it
convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no
seasons. servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is your dwellings throughout your generations.
the LORD’s passover. 22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land,
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of
feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou
ye must eat unleavened bread. gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the
ye shall do no servile work therein. LORD your God.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the
convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto an holy convocation.
them, When ye be come into the land which I give 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall
unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
unto the priest: 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there
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shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy the feasts of the LORD.
convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls,
and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. CHAPTER 24
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is
a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you
before the LORD your God.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they
bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be cause the lamps to burn continually.
afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle
among his people. of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in evening unto the morning before the LORD
that same day, the same soul will I destroy from continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your
among his people. generations.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick
statute for ever throughout your generations in all before the LORD continually.
your dwellings. 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row,
even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your upon the pure table before the LORD.
sabbath. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each
33 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast 8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the
of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. LORD continually, being taken from the children of
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye Israel by an everlasting covenant.
shall do no servile work therein. 9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him
unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a
convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering perpetual statute.
made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; 10 ¶ And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose
and ye shall do no servile work therein. father was an Egyptian, went out among the children
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a
proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an man of Israel strove together in the camp;
offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt 11 And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the
offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought
offerings, every thing upon his day: him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of
gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your Dan:)
freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, LORD might be shewed them.
when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the
first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon
shall be a sabbath. his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,
of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD,
ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven he shall surely be put to death, and all the
days. congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he
days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to
generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh death.
month. 17 ¶ And he that killeth any man shall surely be put
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are to death.
Israelites born shall dwell in booths: 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good;
43 That your generations may know that I made the beast for beast.
children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as
them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
God. 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be
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done to him again. thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto
21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto
he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. thee:
22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt
stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am increase the price thereof, and according to the
the LORD your God. fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it:
23 ¶ And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that for according to the number of the years of the fruits
they should bring forth him that had cursed out of doth he sell unto thee.
the camp, and stone him with stones. And the 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your
Moses. God.
18 ¶ Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my
CHAPTER 25 judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, land in safety.
saying, 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
them, When ye come into the land which I give you, 20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh
then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years increase:
thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in
thereof; the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three
4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest years.
unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of
neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy ye shall eat of the old store.
harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes 23 ¶ The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land
of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
land. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall
6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; grant a redemption for the land.
for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and 25 ¶ If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold
for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that away some of his possession, and if any of his kin
sojourneth with thee, come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy his brother sold.
land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and
8 ¶ And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years himself be able to redeem it;
unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof,
the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he
and nine years. sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to 28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that
sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that
day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the
throughout all your land. jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim possession.
liberty throughout all the land unto all the 29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled
inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after
ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
shall return every man unto his family. 30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a
11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye full year, then the house that is in the walled city
shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of shall be established for ever to him that bought it
itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the
undressed. jubile.
12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall
shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. round about them shall be counted as the fields of
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall
unto his possession. go out in the jubile.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or 32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the
buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not houses of the cities of their possession, may the
oppress one another: Levites redeem at any time.
15 According to the number of years after the jubile 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the
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house that was sold, and the city of his possession, an hired servant shall it be with him.
shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the 51 If there be yet many years behind, according unto
cities of the Levites are their possession among the them he shall give again the price of his redemption
children of Israel. out of the money that he was bought for.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of
be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. jubile, then he shall count with him, and according
35 ¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in unto his years shall he give him again the price of his
decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, redemption.
though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may 53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him:
live with thee. and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy sight.
thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his
nor lend him thy victuals for increase. children with him.
38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you 55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants;
forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of they are my servants whom I brought forth out of
Canaan, and to be your God. the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
39 ¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be
waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not CHAPTER 26
compel him to serve as a bondservant:
40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he Y E shall make you no idols nor graven image,
neither rear you up a standing image, neither
shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to
of jubile: bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and 2 ¶ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my
his children with him, and shall return unto his own sanctuary: I am the LORD.
family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall 3 ¶ If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my
he return. commandments, and do them;
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the
out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field
bondmen. shall yield their fruit.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage,
shalt fear thy God. and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time:
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in
thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are your land safely.
round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie
bondmaids. down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go
sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of through your land.
their families that are with you, which they begat in 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall
your land: and they shall be your possession. before you by the sword.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your 8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an
children after you, to inherit them for a possession; hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and
they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one 9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you
over another with rigour. fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my
47 ¶ And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, covenant with you.
and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old
sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, because of the new.
or to the stock of the stranger’s family: 11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my
48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; soul shall not abhor you.
one of his brethren may redeem him: 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God,
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem and ye shall be my people.
him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family 13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you
may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be
himself. their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him yoke, and made you go upright.
from the year that he was sold to him unto the year 14 ¶ But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not
of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according do all these commandments;
unto the number of years, according to the time of 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul
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abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as
commandments, but that ye break my covenant: it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land;
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it
that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your 36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will
enemies shall eat it. send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase
slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword;
reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth and they shall fall when none pursueth.
you. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall
then I will punish you seven times more for your have no power to stand before your enemies.
sins. 38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I land of your enemies shall eat you up.
will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as 39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in
brass: their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with
land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the them.
trees of the land yield their fruits. 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the
21 ¶ And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which
hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more they trespassed against me, and that also they have
plagues upon you according to your sins. walked contrary unto me;
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which 41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them,
shall rob you of your children, and destroy your and have brought them into the land of their
cattle, and make you few in number; and your high enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be
ways shall be desolate. humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these their iniquity:
things, but will walk contrary unto me; 42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob,
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my
punish you yet seven times for your sins. covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall remember the land.
avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy
gathered together within your cities, I will send the her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them:
pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into and they shall accept of the punishment of their
the hand of the enemy. iniquity: because, even because they despised my
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, judgments, and because their soul abhorred my
ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and statutes.
they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of
and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break
but walk contrary unto me; my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their
28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; God.
and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your 45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant
sins. of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I
flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. might be their God: I am the LORD.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down 46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws,
your images, and cast your carcases upon the which the LORD made between him and the children
carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your
sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the CHAPTER 27
savour of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
your enemies which dwell therein shall be them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the
astonished at it. persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from
will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy
be desolate, and your cities waste. estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the
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shekel of the sanctuary. money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be
4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be assured to him.
thirty shekels. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have
5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty sold the field to another man, it shall not be
years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male redeemed any more.
twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall
6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the
old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation 22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which
shall be three shekels of silver. he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his
7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a possession;
male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth
and for the female ten shekels. of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile:
8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a
shall present himself before the priest, and the priest holy thing unto the LORD.
shall value him; according to his ability that vowed 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto
shall the priest value him. him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom
9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering the possession of the land did belong.
unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the
the LORD shall be holy. shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a shekel.
bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change 26 ¶ Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be
beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall the LORD’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether
be holy. it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD’s.
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall
not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall
present the beast before the priest: add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed,
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man
be. shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both
13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a of man and beast, and of the field of his possession,
fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is
14 ¶ And when a man shall sanctify his house to be most holy unto the LORD.
holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men,
whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
it, so shall it stand. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed
15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it
then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy is holy unto the LORD.
estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes,
16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the
shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the
barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, 33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad,
according to thy estimation it shall stand. neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all,
18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it
priest shall reckon unto him the money according to shall not be redeemed.
the years that remain, even unto the year of the 34 These are the commandments, which the LORD
jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. commanded Moses for the children of Israel in
19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise mount Sinai.
redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the

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CHAPTER 1 from twenty years old and upward, all that were able

A ND the LORD spake unto Moses in the to go forth to war;

wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the 23 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
congregation, on the first day of the second month, tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and
in the second year after they were come out of the three hundred.
land of Egypt, saying, 24 ¶ Of the children of Gad, by their generations,
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the after their families, by the house of their fathers,
children of Israel, after their families, by the house of according to the number of the names, from twenty
their fathers, with the number of their names, every years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
male by their polls; to war;
3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are 25 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six
shall number them by their armies. hundred and fifty.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; 26 ¶ Of the children of Judah, by their generations,
every one head of the house of his fathers. after their families, by the house of their fathers,
5 ¶ And these are the names of the men that shall according to the number of the names, from twenty
stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son years old and upward, all that were able to go forth
of Shedeur. to war;
6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. thousand and six hundred.
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 28 ¶ Of the children of Issachar, by their
10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama generations, after their families, by the house of their
the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son fathers, according to the number of the names, from
of Pedahzur. twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. forth to war;
12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 29 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and
14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. four hundred.
15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 30 ¶ Of the children of Zebulun, by their
16 These were the renowned of the congregation, generations, after their families, by the house of their
princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of fathers, according to the number of the names, from
thousands in Israel. twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
17 ¶ And Moses and Aaron took these men which forth to war;
are expressed by their names: 31 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
18 And they assembled all the congregation together tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and
on the first day of the second month, and they four hundred.
declared their pedigrees after their families, by the 32 ¶ Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the
house of their fathers, according to the number of children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their
the names, from twenty years old and upward, by families, by the house of their fathers, according to
their polls. the number of the names, from twenty years old and
19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
them in the wilderness of Sinai. 33 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
20 And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five
their generations, after their families, by the house of hundred.
their fathers, according to the number of the names, 34 ¶ Of the children of Manasseh, by their
by their polls, every male from twenty years old and generations, after their families, by the house of their
upward, all that were able to go forth to war; fathers, according to the number of the names, from
21 Those that were numbered of them, even of the twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five forth to war;
hundred. 35 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
22 ¶ Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and
after their families, by the house of their fathers, two hundred.
those that were numbered of them, according to the 36 ¶ Of the children of Benjamin, by their
number of the names, by their polls, every male generations, after their families, by the house of their
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fathers, according to the number of the names, from own standard, throughout their hosts.
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go 53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the
forth to war; tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon
37 Those that were numbered of them, even of the the congregation of the children of Israel: and the
tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of
four hundred. testimony.
38 ¶ Of the children of Dan, by their generations, 54 And the children of Israel did according to all that
after their families, by the house of their fathers, the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
according to the number of the names, from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth CHAPTER 2
to war;
39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by
seven hundred. his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s
40 ¶ Of the children of Asher, by their generations, house: far off about the tabernacle of the
after their families, by the house of their fathers, congregation shall they pitch.
according to the number of the names, from twenty 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch
to war; throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of
41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the Amminadab shall be captain of the children of
tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five Judah.
hundred. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of
42 ¶ Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six
generations, after their families, by the house of their hundred.
fathers, according to the number of the names, from 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall
forth to war; be captain of the children of Issachar.
43 Those that were numbered of them, even of the 6 And his host, and those that were numbered
tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four
four hundred. hundred.
44 These are those that were numbered, which 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of
Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house 8 And his host, and those that were numbered
of his fathers. thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four
45 So were all those that were numbered of the hundred.
children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from 9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and
forth to war in Israel; six thousand and four hundred, throughout their
46 Even all they that were numbered were six armies. These shall first set forth.
hundred thousand and three thousand and five 10 ¶ On the south side shall be the standard of the
hundred and fifty. camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the
47 ¶ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the
were not numbered among them. son of Shedeur.
48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 11 And his host, and those that were numbered
49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, thereof, were forty and six thousand and five
neither take the sum of them among the children of hundred.
Israel: 12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of
50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon
tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of
shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; them, were fifty and nine thousand and three
and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp hundred.
round about the tabernacle. 14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons
51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of
to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. and fifty.
52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben
every man by his own camp, and every man by his were an hundred thousand and fifty and one
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thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that
their armies. And they shall set forth in the second the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by
rank. their standards, and so they set forward, every one
17 ¶ Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall after their families, according to the house of their
set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst fathers.
of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set
forward, every man in his place by their standards. CHAPTER 3
18 ¶ On the west side shall be the standard of the
camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the T HESE also are the generations of Aaron and
Moses in the day that the LORD spake with
captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the Moses in mount Sinai.
son of Ammihud. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron;
19 And his host, and those that were numbered of Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
them, were forty thousand and five hundred. Ithamar.
20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the
the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. to minister in the priest’s office.
21 And his host, and those that were numbered of 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when
them, were thirty and two thousand and two they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the
hundred. wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office
the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of in the sight of Aaron their father.
Gideoni. 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
23 And his host, and those that were numbered of 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them
them, were thirty and five thousand and four before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto
hundred. him.
24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of
were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the
an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
go forward in the third rank. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the
25 ¶ The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the
north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to
Ammishaddai. his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the
26 And his host, and those that were numbered of children of Israel.
them, were threescore and two thousand and seven 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and
hundred. they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the
27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from
28 And his host, and those that were numbered of among the children of Israel instead of all the
them, were forty and one thousand and five firstborn that openeth the matrix among the
hundred. children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
29 ¶ Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of 13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day
the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I
Enan. hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both
30 And his host, and those that were numbered of man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
them, were fifty and three thousand and four 14 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the
hundred. wilderness of Sinai, saying,
31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of
were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven their fathers, by their families: every male from a
thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost month old and upward shalt thou number them.
with their standards. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the
32 ¶ These are those which were numbered of the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names;
those that were numbered of the camps throughout Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
their hosts were six hundred thousand and three 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon
thousand and five hundred and fifty. by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram,
children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and
and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
according to the house of their fathers. 38 ¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the
the family of the Shimites: these are the families of congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron
the Gershonites. and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for
22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger
the number of all the males, from a month old and that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
upward, even those that were numbered of them 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which
were seven thousand and five hundred. Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males
the tabernacle westward. from a month old and upward, were twenty and two
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the thousand.
Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 40 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the
25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a
tabernacle of the congregation shall be the month old and upward, and take the number of
tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and their names.
the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the
congregation, LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the
26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites
the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the
by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all children of Israel.
the service thereof. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded
27 ¶ And of Kohath was the family of the him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the 43 And all the firstborn males by the number of
family of the Hebronites, and the family of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that
Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. were numbered of them, were twenty and two
28 In the number of all the males, from a month old thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, 44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the
the side of the tabernacle southward. Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the mine: I am the LORD.
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son 46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two
of Uzziel. hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn
31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, of the children of Israel, which are more than the
and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of Levites;
the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the 47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the
hanging, and all the service thereof. poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the 48 And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the
oversight of them that keep the charge of the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron
sanctuary. and to his sons.
33 ¶ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them
the family of the Mushites: these are the families of that were over and above them that were redeemed
Merari. by the Levites:
34 And those that were numbered of them, 50 Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he
according to the number of all the males, from a the money; a thousand three hundred and
month old and upward, were six thousand and two threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the
hundred. sanctuary:
35 And the chief of the house of the father of the 51 And Moses gave the money of them that were
families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to
these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded
northward. Moses.
36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of
Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the CHAPTER 4
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets
thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that
serveth thereto,
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among
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the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
their fathers, Kohathites from among the Levites:
3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and
years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work not die, when they approach unto the most holy
in the tabernacle of the congregation. things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint
4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in them every one to his service and to his burden:
the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most 20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy
holy things: things are covered, lest they die.
5 ¶ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall 21 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
come, and his sons, and they shall take down the 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon,
covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: throughout the houses of their fathers, by their
6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ families;
skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years
and shall put in the staves thereof. old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to
7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle
a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the of the congregation.
spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: 24 This is the service of the families of the
and the continual bread shall be thereon: Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle,
and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering,
and shall put in the staves thereof. and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above
9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the upon it, and the hanging for the door of the
candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, tabernacle of the congregation,
and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging
wherewith they minister unto it: for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the
10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their
within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all
upon a bar. that is made for them: so shall they serve.
11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall
cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all
skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall
12 And they shall take all the instruments of appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of
and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and
a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the
bar: son of Aaron the priest.
13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, 29 ¶ As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number
and spread a purple cloth thereon: them after their families, by the house of their
14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, fathers;
wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty
the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all years old shalt thou number them, every one that
the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it entereth into the service, to do the work of the
a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of tabernacle of the congregation.
it. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according
15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end to all their service in the tabernacle of the
of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the
sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets
the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they thereof,
shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and
things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all
tabernacle of the congregation. their instruments, and with all their service: and by
16 ¶ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge
the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the of their burden.
sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of
anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, Merari, according to all their service, in the
and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of
vessels thereof. Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto 34 ¶ And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the
Aaron, saying, congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites
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after their families, and after the house of their out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath
fathers, an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty 3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
36 And those that were numbered of them by their 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out
families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so
37 These were they that were numbered of the did the children of Israel.
families of the Kohathites, all that might do service 5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or
and Aaron did number according to the woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be
38 And those that were numbered of the sons of guilty;
Gershon, throughout their families, and by the 7 Then they shall confess their sin which they have
house of their fathers, done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the
39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, trespassed.
40 Even those that were numbered of them, 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the
throughout their families, by the house of their trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto
fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the
thirty. atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for
41 These are they that were numbered of the families him.
of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in 9 And every offering of all the holy things of the
the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest,
Aaron did number according to the commandment shall be his.
of the LORD. 10 And every man’s hallowed things shall be his:
42 ¶ And those that were numbered of the families whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by 11 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
the house of their fathers, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for trespass against him,
the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid
44 Even those that were numbered of them after from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and
their families, were three thousand and two she be defiled, and there be no witness against her,
hundred. neither she be taken with the manner;
45 These be those that were numbered of the families 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he
of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the
numbered according to the word of the LORD by the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous
hand of Moses. of his wife, and she be not defiled:
46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, 15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest,
whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part
numbered, after their families, and after the house of of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon
their fathers, it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering
47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing
years old, every one that came to do the service of iniquity to remembrance.
the ministry, and the service of the burden in the 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her
tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD:
48 Even those that were numbered of them, were 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen
eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the
49 According to the commandment of the LORD tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the
they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every water:
one according to his service, and according to his 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the
burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the
LORD commanded Moses. offering of memorial in her hands, which is the
jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his
CHAPTER 5 hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 19 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and
2 Command the children of Israel, that they put say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee,
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and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with 5 All the days of the vow of his separation there shall
another instead of thy husband, be thou free from no rasor come upon his head: until the days be
this bitter water that causeth the curse: fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the
20 But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the
thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man hair of his head grow.
have lain with thee beside thine husband: 6 All the days that he separateth himself unto the
21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an LORD he shall come at no dead body.
oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the 7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father,
woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister,
among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy when they die: because the consecration of his God
thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; is upon his head.
22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the
thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh LORD.
to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. 9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he
and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on
24 And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter the seventh day shall he shave it.
water that causeth the curse: and the water that 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles,
causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of
bitter. the tabernacle of the congregation:
25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin
of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and
before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by
26 And the priest shall take an handful of the the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it 12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days
upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first
to drink the water. year for a trespass offering: but the days that were
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, before shall be lost, because his separation was
then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and defiled.
have done trespass against her husband, that the 13 ¶ And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the
water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be
become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the
shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her congregation:
people. 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one
28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt
then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without
29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without
aside to another instead of her husband, and is blemish for peace offerings,
defiled; 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine
30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened
and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and
woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute their drink offerings.
upon her all this law. 16 And the priest shall bring them before the LORD,
31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt
this woman shall bear her iniquity. offering:
17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace
CHAPTER 6 offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto offering, and his drink offering.
them, When either man or woman shall separate 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his
themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate separation at the door of the tabernacle of the
themselves unto the LORD: congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of
3 He shall separate himself from wine and strong his separation, and put it in the fire which is under
drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of
grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket,
4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon
that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his
to the husk. separation is shaven:
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20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour
Nazarite may drink wine. mingled with oil for a meat offering:
21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, 15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
beside that that his hand shall get: according to the first year, for a burnt offering:
vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of 16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
his separation. 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
22 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this was the offering of Nahshon the son of
this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying Amminadab.
unto them, 18 ¶ On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar,
24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: prince of Issachar, did offer:
25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be 19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the
gracious unto thee: weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of
give thee peace. the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
27 And they shall put my name upon the children of with oil for a meat offering:
Israel; and I will bless them. 20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
CHAPTER 7 first year, for a burnt offering:
A ND it came to pass on the day that Moses had 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, 23 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
anointed them, and sanctified them; 24 ¶ On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince
2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight
were over them that were numbered, offered: whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they with oil for a meat offering:
brought them before the tabernacle. 26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
5 Take it of them, that they may be to do the service first year, for a burnt offering:
of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt 28 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
give them unto the Levites, to every man according 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
to his service. five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
gave them unto the Levites. 30 ¶ On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur,
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
of Gershon, according to their service: 31 His offering was one silver charger of the weight
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of
sons of Merari, according unto their service, under seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because meat offering:
the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
that they should bear upon their shoulders. 33 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
10 ¶ And the princes offered for dedicating of the first year, for a burnt offering:
altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes 34 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
offered their offering before the altar. 35 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
their offering, each prince on his day, for the this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
dedicating of the altar. 36 ¶ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of
12 ¶ And he that offered his offering the first day was Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did
Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of offer:
Judah: 37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight
13 And his offering was one silver charger, the whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
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bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
with oil for a meat offering: sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: with oil for a meat offering:
39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
first year, for a burnt offering: 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
40 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: first year, for a burnt offering:
41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, 64 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
Zurishaddai. this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
42 ¶ On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, 66 ¶ On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of
prince of the children of Gad, offered: Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
43 His offering was one silver charger of the weight 67 His offering was one silver charger, the weight
of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
meat offering: with oil for a meat offering:
44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: first year, for a burnt offering:
46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, 71 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of
48 ¶ On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammishaddai.
Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, 72 ¶ On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran,
offered: prince of the children of Asher, offered:
49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering: with oil for a meat offering:
50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
51 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering: first year, for a burnt offering:
52 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 76 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Elishama the son of this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Ammihud. 78 ¶ On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan,
54 ¶ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: 79 His offering was one silver charger, the weight
55 His offering was one silver charger of the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a with oil for a meat offering:
meat offering: 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
56 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
first year, for a burnt offering: 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 83 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of 84 This was the dedication of the altar, in the day
Pedahzur. when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve
60 ¶ On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons
prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: of gold:
61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight 85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and
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thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels Levites.
weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and
after the shekel of the sanctuary: before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto
86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, the LORD.
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among
sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
and twenty shekels. 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the
87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and
bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an
twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the offering.
goats for sin offering twelve. 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace the children of Israel; instead of such as open every
offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the
sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are
it was anointed. mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote
89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them
the congregation to speak with him, then he heard for myself.
the voice of one speaking unto him from off the 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn
mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from of the children of Israel.
between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron
and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to
CHAPTER 8 do the service of the children of Israel in the
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no
thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give plague among the children of Israel, when the
light over against the candlestick. children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation
over against the candlestick, as the LORD of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according
commanded Moses. unto all that the LORD commanded Moses
4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel
gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers unto them.
thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed
which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering
candlestick. before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for
5 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, them to cleanse them.
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their
and cleanse them. service in the tabernacle of the congregation before
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had
them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did
let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their they unto them.
clothes, and so make themselves clean. 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat 24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from
offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and twenty and five years old and upward they shall go
another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the
offering. congregation:
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease
tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no
the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: more:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the
and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge,
the Levites: and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD Levites touching their charge.
for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may
execute the service of the LORD. CHAPTER 9
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the
heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one A ND the LORD spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the
for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, second year after they were come out of the land of
unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Egypt, saying,
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2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at 19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the
his appointed season. tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all 20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days
the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies upon the tabernacle; according to the
thereof, shall ye keep it. commandment of the LORD they abode in their
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that tents, and according to the commandment of the
they should keep the passover. LORD they journeyed.
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even
of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up
according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was
so did the children of Israel. by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they
6 ¶ And there were certain men, who were defiled by journeyed.
the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the 22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a
passover on that day: and they came before Moses year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle,
and before Aaron on that day: remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in
7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken
the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, up, they journeyed.
that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his 23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in
appointed season among the children of Israel? the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at
hear what the LORD will command concerning you. the commandment of the LORD by the hand of
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Moses.
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any
man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by CHAPTER 10
reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet
he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use
they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread them for the calling of the assembly, and for the
and bitter herbs. journeying of the camps.
12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the
break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the
of the passover they shall keep it. door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the
and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel,
soul shall be cut off from among his people: because shall gather themselves unto thee.
he brought not the offering of the LORD in his 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on
appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. the east parts shall go forward.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the
will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to camps that lie on the south side shall take their
the ordinance of the passover, and according to the journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered
ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an
was born in the land. alarm.
15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with
up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an
of the testimony: and at even there was upon the ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy
morning. that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered
the appearance of fire by night. before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the from your enemies.
tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your
journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months,
there the children of Israel pitched their tents. ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt
18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace
Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial
LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon before your God: I am the LORD your God.
the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 11 ¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the
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second month, in the second year, that the cloud was same will we do unto thee.
taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 33 ¶ And they departed from the mount of the LORD
12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of
of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the the LORD went before them in the three days’
wilderness of Paran. journey, to search out a resting place for them.
13 And they first took their journey according to the 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. day, when they went out of the camp.
14 ¶ In the first place went the standard of the camp 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward,
of the children of Judah according to their armies: that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine
and over his host was Nahshon the son of enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee
Amminadab. before thee.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD,
Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. unto the many thousands of Israel.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. CHAPTER 11
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons
of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward,
bearing the tabernacle.
A ND when the people complained, it displeased
the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger
was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among
18 ¶ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost
forward according to their armies: and over his host parts of the camp.
was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses
19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah:
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 4 ¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them
21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept
sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
against they came. 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt
22 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks,
Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and and the onions, and the garlick:
over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at
23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the
24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and
25 ¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked
Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it
camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was was as the taste of fresh oil.
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night,
26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of the manna fell upon it.
Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 10 ¶ Then Moses heard the people weep throughout
27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of their families, every man in the door of his tent: and
Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses
28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of also was displeased.
Israel according to their armies, when they set 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast
forward. thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not
29 ¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the
the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are burden of all this people upon me?
journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten
will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them
thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking
concerning Israel. child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will fathers?
depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this
31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh,
as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the that we may eat.
wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone,
32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, because it is too heavy for me.
that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray
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thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; upon them!
and let me not see my wretchedness. 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the
16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto elders of Israel.
me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou 31 ¶ And there went forth a wind from the LORD,
knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by
over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and
the congregation, that they may stand there with as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round
thee. about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon
17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: the face of the earth.
and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that
will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden night, and all the next day, and they gathered the
of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers:
alone. and they spread them all abroad for themselves
18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves round about the camp.
against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have 33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth,
wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was
us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall people with a very great plague.
eat. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five hattaavah: because there they buried the people that
days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; lusted.
20 But even a whole month, until it come out at 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-
your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
that ye have despised the LORD which is among you,
and have wept before him, saying, Why came we CHAPTER 12
forth out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, A ND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses
because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had
are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole 2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only
month. by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the
22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to LORD heard it.
suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the
gathered together for them, to suffice them? men which were upon the face of the earth.)
23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and
hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three
word shall come to pass unto thee or not. unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they
24 ¶ And Moses went out, and told the people the three came out.
words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the
the elders of the people, and set them round about cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and
the tabernacle. called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a
unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself
and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto
pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they him in a dream.
prophesied, and did not cease. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all
26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, mine house.
the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even
other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the
they were of them that were written, but went not similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore
out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant
camp. Moses?
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. them; and he departed.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, 10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle;
one of his young men, answered and said, My lord and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow:
Moses, forbid them. and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my was leprous.
sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were 11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I
prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we
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have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the
12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built
half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
womb. 23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut
13 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her down from thence a branch with one cluster of
now, O God, I beseech thee. grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff;
14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the
had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed figs.
seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of
days, and after that let her be received in again. the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut
15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven down from thence.
days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was 25 And they returned from searching of the land
brought in again. after forty days.
16 And afterward the people removed from 26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to
Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of
Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and
CHAPTER 13 brought back word unto them, and unto all the
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
2 Send thou men, that they may search the land 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the
of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth
of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
every one a ruler among them. 28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in
3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent the land, and the cities are walled, and very great:
them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
were heads of the children of Israel. 29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south:
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites,
Shammua the son of Zaccur. dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. well able to overcome it.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 31 But the men that went up with him said, We be
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. not able to go up against the people; for they are
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of stronger than we.
Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 32 And they brought up an evil report of the land
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. which they had searched unto the children of Israel,
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. saying, The land, through which we have gone to
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent of a great stature.
to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak,
of Nun Jehoshua. which come of the giants: and we were in our own
17 ¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way
southward, and go up into the mountain: CHAPTER 14
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that
dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak,
few or many;
A ND all the congregation lifted up their voice,
and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it Moses and against Aaron: and the whole
be good or bad; and what cities they be that they congregation said unto them, Would God that we
dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, died in this wilderness!
whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of 3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this
good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our
Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. children should be a prey? were it not better for us to
21 ¶ So they went up, and searched the land from return into Egypt?
the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a
Hamath. captain, and let us return into Egypt.
22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all
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the assembly of the congregation of the children of times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Israel. 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware
6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that
Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the provoked me see it:
land, rent their clothes: 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another
7 And they spake unto all the company of the spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will
children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed
through to search it, is an exceeding good land. shall possess it.
8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into 25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in
this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into
milk and honey. the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye 26 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto
the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their Aaron, saying,
defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation,
us: fear them not. which murmur against me? I have heard the
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with murmurings of the children of Israel, which they
stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the murmur against me.
tabernacle of the congregation before all the children 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD,
of Israel. as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
11 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all
this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere that were numbered of you, according to your whole
they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed number, from twenty years old and upward, which
among them? have murmured against me,
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,
disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein,
nation and mightier than they. save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son
13 ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the of Nun.
Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a
people in thy might from among them;) prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the
14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: land which ye have despised.
for they have heard that thou LORD art among this 32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this
people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that wilderness.
thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness
before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your
in a pillar of fire by night. carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
15 ¶ Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, 34 After the number of the days in which ye
then the nations which have heard the fame of thee searched the land, even forty days, each day for a
will speak, saying, year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years,
16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this and ye shall know my breach of promise.
people into the land which he sware unto them, 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all
therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. this evil congregation, that are gathered together
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my against me: in this wilderness they shall be
Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, consumed, and there they shall die.
18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the
forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no land, who returned, and made all the congregation
means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth upon the land,
generation. 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of
thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to
now. search the land, lived still.
20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the
thy word: children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled 40 ¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat
with the glory of the LORD. them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we
22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, be here, and will go up unto the place which the
and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress
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the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your
prosper. generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before
42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that the LORD.
ye be not smitten before your enemies. 16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there the stranger that sojourneth with you.
before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye 17 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
will not be with you. them, When ye come into the land whither I bring
44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: you,
nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of
and Moses, departed not out of the camp. the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the LORD.
Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough
and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of
the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
CHAPTER 15 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, LORD an heave offering in your generations.
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 22 ¶ And if ye have erred, and not observed all these
them, When ye be come into the land of your commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto
habitations, which I give unto you, Moses,
3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a 23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by
burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD
in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or generations;
of the flock: 24 Then it shall be, if ought be committed by
4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the ignorance without the knowledge of the
LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet
5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and
offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering his drink offering, according to the manner, and one
or sacrifice, for one lamb. kid of the goats for a sin offering.
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the
two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be
of an hin of oil. forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall
7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the
part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for
LORD. their ignorance:
8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the
offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth
peace offerings unto the LORD: among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering 27 ¶ And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he
of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin
of oil. offering.
10 And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the
hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by
savour unto the LORD. ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement
11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth
12 According to the number that ye shall prepare, so through ignorance, both for him that is born among
shall ye do to every one according to their number. the children of Israel, and for the stranger that
13 All that are born of the country shall do these sojourneth among them.
things after this manner, in offering an offering 30 ¶ But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously,
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the
14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be
be among you in your generations, and will offer an cut off from among his people.
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD,
LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
congregation, and also for the stranger that 32 ¶ And while the children of Israel were in the
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wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God
upon the sabbath day. of Israel hath separated you from the congregation
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the
him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand
congregation. before the congregation to minister unto them?
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy
declared what should be done to him. brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be priesthood also?
surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company
him with stones without the camp. are gathered together against the LORD: and what is
36 And all the congregation brought him without Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; 12 ¶ And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the
as the LORD commanded Moses. sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to
that they make them fringes in the borders of their kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself
garments throughout their generations, and that altogether a prince over us?
they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land
blue: that floweth with milk and honey, or given us
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out
look upon it, and remember all the commandments the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the
your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not
use to go a whoring: taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of
40 That ye may remember, and do all my them.
commandments, and be holy unto your God. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy
41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out company before the LORD, thou, and they, and
of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD Aaron, to morrow:
your God. 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in
them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his
CHAPTER 16 censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and
N OW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, Aaron, each of you his censer.
the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire
sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the
Reuben, took men: door of the tabernacle of the congregation with
2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the Moses and Aaron.
children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against
the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of them unto the door of the tabernacle of the
renown: congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared
3 And they gathered themselves together against unto all the congregation.
Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation saying,
are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among 21 Separate yourselves from among this
them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation, that I may consume them in a
congregation of the LORD? moment.
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God,
5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin,
company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause 23 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up
chosen will he cause to come near unto him. from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his Abiram.
company; 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and
7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying,
man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked
ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be
8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye consumed in all their sins.
sons of Levi: 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah,
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Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and of the congregation.
Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their 44 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I
children. may consume them as in a moment. And they fell
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the upon their faces.
LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have 46 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and
not done them of mine own mind. put fire therein from off the altar, and put on
29 If these men die the common death of all men, or incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and
if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone
the LORD hath not sent me. out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran
open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the
appertain unto them, and they go down quick into plague was begun among the people: and he put on
the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have incense, and made an atonement for the people.
provoked the LORD. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living;
31 ¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of and the plague was stayed.
speaking all these words, that the ground clave 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen
asunder that was under them: thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died
32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed about the matter of Korah.
them up, and their houses, and all the men that 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of
appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went was stayed.
down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon
them: and they perished from among the CHAPTER 17
congregation.
34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of
the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow every one of them a rod according to the house of
us up also. their fathers, of all their princes according to the
35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every
consumed the two hundred and fifty men that man’s name upon his rod.
offered incense. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron’s name upon the rod
36 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house
37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, of their fathers.
that he take up the censers out of the burning, and 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the
scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. congregation before the testimony, where I will meet
38 The censers of these sinners against their own with you.
souls, let them make them broad plates for a 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod,
covering of the altar: for they offered them before whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make
the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall to cease from me the murmurings of the children of
be a sign unto the children of Israel. Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, 6 ¶ And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and
wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for
they were made broad plates for a covering of the each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses,
altar: even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among
40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that their rods.
no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the
near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not tabernacle of witness.
as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses
him by the hand of Moses. went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the
41 ¶ But on the morrow all the congregation of the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and
children of Israel murmured against Moses and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and
against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of yielded almonds.
the LORD. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before
42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they
gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked, and took every man his rod.
looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: 10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s
and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a
the LORD appeared. token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take
43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
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11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which
so did he. they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every
12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh,
tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of
consumed with dying? men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the
CHAPTER 18 firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
A ND the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month
sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear old shalt thou redeem, according to thine
the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the
with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a
of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not
joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their
and thy sons with thee shall minister before the blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an
tabernacle of witness. offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the
3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of LORD.
all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
they, nor ye also, die. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which
4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I
charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee,
the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever
come nigh unto you. before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and 20 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt
the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou
more upon the children of Israel. have any part among them: I am thy part and thine
6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the inheritance among the children of Israel.
Levites from among the children of Israel: to you 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all
they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service
of the tabernacle of the congregation. which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of
7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep the congregation.
your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and 22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth
within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest
priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the they bear sin, and die.
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the
8 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear
have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout
all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto your generations, that among the children of Israel
thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, they have no inheritance.
and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they
9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have
from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said
offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall
and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall have no inheritance.
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for 25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
thy sons. 26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them,
10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes
shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. which I have given you from them for your
11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering
with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned
thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every unto you, as though it were the corn of the
one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, 28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the
and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the
shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the
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LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the
offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off
hallowed part thereof out of it. from Israel: because the water of separation was not
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his
have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be uncleanness is yet upon him.
counted unto the Levites as the increase of the 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all
threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent,
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your shall be unclean seven days.
households: for it is your reward for your service in 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering
the tabernacle of the congregation. bound upon it, is unclean.
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a
have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone
pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
ye die. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the
ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and
CHAPTER 19 running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in
Aaron, saying, the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD the vessels, and upon the persons that were there,
hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or
Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, one dead, or a grave:
wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the
yoke: unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and
he may bring her forth without the camp, and one wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
shall slay her before his face: shall be clean at even.
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not
his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among
the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: the congregation, because he hath defiled the
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath
and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
burn: 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash
and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of
of the heifer. separation shall be unclean until even.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall
bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be
into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until unclean until even.
the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in CHAPTER 20
water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be
unclean until the even. T HEN came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and
the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a Miriam died there, and was buried there.
clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and
of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is they gathered themselves together against Moses and
a purification for sin. against Aaron.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake,
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and saying, Would God that we had died when our
it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the brethren died before the LORD!
stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of
for ever. the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle
11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man should die there?
shall be unclean seven days. 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of
12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no
and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of
purify not himself the third day, then the seventh pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
day he shall not be clean. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of
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the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom,
congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the saying,
glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he
7 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, shall not enter into the land which I have given unto
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my
together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye word at the water of Meribah.
unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them
his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water up unto mount Hor:
out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them
and their beasts drink. upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as unto his people, and shall die there.
he commanded him. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the
together before the rock, and he said unto them, congregation.
Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and
this rock? put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar
smote the rock twice: and the water came out came down from the mount.
abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron
beasts also. was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even
12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, all the house of Israel.
Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the
eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not CHAPTER 21
bring this congregation into the land which I have
given them. A ND when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt
in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the
13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and
of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified took some of them prisoners.
in them. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said,
14 ¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand,
the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly
have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians destroyed them and their cities: and he called the
vexed us, and our fathers: name of the place Hormah.
16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our 4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way
voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the
out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in soul of the people was much discouraged because of
the uttermost of thy border: the way.
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we 5 And the people spake against God, and against
will not pass through the fields, or through the Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of
vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread,
wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this
turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have light bread.
passed thy borders. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by people, and they bit the people; and much people of
me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. Israel died.
19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will 7 ¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, and said,
go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of We have sinned, for we have spoken against the
thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he
doing any thing else, go through on my feet. take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And for the people.
Edom came out against him with much people, and 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery
with a strong hand. serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh
his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. upon it, shall live.
22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the whole 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it
congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent
unto mount Hor. had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in brass, he lived.
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10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
pitched in Oboth. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and
Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the
toward the sunrising. Amorites.
12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even
valley of Zared. unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that 31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took
is the border of Moab, between Moab and the the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that
Amorites. were there.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the 33 ¶ And they turned and went up by the way of
LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against
of Arnon, them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for
to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his
Moab. people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as
16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which
well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the dwelt at Heshbon.
people together, and I will give them water. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his
17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; people, until there was none left him alive: and they
sing ye unto it: possessed his land.
18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the
people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with CHAPTER 22
their staves. And from the wilderness they went to
Mattanah: A
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Jordan by Jericho.
ND the children of Israel set forward, and
pitched in the plains of Moab on this side

Nahaliel to Bamoth: 2 ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel
20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the had done to the Amorites.
country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because
looketh toward Jeshimon. they were many: and Moab was distressed because of
21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the children of Israel.
the Amorites, saying, 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn shall this company lick up all that are round about
into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And
drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at
by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. that time.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son
his border: but Sihon gathered all his people of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of
together, and went out against Israel into the the children of his people, to call him, saying,
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
Israel. behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, abide over against me:
and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this
even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure
the children of Ammon was strong. I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he
all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou
the villages thereof. cursest is cursed.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian
Amorites, who had fought against the former king of departed with the rewards of divination in their
Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto
unto Arnon. him the words of Balak.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and
into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak
prepared: unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame Balaam.
from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men
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are these with thee? 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and
10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee,
Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast
which covereth the face of the earth: come now, mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine
curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to hand, for now would I kill thee.
overcome them, and drive them out. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass,
12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine
with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?
are blessed. And he said, Nay.
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and
unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way,
for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed
you. down his head, and fell flat on his face.
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him,
unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three
us. times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because
15 ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and thy way is perverse before me:
more honourable than they. 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these
16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus three times: unless she had turned from me, surely
saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I
17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the
and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I
therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. will get me back again.
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go
of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of with the men: but only the word that I shall speak
silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went
LORD my God, to do less or more. with the princes of Balak.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this 36 ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come,
night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which
me more. is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said coast.
unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly
go with them; but yet the word which I shall say send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou
unto thee, that shalt thou do. not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled to honour?
his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto
22 ¶ And God’s anger was kindled because he went: thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing?
and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I
adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his speak.
ass, and his two servants were with him. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in Kirjath-huzoth.
the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to
ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak
way. took Balaam, and brought him up into the high
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost
vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on part of the people.
that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she CHAPTER 23
thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s
foot against the wall: and he smote her again. A ND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here
seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and and seven rams.
stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak
either to the right hand or to the left. and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she ram.
fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt
kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will
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come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I neither is there any divination against Israel:
will tell thee. And he went to an high place. according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I Israel, What hath God wrought!
have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion,
every altar a bullock and a ram. and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of
said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. the slain.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his 25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse
burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. them at all, nor bless them at all.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told
king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I
the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me must do?
Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 27 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee,
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it
how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? will please God that thou mayest curse me them
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from from thence.
the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor,
alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. that looketh toward Jeshimon.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven
number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven
death of the righteous, and let my last end be like rams.
his! 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou bullock and a ram on every altar.
done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies,
and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. CHAPTER 24
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed
to speak that which the LORD hath put in my
mouth?
A ND when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD
to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to
seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with wilderness.
me unto another place, from whence thou mayest 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel
see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the
and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from spirit of God came upon him.
thence. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the
14 ¶ And he brought him into the field of Zophim, son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are
to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and open hath said:
offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God,
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a
offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. trance, but having his eyes open:
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy
mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. tabernacles, O Israel!
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by
his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the
him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the
spoken? waters.
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his
Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be
Zippor: higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it
son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the
shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and
not make it good? pierce them through with his arrows.
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great
and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is 10 ¶ And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam,
with him, and the shout of a king is among them. and he smote his hands together: and Balak said
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies,
were the strength of an unicorn. and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, three times.
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11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to may be turned away from Israel.
promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye
hath kept thee back from honour. every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to 6 ¶ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came
thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the congregation of the children of Israel, who were
LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the
but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? congregation.
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the
shall do to thy people in the latter days. congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
15 ¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent,
the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel,
are open hath said: and the woman through her belly. So the plague was
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and stayed from the children of Israel.
knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and
vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but four thousand.
having his eyes open: 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children
and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among
the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in
Sheth. my jealousy.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my
a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do covenant of peace:
valiantly. 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because
dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement
the city. for the children of Israel.
20 ¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even
parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was
nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house
ever. among the Simeonites.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was
parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head
thou puttest thy nest in a rock. over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they
shall live when God doeth this! have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian,
and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague
also shall perish for ever. for Peor’s sake.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to
his place: and Balak also went his way. CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 25 A ND it came to pass after the plague, that the

LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the

A ND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people son of Aaron the priest, saying,
began to commit whoredom with the daughters 2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the
of Moab. children of Israel, from twenty years old and
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of upward, throughout their fathers’ house, all that are
their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down able to go to war in Israel.
to their gods. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and
of the people, and hang them up before the LORD the children of Israel, which went forth out of the
against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD land of Egypt.
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5 ¶ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family
Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the
Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: Jahleelites.
6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites
the family of the Carmites. according to those that were numbered of them,
7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they threescore thousand and five hundred.
that were numbered of them were forty and three 28 ¶ The sons of Joseph after their families were
thousand and seven hundred and thirty. Manasseh and Ephraim.
8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of
9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead
Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were come the family of the Gileadites.
famous in the congregation, who strove against 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family
Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the
when they strove against the LORD: Helekites:
10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of
them up together with Korah, when that company Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites:
fifty men: and they became a sign. and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 33 ¶ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no
12 ¶ The sons of Simeon after their families: of sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters
Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah,
family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Milcah, and Tirzah.
Jachinites: 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those
13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand
family of the Shaulites. and seven hundred.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty 35 ¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after their
and two thousand and two hundred. families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites:
15 ¶ The children of Gad after their families: of of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the
Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Tahanites.
family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the
Shunites: family of the Eranites.
16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim
family of the Erites: according to those that were numbered of them,
17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are
family of the Arelites. the sons of Joseph after their families.
18 These are the families of the children of Gad 38 ¶ The sons of Benjamin after their families: of
according to those that were numbered of them, Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family
forty thousand and five hundred. of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the
19 ¶ The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er Ahiramites:
and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of
20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of
family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the
Zarhites. family of the Naamites.
21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their
family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the families: and they that were numbered of them were
Hamulites. forty and five thousand and six hundred.
22 These are the families of Judah according to those 42 ¶ These are the sons of Dan after their families: of
that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the
thousand and five hundred. families of Dan after their families.
23 ¶ Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to
Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of those that were numbered of them, were threescore
the Punites: and four thousand and four hundred.
24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of 44 ¶ Of the children of Asher after their families: of
Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family
25 These are the families of Issachar according to of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
those that were numbered of them, threescore and 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the
four thousand and three hundred. Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
26 ¶ Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was
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Sarah. Joshua the son of Nun.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher
according to those that were numbered of them; who CHAPTER 27
were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
48 ¶ Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of T HEN came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son
of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir,
Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the
family of the Gunites: son of Joseph: and these are the names of his
49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah,
the family of the Shillemites. and Tirzah.
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar
their families: and they that were numbered of them the priest, and before the princes and all the
were forty and five thousand and four hundred. congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the
51 These were the numbered of the children of congregation, saying,
Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not
hundred and thirty. in the company of them that gathered themselves
52 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, together against the LORD in the company of Korah;
53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
inheritance according to the number of names. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away
54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, from among his family, because he hath no son?
and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to Give unto us therefore a possession among the
every one shall his inheritance be given according to brethren of our father.
those that were numbered of him. 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: 6 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
according to the names of the tribes of their fathers 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou
they shall inherit. shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause
be divided between many and few. the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
57 ¶ And these are they that were numbered of the 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel,
Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall
the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of inheritance unto his brethren.
the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his
of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall
59 And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to
daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall
Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment,
and Miriam their sister. as the LORD commanded Moses.
60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up
Eleazar, and Ithamar. into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered have given unto the children of Israel.
strange fire before the LORD. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be
62 And those that were numbered of them were gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was
twenty and three thousand, all males from a month gathered.
old and upward: for they were not numbered among 14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the
the children of Israel, because there was no desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to
inheritance given them among the children of Israel. sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the
63 ¶ These are they that were numbered by Moses water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children 15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
Jericho. set a man over the congregation,
64 But among these there was not a man of them 17 Which may go out before them, and which may
whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when go in before them, and which may lead them out,
they numbered the children of Israel in the and which may bring them in; that the congregation
wilderness of Sinai. of the LORD be not as sheep which have no
65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely shepherd.
die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man 18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee
of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit,
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and lay thine hand upon him; for one ram;
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before 13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil
all the congregation; and give him a charge in their for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt
sight. offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire
20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon unto the LORD.
him, that all the congregation of the children of 14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of
Israel may be obedient. wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb:
shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim this is the burnt offering of every month throughout
before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at the months of the year.
his word they shall come in, both he, and all the 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto
children of Israel with him, even all the the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt
congregation. offering, and his drink offering.
22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: 16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is
and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the the passover of the LORD.
priest, and before all the congregation: 17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast:
23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of 18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye
Moses. shall do no manner of servile work therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a
CHAPTER 28 burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks,
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto shall be unto you without blemish:
them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices 20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled
made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock,
observe to offer unto me in their due season. and two tenth deals for a ram;
3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering 21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every
made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a 22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an
continual burnt offering. atonement for you.
4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and 23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in
the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout
offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire,
beaten oil. of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered
6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink
ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a offering.
sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy
7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place 26 ¶ Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a
shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks
the LORD for a drink offering. be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do
8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the no servile work:
meat offering of the morning, and as the drink 27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet
offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram,
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. seven lambs of the first year;
9 ¶ And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first 28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil,
year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals
meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink unto one ram,
offering thereof: 29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout
10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the seven lambs;
the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement
11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your months ye shall for you.
offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt
bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto
without spot; you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering,
mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth
deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil,
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CHAPTER 29 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside

A ND in the seventh month, on the first day of the the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering
month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye thereof, and their drink offerings.
shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the 20 ¶ And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams,
trumpets unto you. fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet 21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings
savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,
and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: shall be according to their number, after the manner:
3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled 22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the
with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and
tenth deals for a ram, his drink offering.
4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the 23 ¶ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams,
seven lambs: and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make 24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for
an atonement for you: the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be
6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his according to their number, after the manner:
meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his 25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside
meat offering, and their drink offerings, according the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and
unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice his drink offering.
made by fire unto the LORD. 26 ¶ And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams,
7 ¶ And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your 27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings
souls: ye shall not do any work therein: for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD shall be according to their number, after the manner:
for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and 28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the
seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and
without blemish: his drink offering.
9 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled 29 ¶ And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams,
with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
deals to one ram, 30 And their meat offering and their drink offerings
10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,
seven lambs: shall be according to their number, after the manner:
11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the 31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the
sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his
offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink drink offering.
offerings. 32 ¶ And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two
12 ¶ And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without
ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no blemish:
servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD 33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings
seven days: for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,
13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice shall be according to their number, after the manner:
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; 34 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the
thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his
lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: drink offering.
14 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled 35 ¶ On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn
with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice
two rams, made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one
15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year
fourteen lambs: without blemish:
16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside 37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for
the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be
his drink offering. according to their number, after the manner:
17 ¶ And on the second day ye shall offer twelve 38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the
young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and
year without spot: his drink offering.
18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings 39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set
for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings,
shall be according to their number, after the manner: for your burnt offerings, and for your meat
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offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in
peace offerings. the day that he heard them.
40 And Moses told the children of Israel according 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that
to all that the LORD commanded Moses. he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16 These are the statutes, which the LORD
CHAPTER 30 commanded Moses, between a man and his wife,
A ND Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes between the father and his daughter, being yet in her
concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is youth in her father’s house.
the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an CHAPTER 31
oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break
his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth
out of his mouth.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the
Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and thy people.
bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm
her youth; some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go
4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of
wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father Midian.
shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes
stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
her soul shall stand. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand
heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds armed for war.
wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of
the LORD shall forgive her, because her father every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the
disallowed her. priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the
6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, trumpets to blow in his hand.
or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the
bound her soul; LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the
7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at males.
her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest
stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and
shall stand. Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian:
8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the
he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she sword.
vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of
wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the
the LORD shall forgive her. spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all
9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is their goods.
divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt,
shall stand against her. and all their goodly castles, with fire.
10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both
bound her soul by a bond with an oath; of men and of beasts.
11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and
her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and
stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto
shall stand. the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan
12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void near Jericho.
on the day he heard them; then whatsoever 13 ¶ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the
proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them
concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her without the camp.
husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the
forgive her. host, with the captains over thousands, and captains
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the over hundreds, which came from the battle.
soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the
may make it void. women alive?
14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel,
her from day to day; then he establisheth all her through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass
vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there
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was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 37 And the LORD’s tribute of the sheep was six
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little hundred and threescore and fifteen.
ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of
lying with him. which the LORD’s tribute was threescore and twelve.
18 But all the women children, that have not known 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five
a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. hundred; of which the LORD’s tribute was threescore
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: and one.
whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which
hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and the LORD’s tribute was thirty and two persons.
your captives on the third day, and on the seventh 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD’s
day. heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made commanded Moses.
of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things 42 And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses
made of wood. divided from the men that warred,
21 ¶ And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the
which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty
law which the LORD commanded Moses; thousand and seven thousand and five hundred
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, sheep,
the tin, and the lead, 44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: 46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of 47 Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took
separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and
make go through the water. gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded
day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall Moses.
come into the camp. 48 ¶ And the officers which were over thousands of
25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have
the chief fathers of the congregation: taken the sum of the men of war which are under
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
that took the war upon them, who went out to 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the
battle, and between all the congregation: LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold,
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to
war which went out to battle: one soul of five make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of
of the asses, and of the sheep: them, even all wrought jewels.
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered
priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of
30 And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand
one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of seven hundred and fifty shekels.
the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, 53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man
and give them unto the Levites, which keep the for himself.)
charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and
commanded Moses. brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation,
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which for a memorial for the children of Israel before the
the men of war had caught, was six hundred LORD.
thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand
sheep, CHAPTER 32
33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses, N OW the children of Reuben and the children of
Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
women that had not known man by lying with him. Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that 2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben
went out to war, was in number three hundred came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the
thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five priest, and unto the princes of the congregation,
hundred sheep: saying,
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3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and 22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then
Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the
Beon, LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your
4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the possession before the LORD.
congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned
servants have cattle: against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy out.
sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for
possession, and bring us not over Jordan. your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of
6 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to your mouth.
the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to 25 And the children of Gad and the children of
war, and shall ye sit here? Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the do as my lord commandeth.
children of Israel from going over into the land 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our
which the LORD hath given them? cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed
Kadesh-barnea to see the land. for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar
and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief
children of Israel, that they should not go into the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
land which the LORD had given them. 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad
10 And the LORD’s anger was kindled the same time, and the children of Reuben will pass with you over
and he sware, saying, Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD,
11 Surely none of the men that came up out of and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye
Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed,
and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly they shall have possessions among you in the land of
followed me: Canaan.
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, 31 And the children of Gad and the children of
and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said
followed the LORD. unto thy servants, so will we do.
13 And the LORD’s anger was kindled against Israel, 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the
and he made them wander in the wilderness forty land of Canaan, that the possession of our
years, until all the generation, that had done evil in inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half
stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the
fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the
again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the
destroy all this people. country round about.
16 ¶ And they came near unto him, and said, We 34 ¶ And the children of Gad built Dibon, and
will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities Ataroth, and Aroer,
for our little ones: 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities:
children of Israel, until we have brought them unto and folds for sheep.
their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and
fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being
children of Israel have inherited every man his changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto
inheritance. the cities which they builded.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh
Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the
to us on this side Jordan eastward. Amorite which was in it.
20 ¶ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of
thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the
the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
before him, 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the
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villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in
name. Kehelathah.
23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in
CHAPTER 33 mount Shapher.
T HESE are the journeys of the children of Israel, 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and
which went forth out of the land of Egypt with encamped in Haradah.
their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in
2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to Makheloth.
their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and
and these are their journeys according to their encamped at Tahath.
goings out. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at
3 And they departed from Rameses in the first Tarah.
month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in
the morrow after the passover the children of Israel Mithcah.
went out with an high hand in the sight of all the 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in
Egyptians. Hashmonah.
4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and
the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods encamped at Moseroth.
also the LORD executed judgments. 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched
5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, in Bene-jaakan.
and pitched in Succoth. 32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and
6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in encamped at Hor-hagidgad.
Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched
7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again in Jotbathah.
unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and
they pitched before Migdol. encamped at Ebronah.
8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and 35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped
passed through the midst of the sea into the at Ezion-gaber.
wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the 36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched
wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in
Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched 38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at
there. the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in
10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the fortieth year after the children of Israel were
the Red sea. come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the
11 And they removed from the Red sea, and fifth month.
encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three
12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness years old when he died in mount Hor.
of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the
13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of
in Alush. the children of Israel.
14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at 41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched
Rephidim, where was no water for the people to in Zalmonah.
drink. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in Punon.
in the wilderness of Sinai. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in
16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and Oboth.
pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in
17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
encamped at Hazeroth. 45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in
18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
Rithmah. 46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and
19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at encamped in Almon-diblathaim.
Rimmon-parez. 47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and
20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
pitched in Libnah. 48 And they departed from the mountains of
21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by
Rissah. Jordan near Jericho.
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49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth Hazar-enan to Shepham:
even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to
50 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto Chinnereth eastward:
them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the
of Canaan; goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be
52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the your land with the coasts thereof round about.
land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel,
and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot,
down all their high places: which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, tribes, and to the half tribe:
and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according
possess it. to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the
54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an children of Gad according to the house of their
inheritance among your families: and to the more ye fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the
shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
shall give the less inheritance: every man’s 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received
inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho
according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall eastward, toward the sunrising.
inherit. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the 17 These are the names of the men which shall
land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and
those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in Joshua the son of Nun.
your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to
you in the land wherein ye dwell. divide the land by inheritance.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do 19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe
unto you, as I thought to do unto them. of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
CHAPTER 34 Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto Chislon.
them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan,
is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, Bukki the son of Jogli.
even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe
3 Then your south quarter shall be from the of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of
wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and Ephod.
your south border shall be the outmost coast of the 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of
salt sea eastward: Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
4 And your border shall turn from the south to the 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of
ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
going forth thereof shall be from the south to 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of
Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
pass on to Azmon: 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of
5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of
be at the sea. Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have 29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to
the great sea for a border: this shall be your west divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in
border. the land of Canaan.
7 And this shall be your north border: from the great
sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: CHAPTER 35
8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border
unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth
of the border shall be to Zedad:
A ND the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give
9 ¶ And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the unto the Levites of the inheritance of their
goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also
your north border. unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about
10 And ye shall point out your east border from them.
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3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay
suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for the murderer, when he meeteth him.
their goods, and for all their beasts. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or
4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die,
and outward a thousand cubits round about. seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die,
5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the
two thousand cubits, and on the west side two slayer and the revenger of blood according to these
thousand cubits, and on the north side two judgments:
thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out
this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the
6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the congregation shall restore him to the city of his
Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it
shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee unto the death of the high priest, which was
thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. anointed with the holy oil.
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without
shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was
their suburbs. fled;
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the
possession of the children of Israel: from them that borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of
have many ye shall give many; but from them that blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his 28 Because he should have remained in the city of
cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after
which he inheriteth. the death of the high priest the slayer shall return
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, into the land of his possession.
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment
them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of unto you throughout your generations in all your
Canaan; dwellings.
11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be
refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one
killeth any person at unawares. witness shall not testify against any person to cause
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from him to die.
the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life
stand before the congregation in judgment. of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall
13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities be surely put to death.
shall ye have for refuge. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is
14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come
three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which again to dwell in the land, until the death of the
shall be cities of refuge. priest.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for
children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be
sojourner among them: that every one that killeth cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the
any person unawares may flee thither. blood of him that shed it.
16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall
so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among
surely be put to death. the children of Israel.
17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone,
wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: CHAPTER 36
the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, A ND the chief fathers of the families of the
children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came
the murderer shall surely be put to death. near, and spake before Moses, and before the
19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children
laying of wait, that he die; of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD
21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother
die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; unto his daughters.
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3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the 8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance
other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife
inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that
fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the the children of Israel may enjoy every man the
tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken inheritance of his fathers.
from the lot of our inheritance. 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one
4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of
be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own
inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: inheritance.
so shall their inheritance be taken away from the 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the
inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. daughters of Zelophehad:
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and
according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married
of the sons of Joseph hath said well. unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command 12 And they were married into the families of the
concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their
them marry to whom they think best; only to the inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of
family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. their father.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel 13 These are the commandments and the judgments,
remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses
children of Israel shall keep himself to the unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by
inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. Jordan near Jericho.

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CALLED
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CHAPTER 1 be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is

T HESE be the words which Moses spake unto all God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it
Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in unto me, and I will hear it.
the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things
and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. which ye should do.
2 (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the 19 ¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went
way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) through all that great and terrible wilderness, which
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites,
eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according to Kadesh-barnea.
unto all that the LORD had given him in 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the
commandment unto them; mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God
4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, doth give unto us.
which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land
which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be
Moses to declare this law, saying, discouraged.
6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, 22 ¶ And ye came near unto me every one of you,
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: and said, We will send men before us, and they shall
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the search us out the land, and bring us word again by
mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh what way we must go up, and into what cities we
thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, shall come.
and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve
the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great men of you, one of a tribe:
river, the river Euphrates. 24 And they turned and went up into the mountain,
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it
possess the land which the LORD sware unto your out.
fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their
them and to their seed after them. hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us
9 ¶ And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am word again, and said, It is a good land which the
not able to bear you myself alone: LORD our God doth give us.
10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled
behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for against the commandment of the LORD your God:
multitude. 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said,
11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth
thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand
you, as he hath promised you!) of the Amorites, to destroy us.
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have
and your burden, and your strife? discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up
known among your tribes, and I will make them to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of
rulers over you. the Anakims there.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid
thou hast spoken is good for us to do. of them.
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and 30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he
known, and made them heads over you, captains shall fight for you, according to all that he did for
over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and you in Egypt before your eyes;
captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how
officers among your tribes. that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came
Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge into this place.
righteously between every man and his brother, and 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your
the stranger that is with him. God,
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye 33 Who went in the way before you, to search you
shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to
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shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may
by day. eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money,
34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and that ye may drink.
was wroth, and sware, saying, 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the
35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through
generation see that good land, which I sware to give this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy
unto your fathers, God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the
and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the
upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber,
followed the LORD. we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of
37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, Moab.
saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I
thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he will not give thee of their land for a possession;
shall cause Israel to inherit it. because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should possession.
be a prey, and your children, which in that day had 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people
no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the
possess it. Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey 12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the
into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. children of Esau succeeded them, when they had
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their
sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession,
according to all that the LORD our God commanded which the LORD gave unto them.
us. And when ye had girded on every man his 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook
weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go 14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-
not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered,
be smitten before your enemies. was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of
43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but the men of war were wasted out from among the
rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and host, as the LORD sware unto them.
went presumptuously up into the hill. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against
44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, them, to destroy them from among the host, until
came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, they were consumed.
and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 16 ¶ So it came to pass, when all the men of war
45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but were consumed and dead from among the people,
the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
ear unto you. 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto Moab, this day:
the days that ye abode there. 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the
children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle
CHAPTER 2 with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the
T HEN we turned, and took our journey into the children of Ammon any possession; because I have
wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants
many days. dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call
2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, them Zamzummims;
3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the
turn you northward. Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them;
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
pass through the coast of your brethren the children 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in
of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before
of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of stead even unto this day:
their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even
because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out
possession. of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
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stead.) 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was
24 ¶ Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the not a city which we took not from them, threescore
river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in
Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: Bashan.
begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates,
25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto
whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men,
shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. women, and children, of every city.
26 ¶ And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we
Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words took for a prey to ourselves.
of peace, saying, 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the
27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this
the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount
nor to the left. Hermon;
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the
eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: Amorites call it Shenir;)
only I will pass through on my feet; 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all
29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the
the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until kingdom of Og in Bashan.
I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the
LORD our God giveth us. remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children
by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and
and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time,
31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half
begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the
to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. Reubenites and to the Gadites.
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the
people, to fight at Jahaz. kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of
33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan,
and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. which was called the land of giants.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of
destroyed the men, and the women, and the little Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi;
ones, of every city, we left none to remain: and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, jair, unto this day.
and the spoil of the cities which we took. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I
Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the
unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok,
the LORD our God delivered all unto us: which is the border of the children of Ammon;
37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon 17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof,
thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even
Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.
unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. 18 ¶ And I commanded you at that time, saying, The
LORD your God hath given you this land to possess
CHAPTER 3 it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the
T HEN we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your
he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall
2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I abide in your cities which I have given you;
will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto your
thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also
unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at possess the land which the LORD your God hath
Heshbon. given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return
3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og every man unto his possession, which I have given
also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we you.
smote him until none was left to him remaining. 21 ¶ And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying,
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Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart
hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and
unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. thy sons’ sons;
22 Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the
shall fight for you. LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto
23 And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, me, Gather me the people together, and I will make
24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me
thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and
there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to that they may teach their children.
thy works, and according to thy might? 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain;
25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of
that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Lebanon. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of
26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no
and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, similitude; only ye heard a voice.
Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he
matter. commanded you to perform, even ten
27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables
thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, of stone.
and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou 14 ¶ And the LORD commanded me at that time to
shalt not go over this Jordan. teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do
28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
strengthen him: for he shall go over before this 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for
people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the
which thou shalt see. LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of
29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. the fire:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven
CHAPTER 4 image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of
N OW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the male or female,
statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach 17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the
you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers 18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the
giveth you. ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command beneath the earth:
you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and
may keep the commandments of the LORD your God when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the
which I command you. stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, thy God hath divided unto all nations under the
the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among whole heaven.
you. 20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you
4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be
alive every one of you this day. unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, 21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for
even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye your sakes, and sware that I should not go over
should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the inheritance:
nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, 22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over
Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good
people. land.
7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the
nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things covenant of the LORD your God, which he made
that we call upon him for? with you, and make you a graven image, or the
8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath
and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I forbidden thee.
set before you this day? 24 For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul jealous God.
diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children, and children’s
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children, and ye shall have remained long in the after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days
land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil for ever.
in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to 41 ¶ Then Moses severed three cities on this side
anger: Jordan toward the sunrising;
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this 42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should
day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in
land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities
shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly he might live:
be destroyed. 43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of
nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. 44 ¶ And this is the law which Moses set before the
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s children of Israel:
hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and
nor eat, nor smell. the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against
thy heart and with all thy soul. Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites,
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the
are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou children of Israel smote, after they were come forth
turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient out of Egypt:
unto his voice; 47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og
31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
before thee, since the day that God created man 49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward,
upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of
unto the other, whether there hath been any such Pisgah.
thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking CHAPTER 5
out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and
live? A ND Moses called all Israel, and said unto them,
Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments
34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn
from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by them, and keep, and do them.
signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in
hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great Horeb.
terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did 3 The LORD made not this covenant with our
for you in Egypt before your eyes? fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest alive this day.
know that the LORD he is God; there is none else 4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the
beside him. mount out of the midst of the fire,
36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to
that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by
shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;)
words out of the midst of the fire. saying,
37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he 6 ¶ I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out
chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
38 To drive out nations from before thee greater and 8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any
mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that
their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine beneath the earth:
heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and 9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor
upon the earth beneath: there is none else. serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
commandments, which I command thee this day, children unto the third and fourth generation of
that it may go well with thee, and with thy children them that hate me,
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10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that I have heard the voice of the words of this people,
love me and keep my commandments. which they have spoken unto thee: they have well
11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy said all that they have spoken.
God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they
that taketh his name in vain. would fear me, and keep all my commandments
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD always, that it might be well with them, and with
thy God hath commanded thee. their children for ever!
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD 31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will
thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor speak unto thee all the commandments, and the
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach
thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any them, that they may do them in the land which I give
of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; them to possess it.
that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your
well as thou. God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the the right hand or to the left.
land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought 33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your
thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and
stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God that it may be well with you, and that ye may
commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
16 ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD
thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be CHAPTER 6
prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. N OW these are the commandments, the statutes,
and the judgments, which the LORD your God
commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in
17 Thou shalt not kill.
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. the land whither ye go to possess it:
19 Neither shalt thou steal. 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy all his statutes and his commandments, which I
neighbour. command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son,
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be
neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his prolonged.
field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, 3 ¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it;
or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s. that it may be well with thee, and that ye may
22 ¶ These words the LORD spake unto all your increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers
assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with
the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great milk and honey.
voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did might.
burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all 6 And these words, which I command thee this day,
the heads of your tribes, and your elders; shall be in thine heart:
24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in
heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
liveth. 8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine
fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD eyes.
our God any more, then we shall die. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy
26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the house, and on thy gates.
voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of 10 And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have
the fire, as we have, and lived? brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy
27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give
shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst
our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, not,
and do it. 11 And houses full of all good things, which thou
28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst
when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst
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not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 4 For they will turn away thy son from following me,
12 Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of
brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee
house of bondage. suddenly.
13 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, 5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy
and shalt swear by his name. their altars, and break down their images, and cut
14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the down their groves, and burn their graven images
people which are round about you; with fire.
15 (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among 6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy
you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a
against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the special people unto himself, above all people that are
earth. upon the face of the earth.
16 ¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor
tempted him in Massah. choose you, because ye were more in number than
17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he
statutes, which he hath commanded thee. would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your
18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a
the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of
and that thou mayest go in and possess the good bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God,
19 To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy
the LORD hath spoken. with them that love him and keep his
20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, commandments to a thousand generations;
saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, 10 And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to
and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth
commanded you? him, he will repay him to his face.
21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were 11 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments,
Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought and the statutes, and the judgments, which I
us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: command thee this day, to do them.
22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great 12 ¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to
and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the
his household, before our eyes: LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and
23 And he brought us out from thence, that he the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and
unto our fathers. multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy
24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy
statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the
always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto
day. thy fathers to give thee.
25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall
do all these commandments before the LORD our not be male or female barren among you, or among
God, as he hath commanded us. your cattle.
15 And the LORD will take away from thee all
CHAPTER 7 sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of
W HEN the LORD thy God shall bring thee into Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay
the land whither thou goest to possess it, and them upon all them that hate thee.
hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, 16 And thou shalt consume all the people which the
and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have
Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their
the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
than thou; 17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are
2 And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them more than I; how can I dispossess them?
before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well
destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with remember what the LORD thy God did unto
them, nor shew mercy unto them: Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy 19 The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand,
daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy
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God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do 9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without
unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land
20 Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou
among them, until they that are left, and hide mayest dig brass.
themselves from thee, be destroyed. 10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt
21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he
LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and hath given thee.
terrible. 11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in
22 And the LORD thy God will put out those nations not keeping his commandments, and his judgments,
before thee by little and little: thou mayest not and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast
increase upon thee. built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
23 But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and
thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that
destruction, until they be destroyed. thou hast is multiplied;
24 And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, 14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the
and thou shalt destroy their name from under LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the
heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
thee, until thou have destroyed them. 15 Who led thee through that great and terrible
25 The graven images of their gods shall ye burn wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and
with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that scorpions, and drought, where there was no water;
is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna,
God. which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good
thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but at thy latter end;
thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the
abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it
CHAPTER 8 is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he
A LL the commandments which I command thee may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy
this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, fathers, as it is this day.
and multiply, and go in and possess the land which 19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD
the LORD sware unto your fathers. thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them,
2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the and worship them, I testify against you this day that
LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the ye shall surely perish.
wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to 20 As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before
know what was in thine heart, whether thou your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be
wouldest keep his commandments, or no. obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger,
and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, CHAPTER 9
neither did thy fathers know; that he might make
thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but H EAR, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan
this day, to go in to possess nations greater and
by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to
the LORD doth man live. heaven,
4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did 2 A people great and tall, the children of the
thy foot swell, these forty years. Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of
man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God Anak!
chasteneth thee. 3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy
6 Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of God is he which goeth over before thee; as a
the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall
him. bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive
7 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD
land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and hath said unto thee.
depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying,
trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in
honey; to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these
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nations the LORD doth drive them out from before wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to
thee. destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of that time also.
thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have
for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same
God doth drive them out from before thee, and that time.
he may perform the word which the LORD sware 21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made,
unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it
6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I
giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended
righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. out of the mount.
7 ¶ Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-
the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
the day that thou didst depart out of the land of 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-
Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I
rebellious against the LORD. have given you; then ye rebelled against the
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so commandment of the LORD your God, and ye
that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
you. 24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from
9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the the day that I knew you.
tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and
the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the
forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread LORD had said he would destroy you.
nor drink water: 26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O
10 And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine
stone written with the finger of God; and on them inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy
was written according to all the words, which the greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of
LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst Egypt with a mighty hand.
of the fire in the day of the assembly. 27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people,
forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
stone, even the tables of the covenant. 28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say,
12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down Because the LORD was not able to bring them into
quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast the land which he promised them, and because he
brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them
themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the in the wilderness.
way which I commanded them; they have made 29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance,
them a molten image. which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and
13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I by thy stretched out arm.
have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked
people: CHAPTER 10
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot
out their name from under heaven: and I will make
of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
A T that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee
two tables of stone like unto the first, and come
up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of
15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and wood.
the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were
the covenant were in my two hands. in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against put them in the ark.
the LORD your God, and had made you a molten 3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed
calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up
which the LORD had commanded you. into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first
my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD
18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the
forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave
nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye them unto me.
sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, 5 And I turned myself and came down from the
to provoke him to anger. mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded
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me. CHAPTER 11
6 ¶ And the children of Israel took their journey
from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: T HEREFORE thou shalt love the LORD thy God,
and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his
there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your
stead. children which have not known, and which have not
7 From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his
from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out
waters. arm,
8 ¶ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, 3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the
to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and
before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless unto all his land;
in his name, unto this day. 4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto
9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the
his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according water of the Red sea to overflow them as they
as the LORD thy God promised him. pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed
10 And I stayed in the mount, according to the first them unto this day;
time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD 5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until
hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD ye came into this place;
would not destroy thee. 6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the
11 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth
journey before the people, that they may go in and opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and
possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to their households, and their tents, and all the
give unto them. substance that was in their possession, in the midst
12 ¶ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God of all Israel:
require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to 7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the
walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD which he did.
LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments
soul, which I command you this day, that ye may be
13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go
statutes, which I command thee this day for thy to possess it;
good? 9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land,
14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto
the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk
therein is. and honey.
15 Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love 10 ¶ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it,
them, and he chose their seed after them, even you is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came
above all people, as it is this day. out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
and be no more stiffnecked. 11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land
17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of
of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which heaven:
regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him the beginning of the year even unto the end of the
food and raiment. year.
19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were 13 ¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken
strangers in the land of Egypt. diligently unto my commandments which I
20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou command you this day, to love the LORD your God,
serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his and to serve him with all your heart and with all
name. your soul,
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done 14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his
for thee these great and terrible things, which thine due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that
eyes have seen. thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and
22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore thine oil.
and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle,
made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. that thou mayest eat and be full.
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods,
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and worship them; CHAPTER 12
17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against
you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no T HESE are the statutes and judgments, which ye
shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD
rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the
perish quickly from off the good land which the days that ye live upon the earth.
LORD giveth you. 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the
18 ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in nations which ye shall possess served their gods,
your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and
sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets under every green tree:
between your eyes. 3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall
of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when hew down the graven images of their gods, and
thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
when thou risest up. 4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of 5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall
thine house, and upon thy gates: choose out of all your tribes to put his name there,
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither
of your children, in the land which the LORD sware thou shalt come:
unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven 6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings,
upon the earth. and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave
22 ¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all these offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your
commandments which I command you, to do them, freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds
to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and of your flocks:
and to cleave unto him; 7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God,
23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto,
from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God
and mightier than yourselves. hath blessed thee.
24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall 8 Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here
tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own
Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even eyes.
unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the
25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and 10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land
the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and
upon, as he hath said unto you. when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round
26 ¶ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and about, so that ye dwell in safety;
a curse; 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your
27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there;
LORD your God, which I command you this day: thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your
28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and
commandments of the LORD your God, but turn the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice
aside out of the way which I command you this day, vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God,
29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your
God hath brought thee in unto the land whither menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite
thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon part nor inheritance with you.
mount Ebal. 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt
30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way offerings in every place that thou seest:
where the sun goeth down, in the land of the 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in
Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt
against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command
31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess thee.
the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in
ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after,
32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which
judgments which I set before you this day. he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may
eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it
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upon the earth as water. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for
17 ¶ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth,
of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the have they done unto their gods; for even their sons
firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to
vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, their gods.
or heave offering of thine hand: 32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do
18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose,
thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy CHAPTER 13
manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite
that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before I F there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof
hands unto. he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other
19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve
Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. them;
20 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that
border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD
I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the
thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth LORD your God with all your heart and with all your
after. soul.
21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen 4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear
to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou him, and keep his commandments, and obey his
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall
and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you
lusteth after. away from the LORD your God, which brought you
22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of
shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
them alike. which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk
23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of
blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life thee.
with the flesh. 6 ¶ If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son,
24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy
earth as water. friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee
25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods,
thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round
26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from
vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the one end of the earth even unto the other end of
the LORD shall choose: the earth;
27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh 8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken
and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither
and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt 9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be
eat the flesh. first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards
28 Observe and hear all these words which I the hand of all the people.
command thee, that it may go well with thee, and 10 And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die;
with thy children after thee for ever, when thou because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the
doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of
LORD thy God. Egypt, from the house of bondage.
29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall cut off the 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no
nations from before thee, whither thou goest to more any such wickedness as this is among you.
possess them, and thou succeedest them, and 12 ¶ If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which
dwellest in their land; the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there,
30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by saying,
following them, after that they be destroyed from 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out
before thee; and that thou inquire not after their from among you, and have withdrawn the
gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve
even so will I do likewise. other gods, which ye have not known;
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14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the 16 The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
thing certain, that such abomination is wrought 17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the
among you; cormorant,
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that 18 And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and
city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, the lapwing, and the bat.
and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the 19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean
edge of the sword. unto you: they shall not be eaten.
16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the 20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire 21 ¶ Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself:
the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy
LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto
shall not be built again. an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD
17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s
to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the milk.
fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed,
have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he that the field bringeth forth year by year.
hath sworn unto thy fathers; 23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in
18 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD the place which he shall choose to place his name
thy God, to keep all his commandments which I there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine
command thee this day, to do that which is right in oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks;
the eyes of the LORD thy God. that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God
always.
CHAPTER 14 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou
Y E are the children of the LORD your God: ye art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from
shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his
between your eyes for the dead. name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed
2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy thee:
God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up
people unto himself, above all the nations that are the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place
upon the earth. which the LORD thy God shall choose:
3 ¶ Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for
sheep, and the goat, wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul
5 The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD
and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine
and the chamois. household,
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth 27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt
the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance
the beasts, that ye shall eat. with thee.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that 28 ¶ At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth
chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt
as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they lay it up within thy gates:
chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they 29 And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor
are unclean unto you. inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the
8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy
cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that
not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase. the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of
9 ¶ These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all thine hand which thou doest.
that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may CHAPTER 15
not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 ¶ Of all clean birds ye shall eat. A T the end of every seven years thou shalt make a
release.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every
eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall
13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of
his kind, his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.
14 And every raven after his kind, 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that
15 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall
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release; six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all
4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for that thou doest.
the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which 19 ¶ All the firstling males that come of thy herd and
the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy
possess it: God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy
5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these 20 Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by
commandments which I command thee this day. year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou
6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he and thy household.
promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many 21 And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be
nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not
reign over many nations, but they shall not reign sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
over thee. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and
7 ¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and
brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which as the hart.
the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou
thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
brother:
8 But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, CHAPTER 16
and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in
that which he wanteth. O BSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the
passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the
9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth
heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is out of Egypt by night.
at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the
brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place
unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven
not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even
that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of
in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest
hand unto. remember the day when thou camest forth out of
11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with
thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there
to thy needy, in thy land. any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the
12 ¶ And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any
six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
go free from thee. 6 But at the place which the LORD thy God shall
13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, choose to place his name in, there thou shalt
thou shalt not let him go away empty: sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of
and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that Egypt.
wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou 7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which
shalt give unto him. the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn
15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on
God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the
thing to day. LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
16 And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go 9 ¶ Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin
away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine to number the seven weeks from such time as thou
house, because he is well with thee; beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
17 Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the
his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of
ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy
likewise. God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed
18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou thee:
sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been 11 And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God,
worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy
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manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in
that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the Israel:
fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the 5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that
place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place woman, which have committed that wicked thing,
his name there. unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and
12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses,
these statutes. shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but
13 ¶ Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to
seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn death.
and thy wine: 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him
14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all
son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from
maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the among you.
fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 8 ¶ If there arise a matter too hard for thee in
15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto judgment, between blood and blood, between plea
the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being
choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt
all thine increase, and in all the works of thine thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the
hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. LORD thy God shall choose;
16 ¶ Three times in a year shall all thy males appear 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites,
before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and
choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of
feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and judgment:
they shall not appear before the LORD empty: 10 And thou shalt do according to the sentence,
17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the which they of that place which the LORD shall choose
blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do
thee. according to all that they inform thee:
18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all 11 According to the sentence of the law which they
thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, shall teach thee, and according to the judgment
throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt
people with just judgment. not decline from the sentence which they shall shew
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth 12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and
blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to
the righteous. minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the
20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put
that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the away the evil from Israel.
LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no
21 ¶ Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees more presumptuously.
near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou 14 ¶ When thou art come unto the land which the
shalt make thee. LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king
the LORD thy God hateth. over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee,
CHAPTER 17 whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from
T HOU shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee:
any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is
evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the not thy brother.
LORD thy God. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor
2 ¶ If there be found among you, within any of thy cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that
gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD
woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, more that way.
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and 17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that
worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly
the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; multiply to himself silver and gold.
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne
inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this
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law in a book out of that which is before the priests unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
the Levites: 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying,
all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my
LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that
these statutes, to do them: I die not.
20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, 17 And the LORD said unto me, They have well
and that he turn not aside from the commandment, spoken that which they have spoken.
to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their
may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in
children, in the midst of Israel. his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I
shall command him.
CHAPTER 18 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not
T HE priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my
shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: name, I will require it of him.
they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, 20 But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a
and his inheritance. word in my name, which I have not commanded
2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of
their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he other gods, even that prophet shall die.
hath said unto them. 21 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we
3 ¶ And this shall be the priest’s due from the know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the
ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that
shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the
4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt
thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt not be afraid of him.
thou give him.
5 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all CHAPTER 19
thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the
LORD, him and his sons for ever. W HEN the LORD thy God hath cut off the
nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth
6 ¶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their
all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the cities, and in their houses;
desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD 2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the
shall choose; midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth
7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his thee to possess it.
God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the
there before the LORD. coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may
which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. flee thither.
9 ¶ When thou art come into the land which the 4 ¶ And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee
LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his
after the abominations of those nations. neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time
10 There shall not be found among you any one that past;
maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his
fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a
or an enchanter, or a witch, stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his
or a wizard, or a necromancer. neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of
12 For all that do these things are an abomination those cities, and live:
unto the LORD: and because of these abominations 6 Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer,
the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the
thee. way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not
13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in
14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, time past.
hearkened unto observers of times, and unto 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt
diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not separate three cities for thee.
suffered thee so to do. 8 And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he
15 ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the
Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
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9 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you,
them, which I command thee this day, to love the to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then 5 ¶ And the officers shall speak unto the people,
shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside saying, What man is there that hath built a new
these three: house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and
10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and
which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an another man dedicate it.
inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard,
11 ¶ But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and
wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and
mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these another man eat of it.
cities: 7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife,
12 Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto
him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man
avenger of blood, that he may die. take her.
13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the
away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it people, and they shall say, What man is there that is
may go well with thee. fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto
14 ¶ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his
landmark, which they of old time have set in thine heart.
inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an
the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. end of speaking unto the people, that they shall
15 ¶ One witness shall not rise up against a man for make captains of the armies to lead the people.
any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he 10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight
sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace,
established. and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the
16 ¶ If a false witness rise up against any man to people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto
testify against him that which is wrong; thee, and they shall serve thee.
17 Then both the men, between whom the 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will
controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
the priests and the judges, which shall be in those 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it
days; into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof
18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: with the edge of the sword:
and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle,
hath testified falsely against his brother; and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof,
19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the
have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath
evil away from among you. given thee.
20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are
shall henceforth commit no more any such evil very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of
among you. these nations.
21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for 16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD
life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt
for foot. save alive nothing that breatheth:
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the
CHAPTER 20 Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the
W HEN thou goest out to battle against thine Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD
enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a thy God hath commanded thee:
people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for 18 That they teach you not to do after all their
the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee abominations, which they have done unto their
up out of the land of Egypt. gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the 19 ¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in
battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto making war against it to take it, thou shalt not
the people, destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against
3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt
approach this day unto battle against your enemies: not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s
let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not life) to employ them in the siege:
tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; 20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be
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not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the
down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the
that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for
CHAPTER 21 the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all
I F one be found slain in the land which the LORD that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength;
thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, the right of the firstborn is his.
and it be not known who hath slain him: 18 ¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son,
2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the
and they shall measure unto the cities which are voice of his mother, and that, when they have
round about him that is slain: chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
3 And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on
slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city,
heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and and unto the gate of his place;
which hath not drawn in the yoke; 20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This
4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey
heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in 21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with
the valley: stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister 22 ¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of
unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang
by their word shall every controversy and every him on a tree:
stroke be tried: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree,
6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he
the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be
that is beheaded in the valley: not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for
7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not an inheritance.
shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
8 Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, CHAPTER 22
whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent
blood unto thy people of Israel’s charge. And the
blood shall be forgiven them.
T HOU shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep
go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt
in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou
from among you, when thou shalt do that which is know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine
right in the sight of the LORD. own house, and it shall be with thee until thy
10 ¶ When thou goest forth to war against thine brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him
enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them again.
into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, 3 In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so
11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost
and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have thing of thy brother’s, which he hath lost, and thou
her to thy wife; hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not
12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; hide thyself.
and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; 4 ¶ Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ass or his ox fall
13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou
from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
bewail her father and her mother a full month: and 5 ¶ The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth
after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s
husband, and she shall be thy wife. garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the
14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, LORD thy God.
then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou 6 ¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the
shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be
make merchandise of her, because thou hast young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the
humbled her. young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam
15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and with the young:
another hated, and they have born him children, 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take
both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and
son be hers that was hated: that thou mayest prolong thy days.
16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to 8 ¶ When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt
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make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then
blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. the man only that lay with her shall die:
9 ¶ Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers 26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there
seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a
and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him,
10 ¶ Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass even so is this matter:
together. 27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed
11 ¶ Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
as of woollen and linen together. 28 ¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is
12 ¶ Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her,
quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest and they be found;
thyself. 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the
13 ¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be
hate her, his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not
14 And give occasions of speech against her, and put her away all his days.
bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this 30 ¶ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor
woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a discover his father’s skirt.
maid:
15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her CHAPTER 23
mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the
damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the
gate:
H E that is wounded in the stones, or hath his
privy member cut off, shall not enter into the
congregation of the LORD.
16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I 2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of
gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not
hateth her; enter into the congregation of the LORD.
17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the
her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth
these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And generation shall they not enter into the congregation
they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the of the LORD for ever:
city. 4 Because they met you not with bread and with
18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt;
chastise him; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son
19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
of silver, and give them unto the father of the 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken
damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse
upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God
may not put her away all his days. loved thee.
20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their
be not found for the damsel: prosperity all thy days for ever.
21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door 7 ¶ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy
of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because
stone her with stones that she die: because she hath thou wast a stranger in his land.
wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her 8 The children that are begotten of them shall enter
father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from into the congregation of the LORD in their third
among you. generation.
22 ¶ If a man be found lying with a woman married 9 ¶ When the host goeth forth against thine enemies,
to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both then keep thee from every wicked thing.
the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: 10 ¶ If there be among you any man, that is not
so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by
23 ¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he
husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with shall not come within the camp:
her; 11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall
24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate wash himself with water: and when the sun is down,
of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that he shall come into the camp again.
they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in 12 ¶ Thou shalt have a place also without the camp,
the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from 13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon;
among you. and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad,
25 ¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and
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cover that which cometh from thee: defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and
14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD
camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he 5 ¶ When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not
see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any
thee. business: but he shall be free at home one year, and
15 ¶ Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 6 ¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper
16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to
place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, pledge.
where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 7 ¶ If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of
17 ¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of
Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the thou shalt put evil away from among you.
price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God 8 ¶ Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou
for any vow: for even both these are abomination observe diligently, and do according to all that the
unto the LORD thy God. priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded
19 ¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; them, so ye shall observe to do.
usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing 9 Remember what the LORD thy God did unto
that is lent upon usury: Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out
20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; of Egypt.
but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon 10 ¶ When thou dost lend thy brother any thing,
usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom
thou goest to possess it. thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad
21 ¶ When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy unto thee.
God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy 12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with
God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin his pledge:
in thee. 13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in
in thee. his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be
23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
and perform; even a freewill offering, according as 14 ¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is
thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of
thou hast promised with thy mouth. thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
24 ¶ When thou comest into thy neighbour’s 15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and
own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto
vessel. the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
25 When thou comest into the standing corn of thy 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the
neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with children, neither shall the children be put to death
thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for
thy neighbour’s standing corn. his own sin.
17 ¶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the
CHAPTER 24 stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s
W HEN a man hath taken a wife, and married raiment to pledge:
her, and it come to pass that she find no 18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a
favour in his eyes, because he hath found some bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed
uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this
divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her thing.
out of his house. 19 ¶ When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy
2 And when she is departed out of his house, she field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt
may go and be another man’s wife. not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger,
3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD
bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine
sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband hands.
die, which took her to be his wife; 20 When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not
4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger,
not take her again to be his wife, after that she is for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD
thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the thy God giveth thee.
stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do
22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD
bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thy God.
thee to do this thing. 17 ¶ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the
way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
CHAPTER 25 18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the
I F there be a controversy between men, and they hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind
come unto judgment, that the judges may judge thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared
them; then they shall justify the righteous, and not God.
condemn the wicked. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round
beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth
and to be beaten before his face, according to his thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt
fault, by a certain number. blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under
3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
if he should exceed, and beat him above these with
many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto CHAPTER 26
thee.
4 ¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth
out the corn.
A ND it shall be, when thou art come in unto the
land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an
inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
5 ¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of
and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the
marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a
brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD
wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother thy God shall choose to place his name there.
unto her. 3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in
6 And it shall be, that the firstborn which she those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto
beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country
which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give
7 And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, us.
then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thine
elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD
raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will thy God.
not perform the duty of my husband’s brother. 5 And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he
unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a
take her; few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and
9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the populous:
presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off 6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted
his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not 7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our
build up his brother’s house. fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on
10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
of him that hath his shoe loosed. 8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a
11 ¶ When men strive together one with another, mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and
and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver with great terribleness, and with signs, and with
her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth wonders:
him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by 9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath
the secrets: given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall and honey.
not pity her. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of
13 ¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And
great and a small. thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and
14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers worship before the LORD thy God:
measures, a great and a small. 11 And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which
15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto
perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger
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that is among you. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of
12 ¶ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings
tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the thereon unto the LORD thy God:
year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the 7 And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat
stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
may eat within thy gates, and be filled; 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words
13 Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I of this law very plainly.
have brought away the hallowed things out of mine 9 ¶ And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto
house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel;
unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy
widow, according to all thy commandments which God.
thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD
thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them: thy God, and do his commandments and his
14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither statutes, which I command thee this day.
have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, 11 ¶ And Moses charged the people the same day,
nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have saying,
hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless
have done according to all that thou hast the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon,
commanded me. and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and
15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from Benjamin:
heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse;
which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and
fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Naphtali.
16 ¶ This day the LORD thy God hath commanded 14 ¶ And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the
thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt men of Israel with a loud voice,
therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or
with all thy soul. molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the
17 Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in
God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his a secret place. And all the people shall answer and
statutes, and his commandments, and his say, Amen.
judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: 16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his
18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and 17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s
that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
19 And to make thee high above all nations which he 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out
hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the
LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people
shall say, Amen.
CHAPTER 27 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife;
A ND Moses with the elders of Israel commanded because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the
the people, saying, Keep all the commandments people shall say, Amen.
which I command you this day. 21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast.
2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over And all the people shall say, Amen.
Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the
thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.
plaister them with plaister: And all the people shall say, Amen.
3 And thou shalt write upon them all the words of 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law.
this law, when thou art passed over, that thou And all the people shall say, Amen.
mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly.
giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; And all the people shall say, Amen.
as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an
4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
that ye shall set up these stones, which I command 26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of
you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister this law to do them. And all the people shall say,
them with plaister. Amen.
5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD
thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any
iron tool upon them.
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CHAPTER 28 of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of

A ND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken thy sheep.

diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and
to observe and to do all his commandments which I cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation,
set thee on high above all nations of the earth: and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou
overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy
the LORD thy God. doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto
thou be in the field. thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land,
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit whither thou goest to possess it.
of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption,
of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. pursue thee until thou perish.
7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be
against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
come out against thee one way, and flee before thee 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder
seven ways. and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon
8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee thee, until thou be destroyed.
in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before
hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against
the LORD thy God giveth thee. them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be
9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the
keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man
walk in his ways. shall fray them away.
10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt,
called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with
afraid of thee. the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and
goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy blindness, and astonishment of heart:
cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind
which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in
12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and
the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall
thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou
not borrow. shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard,
13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou
not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken
commandments of the LORD thy God, which I away from before thy face, and shall not be restored
command thee this day, to observe and to do them: to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies,
14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
words which I command thee this day, to the right 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto
hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail
them. with longing for them all the day long: and there shall
15 ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not be no might in thine hand.
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to 33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a
observe to do all his commandments and his statutes nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou
which I command thee this day; that all these curses shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt eyes which thou shalt see.
thou be in the field. 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
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36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in
thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress
thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thee:
thou serve other gods, wood and stone. 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and
37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother,
proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the
the LORD shall lead thee. remnant of his children which he shall leave:
38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh
and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath
consume it. nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy
shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; gates.
for the worms shall eat them. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you,
40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot
coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness,
for thine olive shall cast his fruit. her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou bosom, and toward her son, and toward her
shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. daughter,
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust 57 And toward her young one that cometh out from
consume. between her feet, and toward her children which she
43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things
thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this
45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, law that are written in this book, that thou mayest
and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD
destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the THY GOD;
voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his 59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful,
commandments and his statutes which he and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and
commanded thee: of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a continuance.
wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases
47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the cleave unto thee.
abundance of all things; 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which not written in the book of this law, them will the
the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: 62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye
and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because
he have destroyed thee. thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy
49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from God.
far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle 63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD
flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply
understand; you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be
regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the plucked from off the land whither thou goest to
young: possess it.
51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people,
fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also from the one end of the earth even unto the other;
shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither
increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and
have destroyed thee. stone.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease,
high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the
trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and
besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
which the LORD thy God hath given thee. 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and
53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none
the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the assurance of thy life:
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67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it ye passed by;
were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it 17 And ye have seen their abominations, and their
were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were
thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which among them:)
thou shalt see. 18 Lest there should be among you man, or woman,
68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this
with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the
Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be gods of these nations; lest there should be among
sold unto your enemies for bondmen and you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words
of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart,
CHAPTER 29 saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the
T HESE are the words of the covenant, which the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to
LORD commanded Moses to make with the thirst:
children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger
covenant which he made with them in Horeb. of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that
2 ¶ And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto man, and all the curses that are written in this book
them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his
eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all name from under heaven.
his servants, and unto all his land; 21 And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of
the signs, and those great miracles: the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to 22 So that the generation to come of your children
perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that
day. shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the
your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy LORD hath laid upon it;
shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth,
wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of
the LORD your God. Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which
7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out 24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the
against us unto battle, and we smote them: LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the
8 And we took their land, and gave it for an heat of this great anger?
inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken
and to the half tribe of Manasseh. the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which
9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do he made with them when he brought them forth out
them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. of the land of Egypt:
10 ¶ Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD 26 For they went and served other gods, and
your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and
and your officers, with all the men of Israel, whom he had not given unto them:
11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that 27 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are
drawer of thy water: written in this book:
12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the 28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in
LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and
thy God maketh with thee this day: cast them into another land, as it is this day.
13 That he may establish thee to day for a people 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God:
unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as but those things which are revealed belong unto us
he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto and to our children for ever, that we may do all the
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. words of this law.
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant
and this oath; CHAPTER 30
15 But with him that standeth here with us this day
before the LORD our God, and also with him that is
not here with us this day:
A ND it shall come to pass, when all these things
are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse,
which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them
16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy
Egypt; and how we came through the nations which God hath driven thee,
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2 And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to
obey his voice according to all that I command thee possess it.
this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against
and with all thy soul; you, that I have set before you life and death,
3 That then the LORD thy God will turn thy blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both
captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will thou and thy seed may live:
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither 20 That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and
the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou
4 If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the
parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land
gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham,
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt
possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply CHAPTER 31
thee above thy fathers.
6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, A ND Moses went and spake these words unto all
Israel.
and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God 2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and
mayest live. come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou
7 And the LORD thy God will put all these curses shalt not go over this Jordan.
upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, 3 The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and
which persecuted thee. he will destroy these nations from before thee, and
8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over
LORD, and do all his commandments which I before thee, as the LORD hath said.
command thee this day. 4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to
9 And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto
every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, the land of them, whom he destroyed.
and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face,
land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over that ye may do unto them according unto all the
thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: commandments which I have commanded you.
10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be
thy God, to keep his commandments and his afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that
statutes which are written in this book of the law, doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake
and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thee.
thine heart, and with all thy soul. 7 ¶ And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto
11 ¶ For this commandment which I command thee him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good
this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far courage: for thou must go with this people unto the
off. land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers
12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, 8 And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he
that we may hear it, and do it? will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it 9 ¶ And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto
unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the
14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of
mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Israel.
15 ¶ See, I have set before thee this day life and good, 10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end
and death and evil; of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of
16 In that I command thee this day to love the LORD release, in the feast of tabernacles,
thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his 11 When all Israel is come to appear before the
commandments and his statutes and his judgments, LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose,
that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their
thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou hearing.
goest to possess it. 12 Gather the people together, men, and women,
17 But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not and children, and thy stranger that is within thy
hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn,
gods, and serve them; and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all
18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely the words of this law:
perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon 13 And that their children, which have not known
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any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye
God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over have been rebellious against the LORD; and how
Jordan to possess it. much more after my death?
14 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy 28 ¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and
days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their
present yourselves in the tabernacle of the ears, and call heaven and earth to record against
congregation, that I may give him a charge. And them.
Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly
the tabernacle of the congregation. corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way
15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a which I have commanded you; and evil will befall
pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the
over the door of the tabernacle. sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through
16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou the work of your hands.
shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the
up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers congregation of Israel the words of this song, until
of the land, whither they go to be among them, and they were ended.
will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have
made with them. CHAPTER 32
17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in
that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my G IVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
face from them, and they shall be devoured, and 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall
many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender
they will say in that day, Are not these evils come herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
upon us, because our God is not among us? 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD:
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways
are turned unto other gods. are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity,
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and just and right is he.
teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not
that this song may be a witness for me against the the spot of his children: they are a perverse and
children of Israel. crooked generation.
20 For when I shall have brought them into the land 6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and
which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee?
milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled hath he not made thee, and established thee?
themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto 7 ¶ Remember the days of old, consider the years of
other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew
break my covenant. thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and 8 When the most High divided to the nations their
troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he
against them as a witness; for it shall not be set the bounds of the people according to the
forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know number of the children of Israel.
their imagination which they go about, even now, 9 For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the
before I have brought them into the land which I lot of his inheritance.
sware. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the waste
22 ¶ Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed
and taught it the children of Israel. him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and 11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over
said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
bring the children of Israel into the land which I beareth them on her wings:
sware unto them: and I will be with thee. 12 So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no
24 ¶ And it came to pass, when Moses had made an strange god with him.
end of writing the words of this law in a book, until 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
they were finished, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he
25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, of the flinty rock;
26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of 14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of
the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
may be there for a witness against thee. with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst
27 For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: drink the pure blood of the grape.
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15 ¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their
waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come
with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, upon them make haste.
and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, himself for his servants, when he seeth that their
with abominations provoked they him to anger. power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods 37 And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock
whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly in whom they trusted,
up, whom your fathers feared not. 38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up
and hast forgotten God that formed thee. and help you, and be your protection.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god
because of the provoking of his sons, and of his with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:
daughters. neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for
see what their end shall be: for they are a very ever.
froward generation, children in whom is no faith. 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine
is not God; they have provoked me to anger with enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and
those which are not a people; I will provoke them to my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood
anger with a foolish nation. of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn of revenges upon the enemy.
unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will
with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of avenge the blood of his servants, and will render
the mountains. vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend unto his land, and to his people.
mine arrows upon them. 44 ¶ And Moses came and spake all the words of this
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the
with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will son of Nun.
also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these
poison of serpents of the dust. words to all Israel:
25 The sword without, and terror within, shall 46 And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all
destroy both the young man and the virgin, the the words which I testify among you this day, which
suckling also with the man of gray hairs. ye shall command your children to observe to do, all
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would the words of this law.
make the remembrance of them to cease from 47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is
among men: your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to
lest their adversaries should behave themselves possess it.
strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, 48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame
and the LORD hath not done all this. day, saying,
28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is 49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto
there any understanding in them. mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan,
that they would consider their latter end! which I give unto the children of Israel for a
30 How should one chase a thousand, and two put possession:
ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold 50 And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and
them, and the LORD had shut them up? be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother
31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his
enemies themselves being judges. people:
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the
fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh,
their clusters are bitter: in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel not in the midst of the children of Israel.
venom of asps. 52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou
34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the
among my treasures? children of Israel.
35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
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CHAPTER 33 and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

A ND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the 18 ¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in
man of God blessed the children of Israel before thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
his death. 19 They shall call the people unto the mountain;
2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for
up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of
mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of treasures hid in the sand.
saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 20 ¶ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth
3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with
hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall the crown of the head.
receive of thy words. 21 And he provided the first part for himself,
4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he
of the congregation of Jacob. seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he
5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments
the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered with Israel.
together. 22 ¶ And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp: he
6 ¶ Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men shall leap from Bashan.
be few. 23 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied
7 ¶ And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD:
Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto possess thou the west and the south.
his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be 24 ¶ And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with
thou an help to him from his enemies. children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and
8 ¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy let him dip his foot in oil.
Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days,
at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the so shall thy strength be.
waters of Meribah; 26 ¶ There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun,
9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his
not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his excellency on the sky.
brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are
observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the
10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain
whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also
11 Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his heavens shall drop down dew.
his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O
against him, and of them that hate him, that they people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and
rise not again. who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine
12 ¶ And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou
LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the LORD shall shalt tread upon their high places.
cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell
between his shoulders. CHAPTER 34
13 ¶ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be
his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the
dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
A ND Moses went up from the plains of Moab
unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of
Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD
14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
sun, and for the precious things put forth by the 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and
moon, Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the
15 And for the chief things of the ancient utmost sea,
mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting 3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of
hills, Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
16 And for the precious things of the earth and 4 And the LORD said unto him, This is the land
fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto
dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt
that was separated from his brethren. not go over thither.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his 5 ¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in
horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he the land of Moab, according to the word of the
shall push the people together to the ends of the LORD.
earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, 6 And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab,
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over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and
sepulchre unto this day. did as the LORD commanded Moses.
7 ¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old 10 ¶ And there arose not a prophet since in Israel
when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
force abated. 11 In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD
8 ¶ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and
plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping to all his servants, and to all his land,
and mourning for Moses were ended. 12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great
9 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him:

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CHAPTER 1
N OW after the death of Moses the servant of the
LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go
over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the
land which I do give to them, even to the children of
Israel.
3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread
upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto
Moses.
4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto
the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going
down of the sun, shall be your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able to stand before
thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I
will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake
thee.
6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this
people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land,
which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that
thou mayest observe to do according to all the law,
which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not
from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou
mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a
good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou
dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest.
10 ¶ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the
people, saying,
11 Pass through the host, and command the people,
saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye
shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the
land, which the LORD your God giveth you to
possess it.
12 ¶ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and
to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of
the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your
God hath given you rest, and hath given you this
land.
14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall
remain in the land which Moses gave you on this
side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren
armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
15 Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as
he hath given you, and they also have possessed the
land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye
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shall return unto the land of your possession, and
enjoy it, which Moses the LORD’s servant gave you
on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
16 ¶ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou
commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou
sendest us, we will go.
17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all
things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD
thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy
commandment, and will not hearken unto thy
words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be
put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
CHAPTER 2
A ND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim
two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the
land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an
harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold,
there came men in hither to night of the children of
Israel to search out the country.
3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying,
Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are
entered into thine house: for they be come to search
out all the country.
4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them,
and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist
not whence they were:
5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of
the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out:
whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them
quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the
house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which
she had laid in order upon the roof.
7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan
unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued
after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
8 ¶ And before they were laid down, she came up
unto them upon the roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD
hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen
upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint
because of you.
10 For we have heard how the LORD dried up the
water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of
Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the
Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon
and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our
hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more
courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD
your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth
beneath.
12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the
LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will
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also shew kindness unto my father’s house, and give near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye
me a true token: must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
13 And that ye will save alive my father, and my 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify
mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders
that they have, and deliver our lives from death. among you.
14 And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up
ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the
the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal people. And they took up the ark of the covenant,
kindly and truly with thee. and went before the people.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the 7 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I
window: for her house was upon the town wall, and begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that
she dwelt upon the wall. they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be
16 And she said unto them, Get you to the with thee.
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the
yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the
returned: and afterward may ye go your way. brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in
17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless Jordan.
of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. 9 ¶ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel,
18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your
bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which God.
thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the
father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy living God is among you, and that he will without
father’s household, home unto thee. fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and
19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and
doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and 11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all
whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out of the
20 And if thou utter this our business, then we will tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to 13 And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of
swear. the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD,
21 And she said, According unto your words, so be the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of
it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off
she bound the scarlet line in the window. from the waters that come down from above; and
22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and they shall stand upon an heap.
abode there three days, until the pursuers were 14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the people removed
returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests
all the way, but found them not. bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
23 ¶ So the two men returned, and descended from 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto
the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark
the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan
them: overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath 16 That the waters which came down from above
delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the
inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that
came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt
CHAPTER 3 sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed
A ND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they over right against Jericho.
removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant
and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst
they passed over. of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the ground, until all the people were passed clean over
officers went through the host; Jordan.
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye
see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, CHAPTER 4
and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall
remove from your place, and go after it. A ND it came to pass, when all the people were
clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, unto Joshua, saying,
about two thousand cubits by measure: come not 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of
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every tribe a man, waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and
3 And command ye them, saying, Take you hence flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where 19 ¶ And the people came up out of Jordan on the
the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye tenth day of the first month, and encamped in
shall carry them over with you, and leave them in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. 20 And those twelve stones, which they took out of
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying,
man: When your children shall ask their fathers in time to
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the come, saying, What mean these stones?
ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, 22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying,
and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of
the children of Israel: Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he
your children ask their fathers in time to come, dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
saying, What mean ye by these stones? 24 That all the people of the earth might know the
7 Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might
Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of fear the LORD your God for ever.
the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of
Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a CHAPTER 5
memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua A ND it came to pass, when all the kings of the
Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan
commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which
midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up
according to the number of the tribes of the children the waters of Jordan from before the children of
of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart
place where they lodged, and laid them down there. melted, neither was there spirit in them any more,
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of because of the children of Israel.
Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests 2 ¶ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make
which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children
are there unto this day. of Israel the second time.
10 ¶ For the priests which bare the ark stood in the 3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and
midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the
the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the foreskins.
people, according to all that Moses commanded 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise:
Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. All the people that came out of Egypt, that were
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness
clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 5 Now all the people that came out were
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of circumcised: but all the people that were born in the
Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over wilderness by the way as they came forth out of
armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
unto them: 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed wilderness, till all the people that were men of war,
over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because
Jericho. they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom
14 ¶ On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the the LORD sware that he would not shew them the
sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that
Moses, all the days of his life. he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and
15 And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, honey.
16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the 7 And their children, whom he raised up in their
testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were
17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised
Come ye up out of Jordan. them by the way.
18 And it came to pass, when the priests that bare 8 And it came to pass, when they had done
the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up circumcising all the people, that they abode in their
out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the places in the camp, till they were whole.
priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the 9 And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I
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rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. the covenant of the LORD followed them.
Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto 9 ¶ And the armed men went before the priests that
this day. blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after
10 ¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the
and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the trumpets.
month at even in the plains of Jericho. 10 And Joshua had commanded the people, saying,
11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your
the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your
and parched corn in the selfsame day. mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye
12 ¶ And the manna ceased on the morrow after shout.
they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither 11 So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going
had the children of Israel manna any more; but they about it once: and they came into the camp, and
did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. lodged in the camp.
13 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by 12 ¶ And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the
Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, priests took up the ark of the LORD.
behold, there stood a man over against him with his 13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of
sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on
him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the
adversaries? armed men went before them; but the rereward
14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on,
LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to and blowing with the trumpets.
the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What 14 And the second day they compassed the city once,
saith my lord unto his servant? and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
15 And the captain of the LORD’s host said unto 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they
Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the rose early about the dawning of the day, and
place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did compassed the city after the same manner seven
so. times: only on that day they compassed the city
seven times.
CHAPTER 6 16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the
N OW Jericho was straitly shut up because of the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the
children of Israel: none went out, and none people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
came in. 17 ¶ And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all
2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot
into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and shall live, she and all that are with her in the house,
the mighty men of valour. because she hid the messengers that we sent.
3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, 18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the
and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed,
do six days. when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the
4 And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass
shall compass the city seven times, and the priests and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall
shall blow with the trumpets. come into the treasury of the LORD.
5 And it shall come to pass, that when they make a 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with
long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people
sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people
a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down
flat, and the people shall ascend up every man flat, so that the people went up into the city, every
straight before him. man straight before him, and they took the city.
6 ¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city,
and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and
and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
horns before the ark of the LORD. 22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had
7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house,
the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the and bring out thence the woman, and all that she
ark of the LORD. hath, as ye sware unto her.
8 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken 23 And the young men that were spies went in, and
unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother,
seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the and her brethren, and all that she had; and they
LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of brought out all her kindred, and left them without
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the camp of Israel. transgressed my covenant which I commanded
24 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing,
therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they
of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the have put it even among their own stuff.
house of the LORD. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand
25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her before their enemies, but turned their backs before
father’s household, and all that she had; and she their enemies, because they were accursed: neither
dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the
the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out accursed from among you.
Jericho. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify
26 ¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the
Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the
and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before
foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing
youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. from among you.
27 So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought
noised throughout all the country. according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the
tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to
CHAPTER 7 the families thereof; and the family which the LORD
B UT the children of Israel committed a trespass shall take shall come by households; and the
in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of household which the LORD shall take shall come
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the man by man.
tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the
anger of the LORD was kindled against the children accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all
of Israel. that he hath: because he hath transgressed the
2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought
beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and folly in Israel.
spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the 16 ¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and
country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah
3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, was taken:
Let not all the people go up; but let about two or 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took
three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family
not all the people to labour thither; for they are but of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
few. 18 And he brought his household man by man; and
4 So there went up thither of the people about three Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son
thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray
six men: for they chased them from before the gate thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make
even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going confession unto him; and tell me now what thou
down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, hast done; hide it not from me.
and became as water. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I
6 ¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus
upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the and thus have I done:
eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust 21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly
upon their heads. Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of
7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight,
hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold,
deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and
us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt the silver under it.
on the other side Jordan! 22 ¶ So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto
8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the
backs before their enemies! silver under it.
9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the 23 And they took them out of the midst of the tent,
land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the
cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou children of Israel, and laid them out before the
do unto thy great name? LORD.
10 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan
wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment,
11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his
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daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, night into the midst of the valley.
and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought 14 ¶ And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it,
them unto the valley of Achor. that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of
25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all
LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but
stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, he wist not that there were liers in ambush against
after they had stoned them with stones. him behind the city.
26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were
unto this day. So the LORD turned from the beaten before them, and fled by the way of the
fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that wilderness.
place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called
together to pursue after them: and they pursued
CHAPTER 8 after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
A ND the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, 17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that
neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of went not out after Israel: and they left the city open,
war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have and pursued after Israel.
given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, 18 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the
and his city, and his land: spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it
2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear
unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, that he had in his hand toward the city.
and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place,
yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his
3 ¶ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and
up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand hasted and set the city on fire.
mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them,
4 And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city
lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to
not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to
5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the
when they come out against us, as at the first, that ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of
we will flee before them, the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew
6 (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn the men of Ai.
them from the city; for they will say, They flee before 22 And the other issued out of the city against them;
us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side,
7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize and some on that side: and they smote them, so that
upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it they let none of them remain or escape.
into your hand. 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought
8 And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye him to Joshua.
shall set the city on fire: according to the 24 And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end
commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the
commanded you. wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they
9 ¶ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they
to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto
on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
among the people. 25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of
10 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the
numbered the people, and went up, he and the men of Ai.
elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 26 For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he
11 And all the people, even the people of war that stretched out the spear, until he had utterly
were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: 27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel
now there was a valley between them and Ai. took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the
12 And he took about five thousand men, and set word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for
the west side of the city. ever, even a desolation unto this day.
13 And when they had set the people, even all the 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until
host that was on the north of the city, and their liers eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua
in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that commanded that they should take his carcase down
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from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate whence come ye?
of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, 9 And they said unto him, From a very far country
that remaineth unto this day. thy servants are come because of the name of the
30 ¶ Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him,
of Israel in mount Ebal, and all that he did in Egypt,
31 As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded 10 And all that he did to the two kings of the
the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of
the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at
which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered Ashtaroth.
thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and 11 Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of
sacrificed peace offerings. our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with
32 ¶ And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say
the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of unto them, We are your servants: therefore now
the children of Israel. make ye a league with us.
33 And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out
their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto
side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were
he that was born among them; half of them over new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our
against mount Gerizim, and half of them over garments and our shoes are become old by reason of
against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the the very long journey.
LORD had commanded before, that they should bless 14 And the men took of their victuals, and asked not
the people of Israel. counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a
the blessings and cursings, according to all that is league with them, to let them live: and the princes of
written in the book of the law. the congregation sware unto them.
35 There was not a word of all that Moses 16 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of three days
commanded, which Joshua read not before all the after they had made a league with them, that they
congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little heard that they were their neighbours, and that they
ones, and the strangers that were conversant among dwelt among them.
them. 17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came
unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities
CHAPTER 9 were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
A ND it came to pass, when all the kings which Kirjath-jearim.
were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the 18 And the children of Israel smote them not,
valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over because the princes of the congregation had sworn
against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the
Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, congregation murmured against the princes.
heard thereof; 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation,
2 That they gathered themselves together, to fight We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of
with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
3 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what 20 This we will do to them; we will even let them
Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath
4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they which we sware unto them.
had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon 21 And the princes said unto them, Let them live;
their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water
bound up; unto all the congregation; as the princes had
5 And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old promised them.
garments upon them; and all the bread of their 22 ¶ And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto
provision was dry and mouldy. them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying,
6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none
come from a far country: now therefore make ye a of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of
league with us. wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it
Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD
make a league with you? thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you
8 And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the
And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid
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of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. 12 ¶ Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when
25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the
seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
26 And so did he unto them, and delivered them out Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon,
of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew in the valley of Ajalon.
them not. 13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood until the people had avenged themselves upon their
and drawers of water for the congregation, and for enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So
the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted
which he should choose. not to go down about a whole day.
14 And there was no day like that before it or after it,
CHAPTER 10 that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man:
N OW it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of for the LORD fought for Israel.
Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, 15 ¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to unto the camp to Gilgal.
Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her 16 But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a
king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made cave at Makkedah.
peace with Israel, and were among them; 17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are
2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the
was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep
mighty. them:
3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent 19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies,
unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to
of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath
unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, delivered them into your hand.
4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the
smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua children of Israel had made an end of slaying them
and with the children of Israel. with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed,
5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king that the rest which remained of them entered into
of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of fenced cities.
Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, 21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua
gathered themselves together, and went up, they and at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue
all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and against any of the children of Israel.
made war against it. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave,
6 ¶ And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the and bring out those five kings unto me out of the
camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy cave.
servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and 23 And they did so, and brought forth those five
help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell kings unto him out of the cave, the king of
in the mountains are gathered together against us. Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
people of war with him, and all the mighty men of 24 And it came to pass, when they brought out those
valour. kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men
8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of
for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall war which went with him, Come near, put your feet
not a man of them stand before thee. upon the necks of these kings. And they came near,
9 Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and and put their feet upon the necks of them.
went up from Gilgal all night. 25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be
10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus
and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom
chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth- ye fight.
horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew
Makkedah. them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were
11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before hanging upon the trees until the evening.
Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down
that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took
upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave
more which died with hailstones than they whom the wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in
children of Israel slew with the sword. the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.
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28 ¶ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and for Israel.
smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him,
thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls unto the camp to Gilgal.
that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to
the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of CHAPTER 11
Jericho.
29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all A ND it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor
had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab
Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to
Libnah: the king of Achshaph,
30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the
thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth,
the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the
therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the west,
king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west,
31 ¶ And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the
with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to
and fought against it: the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with
Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the
with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very
were therein, according to all that he had done to many.
Libnah. 5 And when all these kings were met together, they
33 ¶ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help came and pitched together at the waters of Merom,
Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until to fight against Israel.
he had left him none remaining. 6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid
34 ¶ And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, because of them: for to morrow about this time will
and all Israel with him; and they encamped against I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt
it, and fought against it: hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with
the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly;
therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all and they fell upon them.
that he had done to Lachish. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of
36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great
with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the
37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them,
the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities until they left them none remaining.
thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left 9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him:
none remaining, according to all that he had done to he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots
Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that with fire.
were therein. 10 ¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took
38 ¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword:
Debir; and fought against it: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those
39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the kingdoms.
cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein
the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them:
were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt
to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king Hazor with fire.
thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings
king. of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the
40 ¶ So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as
of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their
destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor
Israel commanded. only; that did Joshua burn.
41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the
even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves;
unto Gibeon. but every man they smote with the edge of the
42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left
at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought they any to breathe.
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15 ¶ As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the
did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites,
left nothing undone of all that the LORD and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
commanded Moses. 7 ¶ And these are the kings of the country which
16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side
south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of
valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up
the valley of the same; to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel
17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to for a possession according to their divisions;
Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the
under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and
and smote them, and slew them. in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the
19 There was not a city that made peace with the Jebusites:
children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of 9 ¶ The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is
Gibeon: all other they took in battle. beside Beth-el, one;
20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron,
they should come against Israel in battle, that he one;
might destroy them utterly, and that they might have 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish,
no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the one;
LORD commanded Moses. 12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
21 ¶ And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of 15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam,
Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua one;
destroyed them utterly with their cities. 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el,
22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of one;
the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in 17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher,
Ashdod, there remained. one;
23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all 18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon,
that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it one;
for an inheritance unto Israel according to their 19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from 20 The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of
war. Achshaph, one;
21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo,
CHAPTER 12 one;
N OW these are the kings of the land, which the 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of
children of Israel smote, and possessed their Carmel, one;
land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of 23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king
the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, of the nations of Gilgal, one;
and all the plain on the east: 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and
2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in one.
Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the
bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the CHAPTER 13
river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of
Ammon;
N OW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and
the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and
stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much
3 And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the land to be possessed.
east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders
on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
south, under Ashdoth-pisgah: 3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the
4 ¶ And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the
the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the
and at Edrei, Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites,
5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and 4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and
the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to
Sihon king of Heshbon. the borders of the Amorites:
6 Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon,
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toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad,
6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from even unto the children of Gad according to their
Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the families.
Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of
children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon,
Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
thee. 26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and
7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of
unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, Debir;
8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah,
received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of
beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even
of the LORD gave them; unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other
9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river side Jordan eastward.
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after
and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; their families, the cities, and their villages.
10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe
which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half
children of Ammon; tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and 30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan,
Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the
Bashan unto Salcah; towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities
in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining
remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh,
and cast them out. even to the one half of the children of Machir by
13 Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not their families.
the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the 32 These are the countries which Moses did
Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on
Israelites until this day. the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none 33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any
inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their
made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto inheritance, as he said unto them.
them.
15 ¶ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children CHAPTER 14
of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
16 And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the A ND these are the countries which the children of
Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which
bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children
17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD
18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine
19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar tribes, and for the half tribe.
in the mount of the valley, 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes
20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth- and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto
jeshimoth, the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom 4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes,
of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part
Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in,
Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and with their suburbs for their cattle and for their
Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the substance.
country. 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of
22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did Israel did, and they divided the land.
the children of Israel slay with the sword among 6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in
them that were slain by them. Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite
23 And the border of the children of Reuben was said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the
Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning
inheritance of the children of Reuben after their me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
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7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward
the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim,
the land; and I brought him word again as it was in which is on the south side of the river: and the
mine heart. border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and
8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly 8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of
followed the LORD my God. Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the
9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top
land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine of the mountain that lieth before the valley of
inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley
thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. of the giants northward:
10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill
he said, these forty and five years, even since the unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and
LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the
of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
am this day fourscore and five years old. 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward
11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of
that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side,
is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to
come in. Timnah:
12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof 11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron
the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron,
day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out
were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were
me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the at the sea.
LORD said. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of
son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. Judah round about according to their families.
14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of 13 ¶ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a
Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this part among the children of Judah, according to the
day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city
of Israel. of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; 14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak,
which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of
And the land had rest from war. Anak.
15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of
CHAPTER 15 Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-
T HIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children sepher.
of Judah by their families; even to the border of 16 ¶ And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher,
Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter
uttermost part of the south coast. to wife.
2 And their south border was from the shore of the 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of
salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter
3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh- to wife.
acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that
on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What
compass to Karkaa: wouldest thou?
4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast
unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that given me a south land; give me also springs of water.
coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether
5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the springs.
end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of of Judah according to their families.
Jordan: 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the
6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed children of Judah toward the coast of Edom
along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
7 And the border went up toward Debir from the 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
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24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, six cities with their villages.
25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, 63 ¶ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of
which is Hazor, Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive
26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children
27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth- of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
palet,
28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and CHAPTER 16
Bizjothjah,
29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
A ND the lot of the children of Joseph fell from
Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on
the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, throughout mount Beth-el,
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth
Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
their villages: 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti,
33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to
Ashnah, Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim,
Enam, took their inheritance.
35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 5 ¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and according to their families was thus: even the border
Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-
37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 6 And the border went out toward the sea to
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, Michmethah on the north side; and the border went
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by
41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and it on the east to Janohah;
Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to
42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at
43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, Jordan.
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine 8 The border went out from Tappuah westward
cities with their villages: unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof
45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of
46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near the children of Ephraim by their families.
Ashdod, with their villages: 9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim
47 Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza were among the inheritance of the children of
with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: 10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt
48 ¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the
Socoh, Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir, CHAPTER 17
50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities
with their villages:
T HERE was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh;
for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for
Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he
53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, had Gilead and Bashan.
54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of
and Zior; nine cities with their villages: Manasseh by their families; for the children of
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the
56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem,
57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their and for the children of Hepher, and for the children
villages: of Shemida: these were the male children of
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six 3 ¶ But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of
cities with their villages: Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had
60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of
Rabbah; two cities with their villages: his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and and Tirzah.
Secacah, 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and
62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the
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princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it
give us an inheritance among our brethren. shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the
Therefore according to the commandment of the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and
LORD he gave them an inheritance among the though they be strong.
brethren of their father.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the CHAPTER 18
land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other
side Jordan; A ND the whole congregation of the children of
Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the
inheritance among his sons: and the rest of land was subdued before them.
Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead. 2 And there remained among the children of Israel
7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to seven tribes, which had not yet received their
Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the inheritance.
border went along on the right hand unto the 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How
inhabitants of En-tappuah. long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the 4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe:
children of Ephraim; and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go
9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, through the land, and describe it according to the
southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are inheritance of them; and they shall come again to
among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh me.
also was on the north side of the river, and the 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah
outgoings of it were at the sea: shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they 6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven
met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I
on the east. may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth- 7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the
shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad,
the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have
inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east,
inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three 8 ¶ And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua
countries. charged them that went to describe the land, saying,
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and
the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you
would dwell in that land. before the LORD in Shiloh.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel 9 And the men went and passed through the land,
were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to and described it by cities into seven parts in a book,
tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
14 And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, 10 ¶ And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before
saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto
portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, the children of Israel according to their divisions.
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 11 ¶ And the lot of the tribe of the children of
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great Benjamin came up according to their families: and
people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut the coast of their lot came forth between the children
down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites of Judah and the children of Joseph.
and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow 12 And their border on the north side was from
for thee. Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not on the north side, and went up through the
enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in mountains westward; and the goings out thereof
the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who 13 And the border went over from thence toward
are of the valley of Jezreel. Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth-el, southward;
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the
to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth-
great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not horon.
have one lot only: 14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed
18 But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that
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lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon
out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath- according to their families.
jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the 9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the
west quarter. inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of
15 And the south quarter was from the end of the children of Judah was too much for them:
Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, therefore the children of Simeon had their
and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: inheritance within the inheritance of them.
16 And the border came down to the end of the 10 ¶ And the third lot came up for the children of
mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Zebulun according to their families: and the border
Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, 11 And their border went up toward the sea, and
to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to
En-rogel, the river that is before Jokneam;
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to 12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the
En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and
is over against the going up of Adummim, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, 13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to
18 And passed along toward the side over against Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to
Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: Remmon-methoar to Neah;
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth- 14 And the border compasseth it on the north side
hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the
were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end valley of Jiphthah-el:
of Jordan: this was the south coast. 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their
This was the inheritance of the children of villages.
Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, 16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun
according to their families. according to their families, these cities with their
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of villages.
Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, 17 ¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the
and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, children of Issachar according to their families.
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, Chesulloth, and Shunem,
24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; 19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
twelve cities with their villages: 20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, 21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, and Beth-pazzez;
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings
Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with
villages. This is the inheritance of the children of their villages.
Benjamin according to their families. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children
of Issachar according to their families, the cities and
CHAPTER 19 their villages.
A ND the second lot came forth to Simeon, even 24 ¶ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the
for the tribe of the children of Simeon according children of Asher according to their families.
to their families: and their inheritance was within 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and
the inheritance of the children of Judah. Beten, and Achshaph,
2 And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and
Sheba, and Moladah, reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar- Jiphthah-el toward the north side of Beth-emek, and
susah, Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and
and their villages: Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities 29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the
and their villages: strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and
8 And all the villages that were round about these the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to
cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the south. This is Achzib:
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30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and country.
two cities with their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children CHAPTER 20
of Asher according to their families, these cities with
their villages. T HE LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint
32 ¶ The sixth lot came out to the children of out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you
Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according by the hand of Moses:
to their families. 3 That the slayer that killeth any person unawares
33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be
Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: 4 And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities
34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth- shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and
tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that
reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and
to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
toward the sunrising. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand;
Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, hated him not beforetime.
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth- before the congregation for judgment, and until the
anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their death of the high priest that shall be in those days:
villages. then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children city, and unto his own house, unto the city from
of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and whence he fled.
their villages. 7 ¶ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount
40 ¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and
children of Dan according to their families. Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of
41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Judah.
Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 8 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward,
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of
45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, the tribe of Manasseh.
46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border 9 These were the cities appointed for all the children
before Japho. of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among
47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares
little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the
to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it avenger of blood, until he stood before the
with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and congregation.
dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the CHAPTER 21
name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children T HEN came near the heads of the fathers of the
Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua
of Dan according to their families, these cities with the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of
their villages. the tribes of the children of Israel;
49 ¶ When they had made an end of dividing the 2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of
land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand
Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the
among them: suburbs thereof for our cattle.
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out
the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in of their inheritance, at the commandment of the
mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
therein. 4 And the lot came out for the families of the
51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest,
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe
the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of
divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot
congregation. So they made an end of dividing the out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out
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of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of 27 ¶ And unto the children of Gershon, of the
Manasseh, ten cities. families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of
6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her
families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her
7 The children of Merari by their families had out of suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her
out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. suburbs; four cities.
8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her
Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
commanded by the hand of Moses. 31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her
9 ¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of suburbs; four cities.
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of 32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
name, slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and
10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, 33 All the cities of the Gershonites according to their
had: for theirs was the first lot. families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of 34 ¶ And unto the families of the children of Merari,
Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her
12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, suburbs,
gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her
possession. suburbs; four cities.
13 ¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the 36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her
priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs; four cities.
her suburbs, 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer;
suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her
suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine suburbs; four cities in all.
cities out of those two tribes. 40 So all the cities for the children of Merari by their
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with families, which were remaining of the families of the
her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her 41 All the cities of the Levites within the possession
suburbs; four cities. of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, with their suburbs.
were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs
20 ¶ And the families of the children of Kohath, the round about them: thus were all these cities.
Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, 43 ¶ And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land
even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they
Ephraim. possessed it, and dwelt therein.
21 For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about,
mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and
and Gezer with her suburbs, there stood not a man of all their enemies before
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their
with her suburbs; four cities. hand.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her 45 There failed not ought of any good thing which
suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon with her came to pass.
suburbs; four cities.
25 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach CHAPTER 22
with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her
suburbs; two cities. T HEN Joshua called the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
26 All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the 2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses
families of the children of Kohath that remained. the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have
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obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake
3 Ye have not left your brethren these many days with them, saying,
unto this day, but have kept the charge of the 16 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD,
commandment of the LORD your God. What trespass is this that ye have committed against
4 And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto the God of Israel, to turn away this day from
your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an
return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
land of your possession, which Moses the servant of 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which
the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. we are not cleansed until this day, although there
5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD 18 But that ye must turn away this day from
charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to
walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be
and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
your heart and with all your soul. 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be
6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the
they went unto their tents. possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD’s
7 ¶ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us:
Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us,
other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD
on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent our God.
them away also unto their tents, then he blessed 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a
them, trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all
8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return with the congregation of Israel? and that man perished
much riches unto your tents, and with very much not alone in his iniquity.
cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and 21 ¶ Then the children of Reuben and the children
with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and
spoil of your enemies with your brethren. said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
9 ¶ And the children of Reuben and the children of 22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he
Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in
departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD,
which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the (save us not this day,)
country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from
whereof they were possessed, according to the word following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt
of the LORD by the hand of Moses. offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace
10 ¶ And when they came unto the borders of offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children 24 And if we have not rather done it for fear of this
of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe thing, saying, In time to come your children might
of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do
altar to see to. with the LORD God of Israel?
11 ¶ And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the 25 For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of
half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your
against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, children make our children cease from fearing the
at the passage of the children of Israel. LORD.
12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us
whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war 27 But that it may be a witness between us, and you,
against them. and our generations after us, that we might do the
13 And the children of Israel sent unto the children service of the LORD before him with our burnt
of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace
half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, offerings; that your children may not say to our
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, children in time to come, Ye have no part in the
14 And with him ten princes, of each chief house a LORD.
prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each 28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they
one was an head of the house of their fathers among should so say to us or to our generations in time to
the thousands of Israel. come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of
15 ¶ And they came unto the children of Reuben, the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not
and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a
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witness between us and you. 8 But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have
29 God forbid that we should rebel against the done unto this day.
LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to 9 For the LORD hath driven out from before you
build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, great nations and strong: but as for you, no man
or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
God that is before his tabernacle. 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the
30 ¶ And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he
of the congregation and heads of the thousands of hath promised you.
Israel which were with him, heard the words that the 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye
children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the love the LORD your God.
children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto
31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said the remnant of these nations, even these that remain
unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of among you, and shall make marriages with them,
Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we and go in unto them, and they to you:
perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have 13 Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will
not committed this trespass against the LORD: now no more drive out any of these nations from before
ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and
hand of the LORD. scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until
32 ¶ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and ye perish from off this good land which the LORD
the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, your God hath given you.
and from the children of Gad, out of the land of 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all
Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all
Israel, and brought them word again. your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the
33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and good things which the LORD your God spake
the children of Israel blessed God, and did not concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and
intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the not one thing hath failed thereof.
land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good
34 And the children of Reuben and the children of things are come upon you, which the LORD your
Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon
between us that the LORD is God. you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from
off this good land which the LORD your God hath
CHAPTER 23 given you.
A ND it came to pass a long time after that the 16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the
LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their LORD your God, which he commanded you, and
enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and have gone and served other gods, and bowed
stricken in age. yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD
2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly
elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and from off the good land which he hath given unto
for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and you.
stricken in age:
3 And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath CHAPTER 24
done unto all these nations because of you; for the
LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. A ND Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and
4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these for their heads, and for their judges, and for their
nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your officers; and they presented themselves before God.
tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have 2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the
cut off, even unto the great sea westward. LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other
5 And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father
before you, and drive them from out of your sight; of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they
and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your served other gods.
God hath promised unto you. 3 And I took your father Abraham from the other
6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do side of the flood, and led him throughout all the
all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave
that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or him Isaac.
to the left; 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave
7 That ye come not among these nations, these that unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and
remain among you; neither make mention of the his children went down into Egypt.
name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt,
neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: according to that which I did among them: and
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afterward I brought you out. 18 And the LORD drave out from before us all the
6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land:
came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our
your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the God.
Red sea. 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve
7 And when they cried unto the LORD, he put the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God;
darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods,
your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume
ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. you, after that he hath done you good.
8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will
which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they serve the LORD.
fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses
that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD,
them from before you. to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods
and warred against Israel, and sent and called which are among you, and incline your heart unto
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: the LORD God of Israel.
10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore 24 And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our
he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
hand. 25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that
11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in
and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Shechem.
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, 26 ¶ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of
and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up
and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the
hand. LORD.
12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this
them out from before you, even the two kings of the stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all
Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it
13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny
labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in your God.
them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye 28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto
planted not do ye eat. his inheritance.
14 ¶ Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in 29 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that
sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD,
your fathers served on the other side of the flood, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. 30 And they buried him in the border of his
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount
choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
gods which your fathers served that were on the 31 And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua,
other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua,
in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, and which had known all the works of the LORD,
we will serve the LORD. that he had done for Israel.
16 And the people answered and said, God forbid 32 ¶ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of
that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in
gods; Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought
17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an
and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the hundred pieces of silver: and it became the
house of bondage, and which did those great signs in inheritance of the children of Joseph.
our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they
went, and among all the people through whom we buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his
passed: son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

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CHAPTER 1
N OW after the death of Joshua it came to pass,
that the children of Israel asked the LORD,
saying, Who shall go up for us against the
Canaanites first, to fight against them?
2 And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I
have delivered the land into his hand.
3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up
with me into my lot, that we may fight against the
Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy
lot. So Simeon went with him.
4 And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the
Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and
they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they
fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites
and the Perizzites.
6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him,
and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great
toes.
7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings,
having their thumbs and their great toes cut off,
gathered their meat under my table: as I have done,
so God hath requited me. And they brought him to
Jerusalem, and there he died.
8 Now the children of Judah had fought against
Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the
edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
9 ¶ And afterward the children of Judah went down
to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the
mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.
10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt
in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was
Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai.
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants
of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-
sepher:
12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher,
and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter
to wife.
13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger
brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his
daughter to wife.
14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that
she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she
lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her,
What wilt thou?
15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for
thou hast given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper
springs and the nether springs.
16 ¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in
law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the
children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah,
which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and
dwelt among the people.
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17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and
they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath,
and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city
was called Hormah.
18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and
Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the
coast thereof.
19 And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out
the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive
out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had
chariots of iron.
20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said:
and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out
the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the
Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in
Jerusalem unto this day.
22 ¶ And the house of Joseph, they also went up
against Beth-el: and the LORD was with them.
23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el.
(Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the
city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee,
the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee
mercy.
25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the
city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword;
but they let go the man and all his family.
26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites,
and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz:
which is the name thereof unto this day.
27 ¶ Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants
of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her
towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns,
nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the
inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land.
28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that
they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not
utterly drive them out.
29 ¶ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites
that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in
Gezer among them.
30 ¶ Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants
of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the
Canaanites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
31 ¶ Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of
Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab,
nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of
Rehob:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites,
the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive
them out.
33 ¶ Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants
of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath;
but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants
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of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth- 15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the
shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had
them. said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and
34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into they were greatly distressed.
the mountain: for they would not suffer them to 16 ¶ Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which
come down to the valley: delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled
35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in them.
Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house 17 And yet they would not hearken unto their
of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. judges, but they went a whoring after other gods,
36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going and bowed themselves unto them: they turned
up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in,
obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they
CHAPTER 2 did not so.
A ND an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal 18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then
to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out
Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge:
sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never for it repented the LORD because of their groanings
break my covenant with you. by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed
2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants them.
of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead,
have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? that they returned, and corrupted themselves more
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out than their fathers, in following other gods to serve
from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not
sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. from their own doings, nor from their stubborn
4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD way.
spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that 20 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against
the people lifted up their voice, and wept. Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath
5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: transgressed my covenant which I commanded their
and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
6 ¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the 21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from
children of Israel went every man unto his before them of the nations which Joshua left when
inheritance to possess the land. he died:
7 And the people served the LORD all the days of 22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether
Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein,
Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the as their fathers did keep it, or not.
LORD, that he did for Israel. 23 Therefore the LORD left those nations, without
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them
LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. into the hand of Joshua.
9 And they buried him in the border of his
inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount of CHAPTER 3
Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto N OW these are the nations which the LORD left,
to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel
their fathers: and there arose another generation as had not known all the wars of Canaan;
after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the 2 Only that the generations of the children of Israel
works which he had done for Israel. might know, to teach them war, at the least such as
11 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of before knew nothing thereof;
the LORD, and served Baalim: 3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that
which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-hermon
followed other gods, of the gods of the people that unto the entering in of Hamath.
were round about them, and bowed themselves unto 4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know
them, and provoked the LORD to anger. whether they would hearken unto the
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and commandments of the LORD, which he commanded
Ashtaroth. their fathers by the hand of Moses.
14 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was hot against 5 ¶ And the children of Israel dwelt among the
Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites,
spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the and Hivites, and Jebusites:
hands of their enemies round about, so that they 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives,
could not any longer stand before their enemies. and gave their daughters to their sons, and served
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their gods. when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in
the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served his summer chamber.
Baalim and the groves. 25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and,
8 ¶ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour;
Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan- therefore they took a key, and opened them: and,
rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed
9 And when the children of Israel cried unto the beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children 27 And it came to pass, when he was come, that he
of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the
of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. children of Israel went down with him from the
10 And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and mount, and he before them.
he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD 28 And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the
delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into
into his hand; and his hand prevailed against your hand. And they went down after him, and took
Chushan-rishathaim. the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a
11 And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel man to pass over.
the son of Kenaz died. 29 And they slew of Moab at that time about ten
12 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and
sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon there escaped not a man.
the king of Moab against Israel, because they had 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of
done evil in the sight of the LORD. Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
13 And he gathered unto him the children of 31 ¶ And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath,
Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with
and possessed the city of palm trees. an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
14 So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of
Moab eighteen years. CHAPTER 4
15 But when the children of Israel cried unto the
LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the A ND the children of Israel again did evil in the
sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by 2 And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin
him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of
the king of Moab. whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of
16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had two the Gentiles.
edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his 3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for
raiment upon his right thigh. he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty
17 And he brought the present unto Eglon king of years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. 4 ¶ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,
18 And when he had made an end to offer the she judged Israel at that time.
present, he sent away the people that bare the 5 And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah
present. between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and
19 But he himself turned again from the quarries the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand 6 And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam
unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not
that stood by him went out from him. the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and
20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten
summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the
And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto children of Zebulun?
thee. And he arose out of his seat. 7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots
dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine
belly: hand.
22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the 8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me,
fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I
the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. will not go.
23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and 9 And she said, I will surely go with thee:
shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall
them. not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell
24 When he was gone out, his servants came; and Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah
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arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. CHAPTER 5
10 ¶ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to
Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at
his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
T HEN sang Deborah and Barak the son of
Abinoam on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children the people willingly offered themselves.
of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I,
himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the
the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. LORD God of Israel.
12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of 4 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou
Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth
13 And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also
nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people dropped water.
that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even
unto the river of Kishon. that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the
day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the
thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So travellers walked through byways.
Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased
thousand men after him. in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a
15 And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his mother in Israel.
chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates:
before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his was there a shield or spear seen among forty
chariot, and fled away on his feet. thousand in Israel?
16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that
the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless
host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and ye the LORD.
there was not a man left. 10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of judgment, and walk by the way.
Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers
between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of in the places of drawing water, there shall they
Heber the Kenite. rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the
18 ¶ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in
him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to
when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she the gates.
covered him with a mantle. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a
19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive,
water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a thou son of Abinoam.
bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. 13 Then he made him that remaineth have
20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the dominion over the nobles among the people: the
tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that 14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against
thou shalt say, No. Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out
21 Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and of Machir came down governors, and out of
took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
him, and smote the nail into his temples, and 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot
and weary. So he died. into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there
22 And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came were great thoughts of heart.
out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear
will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of
when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
and the nail was in his temples. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan
23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore,
Canaan before the children of Israel. and abode in his breaches.
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, 18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that
and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high
they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings
of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo;
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they took no gain of money. LORD.
20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their 7 ¶ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel
courses fought against Sisera. cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites,
21 The river of Kishon swept them away, that 8 That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of
ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD
trodden down strength. God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and
22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. 9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the
23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed
ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came you, and drave them out from before you, and gave
not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD you their land;
against the mighty. 10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God;
24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye
the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
the tent. 11 ¶ And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat
25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained
brought forth butter in a lordly dish. unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon
26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the
to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer Midianites.
she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him,
had pierced and stricken through his temples. and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou
27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her mighty man of valour.
feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the
down dead. LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and
28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,
cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?
in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned into the hands of the Midianites.
answer to herself, 14 And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in
30 Have they not sped? have they not divided the this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the
prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of 15 And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith
needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in
sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let 16 And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with
them that love him be as the sun when he goeth thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. man.
17 And he said unto him, If now I have found grace
CHAPTER 6 in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest
A ND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of with me.
the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the 18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto
hand of Midian seven years. thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before
2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
and because of the Midianites the children of Israel 19 ¶ And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and
made them the dens which are in the mountains, unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he
and caves, and strong holds. put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and
3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the brought it out unto him under the oak, and
Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the presented it.
children of the east, even they came up against them; 20 And the angel of God said unto him, Take the
4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon
the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor 21 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of
ox, nor ass. the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh
5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out
and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the
both they and their camels were without number: unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD
and they entered into the land to destroy it. departed out of his sight.
6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel
Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for
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because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger
23 And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let
fear not: thou shalt not die. me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece;
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all
and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet the ground let there be dew.
in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon
25 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young
bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, CHAPTER 7
and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father
hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: T HEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the
people that were with him, rose up early, and
26 And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of
the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the Midianites were on the north side of them, by
the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that
27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and are with thee are too many for me to give the
did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt
because he feared his father’s household, and the themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath
men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that saved me.
he did it by night. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the
28 ¶ And when the men of the city arose early in the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let
morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, him return and depart early from mount Gilead.
and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the And there returned of the people twenty and two
second bullock was offered upon the altar that was thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
built. 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are
29 And they said one to another, Who hath done yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I
this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of
said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the
30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say
out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall
down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut not go.
down the grove that was by it. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water:
31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that
Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every
morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.
because one hath cast down his altar. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their
32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but
saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath all the rest of the people bowed down upon their
thrown down his altar. knees to drink water.
33 ¶ Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three
the children of the east were gathered together, and hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver
went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other
34 But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, people go every man unto his place.
and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their
after him. trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man
35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; unto his tent, and retained those three hundred
who also was gathered after him: and he sent men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the
messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto valley.
Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. 9 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the
36 ¶ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the
Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah
if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon thy servant down to the host:
all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward
save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto
38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the the host. Then went he down with Phurah his
morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed servant unto the outside of the armed men that were
the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. in the host.
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12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock
the children of the east lay along in the valley like Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb,
grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb
without number, as the sand by the sea side for and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a CHAPTER 8
man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said,
Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley A ND the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why
hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us
bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?
unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned And they did chide with him sharply.
it, that the tent lay along. 2 And he said unto them, What have I done now in
14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes
else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of
Midian, and all the host. Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in
15 ¶ And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of comparison of you? Then their anger was abated
the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he toward him, when he had said that.
worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and 4 ¶ And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he,
said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your and the three hundred men that were with him,
hand the host of Midian. faint, yet pursuing them.
16 And he divided the three hundred men into three 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray
companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me;
hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and
pitchers. Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do 6 ¶ And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of
likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we
the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. should give bread unto thine army?
18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath
with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand,
side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the
and of Gideon. wilderness and with briers.
19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with 8 ¶ And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake
him, came unto the outside of the camp in the unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered
beginning of the middle watch; and they had but him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying,
brake the pitchers that were in their hands. When I come again in peace, I will break down this
20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and tower.
brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left 10 ¶ Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and
hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men,
withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the
of Gideon. east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand
21 And they stood every man in his place round men that drew sword.
about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and 11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way of them that
fled. dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah,
22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and and smote the host: for the host was secure.
the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued
even throughout all the host: and the host fled to after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah
Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel- and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
meholah, unto Tabbath. 13 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash returned from
23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves battle before the sun was up,
together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out 14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth,
of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. and inquired of him: and he described unto him the
24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers throughout all princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even
mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the threescore and seventeen men.
Midianites, and take before them the waters unto 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said,
Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did
Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and
waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give
25 And they took two princes of the Midianites, bread unto thy men that are weary?
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16 And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of god.
the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught 34 And the children of Israel remembered not the
the men of Succoth. LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the
17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew hands of all their enemies on every side:
the men of the city. 35 Neither shewed they kindness to the house of
18 ¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the
manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each
one resembled the children of a king. CHAPTER 9
19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the
sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had
saved them alive, I would not slay you.
A ND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to
Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and
communed with them, and with all the family of the
20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and house of his mother’s father, saying,
slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of
feared, because he was yet a youth. Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten
fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you?
Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ 3 And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears
necks. of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their
22 ¶ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said,
thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s He is our brother.
son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of 4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of
Midian. silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith
23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which
you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD followed him.
shall rule over you. 5 And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah,
24 ¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being
request of you, that ye would give me every man the threescore and ten persons, upon one stone:
earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of
because they were Ishmaelites.) Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. 6 And all the men of Shechem gathered together,
And they spread a garment, and did cast therein and all the house of Millo, and went, and made
every man the earrings of his prey. Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in
26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he Shechem.
requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels 7 ¶ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and
of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his
raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto
the chains that were about their camels’ necks. me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto
27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in you.
his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king
whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign
Gideon, and to his house. thou over us.
28 ¶ Thus was Midian subdued before the children 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave
of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and
And the country was in quietness forty years in the man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
days of Gideon. 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and
29 ¶ And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt reign over us.
in his own house. 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake
30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be
body begotten: for he had many wives. promoted over the trees?
31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou,
bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. and reign over us.
32 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my
age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be
father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. promoted over the trees?
33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, 14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come
that the children of Israel turned again, and went a thou, and reign over us.
whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye
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anoint me king over you, then come and put your brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they
trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of fortify the city against thee.
the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people
16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly and that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as
if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the
and have done unto him according to the deserving city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with
of his hands; him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to
17 (For my father fought for you, and adventured them as thou shalt find occasion.
his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of 34 ¶ And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that
Midian: were with him, by night, and they laid wait against
18 And ye are risen up against my father’s house this Shechem in four companies.
day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in
persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech
the son of his maidservant, king over the men of rose up, and the people that were with him, from
Shechem, because he is your brother;) lying in wait.
19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul,
Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye Behold, there come people down from the top of the
in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the
20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See there come
and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and people down by the middle of the land, and another
from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy
and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech,
22 ¶ When Abimelech had reigned three years over that we should serve him? is not this the people that
Israel, thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight
23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech with them.
and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem 39 And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem,
dealt treacherously with Abimelech: and fought with Abimelech.
24 That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before
sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even
laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; unto the entering of the gate.
and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul
the killing of his brethren. thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should
25 And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him not dwell in Shechem.
in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
came along that way by them: and it was told people went out into the field; and they told
Abimelech. Abimelech.
26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, 43 And he took the people, and divided them into
and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem three companies, and laid wait in the field, and
put their confidence in him. looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out
27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote
their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made them.
merry, and went into the house of their god, and did 44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with
eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of
28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran
Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew
serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul them.
his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that
Shechem: for why should we serve him? day; and he took the city, and slew the people that
29 And would to God this people were under my was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it
hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said with salt.
to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 46 ¶ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem
30 ¶ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of
words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was the god Berith.
kindled. 47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the
31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, tower of Shechem were gathered together.
saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he
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and all the people that were with him; and Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land
Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over
shoulder, and said unto the people that were with Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against
him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that
as I have done. Israel was sore distressed.
49 And all the people likewise cut down every man 10 ¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD,
his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to saying, We have sinned against thee, both because
the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about 11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel,
a thousand men and women. Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from
50 ¶ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and
encamped against Thebez, and took it. from the Philistines?
51 But there was a strong tower within the city, and 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the
thither fled all the men and women, and all they of Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I
the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the delivered you out of their hand.
top of the tower. 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods:
52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought wherefore I will deliver you no more.
against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen;
to burn it with fire. let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone 15 ¶ And the children of Israel said unto the LORD,
upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull. We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever
54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray
armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, thee, this day.
and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew 16 And they put away the strange gods from among
him. And his young man thrust him through, and he them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved
died. for the misery of Israel.
55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered
was dead, they departed every man unto his place. together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children
56 ¶ Thus God rendered the wickedness of of Israel assembled themselves together, and
Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying encamped in Mizpeh.
his seventy brethren: 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to
57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God another, What man is he that will begin to fight
render upon their heads: and upon them came the against the children of Ammon? he shall be head
curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11

A ND after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel

Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of
Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and
died, and was buried in Shamir.
3 ¶ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged
Israel twenty and two years.
4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts,
and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-
jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
6 ¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth,
and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the
gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of
Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook
the LORD, and served not him.
7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel,
and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the
children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of
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N OW Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man
of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and
Gilead begat Jephthah.
2 And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s
sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s
house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in
the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men
to Jephthah, and went out with him.
4 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the
children of Ammon made war against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the children of Ammon
made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to
fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:
6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our
captain, that we may fight with the children of
Ammon.
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did
not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s
house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye
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8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed
Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou the Amorites from before his people Israel, and
mayest go with us, and fight against the children of shouldest thou possess it?
Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy
Gilead. god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye our God shall drive out from before us, them will we
bring me home again to fight against the children of possess.
Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall 25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the
I be your head? son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
LORD be witness between us, if we do not so 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns,
according to thy words. and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred
and the people made him head and captain over years? why therefore did ye not recover them within
them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the that time?
LORD in Mizpeh. 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but
12 ¶ And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD
the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to the Judge be judge this day between the children of
do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in Israel and the children of Ammon.
my land? 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he
unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took sent him.
away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, 29 ¶ Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon
from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh,
now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the of Gilead he passed over unto the children of
king of the children of Ammon: Ammon.
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and
took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of
children of Ammon: Ammon into mine hands,
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of
through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in
to Kadesh; peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of the LORD’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy 32 ¶ So Jephthah passed over unto the children of
land: but the king of Edom would not hearken Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD
thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king delivered them into his hands.
of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou
in Kadesh. come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter.
and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before
Moab, and came by the east side of the land of the children of Israel.
Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but 34 ¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house,
came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him
the border of Moab. with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he
him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou
my place. hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto
coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and the LORD, and I cannot go back.
pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast
21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me
all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote according to that which hath proceeded out of thy
them: so Israel possessed all the land of the mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken
Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the
22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, children of Ammon.
from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be
wilderness even unto Jordan. done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go
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up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my 14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that
virginity, I and my fellows. rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged
38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two Israel eight years.
months: and she went with her companions, and 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died,
bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim,
39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, in the mount of the Amalekites.
that she returned unto her father, who did with her
according to his vow which he had vowed: and she CHAPTER 13
knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament A ND the children of Israel did evil again in the
sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
year. 2 ¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the
family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and
CHAPTER 12 his wife was barren, and bare not.

A ND the men of Ephraim gathered themselves 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the
together, and went northward, and said unto woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art
Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and
against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us bear a son.
to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not
with fire. wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people thing:
were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no
when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a
hands. Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall
3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the
life in my hands, and passed over against the Philistines.
children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them 6 ¶ Then the woman came and told her husband,
into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto saying, A man of God came unto me, and his
me this day, to fight against me? countenance was like the countenance of an angel of
4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he
Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of was, neither told he me his name:
Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye 7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive,
Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong
Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child
5 And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day
before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when of his death.
those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me 8 ¶ Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O
go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send
thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do
6 Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and unto the child that shall be born.
he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and
pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew the angel of God came again unto the woman as she
him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not
time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. with her.
7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed
Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man
cities of Gilead. hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other
8 ¶ And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. day.
9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, 11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and
whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the
from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I
years. am.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to
11 ¶ And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we
and he judged Israel ten years. do unto him?
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of
Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
13 ¶ And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a 14 She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the
Pirathonite, judged Israel. vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor
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eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let 5 ¶ Then went Samson down, and his father and his
her observe. mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of
15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against
pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have him.
made ready a kid for thee. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon
16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid,
Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his
and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must father or his mother what he had done.
offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman;
he was an angel of the LORD. and she pleased Samson well.
17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, 8 ¶ And after a time he returned to take her, and he
What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and,
pass we may do thee honour? behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the
18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why carcase of the lion.
askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on
19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and eating, and came to his father and mother, and he
offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them
did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the
on. lion.
20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up 10 ¶ So his father went down unto the woman: and
toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Samson made there a feast; for so used the young
the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And men to do.
Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they
faces to the ground. brought thirty companions to be with him.
21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to 12 ¶ And Samson said unto them, I will now put
Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it
was an angel of the LORD. me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out,
22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of
die, because we have seen God. garments:
23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give
pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And
offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may
would he have shewed us all these things, nor would hear it.
as at this time have told us such things as these. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came
24 ¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name forth meat, and out of the strong came forth
Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed sweetness. And they could not in three days expound
him. the riddle.
25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they
times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he
Eshtaol. may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and
thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take
CHAPTER 14 that we have? is it not so?
A ND Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a 16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said,
woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast
Philistines. put forth a riddle unto the children of my people,
2 And he came up, and told his father and his and hast not told it me. And he said unto her,
mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother,
of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get and shall I tell it thee?
her for me to wife. 17 And she wept before him the seven days, while
3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh
there never a woman among the daughters of thy day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him:
brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the
Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she seventh day before the sun went down, What is
pleaseth me well. sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a
4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed
of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had 19 ¶ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and
dominion over Israel. he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of
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them, and took their spoil, and gave change of shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD
garments unto them which expounded the riddle. came mightily upon him, and the cords that were
And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with
father’s house. fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, 15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put
whom he had used as his friend. forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men
therewith.
CHAPTER 15 16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass,
B UT it came to pass within a while after, in the heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain
time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his a thousand men.
wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
into the chamber. But her father would not suffer speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his
him to go in. hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou 18 ¶ And he was sore athirst, and called on the
hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great
companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now
take her, I pray thee, instead of her. shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the
3 ¶ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I uncircumcised?
be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw,
them a displeasure. and there came water thereout; and when he had
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived:
and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore,
firebrand in the midst between two tails. which is in Lehi unto this day.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines
them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and twenty years.
burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing
corn, with the vineyards and olives. CHAPTER 16
6 ¶ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this?
And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the T HEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an
harlot, and went in unto her.
Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given 2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come
her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for
and burnt her and her father with fire. him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet
7 ¶ And Samson said unto them, Though ye have all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day,
done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that we shall kill him.
I will cease. 3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city,
slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of and the two posts, and went away with them, bar
the rock Etam. and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and
9 ¶ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in carried them up to the top of an hill that is before
Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Hebron.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up 4 ¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a
against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was
we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. Delilah.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her,
top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his
thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what great strength lieth, and by what means we may
is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict
them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven
them. hundred pieces of silver.
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to 6 ¶ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee,
bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou
the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear mightest be bound to afflict thee.
unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. 7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I
bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but be weak, and be as another man.
surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her
with two new cords, and brought him up from the seven green withs which had not been dried, and she
rock. bound him with them.
14 ¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines 9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her
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in the chamber. And she said unto him, The together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath
withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
the fire. So his strength was not known. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our
mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country,
thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. which slew many of us.
11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were
new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may
weak, and be as another man. make us sport. And they called for Samson out of
12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him the prison house; and he made them sport: and they
therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be set him between the pillars.
upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by
abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars
his arms like a thread. whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou them.
hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and
thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there
thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the were upon the roof about three thousand men and
web. women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O
him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and
awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God,
of the beam, and with the web. that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for
15 ¶ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I my two eyes.
love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars
mocked me these three times, and hast not told me upon which the house stood, and on which it was
wherein thy great strength lieth. borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the
16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily other with his left.
with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines.
vexed unto death; And he bowed himself with all his might; and the
17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people
There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his
have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s death were more than they which he slew in his life.
womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father
me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other came down, and took him, and brought him up, and
man. buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the
18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged
heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Israel twenty years.
Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath
shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the CHAPTER 17
Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in
their hand. A ND there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose
name was Micah.
19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred
called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about
seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine
and his strength went from him. ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his
20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred
will go out as at other times before, and shake shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had
myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my
from him. hand for my son, to make a graven image and a
21 ¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto
eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound thee.
him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and
prison house. his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and
22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again gave them to the founder, who made thereof a
after he was shaven. graven image and a molten image: and they were in
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them the house of Micah.
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5 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and with any man.
made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and
of his sons, who became his priest. Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What
6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every say ye?
man did that which was right in his own eyes. 9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against
7 ¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem- them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is
judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and
he sojourned there. to enter to possess the land.
8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth- 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure,
lehem-judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and to a large land: for God hath given it into your
and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of hands; a place where there is no want of any thing
Micah, as he journeyed. that is in the earth.
9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? 11 ¶ And there went from thence of the family of the
And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem- Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six
judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be 12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim,
unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-
shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-
thy victuals. So the Levite went in. jearim.
11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim,
man; and the young man was unto him as one of his and came unto the house of Micah.
sons. 14 ¶ Then answered the five men that went to spy
12 And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young out the country of Laish, and said unto their
man became his priest, and was in the house of brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an
Micah. ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will molten image? now therefore consider what ye have
do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. to do.
15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the
CHAPTER 18 house of the young man the Levite, even unto the
I N those days there was no king in Israel: and in house of Micah, and saluted him.
those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their
inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan,
inheritance had not fallen unto them among the stood by the entering of the gate.
tribes of Israel. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five went up, and came in thither, and took the graven
men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the
and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of
it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who the gate with the six hundred men that were
when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of appointed with weapons of war.
Micah, they lodged there. 18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and
the voice of the young man the Levite: and they the molten image. Then said the priest unto them,
turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought What do ye?
thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine
what hast thou here? hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us
4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest
Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest
priest. unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, 20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the
of God, that we may know whether our way which ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and
we go shall be prosperous. went in the midst of the people.
6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little
the LORD is your way wherein ye go. ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
7 ¶ Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, 22 ¶ And when they were a good way from the house
and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to
careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook
and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, the children of Dan.
that might put them to shame in any thing; and they 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And
were far from the Zidonians, and had no business they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What
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aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night,
24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I and let thine heart be merry.
made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father in
what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
me, What aileth thee? 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day
25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort
thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until
upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of afternoon, and they did eat both of them.
thy household. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his
26 And the children of Dan went their way: and concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the
when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day
he turned and went back unto his house. draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night:
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that
and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you
unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he
the city with fire. rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus,
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two
from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.
and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far
they built a city, and dwelt therein. spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I
29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the
the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Jebusites, and lodge in it.
Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn
first. aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of
30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up the graven the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us
Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in
Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. Gibeah, or in Ramah.
31 And they set them up Micah’s graven image, 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the
which he made, all the time that the house of God sun went down upon them when they were by
was in Shiloh. Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to
CHAPTER 19 lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him
A ND it came to pass in those days, when there down in a street of the city: for there was no man
was no king in Israel, that there was a certain that took them into his house to lodging.
Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, 16 ¶ And, behold, there came an old man from his
who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem- work out of the field at even, which was also of
judah. mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but
2 And his concubine played the whore against him, the men of the place were Benjamites.
and went away from him unto her father’s house to 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a
Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old
months. man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest
3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to thou?
speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-
having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim;
and she brought him into her father’s house: and from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah,
when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and
to meet him. there is no man that receiveth me to house.
4 And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our
him; and he abode with him three days: so they did asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and
eat and drink, and lodged there. for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is
5 ¶ And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: 20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee;
and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge
Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and not in the street.
afterward go your way. 21 So he brought him into his house, and gave
6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet,
them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto and did eat and drink.
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22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry, the house round about upon me by night, and
behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, thought to have slain me: and my concubine have
beset the house round about, and beat at the door, they forced, that she is dead.
and spake to the master of the house, the old man, 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces,
saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine and sent her throughout all the country of the
house, that we may know him. inheritance of Israel: for they have committed
23 And the man, the master of the house, went out lewdness and folly in Israel.
unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, 7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your
nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this advice and counsel.
man is come into mine house, do not this folly. 8 ¶ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We
24 Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of
concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble us turn into his house.
ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto 9 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to
you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it;
25 But the men would not hearken to him: so the 10 And we will take ten men of an hundred
man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of
them; and they knew her, and abused her all the a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to
night until the morning: and when the day began to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when
spring, they let her go. they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all
26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
and fell down at the door of the man’s house where 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the
her lord was, till it was light. city, knit together as one man.
27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened 12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the
the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this
and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen that is done among you?
down at the door of the house, and her hands were 13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of
upon the threshold. Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to
28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. death, and put away evil from Israel. But the
But none answered. Then the man took her up upon children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice
an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his of their brethren the children of Israel:
place. 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves
29 ¶ And when he was come into his house, he took together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to
a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided battle against the children of Israel.
her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered at
sent her into all the coasts of Israel. that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand
30 And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of
no such deed done nor seen from the day that the Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred
children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt chosen men.
unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred
your minds. chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones
at an hair breadth, and not miss.
CHAPTER 20 17 And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were
T HEN all the children of Israel went out, and the numbered four hundred thousand men that drew
congregation was gathered together as one man, sword: all these were men of war.
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of 18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went up to
Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and
2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle
of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD
people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that said, Judah shall go up first.
drew sword. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning,
3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the and encamped against Gibeah.
children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle against
said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in
wickedness? array to fight against them at Gibeah.
4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of
was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the
that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
lodge. 22 And the people the men of Israel encouraged
5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset themselves, and set their battle again in array in the
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place where they put themselves in array the first 38 Now there was an appointed sign between the
day. men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should
23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the
before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the city.
LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the 39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle,
children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel
said, Go up against him.) about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are
24 And the children of Israel came near against the smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
children of Benjamin the second day. 40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked
Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city
ground of the children of Israel again eighteen ascended up to heaven.
thousand men; all these drew the sword. 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, the
26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil
people, went up, and came unto the house of God, was come upon them.
and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men
that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the
peace offerings before the LORD. battle overtook them; and them which came out of
27 And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
(for the ark of the covenant of God was there in 43 Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about,
those days, and chased them, and trode them down with ease
28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand
yet again go out to battle against the children of men; all these were men of valour.
Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness
said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them
thine hand. in the highways five thousand men; and pursued
29 And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand
30 And the children of Israel went up against the men of them.
children of Benjamin on the third day, and put 46 So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were
themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword;
31 And the children of Benjamin went out against all these were men of valour.
the people, and were drawn away from the city; and 47 But six hundred men turned and fled to the
they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the
other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up rock Rimmon four months.
to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the
field, about thirty men of Israel. children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge
32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the
smitten down before us, as at the first. But the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire
children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them all the cities that they came to.
from the city unto the highways.
33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their CHAPTER 21
place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and
the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their N OW the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh,
saying, There shall not any of us give his
daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand 2 And the people came to the house of God, and
chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: abode there till even before God, and lifted up their
but they knew not that evil was near them. voices, and wept sore;
35 And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and 3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come
the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe
that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred lacking in Israel?
men: all these drew the sword. 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were people rose early, and built there an altar, and
smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there
wait which they had set beside Gibeah. among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made
Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, a great oath concerning him that came not up to the
and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to
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death. the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
6 And the children of Israel repented them for 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for
Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not
cut off from Israel this day. destroyed out of Israel.
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our
seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn,
give them of our daughters to wives? saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
8 ¶ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of 19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the
Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the
behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh- north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway
gilead to the assembly. that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the
9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there south of Lebonah.
were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 20 Therefore they commanded the children of
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the
thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded vineyards;
them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of 21 And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh
Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of
women and the children. the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of
11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of
utterly destroy every male, and every woman that Benjamin.
hath lain by man. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh- brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say
gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes:
no man by lying with any male: and they brought because we reserved not to each man his wife in the
them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that
of Canaan. ye should be guilty.
13 And the whole congregation sent some to speak to 23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took
the children of Benjamin that were in the rock them wives, according to their number, of them that
Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. danced, whom they caught: and they went and
14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the
gave them wives which they had saved alive of the cities, and dwelt in them.
women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that
them not. time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and
15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, they went out from thence every man to his
because that the LORD had made a breach in the inheritance.
tribes of Israel. 25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every
16 ¶ Then the elders of the congregation said, How man did that which was right in his own eyes.
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CHAPTER 1
N OW it came to pass in the days when the judges
ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And
a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn
in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two
sons.
2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the
name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two
sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-
lehem-judah. And they came into the country of
Moab, and continued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomi’s husband died; and she was
left, and her two sons.
4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab;
the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the
other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them;
and the woman was left of her two sons and her
husband.
6 ¶ Then she arose with her daughters in law, that
she might return from the country of Moab: for she
had heard in the country of Moab how that the
LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where
she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and
they went on the way to return unto the land of
Judah.
8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law,
Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD
deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead,
and with me.
9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of
you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed
them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with
thee unto thy people.
11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why
will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my
womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am
too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have
hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and
should also bear sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?
would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay,
my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes
that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again:
and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave
unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone
back unto her people, and unto her gods: return
thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to
return from following after thee: for whither thou
goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge:
thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
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17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be
buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if
ought but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to
go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
19 ¶ So they two went until they came to Beth-
lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to
Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them,
and they said, Is this Naomi?
20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call
me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly
with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me
home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi,
seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the
Almighty hath afflicted me?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her
daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the
country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in
the beginning of barley harvest.
CHAPTER 2
A ND Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a
mighty man of wealth, of the family of
Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me
now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him
in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto
her, Go, my daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field
after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part
of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the
kindred of Elimelech.
4 ¶ And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and
said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And
they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over
the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
6 And the servant that was set over the reapers
answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that
came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather
after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came,
and hath continued even from the morning until
now, that she tarried a little in the house.
8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my
daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither
go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and
go thou after them: have I not charged the young
men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou
art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that
which the young men have drawn.
10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to
the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found
grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take
knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
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11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put
fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the
thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: floor: but make not thyself known unto the man,
and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt
people which thou knewest not heretofore. mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go
12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he
reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, will tell thee what thou shalt do.
under whose wings thou art come to trust. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto
13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my me I will do.
lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that 6 ¶ And she went down unto the floor, and did
thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, according to all that her mother in law bade her.
though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his
14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of
hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the heap of corn: and she came softly, and
the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was 8 ¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that the man
sufficed, and left. was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a
15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz woman lay at his feet.
commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I
even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt
16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my
rebuke her not. daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the
17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou
out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
of barley. 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee
18 ¶ And she took it up, and went into the city: and all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people
her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman:
after she was sufficed. howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning,
thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? that if he will perform unto thee the part of a
blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman’s part: but if
she shewed her mother in law with whom she had he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then
wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD
wrought to day is Boaz. liveth: lie down until the morning.
20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, 14 ¶ And she lay at his feet until the morning: and
Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his she rose up before one could know another. And he
kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said, Let it not be known that a woman came into
said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of the floor.
our next kinsmen. 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon
21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured
also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she
they have ended all my harvest. went into the city.
22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, 16 And when she came to her mother in law, she
It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her
maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. all that the man had done to her.
23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean 17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he
unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy
and dwelt with her mother in law. mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou
CHAPTER 3 know how the matter will fall: for the man will not
T HEN Naomi her mother in law said unto her, be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it
may be well with thee? CHAPTER 4
2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose
maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to
night in the threshingfloor.
T HEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him
down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom
Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a
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one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are
and sat down. witnesses this day.
2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the
said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the
3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and
come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:
parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in
4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it Beth-lehem:
before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez,
people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the
wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after 13 ¶ So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and
thee. And he said, I will redeem it. when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of conception, and she bare a son.
the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the
the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a
name of the dead upon his inheritance. kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
6 ¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life,
myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in
thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than
7 Now this was the manner in former time in Israel seven sons, hath born him.
concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her
to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, bosom, and became nurse unto it.
and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name,
testimony in Israel. saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they
8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the
thee. So he drew off his shoe. father of David.
9 ¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the 18 ¶ Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez
people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought begat Hezron,
all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s 19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat
and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi. Amminadab,
10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of 20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon
Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up begat Salmon,
the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,
name of the dead be not cut off from among his 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 1 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the

N OW there was a certain man of Ramathaim- God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast
zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was asked of him.
Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in
son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat,
2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was and her countenance was no more sad.
Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and 19 ¶ And they rose up in the morning early, and
Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and
children. came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew
3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in 20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was
Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and come about after Hannah had conceived, that she
Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
4 ¶ And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he Because I have asked him of the LORD.
gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up
her daughters, portions: to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his
5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he vow.
loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her
6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned,
make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her and then I will bring him, that he may appear before
womb. the LORD, and there abide for ever.
7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what
the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned
therefore she wept, and did not eat. him; only the LORD establish his word. So the
8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, woman abode, and gave her son suck until she
why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and weaned him.
why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than 24 ¶ And when she had weaned him, she took him
ten sons? up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of
9 ¶ So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto
Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was
sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. young.
10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to
unto the LORD, and wept sore. Eli.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, 26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my
if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here,
handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine praying unto the LORD.
handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man 27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given
child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days me my petition which I asked of him:
of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his 28 Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as
head. long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he
12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying worshipped the LORD there.
before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips CHAPTER 2
moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli
thought she had been drunken. A ND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart
rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in
14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies;
drunken? put away thy wine from thee. because I rejoice in thy salvation.
15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none
am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not
my soul before the LORD. arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is
16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of a God of knowledge, and by him actions are
Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint weighed.
and grief have I spoken hitherto. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they
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that stumbled are girded with strength. 22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons
5 They that were full have hired out themselves for did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women
bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the
barren hath born seven; and she that hath many congregation.
children is waxed feeble. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things?
6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
down to the grave, and bringeth up. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear:
7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he ye make the LORD’s people to transgress.
bringeth low, and lifteth up. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who
up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they
princes, and to make them inherit the throne of hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because
glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and the LORD would slay them.
he hath set the world upon them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour
9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked both with the LORD, and also with men.
shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no 27 ¶ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and
man prevail. said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly
10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to appear unto the house of thy father, when they were
pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel
shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn
of his anointed. incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And unto the house of thy father all the offerings made
the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the by fire of the children of Israel?
priest. 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine
12 ¶ Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they offering, which I have commanded in my habitation;
knew not the LORD. and honourest thy sons above me, to make
13 And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of
when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant Israel my people?
came, while the flesh was in seething, with a 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said
fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father,
14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD
caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I
priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly
the Israelites that came thither. esteemed.
15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant 31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine
came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there
to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden shall not be an old man in thine house.
flesh of thee, but raw. 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in
16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there
to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off
but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and
by force. to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine
17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very house shall die in the flower of their age.
great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come
of the LORD. upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one
18 ¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a day they shall die both of them.
child, girded with a linen ephod. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall
19 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and do according to that which is in mine heart and in
brought it to him from year to year, when she came my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he
up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
20 ¶ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is
The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for
which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say,
own home. Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices,
21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she that I may eat a piece of bread.
conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters.
And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
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CHAPTER 3 20 And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew

A ND the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the
before Eli. And the word of the LORD was LORD.
precious in those days; there was no open vision. 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the
2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the
down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, word of the LORD.
that he could not see;
3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of CHAPTER 4
the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel
was laid down to sleep; A ND the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now
Israel went out against the Philistines to battle,
4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines
Here am I. pitched in Aphek.
5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against
calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was
And he went and lay down. smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the
6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And army in the field about four thousand men.
Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; 3 ¶ And when the people were come into the camp,
for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD
my son; lie down again. smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh
was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save
8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. us out of the hand of our enemies.
And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring
for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of
LORD had called the child. hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and
9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there
it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, with the ark of the covenant of God.
LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD
lay down in his place. came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great
10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at shout, so that the earth rang again.
other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the
answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this
11 ¶ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they
a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one understood that the ark of the LORD was come into
that heareth it shall tingle. the camp.
12 In that day I will perform against Eli all things 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God
which I have spoken concerning his house: when I is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us!
begin, I will also make an end. for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for 8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand
ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote
sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
not. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye
14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews,
that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men,
with sacrifice nor offering for ever. and fight.
15 ¶ And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened 10 ¶ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was
the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and
feared to shew Eli the vision. there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. Israel thirty thousand footmen.
And he answered, Here am I. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons
17 And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God 12 ¶ And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the
do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his
from me of all the things that he said unto thee. clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the
from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark
what seemeth him good. of God. And when the man came into the city, and
19 ¶ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, told it, all the city cried out.
and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he
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said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And Dagon our god.
the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 8 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of
15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we
eyes were dim, that he could not see. do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they
16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried
of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the
he said, What is there done, my son? God of Israel about thither.
17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about,
fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very
great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons great destruction: and he smote the men of the city,
also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of both small and great, and they had emerods in their
God is taken. secret parts.
18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of 10 ¶ Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron.
the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to
backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to
he had judged Israel forty years. us, to slay us and our people.
19 ¶ And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of
with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the
the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place,
her father in law and her husband were dead, she that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a
bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand
upon her. of God was very heavy there.
20 And about the time of her death the women that 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the
stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
born a son. But she answered not, neither did she
regard it. CHAPTER 6
21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The
glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God A ND the ark of the LORD was in the country of
the Philistines seven months.
was taken, and because of her father in law and her 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the
husband. diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the
22 And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
for the ark of God is taken. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God
of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return
CHAPTER 5 him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and

A ND the Philistines took the ark of God, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not
brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. removed from you.
2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering
brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by which we shall return to him? They answered, Five
Dagon. golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to
3 ¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one
morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to plague was on you all, and on your lords.
the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods,
Dagon, and set him in his place again. and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye
4 And when they arose early on the morrow shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure
morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off
the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head your gods, and from off your land.
of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the
off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when
left to him. he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they
5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any not let the people go, and they departed?
that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two
threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and
6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home
Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them from them:
with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the
7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him
they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof;
with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon and send it away, that it may go.
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9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in
evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was
hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented
us. after the LORD.
10 ¶ And the men did so; and took two milch kine, 3 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel,
and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your
home: hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you
of their emerods. out of the hand of the Philistines.
12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim
Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I
or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went will pray for you unto the LORD.
after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew
13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted
wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their on that day, and said there, We have sinned against
eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel
14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth- in Mizpeh.
shemite, and stood there, where there was a great 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of
stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of
offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the
15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the
and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of Philistines.
gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease
men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will
sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had 9 ¶ And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it
seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and
17 And these are the golden emerods which the Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD
Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the heard him.
LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering,
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but
18 And the golden mice, according to the number of the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that
all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and
lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, they were smitten before Israel.
even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and
down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they
unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth- came under Beth-car.
shemite. 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between
19 ¶ And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-
because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
even he smote of the people fifty thousand and 13 ¶ So the Philistines were subdued, and they came
threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the
because the LORD had smitten many of the people LORD was against the Philistines all the days of
with a great slaughter. Samuel.
20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken
to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even
shall he go up from us? unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver
21 ¶ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was
Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought peace between Israel and the Amorites.
again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
it up to you. 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-
el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all
CHAPTER 7 those places.
A ND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his
fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built
into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified an altar unto the LORD.
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CHAPTER 8 fight our battles.

A ND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people,
he made his sons judges over Israel. and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their
name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer- voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto
sheba. the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned
aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted CHAPTER 9
judgment.
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves N OW there was a man of Benjamin, whose name
was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the
son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a
together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy mighty man of power.
sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice
judge us like all the nations. young man, and a goodly: and there was not among
6 ¶ But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from
Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of
the LORD. the people.
7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the 3 And the asses of Kish Saul’s father were lost. And
voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the
they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
me, that I should not reign over them. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and
8 According to all the works which they have done passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found
since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt them not: then they passed through the land of
even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed
me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. through the land of the Benjamites, but they found
9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit them not.
yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph,
manner of the king that shall reign over them. Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come,
10 ¶ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the
the people that asked of him a king. asses, and take thought for us.
11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this
that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all
appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go
his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that
12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, we should go.
and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go,
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent
instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to
13 And he will take your daughters to be the man of God: what have we?
confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said,
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a
and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to
them to his servants. tell us our way.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire
your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the
servants. seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was
16 And he will take your menservants, and your beforetime called a Seer.)
maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let
your asses, and put them to his work. us go. So they went unto the city where the man of
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall God was.
be his servants. 11 ¶ And as they went up the hill to the city, they
18 And ye shall cry out in that day because of your found young maidens going out to draw water, and
king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD said unto them, Is the seer here?
will not hear you in that day. 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold,
19 ¶ Nevertheless the people refused to obey the he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day
voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day
a king over us; in the high place:
20 That we also may be like all the nations; and that 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall
our king may judge us, and go out before us, and straightway find him, before he go up to the high
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place to eat: for the people will not eat until he CHAPTER 10
come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and
afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore
get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
T HEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it
upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not
because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain
14 And they went up into the city: and when they over his inheritance?
were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then
against them, for to go up to the high place. thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the
15 ¶ Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto
before Saul came, saying, thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are
16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the
out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do
him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may for my son?
save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and
I have looked upon my people, because their cry is thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there
come unto me. shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-
17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying
him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle
same shall reign over my people. of wine:
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves
said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is. of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the 5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God,
seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall
shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city,
thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming
20 And as for thine asses that were lost three days down from the high place with a psaltery, and a
ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they
And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on shall prophesy:
thee, and on all thy father’s house? 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee,
21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be
Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and turned into another man.
my family the least of all the families of the tribe of 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee,
Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with
22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and thee.
brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and,
the chiefest place among them that were bidden, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt
which were about thirty persons. offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace
23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to
which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
thee. 9 ¶ And it was so, that when he had turned his back
24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and that to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and
which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And all those signs came to pass that day.
Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a
thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God
thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
did eat with Samuel that day. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him
25 ¶ And when they were come down from the high beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among
place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul the prophets, then the people said one to another,
upon the top of the house. What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is
26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about Saul also among the prophets?
the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But
top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is
away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of Saul also among the prophets?
them, he and Samuel, abroad. 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying,
27 And as they were going down to the end of the he came to the high place.
city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on 14 ¶ And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his
before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the
while, that I may shew thee the word of God. asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we
came to Samuel.
15 And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what
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Samuel said unto you. and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all
16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
that the asses were found. But of the matter of the 5 And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the
kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they
17 ¶ And Samuel called the people together unto the weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of
LORD to Mizpeh; Jabesh.
18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he
the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled
Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the greatly.
Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in
of them that oppressed you: pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of
19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who Israel by the hands of messengers, saying,
himself saved you out of all your adversities and Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after
your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the
but set a king over us. Now therefore present fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came
yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by out with one consent.
your thousands. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the
20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and
Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. the men of Judah thirty thousand.
21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to 9 And they said unto the messengers that came,
come near by their families, the family of Matri was Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To
taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have
they sought him, he could not be found. help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the
22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
the man should yet come thither. And the LORD 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we
answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all
stuff. that seemeth good unto you.
23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the
he stood among the people, he was higher than any people in three companies; and they came into the
of the people from his shoulders and upward. midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the
24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to
whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like pass, that they which remained were scattered, so
him among all the people? And all the people that two of them were not left together.
shouted, and said, God save the king. 12 ¶ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he
25 Then Samuel told the people the manner of the that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men,
kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up that we may put them to death.
before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people 13 And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to
away, every man to his house. death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought
26 ¶ And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there salvation in Israel.
went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had 14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us
touched. go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this 15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they
man save us? And they despised him, and brought made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there
him no presents. But he held his peace. they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the
LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel
CHAPTER 11 rejoiced greatly.
T HEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, and
encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men CHAPTER 12
of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with
us, and we will serve thee. A ND Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have
hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said
2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On unto me, and have made a king over you.
this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you:
may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons
reproach upon all Israel. are with you: and I have walked before you from my
3 And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us childhood unto this day.
seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the
unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I
man to save us, we will come out to thee. taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I
4 ¶ Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose
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hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes 19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy
therewith? and I will restore it you. servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for
4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a
oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any king.
man’s hand. 20 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye
5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside
against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with
ye have not found ought in my hand. And they all your heart;
answered, He is witness. 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after
6 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they
that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought are vain.
your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his
7 Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD
you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the to make you his people.
LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin
8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I
cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and will teach you the good and the right way:
Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of 24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with
Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. all your heart: for consider how great things he hath
9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold done for you.
them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be
Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into consumed, both ye and your king.
the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought
against them. CHAPTER 13
10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have
sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and S AUL reigned one year; and when he had reigned
two years over Israel,
have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel;
us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash
thee. and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with
11 And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the
Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the people he sent every man to his tent.
hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled 3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines
safe. that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And
12 And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land,
children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a
LORD your God was your king. garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was
13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have had in abomination with the Philistines. And the
chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
LORD hath set a king over you. 5 ¶ And the Philistines gathered themselves together
14 If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six
his voice, and not rebel against the commandment thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is
of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up,
reigneth over you continue following the LORD your and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
God: 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a
15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets,
shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
against your fathers. 7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the
16 ¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in
which the LORD will do before your eyes. Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the 8 ¶ And he tarried seven days, according to the set
LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came
may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from
which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in him.
asking you a king. 9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me,
18 So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt
sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people offering.
greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. 10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made
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an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he
Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that told not his father.
he might salute him. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah
11 ¶ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and
Saul said, Because I saw that the people were the people that were with him were about six
scattered from me, and that thou camest not within hundred men;
the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod’s brother,
themselves together at Michmash; the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest
12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew
now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made not that Jonathan was gone.
supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself 4 ¶ And between the passages, by which Jonathan
therefore, and offered a burnt offering. sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock
foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of on the other side: and the name of the one was
the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
now would the LORD have established thy kingdom 5 The forefront of the one was situate northward
upon Israel for ever. over against Michmash, and the other southward
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the over against Gibeah.
LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, 6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his
and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison
over his people, because thou hast not kept that of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will
which the LORD commanded thee. work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to
15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal save by many or by few.
unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the 7 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is
people that were present with him, about six in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee
hundred men. according to thy heart.
16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people 8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto
that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to
Michmash. you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not
17 ¶ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the go up unto them.
Philistines in three companies: one company turned 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we
unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into
of Shual: our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
18 And another company turned the way to Beth- 11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the
horon: and another company turned to the way of garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said,
the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes
toward the wilderness. where they had hid themselves.
19 ¶ Now there was no smith found throughout all 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan
the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and
Hebrews make them swords or spears: we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his
20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath
to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and delivered them into the hand of Israel.
his axe, and his mattock. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and
21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and
coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew
sharpen the goads. after him.
22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there 14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his
was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within
any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen
but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there might plow.
found. 15 And there was trembling in the host, in the field,
23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the and among all the people: the garrison, and the
passage of Michmash. spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so
it was a very great trembling.
CHAPTER 14 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin
N OW it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and
the son of Saul said unto the young man that they went on beating down one another.
bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with
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him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone
And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan unto me this day.
and his armourbearer were not there. 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the
18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every
God. For the ark of God was at that time with the man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them
children of Israel. here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating
19 ¶ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the with the blood. And all the people brought every
priest, that the noise that was in the host of the man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said 35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same
unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
20 And Saul and all the people that were with him 36 ¶ And Saul said, Let us go down after the
assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: Philistines by night, and spoil them until the
and, behold, every man’s sword was against his morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.
fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto
21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither
Philistines before that time, which went up with unto God.
them into the camp from the country round about, 37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down
even they also turned to be with the Israelites that after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the
were with Saul and Jonathan. hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid 38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief
themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that of the people: and know and see wherein this sin
the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard hath been this day.
after them in the battle. 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel,
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.
passed over unto Beth-aven. But there was not a man among all the people that
24 ¶ And the men of Israel were distressed that day: answered him.
for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be 40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side,
the man that eateth any food until evening, that I and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.
may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth
people tasted any food. good unto thee.
25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there 41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel,
was honey upon the ground. Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were
26 And when the people were come into the wood, taken: but the people escaped.
behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his 42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan
hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. my son. And Jonathan was taken.
27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou
the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did
end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that
an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
his eyes were enlightened. 44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for
28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
father straitly charged the people with an oath, 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die,
saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God
day. And the people were faint. forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of
29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with
land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that
enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. he died not.
30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines:
freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they and the Philistines went to their own place.
found? for had there not been now a much greater 47 ¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and
slaughter among the Philistines? fought against all his enemies on every side, against
31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and
Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and
faint. against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned
32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took himself, he vexed them.
sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the 48 And he gathered an host, and smote the
ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of
33 ¶ Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people them that spoiled them.
sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui,
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and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two the oxen which I hear?
daughters were these; the name of the firstborn 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the
Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the
50 And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy
daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell
51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And
father of Abner was the son of Abiel. he said unto him, Say on.
52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine
the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes
or any valiant man, he took him unto him. of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over
Israel?
CHAPTER 15 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said,
S AMUEL also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites,
to anoint thee to be king over his people, over and fight against them until they be consumed.
Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of
the words of the LORD. the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that in the sight of the LORD?
which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed
in the way, when he came up from Egypt. the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king
that they have, and spare them not; but slay both of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, Amalekites.
camel and ass. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen,
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and the chief of the things which should have been
numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God
footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. in Gilgal.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight
the valley. in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the
6 ¶ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than
you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and
children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because
So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until also rejected thee from being king.
thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 24 ¶ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, have transgressed the commandment of the LORD,
and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of and thy words: because I feared the people, and
the sword. obeyed their voice.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and
of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
the lambs, and all that was good, and would not 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with
utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD,
and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king
10 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, over Israel.
saying, 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
for he is turned back from following me, and hath 28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent
not performed my commandments. And it grieved the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath
Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than
12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the thou.
morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor
Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before
him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship
the commandment of the LORD. the LORD thy God.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul
bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of worshipped the LORD.
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32 ¶ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag him: for this is he.
the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed
delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of
death is past. the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
women childless, so shall thy mother be childless 14 ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul,
among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
before the LORD in Gilgal. 15 And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now,
34 ¶ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
to his house to Gibeah of Saul. 16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning
day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when
Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall
king over Israel. play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now
CHAPTER 16 a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
A ND the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said,
thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite,
from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man,
and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a
for I have provided me a king among his sons. comely person, and the LORD is with him.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he 19 ¶ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and
will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with said, Send me David thy son, which is with the
thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. sheep.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee 20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a
what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his
him whom I name unto thee. son unto Saul.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him:
came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town and he loved him greatly; and he became his
trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou armourbearer.
peaceably? 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in
the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to my sight.
the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, 23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from
and called them to the sacrifice. God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and
6 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was
he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD’s well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
anointed is before him.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his CHAPTER 17
countenance, or on the height of his stature; because
I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man N OW the Philistines gathered together their
armies to battle, and were gathered together at
seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched
but the LORD looketh on the heart. between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered
before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set
chosen this. the battle in array against the Philistines.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the
said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before other side: and there was a valley between them.
Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath 4 ¶ And there went out a champion out of the camp
not chosen these. of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy height was six cubits and a span.
children? And he said, There remaineth yet the 5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and
youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of
Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
will not sit down till he come hither. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was target of brass between his shoulders.
ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and 7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam;
goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of
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iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in
8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, Israel.
and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him,
battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth
to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from
down to me. Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that
9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then he should defy the armies of the living God?
will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, 27 And the people answered him after this manner,
and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth
us. him.
10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel 28 ¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he
this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled
11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. hither? and with whom hast thou left those few
12 ¶ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the
Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down
had eight sons: and the man went among men for an that thou mightest see the battle.
old man in the days of Saul. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there
13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and not a cause?
followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his 30 ¶ And he turned from him toward another, and
three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the spake after the same manner: and the people
firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the answered him again after the former manner.
third Shammah. 31 And when the words were heard which David
14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent
followed Saul. for him.
15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed 32 ¶ And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail
his father’s sheep at Beth-lehem. because of him; thy servant will go and fight with
16 And the Philistine drew near morning and this Philistine.
evening, and presented himself forty days. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go
17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art
thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his
brethren; father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and
18 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of took a lamb out of the flock:
their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and
take their pledge. delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote
were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the him, and slew him.
Philistines. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and
20 ¶ And David rose up early in the morning, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them,
left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of
shouted for the battle. the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this
21 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the
array, army against army. LORD be with thee.
22 And David left his carriage in the hand of the 38 ¶ And Saul armed David with his armour, and he
keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed
came and saluted his brethren. him with a coat of mail.
23 And as he talked with them, behold, there came 39 And David girded his sword upon his armour,
up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And
name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I
according to the same words: and David heard them. have not proved them. And David put them off him.
24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him
fled from him, and were sore afraid. five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in
25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and
that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the
and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the Philistine.
king will enrich him with great riches, and will give 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
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David; and the man that bare the shield went before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
him. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou
42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw young man? And David answered, I am the son of
David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, CHAPTER 18
that thou comest to me with staves? And the
Philistine cursed David by his gods. A ND it came to pass, when he had made an end
of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan
44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved
and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and him as his own soul.
to the beasts of the field. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to no more home to his father’s house.
me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,
but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, because he loved him as his own soul.
the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was
defied. upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments,
46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from 5 ¶ And David went out whithersoever Saul sent
thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him
Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to over the men of war, and he was accepted in the
the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s
know that there is a God in Israel. servants.
47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was
saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that
LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands. the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing
48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with
and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David joy, and with instruments of musick.
hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the 7 And the women answered one another as they
Philistine. played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and
49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took David his ten thousands.
thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased
in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. thousands, and to me they have ascribed but
50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling thousands: and what can he have more but the
and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew kingdom?
him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
51 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the 10 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he
sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head prophesied in the midst of the house: and David
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their played with his hand, as at other times: and there was
champion was dead, they fled. a javelin in Saul’s hand.
52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite
shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou David even to the wall with it. And David avoided
come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And out of his presence twice.
the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way 12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD
to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. was with him, and was departed from Saul.
53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and
after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. made him his captain over a thousand; and he went
54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and out and came in before the people.
brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways;
tent. and the LORD was with him.
55 ¶ And when Saul saw David go forth against the 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved
Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. went out and came in before them.
56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the 17 ¶ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder
stripling is. daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be
57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For
Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let
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the hand of the Philistines be upon him. father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin
18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is against his servant, against David; because he hath
my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should not sinned against thee, and because his works have
be son in law to the king? been to thee-ward very good:
19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s 5 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the
daughter should have been given to David, that she Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation
was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:
20 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood,
they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. to slay David without a cause?
21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be 6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan:
a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be
may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, slain.
Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed
twain. him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to
22 ¶ And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the 8 ¶ And there was war again: and David went out,
king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a
thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law. great slaughter; and they fled from him.
23 And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears 9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul,
of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand:
thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a and David played with his hand.
poor man, and lightly esteemed? 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall
24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s
manner spake David. presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and
25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The David fled, and escaped that night.
king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred 11 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to
foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and
king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save
by the hand of the Philistines. not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
26 And when his servants told David these words, it 12 ¶ So Michal let David down through a window:
pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and and he went, and fled, and escaped.
the days were not expired. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed,
27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and
and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and covered it with a cloth.
David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David,
full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son she said, He is sick.
in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David,
wife. saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may
28 ¶ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with slay him.
David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold,
29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’
Saul became David’s enemy continually. hair for his bolster.
30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou
and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he
behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto
Saul; so that his name was much set by. me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
18 ¶ So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel
CHAPTER 19 to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to
A ND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
his servants, that they should kill David. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at
2 But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: Naioth in Ramah.
and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and
seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take when they saw the company of the prophets
heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over
secret place, and hide thyself: them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of
3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the Saul, and they also prophesied.
field where thou art, and I will commune with my 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other
father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul
4 ¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his sent messengers again the third time, and they
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prophesied also. unto thee, and shew it thee;
22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great 13 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but
well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew
are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in
at Naioth in Ramah. peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been
23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the with my father.
Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me
and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and 15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from
prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut
down naked all that day and all that night. off the enemies of David every one from the face of
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? the earth.
16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of
CHAPTER 20 David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the
A ND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and hand of David’s enemies.
came and said before Jonathan, What have I 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again,
done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved
before thy father, that he seeketh my life? his own soul.
2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not 18 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the
die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy
small, but that he will shew it me: and why should seat will be empty.
my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. 19 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou
3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where
certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine thou didst hide thyself when the business was in
eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof,
thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and as though I shot at a mark.
death. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out
4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold,
soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then
5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as
is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the the LORD liveth.
king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in 22 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the
the field unto the third day at even. arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD
6 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David hath sent thee away.
earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have
Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me
there for all the family. for ever.
7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have 24 ¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the
peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat
is determined by him. meat.
8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times,
for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose,
the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was
me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou empty.
bring me to thy father? 26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day:
9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is
knew certainly that evil were determined by my not clean; surely he is not clean.
father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it 27 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was
thee? the second day of the month, that David’s place was
10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son,
or what if thy father answer thee roughly? Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat,
11 ¶ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let neither yesterday, nor to day?
us go out into the field. And they went out both of 28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly
them into the field. asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
12 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of 29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family
Israel, when I have sounded my father about to hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath
morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found
there be good toward David, and I then send not favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and
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see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the to such and such a place.
king’s table. 3 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me
30 Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is
and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse present.
rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast 4 And the priest answered David, and said, There is
chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and no common bread under mine hand, but there is
unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness? hallowed bread; if the young men have kept
31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the themselves at least from women.
ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him,
kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto Of a truth women have been kept from us about
me, for he shall surely die. these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of
32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner
unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in
done? the vessel.
33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: 6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there
whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of was no bread there but the shewbread, that was
his father to slay David. taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the
34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, day when it was taken away.
and did eat no meat the second day of the month: 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was
for he was grieved for David, because his father had there that day, detained before the LORD; and his
done him shame. name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the
35 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that herdmen that belonged to Saul.
Jonathan went out into the field at the time 8 ¶ And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there
appointed with David, and a little lad with him. not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have
36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me,
arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an because the king’s business required haste.
arrow beyond him. 9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the
37 And when the lad was come to the place of the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah,
arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the
the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no
38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, other save that here. And David said, There is none
haste, stay not. And Jonathan’s lad gathered up the like that; give it me.
arrows, and came to his master. 10 ¶ And David arose, and fled that day for fear of
39 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
and David knew the matter. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not
40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and this David the king of the land? did they not sing one
said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain
41 ¶ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and
to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
they kissed one another, and wept one with another, 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and
until David exceeded. feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled
42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down
forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name upon his beard.
of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the
thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to
And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into me?
the city. 15 Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought
this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall
CHAPTER 21 this fellow come into my house?
T HEN came David to Nob to Ahimelech the
priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting CHAPTER 22
of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone,
and no man with thee? D AVID therefore departed thence, and escaped
to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren
2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The and all his father’s house heard it, they went down
king hath commanded me a business, and hath said thither to him.
unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one
whereabout I send thee, and what I have that was in debt, and every one that was
commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he
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became a captain over them: and there were with because their hand also is with David, and because
him about four hundred men. they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me.
3 ¶ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and But the servants of the king would not put forth
he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall
I know what God will do for me. upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and
4 And he brought them before the king of Moab: he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day
and they dwelt with him all the while that David was fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen
in the hold. ephod.
5 ¶ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with
in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of the edge of the sword, both men and women,
Judah. Then David departed, and came into the children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and
forest of Hareth. sheep, with the edge of the sword.
6 ¶ When Saul heard that David was discovered, and 20 ¶ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of
the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after
Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in David.
his hand, and all his servants were standing about 21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain
him;) the LORD’s priests.
7 Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day,
him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would
give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the
you all captains of thousands, and captains of persons of thy father’s house.
hundreds; 23 Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh
8 That all of you have conspired against me, and my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in
there is none that sheweth me that my son hath safeguard.
made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none
of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that CHAPTER 23
my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie
in wait, as at this day? T HEN they told David, saying, Behold, the
Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the
9 ¶ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set threshingfloors.
over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of 2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying,
Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD
Ahitub. said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and
10 And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave save Keilah.
him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the 3 And David’s men said unto him, Behold, we be
Philistine. afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we
11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the 4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And
priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to
to the king. Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine
12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. hand.
And he answered, Here I am, my lord. 5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought
13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle,
against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou and smote them with a great slaughter. So David
hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
inquired of God for him, that he should rise against 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of
me, to lie in wait, as at this day? Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came
14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, down with an ephod in his hand.
And who is so faithful among all thy servants as 7 ¶ And it was told Saul that David was come to
David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into
thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town
15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it that hath gates and bars.
far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to
his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. 9 ¶ And David knew that Saul secretly practised
16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the
Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house. priest, Bring hither the ephod.
17 ¶ And the king said unto the footmen that stood 10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy
about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to
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come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. for Saul and his men compassed David and his men
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his round about to take them.
hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath 27 ¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying,
heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have
servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. invaded the land.
12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver 28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after
me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the David, and went against the Philistines: therefore
LORD said, They will deliver thee up. they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
13 ¶ Then David and his men, which were about six 29 ¶ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in
hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went strong holds at En-gedi.
whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul
that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare CHAPTER 24
to go forth.
14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong A ND it came to pass, when Saul was returned
from following the Philistines, that it was told
holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of
of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God En-gedi.
delivered him not into his hand. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of
15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon
life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a the rocks of the wild goats.
wood. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where
16 ¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and
David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
God. 4 And the men of David said unto him, Behold the
17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will
Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou
king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.
that also Saul my father knoweth. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe
18 And they two made a covenant before the LORD: privily.
and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to 5 And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart
his house. smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
19 ¶ Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, 6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I
saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in should do this thing unto my master, the LORD’s
strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him,
which is on the south of Jeshimon? seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
20 Now therefore, O king, come down according to 7 So David stayed his servants with these words, and
all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose
shall be to deliver him into the king’s hand. up out of the cave, and went on his way.
21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the
have compassion on me. cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king.
22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped
place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. 9 ¶ And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou
23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy
lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye hurt?
again to me with the certainty, and I will go with 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the
you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in
that I will search him out throughout all the the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye
thousands of Judah. spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine
24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but hand against my lord; for he is the LORD’s anointed.
David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy
in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy
25 Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that
told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand,
and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest
Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the my soul to take it.
wilderness of Maon. 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the
26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be
David and his men on that side of the mountain: upon thee.
and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness
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proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee,
not be upon thee. whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants,
14 After whom is the king of Israel come out? after and to thy son David.
whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a 9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to
flea. Nabal according to all those words in the name of
15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between David, and ceased.
me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and 10 ¶ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said,
deliver me out of thine hand. Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be
16 ¶ And it came to pass, when David had made an many servants now a days that break away every
end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul man from his master.
said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my
up his voice, and wept. flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it
17 And he said to David, Thou art more righteous unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I 12 So David’s young men turned their way, and
have rewarded thee evil. went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
18 And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every
dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had man his sword. And they girded on every man his
delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. sword; and David also girded on his sword: and
19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go there went up after David about four hundred men;
well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for and two hundred abode by the stuff.
that thou hast done unto me this day. 14 ¶ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s
20 And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of
surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on
be established in thine hand. them.
21 Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were
thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we
wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house. were conversant with them, when we were in the
22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went fields:
home; but David and his men gat them up unto the 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day,
hold. all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt
CHAPTER 25 do; for evil is determined against our master, and
A ND Samuel died; and all the Israelites were against all his household: for he is such a son of
gathered together, and lamented him, and Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two
and went down to the wilderness of Paran. hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five
2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched
were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two
had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me;
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the behold, I come after you. But she told not her
name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of husband Nabal.
good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she
but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold,
he was of the house of Caleb. David and his men came down against her; and she
4 ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal met them.
did shear his sheep. 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all
5 And David sent out ten young men, and David that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that
said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him:
go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: and he hath requited me evil for good.
6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of
prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the
thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and
thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face,
not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all and bowed herself to the ground,
the while they were in Carmel. 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord,
8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid,
Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the
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words of thine handmaid. 39 ¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the
Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and
is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath
handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own
thou didst send. head. And David sent and communed with Abigail,
26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and to take her to him to wife.
as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden 40 And when the servants of David were come to
thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying,
thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to
27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a
hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
the young men that follow my lord. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an
28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and
handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord she went after the messengers of David, and became
a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of his wife.
the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they
thy days. were also both of them his wives.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy 44 ¶ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s
soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls
of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of CHAPTER 26
the middle of a sling.
30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall A ND the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah,
saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill
have done to my lord according to all the good that of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness
appointed thee ruler over Israel; of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel
31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is
blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the
himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into
with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. the wilderness.
32 ¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood
God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: that Saul was come in very deed.
33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, 5 ¶ And David arose, and came to the place where
which hast kept me this day from coming to shed Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where
blood, and from avenging myself with mine own Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his
hand. host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people
34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, pitched round about him.
which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except 6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the
thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to
had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to
any that pisseth against the wall. the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with
35 So David received of her hand that which she had thee.
brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night:
thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and
have accepted thy person. his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but
36 ¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he Abner and the people lay round about him.
held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and 8 Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered
Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore
drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to
more, until the morning light. the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second
37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the time.
wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for
him these things, that his heart died within him, and who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s
he became as a stone. anointed, and be guiltless?
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the
LORD smote Nabal, that he died. LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die;
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or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son
11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt
hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul
take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the returned to his place.
cruse of water, and let us go.
12 So David took the spear and the cruse of water CHAPTER 27
from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no
man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they A ND David said in his heart, I shall now perish
one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing
were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD better for me than that I should speedily escape into
was fallen upon them. the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of
13 ¶ Then David went over to the other side, and me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so
stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space shall I escape out of his hand.
being between them: 2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six
14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the
son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then son of Maoch, king of Gath.
Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his
to the king? men, every man with his household, even David with
15 And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail
man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath:
came one of the people in to destroy the king thy and he sought no more again for him.
lord. 5 ¶ And David said unto Achish, If I have now found
16 This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some
LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why
not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore
that was at his bolster. Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this
17 And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy day.
voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, 7 And the time that David dwelt in the country of
my lord, O king. the Philistines was a full year and four months.
18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue 8 ¶ And David and his men went up, and invaded
after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites:
is in mine hand? for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the
19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of
hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have Egypt.
stirred thee up against me, let him accept an 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man
offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the
they before the LORD; for they have driven me out oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel,
this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, and returned, and came to Achish.
saying, Go, serve other gods. 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to
20 Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth day? And David said, Against the south of Judah,
before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and
come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a against the south of the Kenites.
partridge in the mountains. 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive,
21 ¶ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell
David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his
soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of
have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. the Philistines.
22 And David answered and said, Behold the king’s 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made
spear! and let one of the young men come over and his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he
fetch it. shall be my servant for ever.
23 The LORD render to every man his righteousness CHAPTER 28
and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into
my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine
hand against the LORD’s anointed.
A ND it came to pass in those days, that the
Philistines gathered their armies together for
warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto
24 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out
in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes with me to battle, thou and thy men.
of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know
tribulation. what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David,
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Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek,
ever. therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee
3 ¶ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had this day.
lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his 19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with
own city. And Saul had put away those that had thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow
familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also
4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the
and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered Philistines.
all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth,
5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel:
was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten
6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD no bread all the day, nor all the night.
answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, 21 ¶ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that
nor by prophets. he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold,
7 ¶ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have
woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto
her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, thy words which thou spakest unto me.
Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also
En-dor. unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou
raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his
thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring servants, together with the woman, compelled him;
me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou the earth, and sat upon the bed.
knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and
those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded
of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
my life, to cause me to die? 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his
10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and
LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to went away that night.
thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up CHAPTER 29
unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with N OW the Philistines gathered together all their
armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a
a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, fountain which is in Jezreel.
Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men
what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I passed on in the rereward with Achish.
saw gods ascending out of the earth. 3 Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the
she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the
with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been
Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, with me these days, or these years, and I have found
and bowed himself. no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou 4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with
disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him,
am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his
against me, and God is departed from me, and place which thou hast appointed him, and let him
answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be
dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou an adversary to us: for wherewith should he
mayest make known unto me what I shall do. reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask with the heads of these men?
of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to
become thine enemy? another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands,
17 And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by and David his ten thousands?
me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine 6 ¶ Then Achish called David, and said unto him,
hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright,
18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the
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host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in did eat; and they made him drink water;
thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this 12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and
day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his
7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread,
displease not the lords of the Philistines. nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
8 ¶ And David said unto Achish, But what have I 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest
done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a
long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and
may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the my master left me, because three days agone I fell
king? sick.
9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the
that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to
notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned
said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. Ziklag with fire.
10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with 15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring me
thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me
soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver
light, depart. me into the hands of my master, and I will bring
11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in thee down to this company.
the morning, to return into the land of the 16 ¶ And when he had brought him down, behold,
Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating
and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great
CHAPTER 30 spoil that they had taken out of the land of the
A ND it came to pass, when David and his men Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the 17 And David smote them from the twilight even
Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped
smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; not a man of them, save four hundred young men,
2 And had taken the women captives, that were which rode upon camels, and fled.
therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had
carried them away, and went on their way. carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
3 ¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither
behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither
their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them:
4 Then David and the people that were with him David recovered all.
lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds,
more power to weep. which they drave before those other cattle, and said,
5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, This is David’s spoil.
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of 21 ¶ And David came to the two hundred men,
Nabal the Carmelite. which were so faint that they could not follow
6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people David, whom they had made also to abide at the
spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and
people was grieved, every man for his sons and for to meet the people that were with him: and when
his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the David came near to the people, he saluted them.
LORD his God. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of
7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech’s Belial, of those that went with David, and said,
son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Because they went not with us, we will not give them
Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to
8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I every man his wife and his children, that they may
pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And lead them away, and depart.
he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren,
overtake them, and without fail recover all. with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath
9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that preserved us, and delivered the company that came
were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where against us into our hand.
those that were left behind stayed. 24 For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall
for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part
that they could not go over the brook Besor. alike.
11 ¶ And they found an Egyptian in the field, and 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he
brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto
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this day. abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he
26 ¶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell
spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, upon it.
saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was
enemies of the LORD; dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with
27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to them him.
which were in south Ramoth, and to them which 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
were in Jattir, armourbearer, and all his men, that same day
28 And to them which were in Aroer, and to them together.
which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in 7 ¶ And when the men of Israel that were on the
Eshtemoa, other side of the valley, and they that were on the
29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled,
which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook
them which were in the cities of the Kenites, the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and
30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them dwelt in them.
which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
in Athach, Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found
31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
places where David himself and his men were wont 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his
to haunt. armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines
round about, to publish it in the house of their idols,
CHAPTER 31 and among the people.
N OW the Philistines fought against Israel: and 10 And they put his armour in the house of
the men of Israel fled from before the Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of
Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. Beth-shan.
2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and 11 ¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons. 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons
archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and
archers. burnt them there.
4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy 13 And they took their bones, and buried them
sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL
OTHERWISE CALLED
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 1 saying, I have slain the LORD’s anointed.

N OW it came to pass after the death of Saul, 17 ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over
when David was returned from the slaughter of Saul and over Jonathan his son:
the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah
Ziklag; the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of
2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, Jasher.)
a man came out of the camp from Saul with his 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places:
clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, how are the mighty fallen!
when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of
did obeisance. Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
3 And David said unto him, From whence comest lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew,
Israel am I escaped. neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of
4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely
pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not
are fled from the battle, and many of the people also been anointed with oil.
are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the
are dead also. mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and
5 And David said unto the young man that told him, the sword of Saul returned not empty.
How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in
be dead? their lives, and in their death they were not divided:
6 And the young man that told him said, As I they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger
happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, than lions.
Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who
horsemen followed hard after him. clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put
7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the
8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high
answered him, I am an Amalekite. places.
9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me
because my life is yet whole in me. was wonderful, passing the love of women.
10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of
sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: war perished!
and I took the crown that was upon his head, and
the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought CHAPTER 2
them hither unto my lord.
11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent
them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
A ND it came to pass after this, that David
inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into
any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up?
even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the And he said, Unto Hebron.
people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also,
because they were fallen by the sword. Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife
13 ¶ And David said unto the young man that told the Carmelite.
him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the 3 And his men that were with him did David bring
son of a stranger, an Amalekite. up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in
14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not the cities of Hebron.
afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they
LORD’s anointed? anointed David king over the house of Judah. And
15 And David called one of the young men, and said, they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-
Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that gilead were they that buried Saul.
he died. 5 ¶ And David sent messengers unto the men of
16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of
head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto
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your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. him; and he fell down there, and died in the same
6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to
you: and I also will requite you this kindness, the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
because ye have done this thing. 24 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and
7 Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and the sun went down when they were come to the hill
be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the
the house of Judah have anointed me king over wilderness of Gibeon.
them. 25 ¶ And the children of Benjamin gathered
8 ¶ But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, themselves together after Abner, and became one
took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
over to Mahanaim; 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the
9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will
Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be
over Benjamin, and over all Israel. then, ere thou bid the people return from following
10 Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when their brethren?
he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst
But the house of Judah followed David. spoken, surely then in the morning the people had
11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over gone up every one from following his brother.
the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood
12 ¶ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither
Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from fought they any more.
Mahanaim to Gibeon. 29 And Abner and his men walked all that night
13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went
David, went out, and met together by the pool of through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side 30 And Joab returned from following Abner: and
of the pool, and the other on the other side of the when he had gathered all the people together, there
pool. lacked of David’s servants nineteen men and Asahel.
14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now 31 But the servants of David had smitten of
arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them Benjamin, and of Abner’s men, so that three
arise. hundred and threescore men died.
15 Then there arose and went over by number 32 ¶ And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the
twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem.
the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came
16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, to Hebron at break of day.
and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell
down together: wherefore that place was called CHAPTER 3
Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and N OW there was long war between the house of
Saul and the house of David: but David waxed
Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed
servants of David. weaker and weaker.
18 ¶ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, 2 ¶ And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and
Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the
light of foot as a wild roe. Jezreelitess;
19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he 3 And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of
turned not to the right hand nor to the left from Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son
following Abner. of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and
thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy 5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David’s wife.
right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of These were born to David in Hebron.
the young men, and take thee his armour. But 6 ¶ And it came to pass, while there was war between
Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner
22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside made himself strong for the house of Saul.
from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was
the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to
Joab thy brother? Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my
23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore father’s concubine?
Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-
under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against
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Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came
and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy
that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
this woman? 26 And when Joab was come out from David, he
9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the sent messengers after Abner, which brought him
LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab
and to set up the throne of David over Israel and took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly,
over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died,
11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
because he feared him. 28 ¶ And afterward when David heard it, he said, I
12 ¶ And Abner sent messengers to David on his and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for
behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his
with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. father’s house; and let there not fail from the house
13 ¶ And he said, Well; I will make a league with of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or
thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword,
shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal or that lacketh bread.
Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner,
14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon
son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I in the battle.
espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the 31 ¶ And David said to Joab, and to all the people
Philistines. that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you
15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king
husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. David himself followed the bier.
16 And her husband went with her along weeping 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king
behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner;
Go, return. And he returned. and all the people wept.
17 ¶ And Abner had communication with the elders 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said,
of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to Died Abner as a fool dieth?
be king over you: 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into
18 Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest
David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I thou. And all the people wept again over him.
will save my people Israel out of the hand of the 35 And when all the people came to cause David to
Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So
19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or
and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in ought else, till the sun be down.
Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased
seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the
20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty people.
men with him. And David made Abner and the men 37 For all the people and all Israel understood that
that were with him a feast. day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son
21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, of Ner.
and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that 38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not
they may make a league with thee, and that thou that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day
mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And in Israel?
David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king;
22 ¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for
came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according
spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in to his wickedness.
Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone
in peace. CHAPTER 4
23 When Joab and all the host that was with him
were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of A ND when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead
in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the
Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, Israelites were troubled.
and he is gone in peace. 2 And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of
24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the
thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a
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Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and
also was reckoned to Benjamin: six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and
3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were three years over all Israel and Judah.
sojourners there until this day.) 6 ¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem
4 And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which
of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the
came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:
nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as thinking, David cannot come in hither.
she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion:
And his name was Mephibosheth. the same is the city of David.
5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up
and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame
day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at and the blind, that are hated of David’s soul, he shall
noon. be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind
6 And they came thither into the midst of the house, and the lame shall not come into the house.
as though they would have fetched wheat; and they 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of
smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and David. And David built round about from Millo and
Baanah his brother escaped. inward.
7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the
bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and LORD God of hosts was with him.
slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and 11 ¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to
gat them away through the plain all night. David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons:
8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto and they built David an house.
David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the 12 And David perceived that the LORD had
head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, established him king over Israel, and that he had
which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 13 ¶ And David took him more concubines and
9 ¶ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from
brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born
said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath to David.
redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 14 And these be the names of those that were born
10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and
thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold Nathan, and Solomon,
of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
would have given him a reward for his tidings: 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a 17 ¶ But when the Philistines heard that they had
righteous person in his own house upon his bed? anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines
shall I not therefore now require his blood of your came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and
hand, and take you away from the earth? went down to the hold.
12 And David commanded his young men, and they 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves
slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and in the valley of Rephaim.
hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I
took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into
sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up:
for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine
CHAPTER 5 hand.
T HEN came all the tribes of Israel to David unto 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David
Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken
bone and thy flesh. forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, waters. Therefore he called the name of that place
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Baal-perazim.
Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my 21 And there they left their images, and David and
people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. his men burned them.
3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to 22 ¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and
Hebron; and king David made a league with them in spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said,
king over Israel. Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind
4 ¶ David was thirty years old when he began to them, and come upon them over against the
reign, and he reigned forty years. mulberry trees.
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24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a
going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then window, and saw king David leaping and dancing
thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 17 ¶ And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and
25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that
him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt
come to Gazer. offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
18 And as soon as David had made an end of
CHAPTER 6 offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he
A GAIN, David gathered together all the chosen blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
men of Israel, thirty thousand. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among
2 And David arose, and went with all the people that the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women
were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good
thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people
name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the departed every one to his house.
cherubims. 20 ¶ Then David returned to bless his household.
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet
brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of
drave the new cart. the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain
4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the
and Ahio went before the ark. LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before
5 And David and all the house of Israel played before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of
the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the
wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on LORD.
timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be
6 ¶ And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants
Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in
hold of it; for the oxen shook it. honour.
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no
Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and child unto the day of her death.
there he died by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had CHAPTER 7
made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name
of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. A ND it came to pass, when the king sat in his
house, and the LORD had given him rest round
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and about from all his enemies;
said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See
10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God
unto him into the city of David: but David carried it dwelleth within curtains.
aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the 4 ¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of
LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
12 ¶ And it was told king David, saying, The LORD 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the
hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell
pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So in?
David went and brought up the ark of God from the 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the
house of Obed-edom into the city of David with time that I brought up the children of Israel out of
gladness. Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent
13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of and in a tabernacle.
the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the
fatlings. children of Israel spake I a word with any of the
14 And David danced before the LORD with all his tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my
might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up of cedar?
the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the 8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant
sound of the trumpet. David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee
16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be
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ruler over my people, over Israel: 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying,
9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the
and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, house of thy servant David be established before
and have made thee a great name, like unto the thee.
name of the great men that are in the earth. 27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast
10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an
Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart
place of their own, and move no more; neither shall to pray this prayer unto thee.
the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as 28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and
beforetime, thy words be true, and thou hast promised this
11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to goodness unto thy servant:
be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to 29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house
rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before
thee that he will make thee an house. thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with
12 ¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed
sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after for ever.
thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I
will establish his kingdom. CHAPTER 8
13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will
stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. A ND after this it came to pass, that David smote
the Philistines, and subdued them: and David
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the
commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of Philistines.
men, and with the stripes of the children of men: 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as line, casting them down to the ground; even with
I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. two lines measured he to put to death, and with one
16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be David’s servants, and brought gifts.
established for ever. 3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob,
17 According to all these words, and according to all king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at
this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. the river Euphrates.
18 ¶ Then went king David in, and sat before the 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and
LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand
what is my house, that thou hast brought me footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses,
hitherto? but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to
GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the
house for a great while to come. And is this the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
manner of man, O Lord GOD? 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus:
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for and the Syrians became servants to David, and
thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David
21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own whithersoever he went.
heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on
thy servant know them. the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to
22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there Jerusalem.
is none like thee, neither is there any God beside 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of
thee, according to all that we have heard with our Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
ears. 9 ¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had
23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to
for a people to himself, and to make him a name, salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought
and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer
land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him
thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of
24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people brass:
Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the
LORD, art become their God. LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated
25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast of all nations which he subdued;
spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of
house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and
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of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of that my lord the king hath commanded his servant,
Zobah. so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said
13 And David gat him a name when he returned the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s
from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being sons.
eighteen thousand men. 12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name
14 ¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba
Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became were servants unto Mephibosheth.
David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did
whithersoever he went. eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on
15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David both his feet.
executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; CHAPTER 10
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the A ND it came to pass after this, that the king of the
children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son
son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the reigned in his stead.
scribe; 2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun
18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness
the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the
were chief rulers. hand of his servants for his father. And David’s
servants came into the land of the children of
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A ND David said, Is there yet any that is left of the 3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said
house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David
Jonathan’s sake? doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters
2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants
name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to
David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And overthrow it?
he said, Thy servant is he. 4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and
3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off
of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks,
him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet and sent them away.
a son, which is lame on his feet. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet
4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and
Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. grown, and then return.
5 ¶ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the 6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they
house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and
6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of
son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king
and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve
And he answered, Behold thy servant! thousand men.
7 ¶ And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all
surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s the host of the mighty men.
sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the
father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the
continually. Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and
8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead 9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was
dog as I am? against him before and behind, he chose of all the
9 ¶ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul’s servant, and choice men of Israel, and put them in array against
said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s son all the Syrians:
that pertained to Saul and to all his house. 10 And the rest of the people he delivered into the
10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them
shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the in array against the children of Ammon.
fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: 11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me,
but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread then thou shalt help me: but if the children of
alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and
twenty servants. help thee.
11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for
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our people, and for the cities of our God: and the from the king.
LORD do that which seemeth him good. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with
13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his
with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and house.
they fled before him. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah
14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the went not down unto his house, David said unto
Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then
and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the didst thou not go down unto thine house?
children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel,
15 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the
smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields;
together. shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink,
16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy
that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also,
went before them. and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode
17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
together, and passed over Jordan, and came to 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and
Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at
against David, and fought with him. even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants
18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of his lord, but went not down to his house.
the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, 14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that David
and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of
the captain of their host, who died there. Uriah.
19 And when all the kings that were servants to 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in
Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from
they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city,
more. that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew
that valiant men were.
CHAPTER 11 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought
A ND it came to pass, after the year was expired, at with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the
the time when kings go forth to battle, that servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all 18 ¶ Then Joab sent and told David all the things
Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, concerning the war;
and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou
Jerusalem. hast made an end of telling the matters of the war
2 ¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David unto the king,
arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of 20 And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say
the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto
washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they
to look upon. would shoot from the wall?
3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth?
And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon
Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah
came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was the Hittite is dead also.
purified from her uncleanness: and she returned 22 ¶ So the messenger went, and came and shewed
unto her house. David all that Joab had sent him for.
5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the
David, and said, I am with child. men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into
6 ¶ And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the field, and we were upon them even unto the
the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. entering of the gate.
7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy
demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead,
did, and how the war prospered. and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt
and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee,
king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat for the sword devoureth one as well as another:
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make thy battle more strong against the city, and against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The
overthrow it: and encourage thou him. LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
26 ¶ And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given
her husband was dead, she mourned for her great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to
husband. blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall
27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and surely die.
fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, 15 ¶ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the
and bare him a son. But the thing that David had LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto
done displeased the LORD. David, and it was very sick.
16 David therefore besought God for the child; and
CHAPTER 12 David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the
A ND the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he earth.
came unto him, and said unto him, There were 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to
two men in one city; the one rich, and the other him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would
poor. not, neither did he eat bread with them.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the
herds: child died. And the servants of David feared to tell
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold,
lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and
grew up together with him, and with his children; it he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he
did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a 19 But when David saw that his servants whispered,
daughter. David perceived that the child was dead: therefore
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And
he spared to take of his own flock and of his own they said, He is dead.
herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed,
unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and
dressed it for the man that was come to him. came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped:
5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the then he came to his own house; and when he
man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
man that hath done this thing shall surely die: 21 Then said his servants unto him, What thing is
6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep
did this thing, and because he had no pity. for the child, while it was alive; but when the child
7 ¶ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted
king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will
of Saul; be gracious to me, that the child may live?
8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I
master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall
house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too not return to me.
little, I would moreover have given unto thee such 24 ¶ And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and
and such things. went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD
of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed loved him.
Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his 25 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet;
wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the
of the children of Ammon. LORD.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from 26 ¶ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children
thine house; because thou hast despised me, and of Ammon, and took the royal city.
hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I
wife. have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city
11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil of waters.
against thee out of thine own house, and I will take 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people
thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy together, and encamp against the city, and take it:
neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
of this sun. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and
12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
before all Israel, and before the sun. 30 And he took their king’s crown from off his head,
13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the
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precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he will not withhold me from thee.
he brought forth the spoil of the city in great 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice:
abundance. but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with
31 And he brought forth the people that were her.
therein, and put them under saws, and under 15 ¶ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the
harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the
them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said
unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So unto her, Arise, be gone.
David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. 16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil
in sending me away is greater than the other that
CHAPTER 13 thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto
A ND it came to pass after this, that Absalom the her.
son of David had a fair sister, whose name was 17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto
Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. him, and said, Put now this woman out from me,
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his and bolt the door after her.
sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon 18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon
thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. her: for with such robes were the king’s daughters
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant
Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
Jonadab was a very subtil man. 19 ¶ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her
4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid
king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell her hand on her head, and went on crying.
me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my 20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath
brother Absalom’s sister. Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now
5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this
bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother
cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my Absalom’s house.
sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the 21 ¶ But when king David heard of all these things,
meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her he was very wroth.
hand. 22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon
6 ¶ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon,
when the king was come to see him, Amnon said because he had forced his sister Tamar.
unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, 23 ¶ And it came to pass after two full years, that
and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is
may eat at her hand. beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s
7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now sons.
to thy brother Amnon’s house, and dress him meat. 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold
8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I
he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us
cakes. not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And
9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but
him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have blessed him.
out all men from me. And they went out every man 26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my
from him. brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto
10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat him, Why should he go with thee?
into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And 27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and
Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and all the king’s sons go with him.
brought them into the chamber to Amnon her 28 ¶ Now Absalom had commanded his servants,
brother. saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry
11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon;
he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you?
with me, my sister. be courageous, and be valiant.
12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as
force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons
Israel: do not thou this folly. arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and
13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and fled.
as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. 30 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the way,
Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath
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slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them remainder upon the earth.
left. 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine
31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with 9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My
their clothes rent. lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my
32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s father’s house: and the king and his throne be
brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose guiltless.
that they have slain all the young men the king’s 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto
sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee
appointment of Absalom this hath been determined any more.
from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember
33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the
thing to his heart, to think that all the king’s sons are revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they
dead: for Amnon only is dead. destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth,
34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, 12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray
there came much people by the way of the hill side thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he
behind him. said, Say on.
35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the 13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou
king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is. thought such a thing against the people of God? for
36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty,
end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, in that the king doth not fetch home again his
and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also banished.
and all his servants wept very sore. 14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on
37 ¶ But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son the ground, which cannot be gathered up again;
of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he
for his son every day. devise means, that his banished be not expelled from
38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was him.
there three years. 15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this
39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people
unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will
Amnon, seeing he was dead. now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will
perform the request of his handmaid.
CHAPTER 14 16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid
N OW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the out of the hand of the man that would destroy me
king’s heart was toward Absalom. and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a 17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord
wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of
thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad:
apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 18 Then the king answered and said unto the
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing
unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my
4 ¶ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the lord the king now speak.
king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with
obeisance, and said, Help, O king. thee in all this? And the woman answered and said,
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to
she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord
mine husband is dead. the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine
strove together in the field, and there was none to handmaid:
part them, but the one smote the other, and slew 20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy
him. servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise,
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to
handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his know all things that are in the earth.
brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his 21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I
brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young
also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, man Absalom again.
and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and
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bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, judge in the land, that every man which hath any
To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do
in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath him justice!
fulfilled the request of his servant. 5 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and
Absalom to Jerusalem. took him, and kissed him.
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, 6 And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that
and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the
his own house, and saw not the king’s face. hearts of the men of Israel.
25 ¶ But in all Israel there was none to be so much 7 ¶ And it came to pass after forty years, that
praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go
his foot even to the crown of his head there was no and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the
blemish in him. LORD, in Hebron.
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at
year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me
heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the
hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the LORD.
king’s weight. 9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, arose, and went to Hebron.
and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was 10 ¶ But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes
a woman of a fair countenance. of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the
28 ¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in
and saw not the king’s face. Hebron.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their
when he sent again the second time, he would not simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
come. 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite,
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s David’s counseller, from his city, even from Giloh,
field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was
set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on strong; for the people increased continually with
fire. Absalom.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his 13 ¶ And there came a messenger to David, saying,
house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
servants set my field on fire? 14 And David said unto all his servants that were
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we
thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to
the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil
it had been good for me to have been there still: now upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the
therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be sword.
any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 15 And the king’s servants said unto the king,
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my
he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and lord the king shall appoint.
bowed himself on his face to the ground before the 16 And the king went forth, and all his household
king: and the king kissed Absalom. after him. And the king left ten women, which were
concubines, to keep the house.
CHAPTER 15 17 And the king went forth, and all the people after
A ND it came to pass after this, that Absalom him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men 18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all
to run before him. the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him
way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man from Gath, passed on before the king.
that had a controversy came to the king for 19 ¶ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite,
judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy
Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of place, and abide with the king: for thou art a
one of the tribes of Israel. stranger, and also an exile.
3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are 20 Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this
good and right; but there is no man deputed of the day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go
king to hear thee. whither I may, return thou, and take back thy
4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
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21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Absalom came into Jerusalem.
LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in
what place my lord the king shall be, whether in CHAPTER 16
death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And A ND when David was a little past the top of the
hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth
Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon
the little ones that were with him. them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred
23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer
all the people passed over: the king also himself fruits, and a bottle of wine.
passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou
passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s
24 ¶ And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with household to ride on; and the bread and summer
him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that
they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
until all the people had done passing out of the city. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master’s son?
25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at
of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of
of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
both it, and his habitation: 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all
26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I
behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy
unto him. sight, my lord, O king.
27 The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not 5 ¶ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold,
thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your thence came out a man of the family of the house of
two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he
the son of Abiathar. came forth, and cursed still as he came.
28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants
until there come word from you to certify me. of king David: and all the people and all the mighty
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of men were on his right hand and on his left.
God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out,
30 ¶ And David went up by the ascent of mount come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head 8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of
covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned;
that was with him covered every man his head, and and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the
they went up, weeping as they went up. hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art
31 ¶ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody
among the conspirators with Absalom. And David man.
said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of 9 ¶ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the
Ahithophel into foolishness. king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the
32 ¶ And it came to pass, that when David was come king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his
to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, head.
behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with 10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye
his coat rent, and earth upon his head: sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD
33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then
me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants,
Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels,
thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy seeketh my life: how much more now may this
servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for
of Ahithophel. the LORD hath bidden him.
35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine
Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good
thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, for his cursing this day.
thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 13 And as David and his men went by the way,
36 Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against
Ahimaaz Zadok’s son, and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him,
and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that and cast dust.
ye can hear. 14 And the king, and all the people that were with
37 So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
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15 ¶ And Absalom, and all the people the men of follow Absalom.
Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the
16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel
David’s friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they
said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the which be with him are valiant men.
king. 11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as
to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that
18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom thou go to battle in thine own person.
the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where
choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the
19 And again, whom should I serve? should I not dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the
serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in men that are with him there shall not be left so much
thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence. as one.
20 ¶ Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel 13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all
among you what we shall do. Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it
21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto into the river, until there be not one small stone
thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep found there.
the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The
abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the
that are with thee be strong. counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed
22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the
the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
concubines in the sight of all Israel. 15 ¶ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar
23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel
counselled in those days, was as if a man had Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus
inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel have I counselled.
of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David,
saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the
CHAPTER 17 wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be
M OREOVER Ahithophel said unto Absalom, swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel;
and I will arise and pursue after David this night: for they might not be seen to come into the city: and
2 And I will come upon him while he is weary and a wench went and told them; and they went and told
weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the king David.
people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom:
the king only: but they went both of them away quickly, and came
3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the to a man’s house in Bahurim, which had a well in his
man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the court; whither they went down.
people shall be in peace. 19 And the woman took and spread a covering over
4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the the well’s mouth, and spread ground corn thereon;
elders of Israel. and the thing was not known.
5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite 20 And when Absalom’s servants came to the
also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz
6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They
spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken be gone over the brook of water. And when they had
after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; sought and could not find them, they returned to
speak thou. Jerusalem.
7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that 21 And it came to pass, after they were departed, that
Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. they came up out of the well, and went and told king
8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly
men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled
their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the against you.
field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were
lodge with the people. with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the
9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other morning light there lacked not one of them that was
place: and it will come to pass, when some of them not gone over Jordan.
be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it 23 ¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was
will say, There is a slaughter among the people that not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat
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him home to his house, to his city, and put his Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went
household in order, and hanged himself, and died, under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head
and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between
24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was
passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with under him went away.
him. 10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said,
25 ¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, 11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And,
whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not
Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah smite him there to the ground? and I would have
Joab’s mother. given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of 12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should
Gilead. receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet
27 ¶ And it came to pass, when David was come to would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s
Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and
of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the
Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of young man Absalom.
Rogelim, 13 Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood
28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, against mine own life: for there is no matter hid
and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set
and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, thyself against me.
29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee.
kine, for David, and for the people that were with And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them
him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive
weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. in the midst of the oak.
15 And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour
CHAPTER 18 compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
A ND David numbered the people that were with 16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people
him, and set captains of thousands and captains returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held
of hundreds over them. back the people.
2 And David sent forth a third part of the people 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great
under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones
hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. 18 ¶ Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and
And the king said unto the people, I will surely go reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s
forth with you myself also. dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in
3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art 19 ¶ Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me
worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the
that thou succour us out of the city. LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
4 And the king said unto them, What seemeth you 20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear
best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another
and all the people came out by hundreds and by day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because
thousands. the king’s son is dead.
5 And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what
Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab,
man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard and ran.
when the king gave all the captains charge 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to
concerning Absalom. Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run
6 ¶ So the people went out into the field against after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run,
Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the 23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said
servants of David, and there was there a great unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the
slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. plain, and overran Cushi.
8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of 24 And David sat between the two gates: and the
all the country: and the wood devoured more people watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the
that day than the sword devoured. wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a
9 ¶ And Absalom met the servants of David. And man running alone.
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25 And the watchman cried, and told the king. And comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the
the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one
mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee
26 And the watchman saw another man running: than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until
and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, now.
Behold another man running alone. And the king 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they
said, He also bringeth tidings. told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king
27 And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before
of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, 9 ¶ And all the people were at strife throughout all
and cometh with good tidings. the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of
well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of
before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy the land for Absalom.
God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is
their hand against my lord the king. dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a
29 And the king said, Is the young man Absalom word of bringing the king back?
safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the 11 ¶ And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar
king’s servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah,
tumult, but I knew not what it was. saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to
30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to
here. And he turned aside, and stood still. the king, even to his house.
31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my
Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the
avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against king?
thee. 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone,
32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if
Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of thou be not captain of the host before me
my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do continually in the room of Joab.
thee hurt, be as that young man is. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah,
33 ¶ And the king was much moved, and went up to even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this
the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy
thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son servants.
Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O 15 So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And
Absalom, my son, my son! Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to
conduct the king over Jordan.
CHAPTER 19 16 ¶ And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which
A ND it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the
and mourneth for Absalom. men of Judah to meet king David.
2 And the victory that day was turned into mourning 17 And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with
unto all the people: for the people heard say that day him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and
how the king was grieved for his son. his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him;
3 And the people gat them by stealth that day into and they went over Jordan before the king.
the city, as people being ashamed steal away when 18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the
they flee in battle. king’s household, and to do what he thought good.
4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the
with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, king, as he was come over Jordan;
my son, my son! 19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute
5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that
said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy which thy servant did perversely the day that my
servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king
lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives should take it to his heart.
of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned:
6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all
friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the
regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I king.
perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and
died this day, then it had pleased thee well. said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this,
7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?
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22 And David said, What have I to do with you, ye king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over
adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem
death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require
this day king over Israel? of me, that will I do for thee.
23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when
not die. And the king sware unto him. the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai,
24 ¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down and blessed him; and he returned unto his own
to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, place.
nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from 40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham
the day the king departed until the day he came went on with him: and all the people of Judah
again in peace. conducted the king, and also half the people of
25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Israel.
Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto 41 ¶ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the
him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren
Mephibosheth? the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have
26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant brought the king, and his household, and all David’s
deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an men with him, over Jordan?
ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of
because thy servant is lame. Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us:
27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we
the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: eaten at all of the king’s cost? or hath he given us any
do therefore what is good in thine eyes. gift?
28 For all of my father’s house were but dead men 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of
before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and
servant among them that did eat at thine own table. we have also more right in David than ye: why then
What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first
the king? had in bringing back our king? And the words of the
29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men
any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba of Israel.
divide the land.
30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let CHAPTER 20
him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come
again in peace unto his own house. A ND there happened to be there a man of Belial,
whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a
31 ¶ And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We
Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to have no part in David, neither have we inheritance
conduct him over Jordan. in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even 2 So every man of Israel went up from after David,
fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of
sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to
very great man. Jerusalem.
33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over 3 ¶ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and
with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. the king took the ten women his concubines, whom
34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward,
to live, that I should go up with the king unto and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they
Jerusalem? were shut up unto the day of their death, living in
35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I widowhood.
discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste 4 ¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the
what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here
voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore present.
then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my 5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but
lord the king? he tarried longer than the set time which he had
36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with appointed him.
the king: and why should the king recompense it me 6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the
with such a reward? son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom:
37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him,
may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
of my father and of my mother. But behold thy 7 And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the
servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty
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men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son
Sheba the son of Bichri. of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a
8 When they were at the great stone which is in trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man
Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab’s to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the
garment that he had put on was girded unto him, king.
and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his 23 ¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and
loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
fell out. and over the Pelethites:
9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my 24 And Adoram was over the tribute: and
brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
right hand to kiss him. 25 And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar
10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in were the priests:
Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth 26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about
rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and David.
struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and
Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of CHAPTER 21
Bichri.
11 And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, T HEN there was a famine in the days of David
three years, year after year; and David inquired
He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul,
him go after Joab. and for his bloody house, because he slew the
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the Gibeonites.
highway. And when the man saw that all the people 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto
stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children
into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and
saw that every one that came by him stood still. the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul
13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of
people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the Israel and Judah.)
son of Bichri. 3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What
14 ¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the
unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the
and they were gathered together, and went also after LORD?
him. 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no
15 And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth- silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for
maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said,
and it stood in the trench: and all the people that What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. 5 And they answered the king, The man that
16 ¶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, consumed us, and that devised against us that we
hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, should be destroyed from remaining in any of the
that I may speak with thee. coasts of Israel,
17 And when he was come near unto her, the 6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and
woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of
he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said,
handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. I will give them.
18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of
in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath
Abel: and so they ended the matter. that was between them, between David and Jonathan
19 I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in the son of Saul.
Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the
Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni
the LORD? and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the
20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel
from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
21 The matter is not so: but a man of mount 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the
Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before
lifted up his hand against the king, even against the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were
David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days,
city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his in the beginning of barley harvest.
head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 10 ¶ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took
22 Then the woman went unto all the people in her sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from
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the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from
them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of violence.
the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the 4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
field by night. so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter 5 When the waves of death compassed me, the
of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
12 ¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and 6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the
the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of snares of death prevented me;
Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to
of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple,
them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: and my cry did enter into his ears.
13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the
and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he
the bones of them that were hanged. was wroth.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire
buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and
all that the king commanded. And after that God darkness was under his feet.
was intreated for the land. 11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he
15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with was seen upon the wings of the wind.
Israel; and David went down, and his servants with 12 And he made darkness pavilions round about
him, and fought against the Philistines: and David him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
waxed faint. 13 Through the brightness before him were coals of
16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the fire kindled.
giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most
hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded High uttered his voice.
with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them;
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, lightning, and discomfited them.
and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the 16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the
men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go foundations of the world were discovered, at the
no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his
the light of Israel. nostrils.
18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out
a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai of many waters;
the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and
the giant. from them that hated me: for they were too strong
19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the for me.
Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but
Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the LORD was my stay.
the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he
20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a delivered me, because he delighted in me.
man of great stature, that had on every hand six 21 The LORD rewarded me according to my
fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty righteousness: according to the cleanness of my
in number; and he also was born to the giant. hands hath he recompensed me.
21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of 22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have
Shimea the brother of David slew him. not wickedly departed from my God.
22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and 23 For all his judgments were before me: and as for
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his his statutes, I did not depart from them.
servants. 24 I was also upright before him, and have kept
myself from mine iniquity.
CHAPTER 22 25 Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me
A ND David spake unto the LORD the words of according to my righteousness; according to my
this song in the day that the LORD had delivered cleanness in his eye sight.
him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of 26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful,
the hand of Saul: and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself
2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my upright.
fortress, and my deliverer; 27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and
3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine
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eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring CHAPTER 23
them down.
29 For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will
lighten my darkness.
N OW these be the last words of David. David the
son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised
up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and
30 For by thee I have run through a troop: by my the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
God have I leaped over a wall. 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word
31 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the was in my tongue.
LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to
him. me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in
32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a the fear of God.
rock, save our God? 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when
33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the
way perfect. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear
34 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me shining after rain.
upon my high places. 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he
35 He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered
steel is broken by mine arms. in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and
36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. 6 ¶ But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that thrust away, because they cannot be taken with
my feet did not slip. hands:
38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed 7 But the man that shall touch them must be fenced
them; and turned not again until I had consumed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be
them. utterly burned with fire in the same place.
39 And I have consumed them, and wounded them, 8 ¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom
that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief
my feet. among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite:
40 For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he
them that rose up against me hast thou subdued slew at one time.
under me. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the
41 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David,
enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. when they defied the Philistines that were there
42 They looked, but there was none to save; even gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel
unto the LORD, but he answered them not. were gone away:
43 Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand
earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and
did spread them abroad. the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the
44 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of people returned after him only to spoil.
my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the 11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the
heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together
45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of
soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid 12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, and
out of their close places. defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD
47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and wrought a great victory.
exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. 13 And three of the thirty chief went down, and
48 It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of
down the people under me, Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in
49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: the valley of Rephaim.
thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that 14 And David was then in an hold, and the garrison
rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
violent man. 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would
50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem,
among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy which is by the gate!
name. 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host
51 He is the tower of salvation for his king: and of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of
sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
his seed for evermore. brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink
thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
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17 And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host,
should do this: is not this the blood of the men that which was with him, Go now through all the tribes
went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number
not drink it. These things did these three mighty ye the people, that I may know the number of the
men. people.
18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of 3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy
Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his God add unto the people, how many soever they be,
spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the
the name among three. king may see it: but why doth my lord the king
19 Was he not most honourable of three? therefore delight in this thing?
he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto 4 Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against
the first three. Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab
20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a and the captains of the host went out from the
valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down 5 ¶ And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in
also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the
snow: midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of
Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down Tahtim-hodshi; and they came to Dan-jaan, and
to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the about to Zidon,
Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the
22 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they
had the name among three mighty men. went out to the south of Judah, even to Beer-sheba.
23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they
attained not to the first three. And David set him came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and
over his guard. twenty days.
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; 9 And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword;
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand
Tekoite, men.
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the 10 ¶ And David’s heart smote him after that he had
Hushathite, numbered the people. And David said unto the
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and
29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity
son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Benjamin, 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s
Gaash, seer, saying,
31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the 12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I
Barhumite, offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, I may do it unto thee.
Jonathan, 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto
the Hararite, thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that
Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now
Gilonite, advise, and see what answer I shall return to him
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, that sent me.
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait:
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his
armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of
38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, man.
39 Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. 15 ¶ So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from
the morning even to the time appointed: and there
CHAPTER 24 died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba
A ND again the anger of the LORD was kindled seventy thousand men.
against Israel, and he moved David against them 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon
to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of
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the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the
people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the
angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of people.
Araunah the Jebusite. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the
17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him:
angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and
sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, threshing instruments and other instruments of the
what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be oxen for wood.
against me, and against my father’s house. 23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto
18 ¶ And Gad came that day to David, and said unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD
him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the thy God accept thee.
threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will
19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer
up as the LORD commanded. burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which
20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his doth cost me nothing. So David bought the
servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
out, and bowed himself before the king on his face 25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD,
upon the ground. and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague
come to his servant? And David said, To buy the was stayed from Israel.

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BOOK OF THE KINGS
COMMONLY CALLED
THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 1 the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

N OW king David was old and stricken in years; 17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by
and they covered him with clothes, but he gat the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying,
no heat. Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and
2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be he shall sit upon my throne.
sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let 18 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now,
her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in
may get heat. abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king,
3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the
coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
and brought her to the king. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel
4 And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who
king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
not. 21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the
5 ¶ Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son
himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him Solomon shall be counted offenders.
chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before 22 ¶ And, lo, while she yet talked with the king,
him. Nathan the prophet also came in.
6 And his father had not displeased him at any time 23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the
in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a prophet. And when he was come in before the king,
very goodly man; and his mother bare him after he bowed himself before the king with his face to the
Absalom. ground.
7 And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, 24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said,
and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon
Adonijah helped him. my throne?
8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen
Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath
Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, called all the king’s sons, and the captains of the
were not with Adonijah. host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat
9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle and drink before him, and say, God save king
by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and Adonijah.
called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the 26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the
men of Judah the king’s servants: priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy
10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the servant Solomon, hath he not called.
mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou
11 ¶ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit
mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard on the throne of my lord the king after him?
that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and 28 ¶ Then king David answered and said, Call me
David our lord knoweth it not? Bath-sheba. And she came into the king’s presence,
12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee and stood before the king.
counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and 29 And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth,
the life of thy son Solomon. that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto 30 Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of
him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign
thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
why then doth Adonijah reign? 31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the
14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let
I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. my lord king David live for ever.
15 ¶ And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the 32 ¶ And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest,
chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of
Shunammite ministered unto the king. Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto 33 The king also said unto them, Take with you the
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servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to 49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were
ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
Gihon: 50 ¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and
34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the
anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with altar.
the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. 51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold,
35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath
come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let
my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not
Israel and over Judah. slay his servant with the sword.
36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the 52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a
king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the
king say so too. earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he
37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, shall die.
even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him
greater than the throne of my lord king David. down from the altar. And he came and bowed
38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, him, Go to thine house.
and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon
to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to CHAPTER 2
Gihon.
39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of N OW the days of David drew nigh that he should
die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they 2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong
blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save therefore, and shew thyself a man;
king Solomon. 3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk
40 And all the people came up after him, and the in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his
people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, commandments, and his judgments, and his
so that the earth rent with the sound of them. testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that
41 ¶ And Adonijah and all the guests that were with thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, 4 That the LORD may continue his word which he
Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take
uproar? heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all
42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail
of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of
bringest good tidings. Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two
43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of
Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
king. slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the
44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, blood of war upon his girdle that was about his
and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not
and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
mule: 7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the
45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy
have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come table: for so they came to me when I fled because of
up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. Absalom thy brother.
This is the noise that ye have heard. 8 And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me
kingdom. with a grievous curse in the day when I went to
47 And moreover the king’s servants came to bless Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan,
our lord king David, saying, God make the name of and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not
Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne put thee to death with the sword.
greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art
upon the bed. a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do
48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the
God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my grave with blood.
throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. 10 So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in
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the city of David. 28 ¶ Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned
11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom.
forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and
thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. caught hold on the horns of the altar.
12 ¶ Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled
father; and his kingdom was established greatly. unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is
13 ¶ And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath- by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of
sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD,
14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth.
thee. And she said, Say on. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah
15 And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab,
mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I and thus he answered me.
should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said,
and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest
LORD. take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed,
16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. from me, and from the house of my father.
And she said unto him, Say on. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his
17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon own head, who fell upon two men more righteous
the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give and better than he, and slew them with the sword,
me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner
18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and
unto the king. Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of
19 ¶ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, Judah.
to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head
up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but
down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house,
the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand. and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever
20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; from the LORD.
I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell
her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his
21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be own house in the wilderness.
given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 35 ¶ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in
22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the
mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the king put in the room of Abiathar.
Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom 36 ¶ And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and
for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
Zeruiah. 37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and
23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be
not spoken this word against his own life. upon thine own head.
24 Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath 38 And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is
established me, and set me on the throne of David good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy
my father, and who hath made me an house, as he servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many
promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. days.
25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that
the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish
died. son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei,
26 ¶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went
worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei
to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord went, and brought his servants from Gath.
GOD before David my father, and because thou hast 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone
been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said
priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD,
of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain,
Eli in Shiloh. on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any
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whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst understanding to discern judgment;
unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I
43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the have given thee a wise and an understanding heart;
LORD, and the commandment that I have charged so that there was none like thee before thee, neither
thee with? after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast
all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there
thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all
shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; thy days.
45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my
throne of David shall be established before the LORD statutes and my commandments, as thy father David
for ever. did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a
Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before
died. And the kingdom was established in the hand the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up
of Solomon. burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and
made a feast to all his servants.
CHAPTER 3 16 ¶ Then came there two women, that were harlots,
A ND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king unto the king, and stood before him.
of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this
brought her into the city of David, until he had woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a
made an end of building his own house, and the child with her in the house.
house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was
about. delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and
2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because we were together; there was no stranger with us in
there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, the house, save we two in the house.
until those days. 19 And this woman’s child died in the night; because
3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the she overlaid it.
statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from
burnt incense in high places. beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in
4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
that was the great high place: a thousand burnt 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child
offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered
5 ¶ In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I
dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give did bear.
thee. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No;
servant David my father great mercy, according as he but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son.
walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, Thus they spake before the king.
and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son
kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other
him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the
7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy living.
servant king instead of David my father: and I am 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they
but a little child: I know not how to go out or come brought a sword before the king.
in. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two,
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which and give half to the one, and half to the other.
thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was
numbered nor counted for multitude. unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son,
9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart and she said, O my lord, give her the living child,
to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be
and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
people? 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother
had asked this thing. thereof.
11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the
this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; king had judged; and they feared the king: for they
neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do
the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself judgment.
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CHAPTER 4 roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.

S O king Solomon was king over all Israel. 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this
2 And these were the princes which he had; side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all
Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; all sides round about him.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man
4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even
and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the 26 ¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of
officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand
officer, and the king’s friend: horsemen.
6 And Ahishar was over the household: and 27 And those officers provided victual for king
Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon’s
7 ¶ And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
which provided victuals for the king and his 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and
household: each man his month in a year made dromedaries brought they unto the place where the
provision. officers were, every man according to his charge.
8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in 29 ¶ And God gave Solomon wisdom and
mount Ephraim: understanding exceeding much, and largeness of
9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: 30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of
10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained all the children of the east country, and all the
Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: wisdom of Egypt.
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; 31 For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the
which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the
wife: sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round
12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained about.
Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is 32 And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his
by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to songs were a thousand and five.
Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is
Jokneam: in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out
13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to him of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and
pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, of creeping things, and of fishes.
which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region 34 And there came of all people to hear the wisdom
of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had
with walls and brasen bars: heard of his wisdom.
14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath CHAPTER 5
the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in
Aloth:
A ND Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto
Solomon; for he had heard that they had
anointed him king in the room of his father: for
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: Hiram was ever a lover of David.
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, 3 Thou knowest how that David my father could not
in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of build an house unto the name of the LORD his God
Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which for the wars which were about him on every side,
was in the land. until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
20 ¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which 4 But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on
is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil
making merry. occurrent.
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the 5 And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the
river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto
border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set
Solomon all the days of his life. upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an
22 ¶ And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty house unto my name.
measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of 6 Now therefore command thou that they hew me
meal, cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be
23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for
pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint:
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for thou knowest that there is not among us any that breadth thereof before the house.
can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 4 And for the house he made windows of narrow
7 ¶ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the lights.
words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, 5 ¶ And against the wall of the house he built
Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto chambers round about, against the walls of the
David a wise son over this great people. house round about, both of the temple and of the
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have oracle: and he made chambers round about:
considered the things which thou sentest to me for: 6 The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad,
and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third
cedar, and concerning timber of fir. was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the
9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon house he made narrowed rests round about, that the
unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats beams should not be fastened in the walls of the
unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will house.
cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt 7 And the house, when it was in building, was built
receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so
in giving food for my household. that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool
10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
according to all his desire. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right
11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand side of the house: and they went up with winding
measures of wheat for food to his household, and stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the
twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to middle into the third.
Hiram year by year. 9 So he built the house, and finished it; and covered
12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he the house with beams and boards of cedar.
promised him: and there was peace between Hiram 10 And then he built chambers against all the house,
and Solomon; and they two made a league together. five cubits high: and they rested on the house with
13 ¶ And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; timber of cedar.
and the levy was thirty thousand men. 11 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to Solomon,
14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a saying,
month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, 12 Concerning this house which thou art in building,
and two months at home: and Adoniram was over if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my
the levy. judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk
15 And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand in them; then will I perform my word with thee,
that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in which I spake unto David thy father:
the mountains; 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and
16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s officers which were will not forsake my people Israel.
over the work, three thousand and three hundred, 14 So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
which ruled over the people that wrought in the 15 And he built the walls of the house within with
work. boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the
17 And the king commanded, and they brought walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the
great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house
the foundation of the house. with planks of fir.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did 16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the
hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared house, both the floor and the walls with boards of
timber and stones to build the house. cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the
oracle, even for the most holy place.
CHAPTER 6 17 And the house, that is, the temple before it, was
A ND it came to pass in the four hundred and forty cubits long.
eightieth year after the children of Israel were 18 And the cedar of the house within was carved
come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there
Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which was no stone seen.
is the second month, that he began to build the 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house within,
house of the LORD. to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
2 And the house which king Solomon built for the 20 And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits
LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty
the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with
thereof thirty cubits. pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of
3 And the porch before the temple of the house, cedar.
twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure
the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold
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before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the
22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
he had finished all the house: also the whole altar 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light
that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. was against light in three ranks.
23 ¶ And within the oracle he made two cherubims 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the
of olive tree, each ten cubits high. windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
24 And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, 6 ¶ And he made a porch of pillars; the length
and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof
the uttermost part of the one wing unto the thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the
uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the 7 ¶ Then he made a porch for the throne where he
cherubims were of one measure and one size. might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was
26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the
so was it of the other cherub. other.
27 And he set the cherubims within the inner house: 8 ¶ And his house where he dwelt had another court
and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, within the porch, which was of the like work.
so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh’s
the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this
and their wings touched one another in the midst of porch.
the house. 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the
28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within
29 And he carved all the walls of the house round and without, even from the foundation unto the
about with carved figures of cherubims and palm coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
trees and open flowers, within and without. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even
30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight
within and without. cubits.
31 ¶ And for the entering of the oracle he made 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures
doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a of hewed stones, and cedars.
fifth part of the wall. 12 And the great court round about was with three
32 The two doors also were of olive tree; and he rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams,
carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm both for the inner court of the house of the LORD,
trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and for the porch of the house.
and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the 13 ¶ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out
palm trees. of Tyre.
33 So also made he for the door of the temple posts 14 He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali,
of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass:
34 And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding,
of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of and cunning to work all works in brass. And he
the other door were folding. came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
35 And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits
and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass
upon the carved work. either of them about.
36 ¶ And he built the inner court with three rows of 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set
hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one
37 ¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other
house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: chapiter was five cubits:
38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain
is the eighth month, was the house finished work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of
throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for
the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. the other chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round
CHAPTER 7 about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters
B UT Solomon was building his own house that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so
thirteen years, and he finished all his house. did he for the other chapiter.
2 ¶ He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the
the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had
thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with pomegranates also above, over against the belly
cedar beams upon the pillars. which was by the network: and the pomegranates
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were two hundred in rows round about upon the and additions round about.
other chapiter. 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of
21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the 38 ¶ Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver
name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and contained forty baths: and every laver was four
called the name thereof Boaz. cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one
22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so laver.
was the work of the pillars finished. 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the
23 ¶ And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he
one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his set the sea on the right side of the house eastward
height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did over against the south.
compass it round about. 40 ¶ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels,
24 And under the brim of it round about there were and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all
knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the the work that he made king Solomon for the house
sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, of the LORD:
when it was cast. 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the
25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and
the north, and three looking toward the west, and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the
three looking toward the south, and three looking chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
toward the east: and the sea was set above upon 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two
them, and all their hinder parts were inward. networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one
26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that
thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with were upon the pillars;
flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
27 ¶ And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons:
thereof, and three cubits the height of it. and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king
28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright
they had borders, and the borders were between the brass.
ledges: 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in
29 And on the borders that were between the ledges the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed,
ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions because they were exceeding many: neither was the
and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. weight of the brass found out.
30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained
of brass: and the four corners thereof had unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and
undersetters: under the laver were undersetters the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
molten, at the side of every addition. 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the
31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with
above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons,
also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the
borders, foursquare, not round. hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house,
32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the the most holy place, and for the doors of the house,
axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and to wit, of the temple.
the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon
33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon
chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and brought in the things which David his father had
their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the
34 And there were four undersetters to the four vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house
corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the of the LORD.
very base itself.
35 And in the top of the base was there a round CHAPTER 8
compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the
base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were T HEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,
and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the
fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon
of the same.
36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the
borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which
palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, is Zion.
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2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my
unto king Solomon at the feast in the month father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD
Ethanim, which is the seventh month. promised, and have built an house for the name of
3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests the LORD God of Israel.
took up the ark. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is
4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our
tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy fathers, when he brought them out of the land of
vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the Egypt.
priests and the Levites bring up. 22 ¶ And Solomon stood before the altar of the
5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of LORD in the presence of all the congregation of
Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God
not be told nor numbered for multitude. like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who
6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that
of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the walk before thee with all their heart:
house, to the most holy place, even under the wings 24 Who hast kept with thy servant David my father
of the cherubims. that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy
7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is
over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered this day.
the ark and the staves thereof above. 25 Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy
8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the servant David my father that thou promisedst him,
staves were seen out in the holy place before the saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to
oracle, and they were not seen without: and there sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take
they are unto this day. heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou
9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of hast walked before me.
stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the 26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray
LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy
when they came out of the land of Egypt. servant David my father.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold,
out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain
of the LORD, thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy
because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to
filled the house of the LORD. hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy
12 ¶ Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he servant prayeth before thee to day:
would dwell in the thick darkness. 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house
13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a night and day, even toward the place of which thou
settled place for thee to abide in for ever. hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall
all the congregation of Israel: (and all the make toward this place.
congregation of Israel stood;) 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy
15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall
which spake with his mouth unto David my father, pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy
and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
16 Since the day that I brought forth my people 31 ¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and
Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and
tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name the oath come before thine altar in this house:
might be therein; but I chose David to be over my 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy
people Israel. servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way
17 And it was in the heart of David my father to upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give
build an house for the name of the LORD God of him according to his righteousness.
Israel. 33 ¶ When thy people Israel be smitten down before
18 And the LORD said unto David my father, the enemy, because they have sinned against thee,
Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name,
my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this
19 Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but house:
thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of
shall build the house unto my name. thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the
20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
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35 ¶ When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the
because they have sinned against thee; if they pray house which I have built for thy name:
toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their
from their sin, when thou afflictest them: supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of maintain their cause,
thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach 50 And forgive thy people that have sinned against
them the good way wherein they should walk, and thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have
give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy transgressed against thee, and give them compassion
people for an inheritance. before them who carried them captive, that they may
37 ¶ If there be in the land famine, if there be have compassion on them:
pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be 51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance,
caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the
their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness midst of the furnace of iron:
there be; 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the
38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by supplication of thy servant, and unto the
any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto
know every man the plague of his own heart, and them in all that they call for unto thee.
spread forth his hands toward this house: 53 For thou didst separate them from among all the
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou
forgive, and do, and give to every man according to spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou
his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an
men;) end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the
in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy spread up to heaven.
people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of
name’s sake; Israel with a loud voice, saying,
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his
strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he people Israel, according to all that he promised:
shall come and pray toward this house; there hath not failed one word of all his good
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses
according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: his servant.
that all people of the earth may know thy name, to 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our
fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
know that this house, which I have builded, is called 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk
by thy name. in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and
44 ¶ If thy people go out to battle against their his statutes, and his judgments, which he
enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and commanded our fathers.
shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made
hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the
for thy name: LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their cause of his servant, and the cause of his people
supplication, and maintain their cause. Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the
sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and LORD is God, and that there is none else.
deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD
away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his
near; commandments, as at this day.
47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land 62 ¶ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered
whither they were carried captives, and repent, and sacrifice before the LORD.
make supplication unto thee in the land of them that 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace
carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and
have done perversely, we have committed twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
wickedness; thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of
which led them away captive, and pray unto thee the court that was before the house of the LORD: for
toward their land, which thou gavest unto their there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings,
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and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with
altar that was before the LORD was too little to gold, according to all his desire,) that then king
receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of
the fat of the peace offerings. Galilee.
65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities
Israel with him, a great congregation, from the which Solomon had given him; and they pleased
entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, him not.
before the LORD our God, seven days and seven 13 And he said, What cities are these which thou
days, even fourteen days. hast given me, my brother? And he called them the
66 On the eighth day he sent the people away: and land of Cabul unto this day.
they blessed the king, and went unto their tents 14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of
joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the gold.
LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel 15 ¶ And this is the reason of the levy which king
his people. Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD,
and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of
CHAPTER 9 Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
A ND it came to pass, when Solomon had finished 16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and
the building of the house of the LORD, and the taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the
king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a
pleased to do, present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
2 That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the
time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. nether,
3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in
prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made the land,
before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou 19 And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and
hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen,
eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. and that which Solomon desired to build in
4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his
father walked, in integrity of heart, and in dominion.
uprightness, to do according to all that I have 20 And all the people that were left of the Amorites,
commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which
judgments: were not of the children of Israel,
5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom 21 Their children that were left after them in the
upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy land, whom the children of Israel also were not able
father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a
the throne of Israel. tribute of bondservice unto this day.
6 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make
your children, and will not keep my commandments no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his
and my statutes which I have set before you, but go servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers
and serve other gods, and worship them: of his chariots, and his horsemen.
7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I 23 These were the chief of the officers that were over
have given them; and this house, which I have Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare
hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; rule over the people that wrought in the work.
and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all 24 ¶ But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city
people: of David unto her house which Solomon had built
8 And at this house, which is high, every one that for her: then did he build Millo.
passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and 25 ¶ And three times in a year did Solomon offer
they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar
this land, and to this house? which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense
9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he
LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out finished the house.
of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other 26 ¶ And king Solomon made a navy of ships in
gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of
therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
evil. 27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen
10 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of
when Solomon had built the two houses, the house Solomon.
of the LORD, and the king’s house, 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence
11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought
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it to king Solomon. of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to
one target.
CHAPTER 10 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten
A ND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and
of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, the king put them in the house of the forest of
she came to prove him with hard questions. Lebanon.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, 18 ¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory,
with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and overlaid it with the best gold.
and precious stones: and when she was come to 19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in throne was round behind: and there were stays on
her heart. either side on the place of the seat, and two lions
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was stood beside the stays.
not any thing hid from the king, which he told her 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and
not. on the other upon the six steps: there was not the
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all like made in any kingdom.
Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built, 21 ¶ And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of
5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of
servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was
their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with
was no more spirit in her. the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory,
heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy and apes, and peacocks.
wisdom. 23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the
7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, earth for riches and for wisdom.
and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was 24 ¶ And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his
not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
the fame which I heard. 25 And they brought every man his present, vessels
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and
which stand continually before thee, and that hear armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by
thy wisdom. year.
9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in 26 ¶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and
thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred
LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
king, to do judgment and justice. bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king
10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty at Jerusalem.
talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as
precious stones: there came no more such stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore
abundance of spices as these which the queen of trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
Sheba gave to king Solomon. 28 ¶ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the
from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of linen yarn at a price.
almug trees, and precious stones. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for
12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an
the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the
harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring
such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. them out by their means.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba
all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that CHAPTER 11
which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she
turned and went to her own country, she and her
servants.
B UT king Solomon loved many strange women,
together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women
of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians,
14 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon and Hittites;
in one year was six hundred threescore and six 2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said
talents of gold, unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to
15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely
the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the they will turn away your heart after their gods:
kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. Solomon clave unto these in love.
16 ¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
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three hundred concubines: and his wives turned with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host
away his heart. was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart,
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that that I may go to mine own country.
his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou
his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to
was the heart of David his father. thine own country? And he answered, Nothing:
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of howbeit let me go in any wise.
the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of 23 ¶ And God stirred him up another adversary,
the Ammonites. Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and Hadadezer king of Zobah:
went not fully after the LORD, as did David his 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became
father. captain over a band, when David slew them of
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt
Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that therein, and reigned in Damascus.
is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the 25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of
abomination of the children of Ammon. Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he
8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 26 ¶ And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite
9 ¶ And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name
his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his
which had appeared unto him twice, hand against the king.
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand
that he should not go after other gods: but he kept against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired
not that which the LORD commanded. the breaches of the city of David his father.
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he
kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have was industrious, he made him ruler over all the
commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom charge of the house of Joseph.
from thee, and will give it to thy servant. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the
David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad
hand of thy son. himself with a new garment; and they two were alone
13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but in the field:
will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on
sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen. him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
14 ¶ And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces:
Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I
seed in Edom. will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon,
15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and will give ten tribes to thee:
and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant
the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which
16 (For six months did Joab remain there with all I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) 33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have
17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians,
father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the
being yet a little child. god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked
18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes,
and they took men with them out of Paran, and they and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did
came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which David his father.
gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of
gave him land. his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of
19 And Hadad found great favour in the sight of his life for David my servant’s sake, whom I chose,
Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his because he kept my commandments and my
own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. statutes:
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand,
his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David
among the sons of Pharaoh. my servant may have a light alway before me in
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put
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my name there. this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto
according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger
king over Israel. shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a
command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath
that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
commandments, as David my servant did; that I will scorpions.
be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built 12 ¶ So Jeroboam and all the people came to
for David, and will give Israel unto thee. Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed,
39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but saying, Come to me again the third day.
not for ever. 13 And the king answered the people roughly, and
40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I
Solomon. will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you
41 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the 15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the
book of the acts of Solomon? people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he
42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by
over all Israel was forty years. Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was Nebat.
buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam 16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened
his son reigned in his stead. not unto them, the people answered the king, saying,
What portion have we in David? neither have we
CHAPTER 12 inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O
A ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel
were come to Shechem to make him king. departed unto their tents.
2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of 17 But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the
Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
fled from the presence of king Solomon, and 18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was
Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with
3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made
all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to
Rehoboam, saying, Jerusalem.
4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto
make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his this day.
heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that
will serve thee. Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called
5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, him unto the congregation, and made him king over
then come again to me. And the people departed. all Israel: there was none that followed the house of
6 ¶ And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, David, but the tribe of Judah only.
that stood before Solomon his father while he yet 21 ¶ And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem,
lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of
this people? Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand
7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against
servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
them, and answer them, and speak good words to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the
8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which man of God, saying,
they had given him, and consulted with the young 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king
men that were grown up with him, and which stood of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and
before him: Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that 24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight
we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, against your brethren the children of Israel: return
saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon every man to his house; for this thing is from me.
us lighter? They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD,
10 And the young men that were grown up with him and returned to depart, according to the word of the
spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto LORD.
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25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and
Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from the king’s hand was restored him again, and became
thence, and built Penuel. as it was before.
26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come
kingdom return to the house of David: home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give
27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of thee a reward.
the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this 8 And the man of God said unto the king, If thou
people turn again unto their lord, even unto wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with
Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this
go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. place:
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two 9 For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD,
calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again
you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, by the same way that thou camest.
which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the
29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put way that he came to Beth-el.
he in Dan. 11 ¶ Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went his sons came and told him all the works that the
to worship before the one, even unto Dan. man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words
31 And he made an house of high places, and made which he had spoken unto the king, them they told
priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of also to their father.
the sons of Levi. 12 And their father said unto them, What way went
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God
month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto went, which came from Judah.
the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So
altar. So did he in Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
that he had made: and he placed in Beth-el the 14 And went after the man of God, and found him
priests of the high places which he had made. sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made the man of God that camest from Judah? And he
in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even said, I am.
in the month which he had devised of his own heart; 15 Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and
and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and eat bread.
he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 16 And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in
with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water
CHAPTER 13 with thee in this place:
A ND, behold, there came a man of God out of 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD,
Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor
and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
2 And he cried against the altar in the word of the 18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art;
LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the
Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine
David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he
the priests of the high places that burn incense upon lied unto him.
thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in
3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the his house, and drank water.
sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar 20 ¶ And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that
shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that
poured out. brought him back:
4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard 21 And he cried unto the man of God that came
the saying of the man of God, which had cried from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch
against the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and
hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And hast not kept the commandment which the LORD
his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, thy God commanded thee,
so that he could not pull it in again to him. 22 But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk
5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to
from the altar, according to the sign which the man thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase
of God had given by the word of the LORD. shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
6 And the king answered and said unto the man of 23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread,
God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the
pray for me, that my hand may be restored me ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought
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back. of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her
24 And when he was gone, a lion met him by the son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto
way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall
way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by feign herself to be another woman.
the carcase. 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her
25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come
cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself
and they came and told it in the city where the old to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy
prophet dwelt. tidings.
26 And when the prophet that brought him back 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of
from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the
God, who was disobedient unto the word of the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto 8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of
the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake as my servant David, who kept my commandments,
unto him. and who followed me with all his heart, to do that
27 And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the only which was right in mine eyes;
ass. And they saddled him. 9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee:
28 And he went and found his carcase cast in the for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and
way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast
the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass. cast me behind thy back:
29 And the prophet took up the carcase of the man 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the
of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam
and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is
to bury him. shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the
30 And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh
mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! away dung, till it be all gone.
31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the
he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the
bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house:
32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall
LORD against the altar in Beth-el, and against all the die.
houses of the high places which are in the cities of 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him:
Samaria, shall surely come to pass. for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave,
33 ¶ After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his because in him there is found some good thing
evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of
priests of the high places: whosoever would, he Jeroboam.
consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of 14 Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over
the high places. Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that
34 And this thing became sin unto the house of day: but what? even now.
Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from 15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken
off the face of the earth. in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this
good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall
CHAPTER 14 scatter them beyond the river, because they have
A T that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray 16 And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of
thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: 17 ¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and
behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold
that I should be king over this people. of the door, the child died;
3 And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a 18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for
cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what him, according to the word of the LORD, which he
shall become of the child. spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
4 And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went 19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he
to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written
Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
of his age. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two
5 ¶ And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and
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Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and
21 ¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Jeroboam all the days of his life.
Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when 7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he
he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in did, are they not written in the book of the
Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war
all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his between Abijam and Jeroboam.
mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried
22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in
they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which his stead.
they had committed, above all that their fathers had 9 ¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of
done. Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
23 For they also built them high places, and images, 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem.
and groves, on every high hill, and under every green And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter
tree. of Abishalom.
24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of
they did according to all the abominations of the the LORD, as did David his father.
nations which the LORD cast out before the children 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land,
of Israel. and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
25 ¶ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king 13 And also Maachah his mother, even her he
Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up removed from being queen, because she had made
against Jerusalem: an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and
26 And he took away the treasures of the house of burnt it by the brook Kidron.
the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; he 14 But the high places were not removed:
even took away all: and he took away all the shields nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the LORD
of gold which Solomon had made. all his days.
27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen 15 And he brought in the things which his father had
shields, and committed them unto the hands of the dedicated, and the things which himself had
chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and
house. gold, and vessels.
28 And it was so, when the king went into the house 16 ¶ And there was war between Asa and Baasha
of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought king of Israel all their days.
them back into the guard chamber. 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah,
29 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go
that he did, are they not written in the book of the out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were
30 And there was war between Rehoboam and left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and
Jeroboam all their days. the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them
31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them
buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of
mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus,
Abijam his son reigned in his stead. saying,
19 There is a league between me and thee, and
CHAPTER 15 between my father and thy father: behold, I have
N OW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and
the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he
2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his may depart from me.
mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent
Abishalom. the captains of the hosts which he had against the
3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-
he had done before him: and his heart was not beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land
perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David of Naphtali.
his father. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof,
4 Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in
God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son Tirzah.
after him, and to establish Jerusalem: 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout
5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away
of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof,
that he commanded him all the days of his life, save wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built
only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are 7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the of Hanani came the word of the LORD against
kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil
age he was diseased in his feet. that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking
24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried him to anger with the work of his hands, in being
with his fathers in the city of David his father: and like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. him.
25 ¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign 8 ¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah
over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in
and reigned over Israel two years. Tirzah, two years.
26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots,
walked in the way of his father, and in his sin conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking
wherewith he made Israel to sin. himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his
27 ¶ And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of house in Tirzah.
Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote 10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed
him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of
for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. Judah, and reigned in his stead.
28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as
Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the
29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth
smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his
Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed friends.
him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha,
he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: according to the word of the LORD, which he spake
30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation 13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his
wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to son, by which they sinned, and by which they made
anger. Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to
31 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that anger with their vanities.
he did, are they not written in the book of the 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he
chronicles of the kings of Israel? did, are they not written in the book of the
32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king chronicles of the kings of Israel?
of Israel all their days. 15 ¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of
33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the
Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in people were encamped against Gibbethon, which
Tirzah, twenty and four years. belonged to the Philistines.
34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and 16 And the people that were encamped heard say,
walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king:
wherewith he made Israel to sin. wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the
host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
CHAPTER 16 17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel
T HEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city
2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s
made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou house, and burnt the king’s house over him with
hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made fire, and died,
my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with 19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the
their sins; sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of
3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make
and the posterity of his house; and will make thy Israel to sin.
house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason
4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs that he wrought, are they not written in the book of
eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
fowls of the air eat. 21 ¶ Then were the people of Israel divided into two
5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of
did, and his might, are they not written in the book Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in against the people that followed Tibni the son of
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Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
23 ¶ In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him,
began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six saying,
years reigned he in Tirzah. 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to
24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a
talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the widow woman there to sustain thee.
name of the city which he built, after the name of 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he
Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow
25 ¶ But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called
and did worse than all that were before him. to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water
26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son in a vessel, that I may drink.
of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her,
sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in
their vanities. thine hand.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, 12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have
and his might that he shewed, are they not written in not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two
28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my
Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. son, that we may eat it, and die.
29 ¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as
Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first,
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and
in Samaria twenty and two years. for thy son.
30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel
the LORD above all that were before him. of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil
31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon
for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of the earth.
Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of 15 And she went and did according to the saying of
Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many
Baal, and worshipped him. days.
32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the
Baal, which he had built in Samaria. cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD,
33 And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to which he spake by Elijah.
provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the 17 ¶ And it came to pass after these things, that the
kings of Israel that were before him. son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell
34 ¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no
he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his breath left in him.
firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest 18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with
son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to
he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he
CHAPTER 17 took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into
A ND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own
inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the bed.
LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD
there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow
according to my word. with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 21 And he stretched himself upon the child three
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD
thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; him again.
and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the soul of the child came into him again, and he
LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, revived.
that is before Jordan. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the out of the chamber into the house, and delivered
morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son
drank of the brook. liveth.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook 24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I
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know that thou art a man of God, and that the word the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast
of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. followed Baalim.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel
CHAPTER 18 unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four
A ND it came to pass after many days, that the hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves
word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and
send rain upon the earth. gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said,
there was a sore famine in Samaria. How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD
3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.
of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: And the people answered him not a word.
4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only,
the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with are four hundred and fifty men.
bread and water.) 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it
unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on
and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. wood, and put no fire under:
6 So they divided the land between them to pass 24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will
throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and call on the name of the LORD: and the God that
Obadiah went another way by himself. answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people
7 ¶ And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah answered and said, It is well spoken.
met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose
said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for
8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but
Behold, Elijah is here. put no fire under.
9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou 26 And they took the bullock which was given them,
wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal
to slay me? from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear
10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered.
kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked
oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he
thee not. is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or
11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Elijah is here. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood
from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee gushed out upon them.
whither I know not; and so when I come and tell 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and
Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I they prophesied until the time of the offering of the
thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor
13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel any to answer, nor any that regarded.
slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an 30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near
hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a unto me. And all the people came near unto him.
cave, and fed them with bread and water? And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, broken down.
Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the
15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto
before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel
him to day. shall be thy name:
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name
and Ahab went to meet Elijah. of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar,
17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that as great as would contain two measures of seed.
Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the
Israel? bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the
thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
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34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did tree: and he requested for himself that he might die;
it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my
And they did it the third time. life; for I am not better than my fathers.
35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,
filled the trench also with water. behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto
36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of him, Arise and eat.
the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken
near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he
Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second
done all these things at thy word. time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat;
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may because the journey is too great for thee.
know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in
hast turned their heart back again. the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the unto Horeb the mount of God.
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and 9 ¶ And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged
the dust, and licked up the water that was in the there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to
trench. him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their Elijah?
faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the
LORD, he is the God. LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I
them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Kishon, and slew them there. 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount
41 ¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by,
drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the
went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an
down upon the earth, and put his face between his earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
knees, 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he
is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold,
said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest
sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto thou here, Elijah?
Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the
the rain stop thee not. LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it
46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he away.
girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the 15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy
entrance of Jezreel. way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou
comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
CHAPTER 19 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to
A ND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of
and withal how he had slain all the prophets Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy
with the sword. room.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, 17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth
So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that
thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
this time. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every
life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to mouth which hath not kissed him.
Judah, and left his servant there. 19 ¶ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son
4 ¶ But he himself went a day’s journey into the of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of
wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah
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passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and know that I am the LORD.
said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my 14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus
mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the
him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall
21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes
the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the of the provinces, and they were two hundred and
people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went thirty two: and after them he numbered all the
after Elijah, and ministered unto him. people, even all the children of Israel, being seven
thousand.
CHAPTER 20 16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was
A ND Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the
host together: and there were thirty and two kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he 17 And the young men of the princes of the
went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out,
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into and they told him, saying, There are men come out
the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, of Samaria.
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace,
thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. take them alive; or whether they be come out for
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, war, take them alive.
O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all 19 So these young men of the princes of the
that I have. provinces came out of the city, and the army which
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus followed them.
speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent 20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians
unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the
and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; king of Syria escaped on an horse with the
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow horsemen.
about this time, and they shall search thine house, 21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the
and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it slaughter.
in their hand, and take it away. 22 ¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and
land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the
man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my king of Syria will come up against thee.
wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto
for my gold; and I denied him not. him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, were stronger than we; but let us fight against them
Hearken not unto him, nor consent. in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben- they.
hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst 24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every
send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this man out of his place, and put captains in their
thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, rooms:
and brought him word again. 25 And number thee an army, like the army that
10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for
gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain,
Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he
that follow me. hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell 26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that
him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to
himself as he that putteth it off. Aphek, to fight against Israel.
12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and
message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the were all present, and went against them: and the
pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set children of Israel pitched before them like two little
yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
against the city. 28 ¶ And there came a man of God, and spake unto
13 ¶ And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD,
king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of
thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore
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will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man
and ye shall know that I am the LORD. whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle 43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy
was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the and displeased, and came to Samaria.
Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there CHAPTER 21
a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the
men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came
into the city, into an inner chamber.
A ND it came to pass after these things, that
Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was
in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of
31 ¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we Samaria.
have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs,
our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee
the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me,
and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto
let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my thee.
brother. 4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and
33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any displeased because of the word which Naboth the
thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will
and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he
Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his
him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. face, and would eat no bread.
34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which 5 ¶ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto
my father took from thy father, I will restore; and him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no
thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my bread?
father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto
thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me
with him, and sent him away. thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I
35 ¶ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets will give thee another vineyard for it: and he
said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now
him. govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread,
36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the
obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the
found him, and slew him. elders and to the nobles that were in his city,
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, dwelling with Naboth.
I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a
smiting he wounded him. fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to
by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst
his face. blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him
39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: out, and stone him, that he may die.
and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the
the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as
brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in
by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for the letters which she had sent unto them.
his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he among the people.
was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial,
shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of
face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and
of the prophets. the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city,
42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is CHAPTER 22
stoned, and is dead.
15 ¶ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that A ND they continued three years without war
between Syria and Israel.
Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said 2 And it came to pass in the third year, that
to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the
Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee king of Israel.
for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know
16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and
Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with
possession of it. me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat
17 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people
Tishbite, saying, as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel,
is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets
19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus together, about four hundred men, and said unto
saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or
possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord
Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet
thine. of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There
mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom
because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he
sight of the LORD. doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.
21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said,
that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
and left in Israel, 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king
22 And will make thine house like the house of of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of
Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before
wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and them.
made Israel to sin. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him
23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD,
dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou
24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall have consumed them.
eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of 12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up
the air eat. to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall
25 ¶ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did deliver it into the king’s hand.
sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah
LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of
26 And he did very abominably in following idols, the prophets declare good unto the king with one
according to all things as did the Amorites, whom mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of
the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. one of them, and speak that which is good.
27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the
words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and 15 ¶ So he came to the king. And the king said unto
went softly. him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to
28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him,
Tishbite, saying, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before the hand of the king.
me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will 16 And the king said unto him, How many times
not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that
will I bring the evil upon his house. which is true in the name of the LORD?
17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the
hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the
LORD said, These have no master: let them return
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every man to his house in peace. 35 And the battle increased that day: and the king
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and
I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound
concerning me, but evil? into the midst of the chariot.
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the
LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every
the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand man to his city, and every man to his own country.
and on his left. 37 ¶ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria;
20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, and they buried the king in Samaria.
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And 38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of
one said on this manner, and another said on that Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they
manner. washed his armour; according unto the word of the
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before LORD which he spake.
the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he
22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the
said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the cities that he built, are they not written in the book
mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his
23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying son reigned in his stead.
spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the 41 ¶ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign
LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he
and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years
way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah
unto thee? the daughter of Shilhi.
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that 43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he
day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to turned not aside from it, doing that which was right
hide thyself. in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places
26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and were not taken away; for the people offered and
carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, burnt incense yet in the high places.
and to Joash the king’s son; 44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of
27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the Israel.
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his
with water of affliction, until I come in peace. might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they
28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, of Judah?
Hearken, O people, every one of you. 46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of
Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. the land.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I 47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was
will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but king.
put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to
disguised himself, and went into the battle. Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and broken at Ezion-geber.
two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in
king of Israel. the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the 50 ¶ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was
chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is buried with his fathers in the city of David his father:
the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. 51 ¶ Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years
that they turned back from pursuing him. over Israel.
34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and 52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
smote the king of Israel between the joints of the walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his
harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of
chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
host; for I am wounded. 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and
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COMMONLY CALLED
THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 1 pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy

T HEN Moab rebelled against Israel after the death servants, be precious in thy sight.
of Ahab. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with
upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in
and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, thy sight.
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go
shall recover of this disease. down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose,
3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the and went down with him unto the king.
Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the 16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire
there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because
Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?
4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on
come down from that bed on which thou art gone which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 17 ¶ So he died according to the word of the LORD
5 ¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in
he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did,
king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, the kings of Israel?
that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of
Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from CHAPTER 2
that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely
die. A ND it came to pass, when the LORD would take
up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was went with Elisha from Gilgal.
he which came up to meet you, and told you these 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee;
words? for the LORD hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul
girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to
said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. Beth-el.
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el
his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest
on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou thou that the LORD will take away thy master from
man of God, the king hath said, Come down. thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of your peace.
fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down 4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray
from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he
there came down fire from heaven, and consumed said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will
him and his fifty. not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of 5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho
fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou
him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come that the LORD will take away thy master from thy
down quickly. head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a ye your peace.
man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and 6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here;
consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As
came down from heaven, and consumed him and the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not
his fifty. leave thee. And they two went on.
13 ¶ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went,
with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by
and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and Jordan.
besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it
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together, and smote the waters, and they were children out of the city, and mocked him, and said
divided hither and thither, so that they two went unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald
over on dry ground. head.
9 ¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone over, 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and
that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there
thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare
said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be forty and two children of them.
upon me. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: from thence he returned to Samaria.
nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from
thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not CHAPTER 3
be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and N OW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of
talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; 2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but
and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. not like his father, and like his mother: for he put
12 ¶ And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my away the image of Baal that his father had made.
father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he
of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. departed not therefrom.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from 4 ¶ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster,
him, and went back, and stood by the bank of and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred
Jordan; thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams,
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from with the wool.
him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the
LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha 6 ¶ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same
went over. time, and numbered all Israel.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of
view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled
Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to
him, and bowed themselves to the ground before battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my
him. people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
16 ¶ And they said unto him, Behold now, there be 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he
with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah,
Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of
upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the
said, Ye shall not send. host, and for the cattle that followed them.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD
said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they hath called these three kings together, to deliver
sought three days, but found him not. them into the hand of Moab!
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried 11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet
at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by
you, Go not? him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants
19 ¶ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat,
Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is
and the ground barren. with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt the king of Edom went down to him.
therein. And they brought it to him. 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of
and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And
LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD
from thence any more death or barren land. hath called these three kings together, to deliver
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, them into the hand of Moab.
according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth,
23 ¶ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard
as he was going up by the way, there came forth little the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I
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would not look toward thee, nor see thee. tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said,
15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house,
pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the save a pot of oil.
LORD came upon him. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all
16 And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a
valley full of ditches. few.
17 For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the
neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour
with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
cattle, and your beasts. that which is full.
18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of the 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her
LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her;
hand. and she poured out.
19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full,
choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel.
wells of water, and mar every good piece of land And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more.
with stones. And the oil stayed.
20 And it came to pass in the morning, when the 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he
meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou
water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled and thy children of the rest.
with water. 8 ¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to
21 ¶ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings Shunem, where was a great woman; and she
were come up to fight against them, they gathered all constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as
that were able to put on armour, and upward, and oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
stood in the border. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I
22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the perceive that this is an holy man of God, which
sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the passeth by us continually.
water on the other side as red as blood: 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the
23 And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table,
slain, and they have smitten one another: now and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when
therefore, Moab, to the spoil. he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he
Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that turned into the chamber, and lay there.
they fled before them: but they went forward smiting 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this
the Moabites, even in their country. Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood
25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good before him.
piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold,
and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what
the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for
stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she
and smote it. answered, I dwell among mine own people.
26 ¶ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle 14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And
was too sore for him, he took with him seven Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her
hundred men that drew swords, to break through husband is old.
even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called
27 Then he took his eldest son that should have her, she stood in the door.
reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt 16 And he said, About this season, according to the
offering upon the wall. And there was great time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said,
indignation against Israel: and they departed from Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto
him, and returned to their own land. thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that
CHAPTER 4 season that Elisha had said unto her, according to
N OW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the time of life.
the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, 18 ¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day,
Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that he went out to his father to the reapers.
that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head.
is come to take unto him my two sons to be And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
bondmen. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to
2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then
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died. 38 ¶ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were
man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set
out. on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of
22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send the prophets.
me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
come again. gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it
said, It shall be well. came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that
24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is
Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
except I bid thee. 41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into
25 So she went and came unto the man of God to the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that
mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his 42 ¶ And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and
servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits,
26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the
her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that
it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. they may eat.
27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, 43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this
she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to before an hundred men? He said again, Give the
thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD,
alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
not say, Do not deceive me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and CHAPTER 5
take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou
meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, N OW Naaman, captain of the host of the king of
Syria, was a great man with his master, and
answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face honourable, because by him the LORD had given
of the child. deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in
30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD valour, but he was a leper.
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and
And he arose, and followed her. had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a
31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my
voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he
him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. would recover him of his leprosy.
32 And when Elisha was come into the house, 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus
behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will
them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he
34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put departed, and took with him ten talents of silver,
his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of
eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched raiment.
himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel,
waxed warm. saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee,
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to
fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
and the child sneezed seven times, and the child 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had
opened his eyes. read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth
Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy?
come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed seeketh a quarrel against me.
herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went 8 ¶ And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had
out. heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that
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he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver,
thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall and two changes of garments.
know that there is a prophet in Israel. 23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in
chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid
10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go them upon two of his servants; and they bare them
and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall before him.
come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 24 And when he came to the tower, he took them
11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, from their hand, and bestowed them in the house:
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and he let the men go, and they departed.
and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And
God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi?
the leper. And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, 26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with
better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to
them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to
rage. receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do maidservants?
some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? 27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave
how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went
and be clean? out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven
times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man CHAPTER 6
of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh
of a little child, and he was clean. A ND the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,
Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee
15 ¶ And he returned to the man of God, he and all is too strait for us.
his company, and came, and stood before him: and 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take
he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place
all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
take a blessing of thy servant. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with
16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take 4 So he went with them. And when they came to
it; but he refused. Jordan, they cut down wood.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into
thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it
earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither was borrowed.
burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he
unto the LORD. shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and
18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to 7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put
worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I out his hand, and took it.
bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow 8 ¶ Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and
down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and
pardon thy servant in this thing. such a place shall be my camp.
19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel,
departed from him a little way. saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for
20 ¶ But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of thither the Syrians are come down.
God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the
this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which man of God told him and warned him of, and saved
he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after himself there, not once nor twice.
him, and take somewhat of him. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when troubled for this thing; and he called his servants,
Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of
down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all us is for the king of Israel?
well? 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth
saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy
mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the bedchamber.
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13 ¶ And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may my son to morrow.
send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said
Behold, he is in Dothan. unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, eat him: and she hath hid her son.
and a great host: and they came by night, and 30 ¶ And it came to pass, when the king heard the
compassed the city about. words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he
15 And when the servant of the man of God was passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and,
risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
compassed the city both with horses and chariots. 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if
And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on
shall we do? him this day.
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with 32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with
us are more than they that be with them. him; and the king sent a man from before him: but
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,
open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take
opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh,
behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not
of fire round about Elisha. the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the
unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray messenger came down unto him: and he said,
thee, with blindness. And he smote them with Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait
blindness according to the word of Elisha. for the LORD any longer?
19 ¶ And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way,
neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring CHAPTER 7
you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to
Samaria. T HEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time
20 And it came to pass, when they were come into shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and
Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of
these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened Samaria.
their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in 2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned
the midst of Samaria. answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the
21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he LORD would make windows in heaven, might this
saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with
them? thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: 3 ¶ And there were four leprous men at the entering
wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit
captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread we here until we die?
and water before them, that they may eat and drink, 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the
and go to their master. famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we
23 And he prepared great provision for them: and sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and
when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us
and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but
came no more into the land of Israel. die.
24 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the
king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to
besieged Samaria. the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold,
25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, there was no man there.
behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to
for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even
cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. the noise of a great host: and they said one to
26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us
wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the
my lord, O king. Egyptians, to come upon us.
27 And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, 7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and
whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even
of the winepress? the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
28 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? 8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part
And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and
thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and
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raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and CHAPTER 8
entered into another tent, and carried thence also,
and went and hid it. T HEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son
he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou
9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou
day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine;
if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go 2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of
and tell the king’s household. the man of God: and she went with her household,
10 So they came and called unto the porter of the and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven
city: and they told them, saying, We came to the years.
camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man 3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that
there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and the woman returned out of the land of the
asses tied, and the tents as they were. Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king
11 And he called the porters; and they told it to the for her house and for her land.
king’s house within. 4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the
12 ¶ And the king arose in the night, and said unto man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great
his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians things that Elisha hath done.
have done to us. They know that we be hungry; 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how
therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the
themselves in the field, saying, When they come out woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to
of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi
city. said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is
13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told
which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the him. So the king appointed unto her a certain
multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the
they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites fruits of the field since the day that she left the land,
that are consumed:) and let us send and see. even until now.
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the 7 ¶ And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad
king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him,
see. saying, The man of God is come hither.
15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all 8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in
the way was full of garments and vessels, which the thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and
Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of
messengers returned, and told the king. this disease?
16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present
the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a with him, even of every good thing of Damascus,
shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before
according to the word of the LORD. him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath
17 ¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this
he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the disease?
people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as 10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him,
the man of God had said, who spake when the king Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD
came down to him. hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
18 And it came to pass as the man of God had 11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he
spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he
shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do
Samaria: unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt
19 And that lord answered the man of God, and thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay
said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip
windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he up their women with child.
said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but 13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog,
shalt not eat thereof. that he should do this great thing? And Elisha
20 And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt
upon him in the gate, and he died. be king over Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his
master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee?
And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest
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surely recover. 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there
15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and
a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on go in, and make him arise up from among his
his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
stead. 3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head,
16 ¶ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee
king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and
Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began tarry not.
to reign. 4 ¶ So the young man, even the young man the
17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the
18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to
did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us?
his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. And he said, To thee, O captain.
19 Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David 6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he
his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus
alway a light, and to his children. saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee
20 ¶ In his days Edom revolted from under the hand king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy
21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants
with him: and he rose by night, and smote the the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the
Edomites which compassed him about, and the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
captains of the chariots: and the people fled into 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I
their tents. will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the
22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same 9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the house
time. of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of
23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he Baasha the son of Ahijah:
did, are they not written in the book of the 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of
chronicles of the kings of Judah? Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he
24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried opened the door, and fled.
with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his 11 ¶ Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his
son reigned in his stead. lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore
25 ¶ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto
king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
Judah begin to reign. 12 And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said,
26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the
began to reign; and he reigned one year in LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the 13 Then they hasted, and took every man his
daughter of Omri king of Israel. garment, and put it under him on the top of the
27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi
house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept
house of Ahab. Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael
28 ¶ And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the king of Syria.
war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; 15 But king Joram was returned to be healed in
and the Syrians wounded Joram. Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given
29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And
of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth
Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went 16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for
down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was
because he was sick. come down to see Joram.
17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in
CHAPTER 9 Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he
A ND Elisha the prophet called one of the children came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said,
of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let
loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go him say, Is it peace?
to Ramoth-gilead: 18 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and
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said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink,
What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury
me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger her: for she is a king’s daughter.
came to them, but he cometh not again. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no
19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the
came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it palms of her hands.
peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do 36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he
with peace? turn thee behind me. said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by
20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion
unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he 37 And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon
driveth furiously. the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that
21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah
king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they CHAPTER 10
went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of
Naboth the Jezreelite. A ND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And
Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the
22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that
he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What brought up Ahab’s children, saying,
peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother 2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing
Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? your master’s sons are with you, and there are with
23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and
Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. armour;
24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and 3 Look even out the best and meetest of your
smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and
went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his fight for your master’s house.
chariot. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold,
25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we
and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth stand?
the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was
thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of
laid this burden upon him; the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy
26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we
and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will will not make any king: do thou that which is good
requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now in thine eyes.
therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them,
according to the word of the LORD. saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my
27 ¶ But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s
fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this
followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons,
chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, were with the great men of the city, which brought
which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and them up.
died there. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them,
28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy
Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him
fathers in the city of David. them to Jezreel.
29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of 8 ¶ And there came a messenger, and told him,
Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s
30 ¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the
heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her entering in of the gate until the morning.
head, and looked out at a window. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went
31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be
Zimri peace, who slew his master? righteous: behold, I conspired against my master,
32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, and slew him: but who slew all these?
Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth
him two or three eunuchs. nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD
33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD
down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of
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Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them;
kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none let none come forth. And they smote them with the
remaining. edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains
12 ¶ And he arose and departed, and came to cast them out, and went to the city of the house of
Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the Baal.
way, 26 And they brought forth the images out of the
13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of house of Baal, and burned them.
Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and
We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught
salute the children of the king and the children of house unto this day.
the queen. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took 29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of
them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not
house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in
them. Beth-el, and that were in Dan.
15 ¶ And when he was departed thence, he lighted 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast
on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet done well in executing that which is right in mine
him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab
heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And according to all that was in mine heart, thy children
Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of
hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him Israel.
up to him into the chariot. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the
16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed
the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to
17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that sin.
remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had 32 ¶ In those days the LORD began to cut Israel
destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of
which he spake to Elijah. Israel;
18 ¶ And Jehu gathered all the people together, and 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the
said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites,
shall serve him much. from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead
19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of and Bashan.
Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he
wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; did, and all his might, are they not written in the
whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried
destroy the worshippers of Baal. him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for stead.
Baal. And they proclaimed it. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in
21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the Samaria was twenty and eight years.
worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a
man left that came not. And they came into the CHAPTER 11
house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from
one end to another. A ND when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw
that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed
22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, all the seed royal.
Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister
And he brought them forth vestments. of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole
23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of him from among the king’s sons which were slain;
Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the
worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but 3 And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD
the worshippers of Baal only. six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and 4 ¶ And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched
burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the
without, and said, If any of the men whom I have guard, and brought them to him into the house of
brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took
go, his life shall be for the life of him. an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and
25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an shewed them the king’s son.
end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to 5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing
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that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate
the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the
king’s house; throne of the kings.
6 And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the
third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the
keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken sword beside the king’s house.
down. 21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to
7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the reign.
sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house
of the LORD about the king. CHAPTER 12
8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every
man with his weapons in his hand: and he that I N the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign;
and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his
cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye mother’s name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 2 And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight
9 And the captains over the hundreds did according of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest
to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: instructed him.
and they took every man his men that were to come 3 But the high places were not taken away: the
in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high
the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. places.
10 And to the captains over hundreds did the priest 4 ¶ And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of
give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the the dedicated things that is brought into the house of
temple of the LORD. the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth
11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons the account, the money that every man is set at, and
in his hand, round about the king, from the right all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to
corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, bring into the house of the LORD,
along by the altar and the temple. 5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his
12 And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the
crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
they made him king, and anointed him; and they 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year
clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the
13 ¶ And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard breaches of the house.
and of the people, she came to the people into the 7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest,
temple of the LORD. and the other priests, and said unto them, Why
14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a repair ye not the breaches of the house? now
pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the therefore receive no more money of your
trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the
rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent house.
her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. 8 And the priests consented to receive no more
15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains money of the people, neither to repair the breaches
of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said of the house.
unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and 9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a
him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the
priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD:
the LORD. and the priests that kept the door put therein all the
16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
way by the which the horses came into the king’s 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much
house: and there was she slain. money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the
17 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and
LORD and the king and the people, that they should told the money that was found in the house of the
be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the LORD.
people. 11 And they gave the money, being told, into the
18 And all the people of the land went into the house hands of them that did the work, that had the
of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it
brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought
priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest upon the house of the LORD,
appointed officers over the house of the LORD. 12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy
19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the
captains, and the guard, and all the people of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for
land; and they brought down the king from the the house to repair it.
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13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them,
LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any and had made them like the dust by threshing.
vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that 8 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that
was brought into the house of the LORD: he did, and his might, are they not written in the
14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
therewith the house of the LORD. 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they
15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in
whose hand they delivered the money to be his stead.
bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. 10 ¶ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of
16 The trespass money and sin money was not Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign
brought into the house of the LORD: it was the over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
priests’. 11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
17 ¶ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked
go up to Jerusalem. therein.
18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed 12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he
things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, did, and his might wherewith he fought against
his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the
own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the 13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam
king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in
he went away from Jerusalem. Samaria with the kings of Israel.
19 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he 14 ¶ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
did, are they not written in the book of the whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came
chronicles of the kings of Judah? down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O
20 And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the
and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth horsemen thereof.
down to Silla. 15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows.
21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad And he took unto him bow and arrows.
the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he 16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand
died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and
of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he
CHAPTER 13 opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And
I N the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of he said, The arrow of the LORD’s deliverance, and
Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed
seventeen years. them.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them.
LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the
Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
therefrom. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and
3 ¶ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times;
Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst
king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but
son of Hazael, all their days. thrice.
4 And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD 20 ¶ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the
Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. coming in of the year.
5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man,
went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast
the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the
beforetime. man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha,
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the he revived, and stood up on his feet.
house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked 22 ¶ But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the
therein: and there remained the grove also in days of Jehoahaz.
Samaria.) 23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had
7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but compassion on them, and had respect unto them,
fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
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Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of
them from his presence as yet. Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his 14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the
son reigned in his stead. vessels that were found in the house of the LORD,
25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out and in the treasures of the king’s house, and
of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
cities, which he had taken out of the hand of 15 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he
Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah
beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
CHAPTER 14 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was
I N the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and
Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
Judah. 17 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king
reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in of Israel fifteen years.
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of 18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not
Jerusalem. written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Judah?
LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according 19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in
to all things as Joash his father did. Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after
4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as him to Lachish, and slew him there.
yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the 20 And they brought him on horses: and he was
high places. buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of
5 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was David.
confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants 21 ¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which
which had slain the king his father. was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of
6 But the children of the murderers he slew not: his father Amaziah.
according unto that which is written in the book of 22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that
the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, the king slept with his fathers.
saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the 23 ¶ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of
children, nor the children be put to death for the Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king
fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty
own sin. and one years.
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
and took Selah by war, and called the name of it LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
Joktheel unto this day. the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
8 ¶ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the 25 He restored the coast of Israel from the entering
son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to
Come, let us look one another in the face. the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake
9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai,
king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, 26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor
there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, any left, nor any helper for Israel.
and trode down the thistle. 27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out the
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved
hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou 28 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all
shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which
king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in
Judah looked one another in the face at Beth- the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with
12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in
they fled every man to their tents. his stead.
13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of
Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake
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CHAPTER 15 LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of

I N the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of 19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land:
Judah to reign. and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver,
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, that his hand might be with him to confirm the
and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And kingdom in his hand.
his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty
LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the
done; king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in
4 Save that the high places were not removed: the the land.
people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high 21 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all
places. that he did, are they not written in the book of the
5 ¶ And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a chronicles of the kings of Israel?
leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and
several house. And Jotham the king’s son was over Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
the house, judging the people of the land. 23 ¶ In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah
6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over
did, are they not written in the book of the Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
chronicles of the kings of Judah? 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
7 So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
his son reigned in his stead. 25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his,
8 ¶ In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in
Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over the palace of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh,
Israel in Samaria six months. and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the killed him, and reigned in his room.
LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from 26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made he did, behold, they are written in the book of the
Israel to sin. chronicles of the kings of Israel.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against 27 ¶ In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of
him, and smote him before the people, and slew Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over
him, and reigned in his stead. Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam
of Israel. the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
12 This was the word of the LORD which he spake 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-
unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-
Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor,
pass. and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and
13 ¶ Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the carried them captive to Assyria.
nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and 30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy
he reigned a full month in Samaria. against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him,
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he
in his stead. did, behold, they are written in the book of the
15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his chronicles of the kings of Israel.
conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written 32 ¶ In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king
16 ¶ Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that of Judah to reign.
were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began
because they opened not to him, therefore he smote to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
it; and all the women therein that were with child he And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of
ripped up. Zadok.
17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of 34 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah
Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. had done.
18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the 35 ¶ Howbeit the high places were not removed: the
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people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high 13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat
places. He built the higher gate of the house of the offering, and poured his drink offering, and
LORD. sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the
36 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that altar.
he did, are they not written in the book of the 14 And he brought also the brasen altar, which was
chronicles of the kings of Judah? before the LORD, from the forefront of the house,
37 In those days the LORD began to send against from between the altar and the house of the LORD,
Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of and put it on the north side of the altar.
Remaliah. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest,
38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt
with his fathers in the city of David his father: and offering, and the evening meat offering, and the
Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the
burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their
CHAPTER 16 meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle
I N the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all
Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall
began to reign. be for me to inquire by.
2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that
reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and king Ahaz commanded.
did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD 17 ¶ And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases,
his God, like David his father. and removed the laver from off them; and took
3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were
and made his son to pass through the fire, according under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built
cast out from before the children of Israel. in the house, and the king’s entry without, turned he
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 19 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did,
5 ¶ Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: the kings of Judah?
and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried
him. with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah
6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to his son reigned in his stead.
Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians
came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. CHAPTER 17
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of
Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come I N the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began
Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over
up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, Israel nine years.
and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
up against me. LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before
8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found him.
in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the 3 ¶ Against him came up Shalmaneser king of
king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave
Assyria. him presents.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in
the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of
took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria,
slew Rezin. as he had done year by year: therefore the king of
10 ¶ And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that 5 ¶ Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all
was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it
priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, three years.
according to all the workmanship thereof. 6 ¶ In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria
11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria,
all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river
Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
from Damascus. 7 For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned
12 And when the king was come from Damascus, against the LORD their God, which had brought
the king saw the altar: and the king approached to them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the
the altar, and offered thereon. hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other
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gods, unto this day.
8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom 24 ¶ And the king of Assyria brought men from
the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from
and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in
9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel:
that were not right against the LORD their God, and and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities
they built them high places in all their cities, from thereof.
the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. 25 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling
10 And they set them up images and groves in every there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the
high hill, and under every green tree: LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of
11 And there they burnt incense in all the high them.
places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria,
away before them; and wrought wicked things to saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and
provoke the LORD to anger: placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions
unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. among them, and, behold, they slay them, because
13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against they know not the manner of the God of the land.
Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,
saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought
commandments and my statutes, according to all the from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let
law which I commanded your fathers, and which I him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
sent to you by my servants the prophets. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and
hardened their necks, like to the neck of their taught them how they should fear the LORD.
fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own,
15 And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant and put them in the houses of the high places which
that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities
which he testified against them; and they followed wherein they dwelt.
vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen 30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth,
that were round about them, concerning whom the and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of
LORD had charged them, that they should not do like Hamath made Ashima,
them. 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the
16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to
their God, and made them molten images, even two Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of
calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the Sepharvaim.
host of heaven, and served Baal. 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto
17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high
pass through the fire, and used divination and places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the
enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the high places.
sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods,
18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, after the manner of the nations whom they carried
and removed them out of his sight: there was none away from thence.
left but the tribe of Judah only. 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners:
19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their
LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law
which they made. and commandment which the LORD commanded
20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and
spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods,
21 For he rent Israel from the house of David; and nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor
they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and sacrifice to them:
Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the
made them sin a great sin. land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out
22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and
Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from to him shall ye do sacrifice.
them; 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law,
23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye
he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not
Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria fear other gods.
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38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and
shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. thirty talents of gold.
39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was
deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures
40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after of the king’s house.
their former manner. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from
41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the
their graven images, both their children, and their pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid,
children’s children: as did their fathers, so do they and gave it to the king of Assyria.
unto this day. 17 ¶ And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and
Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king
CHAPTER 18 Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And
N OW it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they
son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son were come up, they came and stood by the conduit
of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the
2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to fuller’s field.
reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in 18 And when they had called to the king, there came
Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was
daughter of Zachariah. over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah
3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the the son of Asaph the recorder.
LORD, according to all that David his father did. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to
4 ¶ He removed the high places, and brake the Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of
images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto trustest?
those days the children of Israel did burn incense to 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have
it: and he called it Nehushtan. counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom
5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, 21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this
nor any that were before him. bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man
6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is
following him, but kept his commandments, which Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
the LORD commanded Moses. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our
7 And the LORD was with him; and he prospered God: is not that he, whose high places and whose
whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to
the king of Assyria, and served him not. Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this
8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the altar in Jerusalem?
borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my
the fenced city. lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two
9 ¶ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set
Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son riders upon them.
of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one
Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put
10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this
Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up
11 And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto against this land, and destroy it.
Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and
river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray
12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we
their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’
Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and language in the ears of the people that are on the
would not hear them, nor do them. wall.
13 ¶ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master
did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these
the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on
14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and
Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return drink their own piss with you?
from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud
And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear
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the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall
29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and
you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
hand: 8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard
saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city that he was departed from Lachish.
shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of
Assyria. Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah,
of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, saying,
and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,
his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest
ye every one the waters of his cistern: deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered
32 Until I come and take you away to a land like into the hand of the king of Assyria.
your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria
bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly:
that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto and shalt thou be delivered?
Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them
LORD will deliver us. which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and
33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? were in Thelasar?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of
have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? Hena, and Ivah?
35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of
that have delivered their country out of mine hand, the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up
that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the
hand? LORD.
36 But the people held their peace, and answered 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said,
him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the
saying, Answer him not. cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all
37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah and earth.
the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open,
clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of
Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the
CHAPTER 19 living God.
A ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself destroyed the nations and their lands,
with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they
2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee,
prophet the son of Amoz. save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God,
day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and even thou only.
blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah,
and there is not strength to bring forth. saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That
4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master king of Assyria I have heard.
hath sent to reproach the living God; and will 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken
reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion
heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
that are left. daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed?
6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and
your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
the words which thou hast heard, with which the One of Israel.
servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord,
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and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I CHAPTER 20
am come up to the height of the mountains, to the
sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar I N those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And
the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him,
trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine
will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
the forest of his Carmel. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with unto the LORD, saying,
the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have
besieged places. walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart,
25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And
and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have Hezekiah wept sore.
I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay 4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into
waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, him, saying,
they were dismayed and confounded; they were as 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my
the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy
grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears:
be grown up. behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt
27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy go up unto the house of the LORD.
coming in, and thy rage against me. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I
28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the
come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took
29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
year such things as grow of themselves, and in the 8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the
second year that which springeth of the same; and in sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go
the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, up into the house of the LORD the third day?
and eat the fruits thereof. 9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath
Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or
fruit upward. go back ten degrees?
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, 10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the
and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the
the LORD of hosts shall do this. shadow return backward ten degrees.
32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and
king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by
shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
nor cast a bank against it. 12 ¶ At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of
33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present
return, and shall not come into this city, saith the unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had
LORD. been sick.
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own 13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed
sake, and for my servant David’s sake. them all the house of his precious things, the silver,
35 ¶ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of and the gold, and the spices, and the precious
the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all
Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in
and when they arose early in the morning, behold, his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah
they were all dead corpses. shewed them not.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and 14 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men?
37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the and from whence came they unto thee? And
house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country,
Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and even from Babylon.
they escaped into the land of Armenia. And 15 And he said, What have they seen in thine house?
Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in
mine house have they seen: there is nothing among
my treasures that I have not shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of
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the LORD. made Judah also to sin with his idols:
17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine 12 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and
store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears
nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. shall tingle.
18 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of
thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping
19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the it, and turning it upside down.
word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he 14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine
said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their
20 ¶ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to
might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and all their enemies;
brought water into the city, are they not written in 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this
Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. day.
16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very
CHAPTER 21 much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to
M ANASSEH was twelve years old when he another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to
began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the
in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi- LORD.
bah. 17 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not
LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. Judah?
3 For he built up again the high places which 18 And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was
Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden
altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 19 ¶ Amon was twenty and two years old when he
served them. began to reign, and he reigned two years in
4 And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
name. 20 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
two courts of the house of the LORD. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father
6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and walked in, and served the idols that his father served,
observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt and worshipped them:
with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much 22 And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and
wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him walked not in the way of the LORD.
to anger. 23 ¶ And the servants of Amon conspired against
7 And he set a graven image of the grove that he had him, and slew the king in his own house.
made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, 24 And the people of the land slew all them that had
and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in conspired against king Amon; and the people of the
Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
Israel, will I put my name for ever: 25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did,
8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any are they not written in the book of the chronicles of
more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only the kings of Judah?
if they will observe to do according to all that I have 26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden
commanded them, and according to all the law that of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
my servant Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced CHAPTER 22
them to do more evil than did the nations whom the
LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. J OSIAH was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in
10 ¶ And the LORD spake by his servants the Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the
prophets, saying, daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father,
the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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3 ¶ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this
Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, place, and shall not be quenched.
the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the 18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to
LORD, saying, inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus
4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words
the silver which is brought into the house of the which thou hast heard;
LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered 19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast
of the people: humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou
5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers heardest what I spake against this place, and against
of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a
the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and
work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the
breaches of the house, LORD.
6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy
buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in
7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I
of the money that was delivered into their hand, will bring upon this place. And they brought the
because they dealt faithfully. king word again.
8 ¶ And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan
the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the CHAPTER 23
house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to
Shaphan, and he read it. A ND the king sent, and they gathered unto him
all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and 2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD,
brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of
have gathered the money that was found in the Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the
house, and have delivered it into the hand of them prophets, and all the people, both small and great:
that do the work, that have the oversight of the and he read in their ears all the words of the book of
house of the LORD. the covenant which was found in the house of the
10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, LORD.
Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And 3 ¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a
Shaphan read it before the king. covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD,
11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the and to keep his commandments and his testimonies
words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and to perform the words of this covenant that were
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of written in this book. And all the people stood to the
Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a covenant.
servant of the king’s, saying, 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest,
13 Go ye, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the and the priests of the second order, and the keepers
people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the
this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for
LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he
have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of
do according unto all that which is written Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.
concerning us. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the
14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the
and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, round about Jerusalem; them also that burned
the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and
dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
communed with her. 6 And he brought out the grove from the house of
15 ¶ And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook
God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder
upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, thereof upon the graves of the children of the
even all the words of the book which the king of people.
Judah hath read: 7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites,
17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned that were by the house of the LORD, where the
incense unto other gods, that they might provoke women wove hangings for the grove.
me to anger with all the works of their hands; 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of
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Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests that he had done in Beth-el.
had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba, and 20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that
brake down the high places of the gates that were in were there upon the altars, and burned men’s bones
the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
the city, which were on a man’s left hand at the gate 21 ¶ And the king commanded all the people, saying,
of the city. Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came written in the book of this covenant.
not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but 22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from
they did eat of the unleavened bread among their the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all
brethren. the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of
10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of Judah;
the children of Hinnom, that no man might make 23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein
his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Molech. 24 ¶ Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and
11 And he took away the horses that the kings of the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all
Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the the abominations that were spied in the land of
house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan- Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he
melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, might perform the words of the law which were
and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in
12 And the altars that were on the top of the upper the house of the LORD.
chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had 25 And like unto him was there no king before him,
made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with
the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king all his soul, and with all his might, according to all
beat down, and brake them down from thence, and the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any
cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. like him.
13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, 26 ¶ Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the
which were on the right hand of the mount of fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger
corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had was kindled against Judah, because of all the
builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him
Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the withal.
Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the 27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out
children of Ammon, did the king defile. of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast
14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the
the groves, and filled their places with the bones of house of which I said, My name shall be there.
men. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he
15 ¶ Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the did, are they not written in the book of the
high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who chronicles of the kings of Judah?
made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the 29 ¶ In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went
high place he brake down, and burned the high up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates:
place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at
the grove. Megiddo, when he had seen him.
16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead
sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and
and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of
burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and
according to the word of the LORD which the man of anointed him, and made him king in his father’s
God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. stead.
17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the 31 ¶ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when
men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the he began to reign; and he reigned three months in
man of God, which came from Judah, and Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the
proclaimed these things that thou hast done against daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
the altar of Beth-el. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of 33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah
the prophet that came out of Samaria. in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in
19 And all the houses also of the high places that Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an
were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah 34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of
took away, and did to them according to all the acts Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and
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turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of
away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. the LORD, as the LORD had said.
35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the
Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten
according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths:
exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the none remained, save the poorest sort of the people
land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it of the land.
unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and
36 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his
he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand,
37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were
LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
CHAPTER 24 17 ¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his
I N his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his
up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: name to Zedekiah.
then he turned and rebelled against him. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he
2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the
Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the
the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
the prophets. 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass
3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out
upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the
sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; king of Babylon.
4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for
he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the CHAPTER 25
LORD would not pardon.
5 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that A ND it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,
in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the
he did, are they not written in the book of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
chronicles of the kings of Judah? he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin against it; and they built forts against it round about.
his son reigned in his stead. 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of
7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more king Zedekiah.
out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken 3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the
from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread
that pertained to the king of Egypt. for the people of the land.
8 ¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began 4 ¶ And the city was broken up, and all the men of
to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. war fled by night by the way of the gate between two
And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the
of Elnathan of Jerusalem. Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the king went the way toward the plain.
LORD, according to all that his father had done. 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the
10 ¶ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and
king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the all his army were scattered from him.
city was besieged. 6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment
against the city, and his servants did besiege it. upon him.
12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the 7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,
king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him
servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his 8 ¶ And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the
reign. month, which is the nineteenth year of king
13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-
house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of
house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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9 And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the Riblah:
king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew
every great man’s house burnt he with fire. them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was
10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with carried away out of their land.
the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of 22 ¶ And as for the people that remained in the land
Jerusalem round about. of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
11 Now the rest of the people that were left in the had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son
city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did 23 And when all the captains of the armies, they and
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carry away. their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to
land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and
13 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of
the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son
in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in of a Maachathite, they and their men.
pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men,
14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of
and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of
wherewith they ministered, took they away. Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
15 And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things 25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that
as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama,
captain of the guard took away. of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and
16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the
Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
brass of all these vessels was without weight. 26 And all the people, both small and great, and the
17 The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for
and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of they were afraid of the Chaldees.
the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, 27 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth
and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in
all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of
with wreathen work. the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in
18 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of
chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
the three keepers of the door: 28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne
19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set above the throne of the kings that were with him in
over the men of war, and five men of them that were Babylon;
in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, 29 And changed his prison garments: and he did eat
and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered bread continually before him all the days of his life.
the people of the land, and threescore men of the 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance
people of the land that were found in the city: given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all
20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took the days of his life.
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CHRONICLES
CHAPTER 1 Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And

A DAM, Sheth, Enosh,

2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and
Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the
4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. sons of Keturah.
5 ¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and 34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and and Israel.
Tiras. 35 ¶ The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush,
6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Jaalam, and Korah.
and Togarmah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi,
7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
Kittim, and Dodanim. 37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
8 ¶ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Mizzah.
Canaan. 38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and
9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and
Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Dishan.
Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and
10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty Timna was Lotan’s sister.
upon the earth. 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon;
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, Aiah, and Anah.
12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came 41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of
the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and
13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, Cheran.
14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan.
Girgashite, The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 43 ¶ Now these are the kings that reigned in the land
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the of Edom before any king reigned over the children
Hamathite. of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his
17 ¶ The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and city was Dinhabah.
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah
and Gether, and Meshech. of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land
Eber. of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of
the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab,
divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan. reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Avith.
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, reigned in his stead.
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these by the river reigned in his stead.
were the sons of Joktan. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of
24 ¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Achbor reigned in his stead.
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his
27 Abram; the same is Abraham. wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. the daughter of Mezahab.
29 ¶ These are their generations: The firstborn of 51 ¶ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were;
Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
Mibsam, 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of
of Ishmael. Edom.
32 ¶ Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s
concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and
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CHAPTER 2 were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

T HESE are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada.
Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,
Asher. and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
3 ¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but
which three were born unto him of the daughter of Seled died without children.
Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
him. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai;
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without
and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. children.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 34 ¶ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was
Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Jarha.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat
10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab Zabad,
begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
Boaz, 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, Eleasah,
13 ¶ And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat
Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, Shallum,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: Elishama.
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the 42 ¶ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel
sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of
three. Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa Hebron.
was Jether the Ishmeelite. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah,
18 ¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of and Rekem, and Shema.
Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam:
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. and Rekem begat Shammai.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon
him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. was the father of Beth-zur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 46 And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and
21 ¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and
when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
Segub. 48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty Tirhanah.
cities in the land of Gilead. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of
of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to 50 ¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur,
the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb- Kirjath-jearim,
ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the
the father of Tekoa. father of Beth-gader.
25 ¶ And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons;
Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites,
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the
Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel Eshtaulites.
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54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and
Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at CHAPTER 4
Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and
Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of T HE sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi,
and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and
Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the
CHAPTER 3 families of the Zorathites.

N OW these were the sons of David, which were 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and
born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Hazelelponi:
Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the
2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the
daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
Adonijah the son of Haggith: 5 ¶ And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives,
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream Helah and Naarah.
by Eglah his wife. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of
there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Naarah.
Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar,
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; and Ethnan.
Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the
four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel: families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 9 ¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh
the concubines, and Tamar their sister. that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my
10 ¶ And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and
son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, not grieve me! And God granted him that which he
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, requested.
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir,
son, which was the father of Eshton.
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and
15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men
Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, of Rechah.
the fourth Shallum. 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
Zedekiah his son. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat
17 ¶ And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they
son, were craftsmen.
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru,
Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah,
Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Tiria, and Asareel.
Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and
Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of
the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel
Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of
22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of
and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and
23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
and Azrikam, three. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and
24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi
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were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
21 ¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that
father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
and the families of the house of them that wrought
fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, CHAPTER 5
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash,
and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and N OW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel,
(for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he
defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto
Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.
23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
king for his work. 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him
24 ¶ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)
Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
son. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,
26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Shimei his son,
Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of
but his brethren had not many children, neither did Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the
all their family multiply, like to the children of Reubenites.
Judah. 7 And his brethren by their families, when the
28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were
Hazar-shual, the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and
31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Baal-meon:
Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of
unto the reign of David. the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because
32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the
33 And all their villages that were round about the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in
same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
and their genealogy. 11 ¶ And the children of Gad dwelt over against
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
of Amaziah, 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of and Shaphat in Bashan.
Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai,
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,
son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of
Shemaiah; Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the
38 These mentioned by their names were princes in son of Buz;
their families: and the house of their fathers 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of
increased greatly. the house of their fathers.
39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her
unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their
their flocks. borders.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days
land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of
Ham had dwelt there of old. Jeroboam king of Israel.
41 And these written by name came in the days of 18 ¶ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half
Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to
the habitations that were found there, and destroyed bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and
them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven
because there was pasture there for their flocks. hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with
five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, 20 And they were helped against them, and the
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Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the
were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand
and he was intreated of them; because they put their of Nebuchadnezzar.
trust in him. 16 ¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels Merari.
fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom;
thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an Libni, and Shimei.
hundred thousand. 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar,
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war and Hebron, and Uzziel.
was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these
captivity. are the families of the Levites according to their
23 ¶ And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh fathers.
dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto 20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son,
Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. Zimmah his son,
24 And these were the heads of the house of their 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai
fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, his son.
and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty 22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah
men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house his son, Assir his son,
of their fathers. 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir
25 ¶ And they transgressed against the God of their his son,
fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and
people of the land, whom God destroyed before Shaul his son.
them. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his
king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser son, and Nahath his son,
king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and
Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Abiah.
Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei
day. his son, Uzza his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
CHAPTER 6 31 And these are they whom David set over the
T HE sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. service of song in the house of the LORD, after that
2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and the ark had rest.
Hebron, and Uzziel. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of
3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until
and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Solomon had built the house of the LORD in
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office
4 ¶ Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, according to their order.
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 33 And these are they that waited with their
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a
Meraioth, singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son
Ahitub, of Eliel, the son of Toah,
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of
Ahimaaz, Mahath, the son of Amasai,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of
Johanan, Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of
the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
Jerusalem:) 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Levi, the son of Israel.
Ahitub, 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of
Shallum, Shimea,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son
Azariah, of Malchiah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of
Jehozadak, Adaiah,
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42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Zebulun, twelve cities.
Shimei, 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these
43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of cities with their suburbs.
Levi. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the
the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the
Abdi, the son of Malluch, children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the by their names.
son of Hilkiah, 66 And the residue of the families of the sons of
46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of
Shamer, Ephraim.
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge,
Merari, the son of Levi. Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they
48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon
house of God. with her suburbs,
49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon
of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, with her suburbs:
and were appointed for all the work of the place most 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with
holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the
according to all that Moses the servant of God had family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
commanded. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the
50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, suburbs:
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her
son, suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with
54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling places throughout her suburbs:
their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her
the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with
and the suburbs thereof round about it. her suburbs:
56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in
they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her
with their suburbs, suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her 78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the
suburbs, east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe
59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs,
with her suburbs: and Jahzah with her suburbs,
60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath
suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and with her suburbs:
Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead
throughout their families were thirteen cities. with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with
the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the her suburbs.
half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh,
by lot, ten cities. CHAPTER 7
62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their
families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the N OW the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and Shimron, four.
tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and
out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads
cities. of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were
63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, valiant men of might in their generations; whose
throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, number was in the days of David two and twenty
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of thousand and six hundred.
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3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were
Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, born in that land slew, because they came down to
five: all of them chief men. take away their cattle.
4 And with them, by their generations, after the 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days,
house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, and his brethren came to comfort him.
six and thirty thousand men: for they had many 23 ¶ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived,
wives and sons. and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah,
5 And their brethren among all the families of because it went evil with his house.
Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-
by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-
6 ¶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and sherah.)
Jediael, three. 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, his son, and Tahan his son,
and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his
their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were son,
reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
thousand and thirty and four. 28 ¶ And their possessions and habitations were,
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran,
Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and
sons of Becher. the towns thereof:
9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by 29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,
their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns,
mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these
hundred. dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of 30 ¶ The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and
Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and 31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who
Ahishahar. is the father of Birzavith.
11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and
fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen Hotham, and Shua their sister.
thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and
war and battle. Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah,
and Hushim, the sons of Aher. Jehubbah, and Aram.
13 ¶ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and
Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
14 ¶ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and
(but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
father of Gilead: 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Ithran, and Beera.
Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah,
the name of the second was Zelophehad: and and Ara.
Zelophehad had daughters. 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and Rezia.
she called his name Peresh; and the name of his 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their
brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour,
Rakem. chief of the princes. And the number throughout the
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to
sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of battle was twenty and six thousand men.
Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and CHAPTER 8
Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and N OW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel
the second, and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 ¶ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and
his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Abihud,
Tahath his son, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
21 ¶ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
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6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these,
of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
removed them to Manahath: Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his
them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of
Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons,
Baara were his wives. an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, Benjamin.
and Mesha, and Malcham,
10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were CHAPTER 9
his sons, heads of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. S O all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and,
behold, they were written in the book of the kings
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to
Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns Babylon for their transgression.
thereof: 2 ¶ Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the
fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
the inhabitants of Gath: 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah,
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the
Beriah; son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Pharez the son of Judah.
Heber, 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of sons.
Elpaal; 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren,
19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, six hundred and ninety.
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of
of Shimhi; Hasenuah,
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations,
26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were
27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
Jeroham. 10 ¶ And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and
28 These were heads of the fathers, by their Jachin,
generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth,
wife’s name was Maachah: the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of
and Baal, and Nadab, Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their
33 ¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and
Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and threescore; very able men for the work of the service
Abinadab, and Esh-baal. of the house of God.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,
Merib-baal begat Micah. the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the
35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, sons of Merari;
and Tarea, and Ahaz. 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the
Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat son of Asaph;
Moza, 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of
37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of
Eleasah his son, Azel his son: Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of
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the Netophathites. Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah:
17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and 36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish,
Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
was the chief; 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and
18 Who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: Mikloth.
they were porters in the companies of the children of 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt
Levi. with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their
19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of brethren.
Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and
house of his father, the Korahites, were over the Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and
work of the service, keepers of the gates of the Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of 40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and
the LORD, were keepers of the entry. Merib-baal begat Micah.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech,
over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth,
porter of the door of the tabernacle of the and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
congregation. 43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son,
22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
gates were two hundred and twelve. These were 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these,
reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and
David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
office.
23 So they and their children had the oversight of CHAPTER 10
the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the
house of the tabernacle, by wards. N OW the Philistines fought against Israel; and
the men of Israel fled from before the
24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
west, north, and south. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and
25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and
were to come after seven days from time to time with Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
them. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the
26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
their set office, and were over the chambers and 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy
treasuries of the house of God. sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these
27 ¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his
because the charge was upon them, and the opening armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So
thereof every morning pertained to them. Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
28 And certain of them had the charge of the 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was
ministering vessels, that they should bring them in dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
and out by tale. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the died together.
vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the
the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons
frankincense, and the spices. were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled:
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
ointment of the spices. 8 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found
firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
over the things that were made in the pans. 9 And when they had stripped him, they took his
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the
Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their
every sabbath. idols, and to the people.
33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of 10 And they put his armour in the house of their
the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
for they were employed in that work day and night. 11 ¶ And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief Philistines had done to Saul,
throughout their generations; these dwelt at 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the
Jerusalem. body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought
35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the
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oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of
13 ¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he Rephaim.
committed against the LORD, even against the word 16 And David was then in the hold, and the
of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth-lehem.
counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would
it; give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem,
14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew that is at the gate!
him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of 18 And the three brake through the host of the
Jesse. Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-
lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought
CHAPTER 11 it to David: but David would not drink of it, but
T HEN all Israel gathered themselves to David poured it out to the LORD,
unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do
and thy flesh. this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy
king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not
Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of
over my people Israel. the three: for lifting up his spear against three
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the
to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in three.
Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David 21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the
king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained
by Samuel. not to the first three.
4 ¶ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant
which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew
inhabitants of the land. two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature,
castle of Zion, which is the city of David. five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to
first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the
Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
it the city of David. had the name among the three mighties.
8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo 25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but
round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. attained not to the first three: and David set him
9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD over his guard.
of hosts was with him. 26 ¶ Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel
10 ¶ These also are the chief of the mighty men the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of
whom David had, who strengthened themselves with Beth-lehem,
him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
king, according to the word of the LORD concerning 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the
Israel. Antothite,
11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of
the captains: he lifted up his spear against three Baanah the Netophathite,
hundred slain by him at one time. 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the
Philistines were gathered together to battle, where Shaalbonite,
was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people 34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the
fled from before the Philistines. son of Shage the Hararite,
14 And they set themselves in the midst of that 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the
parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and son of Ur,
the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
15 ¶ Now three of the thirty captains went down to 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of
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Haggeri, 17 And David went out to meet them, and answered
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto
armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you:
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies,
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of
42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief
43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and
Mithnite, on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God
of Hothan the Aroerite, helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, them captains of the band.
the Tizite, 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle:
sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, but they helped them not: for the lords of the
47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying,
He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our
CHAPTER 12 heads.
N OW these are they that came to David to 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of
Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and
of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai,
mighty men, helpers of the war. captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
2 They were armed with bows, and could use both 21 And they helped David against the band of the
the right hand and the left in hurling stones and rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and
shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren were captains in the host.
of Benjamin. 22 For at that time day by day there came to David
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of
Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the God.
sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the 23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the bands that
Antothite, were ready armed to the war, and came to David to
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,
the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and according to the word of the LORD.
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed
and Shephatiah the Haruphite, to the war.
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour
Jashobeam, the Korhites, for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six
Gedor. hundred.
8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and
unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and
handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the of his father’s house twenty and two captains.
faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of
mountains; Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, throughout the house of their fathers.
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the thousand, which were expressed by name, to come
host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the and make David king.
greatest over a thousand. 32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first that had understanding of the times, to know what
month, when it had overflown all his banks; and Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two
they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward hundred; and all their brethren were at their
the east, and toward the west. commandment.
16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert
Judah to the hold unto David. in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand,
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which could keep rank: they were not of double the oxen stumbled.
heart. 10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to
them with shield and spear thirty and seven the ark: and there he died before God.
thousand. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had
35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is
thousand and six hundred. called Perez-uzza to this day.
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying,
in war, forty thousand. How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the 13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of the city of David, but carried it aside into the house
Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for of Obed-edom the Gittite.
the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came Obed-edom in his house three months. And the
with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that
over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of he had.
one heart to make David king.
39 And there they were with David three days, eating CHAPTER 14
and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for
them. N OW Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to
David, and timber of cedars, with masons and
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto carpenters, to build him an house.
Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread 2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed
on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up
and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, on high, because of his people Israel.
and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: 3 ¶ And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and
for there was joy in Israel. David begat more sons and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his children which he
CHAPTER 13 had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan,

A ND David consulted with the captains of and Solomon,

thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every 8 ¶ And when the Philistines heard that David was
where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went
them also to the priests and Levites which are in their up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went
cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves out against them.
unto us: 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in
3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for the valley of Rephaim.
we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. 10 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up
4 And all the congregation said that they would do against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them
so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go
people. up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor 11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David
of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring smote them there. Then David said, God hath
the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the
6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the
is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to name of that place Baal-perazim.
bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that 12 And when they had left their gods there, David
dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is gave a commandment, and they were burned with
called on it. fire.
7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out 13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves
of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave abroad in the valley.
the cart. 14 Therefore David inquired again of God; and God
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away
their might, and with singing, and with harps, and from them, and come upon them over against the
with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, mulberry trees.
and with trumpets. 15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of
9 ¶ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then
Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth
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before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 18 And with them their brethren of the second
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and
they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
even to Gazer. Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and
17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel,
and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all the porters.
nations. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were
appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
CHAPTER 15 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and
A ND David made him houses in the city of Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and
David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
and pitched for it a tent. 21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah,
2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps
God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen on the Sheminith to excel.
to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song:
ever. he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
3 And David gathered all Israel together to 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his the ark.
place, which he had prepared for it. 24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel,
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and
the Levites: Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah
brethren an hundred and twenty: were doorkeepers for the ark.
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his 25 ¶ So David, and the elders of Israel, and the
brethren two hundred and twenty: captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-
brethren an hundred and thirty: edom with joy.
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites
his brethren two hundred: that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
brethren fourscore: 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers,
his brethren an hundred and twelve. and Chenaniah the master of the song with the
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant
Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the
12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and making a noise with psalteries and harps.
your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the 29 ¶ And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant
LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal
prepared for it. the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw
13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our king David dancing and playing: and she despised
God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him him in her heart.
not after the due order.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified CHAPTER 16
themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of
Israel. S O they brought the ark of God, and set it in the
midst of the tent that David had pitched for it:
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings
God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as before God.
Moses commanded according to the word of the 2 And when David had made an end of offering the
LORD. burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to the people in the name of the LORD.
appoint their brethren to be the singers with 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and
instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; 4 ¶ And he appointed certain of the Levites to
and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record,
of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
of Kushaiah; 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel,
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and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and 32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the
Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the
with cymbals; presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets the earth.
continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for
7 ¶ Then on that day David delivered first this psalm his mercy endureth for ever.
to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his 35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and
brethren. gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen,
8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory
make known his deeds among the people. in thy praise.
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all 36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and
his wondrous works. ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them LORD.
rejoice that seek the LORD. 37 ¶ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of
11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before
continually. the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath 38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore
done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Hosah to be porters:
Jacob, his chosen ones. 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high
the earth. place that was at Gibeon,
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word 40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the
which he commanded to a thousand generations; altar of the burnt offering continually morning and
16 Even of the covenant which he made with evening, and to do according to all that is written in
Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy
the lot of your inheritance; endureth for ever;
19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with
in it. trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a
20 And when they went from nation to nation, and sound, and with musical instruments of God. And
from one kingdom to another people; the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he 43 And all the people departed every man to his
reproved kings for their sakes, house: and David returned to bless his house.
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my
prophets no harm. CHAPTER 17
23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from
day to day his salvation. N OW it came to pass, as David sat in his house,
that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I
24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the
marvellous works among all nations. covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in
he also is to be feared above all gods. thine heart; for God is with thee.
26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the 3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the
LORD made the heavens. word of God came to Nathan, saying,
27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the
and gladness are in his place. LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that
give unto the LORD glory and strength. I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone
29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to
bring an offering, and come before him: worship the another.
LORD in the beauty of holiness. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I
be stable, that it be not moved. commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: not built me an house of cedars?
and let men say among the nations, The LORD 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant
reigneth. David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee
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from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house
that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: of David thy servant be established before thee.
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that
walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant
before thee, and have made thee a name like the hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
name of the great men that are in the earth. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and this goodness unto thy servant:
will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house
and shall be moved no more; neither shall the of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for
children of wickedness waste them any more, as at thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for
the beginning, ever.
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to
be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all CHAPTER 18
thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD
will build thee an house. N OW after this it came to pass, that David smote
the Philistines, and subdued them, and took
11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be Gath and her towns out of the hand of the
expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that Philistines.
I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became
thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. David’s servants, and brought gifts.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his 3 ¶ And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
throne for ever. Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the
13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I river Euphrates.
will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots,
from him that was before thee: and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses,
kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
for evermore. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help
15 According to all these words, and according to all Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians
this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. two and twenty thousand men.
16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and
LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought
is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O he went.
God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on
for a great while to come, and hast regarded me the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to
according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jerusalem.
LORD God. 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of
18 What can David speak more to thee for the Hadarezer, brought David very much brass,
honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the
19 O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to pillars, and the vessels of brass.
thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in 9 ¶ Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how
making known all these great things. David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of
20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there Zobah;
any God beside thee, according to all that we have 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to
heard with our ears. inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him,
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy because he had fought against Hadarezer, and
people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and
own people, to make thee a name of greatness and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and
terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy brass.
people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 11 ¶ Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD,
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own with the silver and the gold that he brought from all
people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and
God. from the children of Ammon, and from the
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast Philistines, and from Amalek.
spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his 12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the
house be established for ever, and do as thou hast Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
said. 13 ¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD
magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the preserved David whithersoever he went.
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14 ¶ So David reigned over all Israel, and executed 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves
judgment and justice among all his people. valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our
15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. sight.
16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew
son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled
scribe; before him.
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai
were chief about the king. his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab
came to Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 19 16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to
N OW it came to pass after this, that Nahash the the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and
king of the children of Ammon died, and his drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river:
son reigned in his stead. and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer
2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun went before them.
the son of Nahash, because his father shewed 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel,
kindness to me. And David sent messengers to and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and
comfort him concerning his father. So the servants set the battle in array against them. So when David
of David came into the land of the children of had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they
Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. fought with him.
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew
Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in
father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed
not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to Shophach the captain of the host.
overthrow, and to spy out the land? 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace
shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst with David, and became his servants: neither would
hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
5 Then there went certain, and told David how the
men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the CHAPTER 20
men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry
at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then
return.
A ND it came to pass, that after the year was
expired, at the time that kings go out to battle,
Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the
6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they country of the children of Ammon, and came and
had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.
the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of 2 And David took the crown of their king from off
Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and
Zobah. there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much
and the king of Maachah and his people; who came spoil out of the city.
and pitched before Medeba. And the children of 3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and
Ammon gathered themselves together from their cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and
cities, and came to battle. with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of
8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the children of Ammon. And David and all the
the host of the mighty men. people returned to Jerusalem.
9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the 4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that there arose
battle in array before the gate of the city: and the war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time
kings that were come were by themselves in the field. Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against children of the giant: and they were subdued.
him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice 5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and
of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of
11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a
hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves weaver’s beam.
in array against the children of Ammon. 6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a
12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were
then thou shalt help me: but if the children of four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each
Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. foot: and he also was the son of the giant.
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7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Ornan the Jebusite.
Shimea David’s brother slew him. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven,
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over
servants. Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who
were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
CHAPTER 21 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that
A ND Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is
David to number Israel. that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I
people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my
Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I father’s house; but not on thy people, that they
may know it. should be plagued.
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an 18 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to
hundred times so many more as they be: but, my say to David, that David should go up, and set up an
lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan
why then doth my lord require this thing? why will the Jebusite.
he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which
4 Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against he spake in the name of the LORD.
Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went 20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and
throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan
5 ¶ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the was threshing wheat.
people unto David. And all they of Israel were a 21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and
thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and
that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein
them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab. unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
he smote Israel. 23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes:
because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and
thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat
done very foolishly. for the meat offering; I give it all.
9 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, 24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will
saying, verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt
offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that offerings without cost.
I may do it unto thee. 25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus shekels of gold by weight.
saith the LORD, Choose thee 26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD,
12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and
destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of called upon the LORD; and he answered him from
thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, 27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put
and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself 28 ¶ At that time when David saw that the LORD had
what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses
great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt
hand of man. offering, were at that season in the high place at
14 ¶ So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and Gibeon.
there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the
it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he angel of the LORD.
repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that
destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And
the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of
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CHAPTER 22 work.

T HEN David said, This is the house of the LORD 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron,
God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing,
for Israel. and the LORD be with thee.
2 And David commanded to gather together the 17 ¶ David also commanded all the princes of Israel
strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set to help Solomon his son, saying,
masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he
God. not given you rest on every side? for he hath given
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the
nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; land is subdued before the LORD, and before his
and brass in abundance without weight; people.
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians 19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the
and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the
David. sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God,
tender, and the house that is to be builded for the into the house that is to be built to the name of the
LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of LORD.
glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now
make preparation for it. So David prepared CHAPTER 23
abundantly before his death.
6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged S O when David was old and full of days, he made
Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,
him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it with the priests and the Levites.
was in my mind to build an house unto the name of 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of
the LORD my God: thirty years and upward: and their number by their
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set
great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six
name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the thousand were officers and judges:
earth in my sight. 5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a thousand praised the LORD with the instruments
man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
enemies round about: for his name shall be 6 And David divided them into courses among the
Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Israel in his days. 7 ¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and
be my son, and I will be his father; and I will Zetham, and Joel, three.
establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and
ever. Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper Laadan.
thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as 10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and
he hath said of thee. Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and Shimei.
understanding, and give thee charge concerning 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second:
Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore
God. they were in one reckoning, according to their
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to father’s house.
fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD 12 ¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and Uzziel, four.
and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the
the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn
of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and
and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in to bless in his name for ever.
abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; 14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons
and thou mayest add thereto. were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in 15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
and all manner of cunning men for every manner of 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief.
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And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons
Rehabiah were very many. of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and
the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the
fourth. house of their fathers.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah 5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with
the second. another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and
21 ¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The governors of the house of God, were of the sons of
sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one
daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the
them. princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of
Jeremoth, three. the priests and Levites: one principal household
24 ¶ These were the sons of Levi after the house of being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the
were counted by number of names by their polls, second to Jedaiah,
that did the work for the service of the house of the 8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath 10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in 11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
Jerusalem for ever: 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to
carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the Jeshebeab,
service thereof. 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
27 For by the last words of David the Levites were 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to
numbered from twenty years old and above: Aphses,
28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of 16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to
Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in Jehezekel,
the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying 17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and
of all holy things, and the work of the service of the twentieth to Gamul,
house of God; 18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and
29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for twentieth to Maaziah.
meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for 19 These were the orderings of them in their service
that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is to come into the house of the LORD, according to
fried, and for all manner of measure and size; their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD
30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise God of Israel had commanded him.
the LORD, and likewise at even; 20 ¶ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of
31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael;
the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set Jehdeiah.
feasts, by number, according to the order 21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah,
commanded unto them, continually before the the first was Isshiah.
LORD: 22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of
32 And that they should keep the charge of the Shelomoth; Jahath.
tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the 23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah
holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. 24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of
Michah; Shamir.
CHAPTER 24 25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of
N OW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. Isshiah; Zechariah.
The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the
and Ithamar. sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and 27 ¶ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and
had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
executed the priest’s office. 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the 29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of 30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and
Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the
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house of their fathers. 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his
31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren brethren, were twelve:
the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his
and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the brethren, were twelve:
fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his
fathers over against their younger brethren. brethren, were twelve:
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his
CHAPTER 25 brethren, were twelve:
M OREOVER David and the captains of the host 21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his
separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, brethren, were twelve:
and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his
prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with brethren, were twelve:
cymbals: and the number of the workmen according 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his
to their service was: brethren, were twelve:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and 24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons,
Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under and his brethren, were twelve:
the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his
the order of the king. brethren, were twelve:
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his
Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, brethren, were twelve:
under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his
prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise brethren, were twelve:
the LORD. 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons,
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, and his brethren, were twelve:
Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, 29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons,
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and and his brethren, were twelve:
Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his
Mahazioth: sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
5 All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his
the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the hands of their father for CHAPTER 26
song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals,
psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of C ONCERNING the divisions of the porters: Of
the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore,
God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, of the sons of Asaph.
Jeduthun, and Heman. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third,
were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all Jathniel the fourth,
that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the
eight. seventh.
8 ¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the 4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah
small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third,
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai
sons were twelve: the eighth: for God blessed him.
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that
brethren, were twelve: ruled throughout the house of their father: for they
11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were mighty men of valour.
were twelve: 7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men,
brethren, were twelve: Elihu, and Semachiah.
13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his 8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their
brethren, were twelve: sons and their brethren, able men for strength for
14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
brethren, were twelve: 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong
15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his men, eighteen.
brethren, were twelve: 10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons;
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
brethren, were twelve: yet his father made him the chief;)
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11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah and in the service of the king.
the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even
thirteen. among the Hebronites, according to the generations
12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of
even among the chief men, having wards one against David they were sought for, and there were found
another, to minister in the house of the LORD. among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of
13 ¶ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, Gilead.
according to the house of their fathers, for every 32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two
gate. thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the
Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every
and his lot came out northward. matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the
house of Asuppim. CHAPTER 27
16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth
westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway N OW the children of Israel after their number, to
wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands
and hundreds, and their officers that served the king
of the going up, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, in any matter of the courses, which came in and
southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and went out month by month throughout all the
two. months of the year, of every course were twenty and
18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and four thousand.
two at Parbar. 2 Over the first course for the first month was
19 These are the divisions of the porters among the Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were
sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. twenty and four thousand.
20 ¶ And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the 3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the
treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures captains of the host for the first month.
of the dedicated things. 4 And over the course of the second month was
21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth
Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and
Gershonite, were Jehieli. four thousand.
22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, 5 The third captain of the host for the third month
which were over the treasures of the house of the was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and
LORD. in his course were twenty and four thousand.
23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the 6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the
Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was
24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Ammizabad his son.
Moses, was ruler of the treasures. 7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was
25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son
and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri after him: and in his course were twenty and four
his son, and Shelomith his son. thousand.
26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was
the treasures of the dedicated things, which David Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were
the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over twenty and four thousand.
thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the
host, had dedicated. son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were
27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate twenty and four thousand.
to maintain the house of the LORD. 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was
28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and
Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was
dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
Shelomith, and of his brethren. course were twenty and four thousand.
29 ¶ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were 12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was
for the outward business over Israel, for officers and Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his
judges. course were twenty and four thousand.
30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his 13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was
brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this course were twenty and four thousand.
side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was
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Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: CHAPTER 28
and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was A ND David assembled all the princes of Israel,
the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the
Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his companies that ministered to the king by course,
course were twenty and four thousand. and the captains over the thousands, and captains
16 ¶ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the
of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of substance and possession of the king, and of his
the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men,
17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
the Aaronites, Zadok: 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and
18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for
Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for
19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the
Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: footstool of our God, and had made ready for the
20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of building:
Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an
of Pedaiah: house for my name, because thou hast been a man of
21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the war, and hast shed blood.
son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of 4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before
Abner: all the house of my father to be king over Israel for
22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of
the princes of the tribes of Israel. the house of Judah, the house of my father; and
23 ¶ But David took not the number of them from among the sons of my father he liked me to make me
twenty years old and under: because the LORD had king over all Israel:
said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the 5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me
heavens. many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit
24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over
finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel.
Israel; neither was the number put in the account of 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall
the chronicles of king David. build my house and my courts: for I have chosen
25 ¶ And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the him to be my son, and I will be his father.
son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, 7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if
in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, he be constant to do my commandments and my
was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: judgments, as at this day.
26 And over them that did the work of the field for 8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the
tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of
27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the our God, keep and seek for all the commandments
Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good
wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: land, and leave it for an inheritance for your
28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees children after you for ever.
that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the 9 ¶ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God
Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and
29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all
the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee;
30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: 10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to
31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do
these were the rulers of the substance which was king it.
David’s. 11 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the
32 Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counseller, a pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and
wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers
Hachmoni was with the king’s sons: thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the
33 And Ahithophel was the king’s counseller: and place of the mercy seat,
Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion: 12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of
34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the
Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house
army was Joab. of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites,
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and for all the work of the service of the house of the 4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of
LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver,
of the LORD. to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for 5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things
all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by
all instruments of silver by weight, for all the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to
instruments of every kind of service: consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and 6 ¶ Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the
for their lamps of gold, by weight for every tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of
candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered
candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the willingly,
candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of
to the use of every candlestick. gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams,
16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass
shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred
tables of silver: thousand talents of iron.
17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, 8 And they with whom precious stones were found
and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD,
by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
weight for every bason of silver: 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered
18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by willingly, because with perfect heart they offered
weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the willingly to the LORD: and David the king also
cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered rejoiced with great joy.
the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 10 ¶ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all
19 All this, said David, the LORD made me the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou,
understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
the works of this pattern. 11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power,
20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for
and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine;
dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted
with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until as head above all.
thou hast finished all the work for the service of the 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou
house of the LORD. reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and
21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to
Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service give strength unto all.
of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and
all manner of workmanship every willing skilful praise thy glorious name.
man, for any manner of service: also the princes and 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we
all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for
all things come of thee, and of thine own have we
CHAPTER 29 given thee.
F URTHERMORE David the king said unto all the 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners,
congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a
God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the shadow, and there is none abiding.
work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for 16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have
the LORD God. prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
house of my God the gold for things to be made of 17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart,
gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the
for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all
wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to these things: and now have I seen with joy thy
be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all people, which are present here, to offer willingly
manner of precious stones, and marble stones in unto thee.
abundance. 18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the
house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare
of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of their heart unto thee:
my God, over and above all that I have prepared for 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to
the holy house, keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
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statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the the sons likewise of king David, submitted
palace, for the which I have made provision. themselves unto Solomon the king.
20 ¶ And David said to all the congregation, Now 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in
bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such
blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed royal majesty as had not been on any king before
down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and him in Israel.
the king. 26 ¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and Israel.
offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty
morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty
thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches,
Israel: and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his
22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that stead.
day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last,
son of David king the second time, and anointed behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the
him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in
Zadok to be priest. the book of Gad the seer,
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as 30 With all his reign and his might, and the times
king instead of David his father, and prospered; and that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the
all Israel obeyed him. kingdoms of the countries.
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CHAPTER 1 16 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,

A ND Solomon the son of David was strengthened and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the
in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with linen yarn at a price.
him, and magnified him exceedingly. 17 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of
2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and
of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought
and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and
fathers. for the kings of Syria, by their means.
3 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him,
went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there CHAPTER 2
was the tabernacle of the congregation of God,
which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in
the wilderness.
A ND Solomon determined to build an house for
the name of the LORD, and an house for his
kingdom.
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten
Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. thousand to hew in the mountain, and three
5 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the 3 ¶ And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre,
tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and
congregation sought unto it. didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell
6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar therein, even so deal with me.
before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the 4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD
congregation, and offered a thousand burnt my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before
offerings upon it. him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread,
7 ¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on
said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the
8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an
great mercy unto David my father, and hast made ordinance for ever to Israel.
me to reign in his stead. 5 And the house which I build is great: for great is
9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my our God above all gods.
father be established: for thou hast made me king 6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the
over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him?
10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may who am I then, that I should build him an house,
go out and come in before this people: for who can save only to burn sacrifice before him?
judge this thy people, that is so great? 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in
11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in
thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to
or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet grave with the cunning men that are with me in
hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did
knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my provide.
people, over whom I have made thee king: 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees,
12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill
I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants
as none of the kings have had that have been before shall be with thy servants,
thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the
13 ¶ Then Solomon came from his journey to the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful
high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from great.
before the tabernacle of the congregation, and 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the
reigned over Israel. hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures
14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of
and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and
and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in twenty thousand baths of oil.
the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 11 ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in
15 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the
plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king
sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. over them.
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12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six
of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath hundred talents.
given to David the king a wise son, endued with 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of
prudence and understanding, that might build an gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 10 And in the most holy house he made two
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with
understanding, of Huram my father’s, gold.
14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and 11 ¶ And the wings of the cherubims were twenty
his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five
and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the
timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the
crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to wing of the other cherub.
find out every device which shall be put to him, with 12 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits,
thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing
lord David thy father. was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other
15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, cherub.
and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him 13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves
send unto his servants: forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and
16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as their faces were inward.
thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats 14 ¶ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and
by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims
Jerusalem. thereon.
17 ¶ And Solomon numbered all the strangers that 15 Also he made before the house two pillars of
were in the land of Israel, after the numbering thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was
wherewith David his father had numbered them; on the top of each of them was five cubits.
and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand 16 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put
and three thousand and six hundred. them on the heads of the pillars; and made an
18 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to 17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple,
be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and
six hundred overseers to set the people a work. called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and
the name of that on the left Boaz.
CHAPTER 3

T HEN Solomon began to build the house of the

LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the
LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place M
CHAPTER 4
OREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty
cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits
that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height
Ornan the Jebusite. thereof.
2 And he began to build in the second day of the 2 ¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from
second month, in the fourth year of his reign. brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the
3 ¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did
instructed for the building of the house of God. The compass it round about.
length by cubits after the first measure was 3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did
threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing
4 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast,
the length of it was according to the breadth of the when it was cast.
house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward
and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. the north, and three looking toward the west, and
5 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which three looking toward the south, and three looking
he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm toward the east: and the sea was set above upon
trees and chains. them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
6 And he garnished the house with precious stones 5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and
for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with
7 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, flowers of lilies; and it received and held three
and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with thousand baths.
gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 6 ¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right
8 And he made the most holy house, the length hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such
whereof was according to the breadth of the house, things as they offered for the burnt offering they
twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to
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wash in. the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of
7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to David, which is Zion.
their form, and set them in the temple, five on the 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled
right hand, and five on the left. themselves unto the king in the feast which was in
8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the the seventh month.
temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. 4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites
And he made an hundred basons of gold. took up the ark.
9 ¶ Furthermore he made the court of the priests, 5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of
and the great court, and doors for the court, and the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in
overlaid the doors of them with brass. the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites
10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east bring up.
end, over against the south. 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of
11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark,
the basons. And Huram finished the work that he sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told
was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; nor numbered for multitude.
12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant
chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the
and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of house, into the most holy place, even under the
the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; wings of the cherubims:
13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two 8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over
wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the
to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which ark and the staves thereof above.
were upon the pillars. 9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the
14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the
bases; oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. is unto this day.
16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables
fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD
father make to king Solomon for the house of the made a covenant with the children of Israel, when
LORD of bright brass. they came out of Egypt.
17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in 11 ¶ And it came to pass, when the priests were
the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great were present were sanctified, and did not then wait
abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be by course:
found out. 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of
19 ¶ And Solomon made all the vessels that were for them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their
the house of God, the golden altar also, and the sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen,
tables whereon the shewbread was set; having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at
20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred
they should burn after the manner before the oracle, and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
of pure gold; 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and
21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard
made he of gold, and that perfect gold; in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they
22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals
and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD,
house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for
place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even
of gold. the house of the LORD;
14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by
CHAPTER 5 reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had
T HUS all the work that Solomon made for the filled the house of God.
house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon
brought in all the things that David his father had CHAPTER 6
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the
instruments, put he among the treasures of the
house of God.
T HEN said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he
would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee,
2 ¶ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the
of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up whole congregation of Israel: and all the
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congregation of Israel stood. servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy
who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he servant prayeth before thee:
spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said
the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken
of Israel to build an house in, that my name might unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward
be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over this place.
my people Israel: 21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall
be there; and have chosen David to be over my make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling
people Israel. place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest,
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build forgive.
an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 22 ¶ If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath
8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath
as it was in thine heart to build an house for my come before thine altar in this house;
name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by
but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
he shall build the house for my name. justifying the righteous, by giving him according to
10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that his righteousness.
he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of 24 ¶ And if thy people Israel be put to the worse
David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, before the enemy, because they have sinned against
as the LORD promised, and have built the house for thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and
the name of the LORD God of Israel. pray and make supplication before thee in this
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the house;
covenant of the LORD, that he made with the 25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the
children of Israel. sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto
12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the the land which thou gavest to them and to their
presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread fathers.
forth his hands: 26 ¶ When the heaven is shut up, and there is no
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if
cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits they pray toward this place, and confess thy name,
high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin
before all the congregation of Israel, and spread of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou
forth his hands toward heaven, hast taught them the good way, wherein they should
14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast
like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which given unto thy people for an inheritance.
keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy 28 ¶ If there be dearth in the land, if there be
servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or
15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the
father that which thou hast promised him; and cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever
spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with sickness there be:
thine hand, as it is this day. 29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel,
thy servant David my father that which thou hast when every one shall know his own sore and his own
promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place,
so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in and forgive, and render unto every man according
my law, as thou hast walked before me. unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be thou only knowest the hearts of the children of
verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant men:)
David. 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so
18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto
earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens our fathers.
cannot contain thee; how much less this house 32 ¶ Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not
which I have built! of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and
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thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty
house; and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy thousand sheep: so the king and all the people
dwelling place, and do according to all that the dedicated the house of God.
stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the 6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites
earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which
people Israel, and may know that this house which I David the king had made to praise the LORD,
have built is called by thy name. because his mercy endureth for ever, when David
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded
by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the
and the house which I have built for thy name; court that was before the house of the LORD: for
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the
and their supplication, and maintain their cause. peace offerings, because the brasen altar which
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt
sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
deliver them over before their enemies, and they 8 ¶ Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast
carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great
37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto
they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee the river of Egypt.
in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, 9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn
we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar
38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with seven days, and the feast seven days.
all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the
they have carried them captives, and pray toward seventh month he sent the people away into their
their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that
toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon,
the house which I have built for thy name: and to Israel his people.
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy 11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD,
dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and the king’s house: and all that came into
and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the LORD,
which have sinned against thee. and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be 12 ¶ And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night,
open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have
is made in this place. chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy 13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I
resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send
thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, pestilence among my people;
and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
anointed: remember the mercies of David thy turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
servant. heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their
land.
CHAPTER 7 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears
N OW when Solomon had made an end of attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
praying, the fire came down from heaven, and 16 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house,
consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes
the glory of the LORD filled the house. and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
2 And the priests could not enter into the house of 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as
the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled David thy father walked, and do according to all that
the LORD’s house. I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my
3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the statutes and my judgments;
fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the 18 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom,
house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the according as I have covenanted with David thy
ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be
praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his ruler in Israel.
mercy endureth for ever. 19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and
4 ¶ Then the king and all the people offered my commandments, which I have set before you,
sacrifices before the LORD. and shall go and serve other gods, and worship
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them; according to the commandment of Moses, on the
20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn
land which I have given them; and this house, which feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of
I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in
sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword the feast of tabernacles.
among all nations. 14 ¶ And he appointed, according to the order of
21 And this house, which is high, shall be an David his father, the courses of the priests to their
astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise
he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this and minister before the priests, as the duty of every
land, and unto this house? day required: the porters also by their courses at
22 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook every gate: for so had David the man of God
the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them commanded.
forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other 15 And they departed not from the commandment
gods, and worshipped them, and served them: of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning
therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto
CHAPTER 8 the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD,
A ND it came to pass at the end of twenty years, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD
wherein Solomon had built the house of the was perfected.
LORD, and his own house, 17 ¶ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to
2 That the cities which Huram had restored to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants
children of Israel to dwell there. ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea;
3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and and they went with the servants of Solomon to
prevailed against it. Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
store cities, which he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth- CHAPTER 9
horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and
bars; A ND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame
of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with
6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great
had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in
horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the come to Solomon, she communed with him of all
land of his dominion. that was in her heart.
7 ¶ As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, 2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there
and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her
Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, not.
8 But of their children, who were left after them in 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the
the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had
them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this built,
day. 4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his
9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and
servants for his work; but they were men of war, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel;
chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and and his ascent by which he went up into the house of
horsemen. the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
10 And these were the chief of king Solomon’s 5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which
officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy
over the people. wisdom:
11 ¶ And Solomon brought up the daughter of 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came,
Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half
he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for
dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy
hath come. servants, which stand continually before thee, and
12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the hear thy wisdom.
LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in
before the porch, thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the
13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to
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establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king king at Jerusalem.
over them, to do judgment and justice. 26 ¶ And he reigned over all the kings from the river
9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the
talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and border of Egypt.
precious stones: neither was there any such spice as 27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones,
the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants are in the low plains in abundance.
of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, 28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of
brought algum trees and precious stones. Egypt, and out of all lands.
11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to 29 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and
the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the
harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the
such seen before in the land of Judah. Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and forty years.
went away to her own land, she and her servants. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was
13 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam
in one year was six hundred and threescore and six his son reigned in his stead.
talents of gold;
14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants CHAPTER 10
brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors
of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. A ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to
Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
15 ¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets 2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of
of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from
went to one target. the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that
16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one 3 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all
shield. And the king put them in the house of the Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
forest of Lebanon. 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore
17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy
and overlaid it with pure gold. father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and
18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a we will serve thee.
footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after
and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two three days. And the people departed.
lions standing by the stays: 6 ¶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old
19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and men that had stood before Solomon his father while
on the other upon the six steps. There was not the he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to
like made in any kingdom. return answer to this people?
20 ¶ And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind
were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the to this people, and please them, and speak good
forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days 8 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave
of Solomon. him, and took counsel with the young men that were
21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the brought up with him, that stood before him.
servants of Huram: every three years once came the 9 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that
ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, we may return answer to this people, which have
and apes, and peacocks. spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that
22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the thy father did put upon us?
earth in riches and wisdom. 10 And the young men that were brought up with
23 ¶ And all the kings of the earth sought the him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer
presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father
had put in his heart. made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My
of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon
25 ¶ And Solomon had four thousand stalls for you, I will put more to your yoke: my father
horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with
whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the scorpions.
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12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to 13 ¶ And the priests and the Levites that were in all
Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
Come again to me on the third day. 14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their
13 And the king answered them roughly; and king possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for
Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from
14 And answered them after the advice of the young executing the priest’s office unto the LORD:
men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I 15 And he ordained him priests for the high places,
will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had
but I will chastise you with scorpions. made.
15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for 16 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such
the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel
his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God
Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. of their fathers.
16 ¶ And when all Israel saw that the king would not 17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and
hearken unto them, the people answered the king, made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three
saying, What portion have we in David? and we have years: for three years they walked in the way of
none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to David and Solomon.
your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine 18 ¶ And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the
own house. So all Israel went to their tents. daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and
17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 19 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah,
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was and Zaham.
over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned 20 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of
him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and
made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Ziza, and Shelomith.
Jerusalem. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of
19 And Israel rebelled against the house of David Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for
unto this day. he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines;
and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore
CHAPTER 11 daughters.)
A ND when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah
gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he
hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which thought to make him king.
were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his
bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. children throughout all the countries of Judah and
2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them
man of God, saying, victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of
Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, CHAPTER 12
saying,
4 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight A ND it came to pass, when Rehoboam had
established the kingdom, and had strengthened
against your brethren: return every man to his himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all
house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed Israel with him.
the words of the LORD, and returned from going 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king
against Jeroboam. Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against
5 ¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the
cities for defence in Judah. LORD,
6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore
7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, thousand horsemen: and the people were without
8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, number that came with him out of Egypt; the
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
10 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to
in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put 5 ¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam,
captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered
wine. together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said
12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken
and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of
Benjamin on his side. Shishak.
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6 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king Jeroboam, and all Israel;
humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is 5 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel
righteous. gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even
7 And when the LORD saw that they humbled to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of
saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath
will not destroy them, but I will grant them some rebelled against his lord.
deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the
upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves
8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when
may know my service, and the service of the Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could
kingdoms of the countries. not withstand them.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a
of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house; great multitude, and there are with you golden
he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
which Solomon had made. 9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the
10 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you
brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief priests after the manner of the nations of other
of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate
house. himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the
11 And when the king entered into the house of the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have
brought them again into the guard chamber. not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister
12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the
LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy Levites wait upon their business:
him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. 11 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and
13 ¶ So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the
Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table;
forty years old when he began to reign, and he and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof,
reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the
the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
put his name there. And his mother’s name was 12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our
Naamah an Ammonitess. captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to
14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye
to seek the LORD. not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they shall not prosper.
not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, 13 ¶ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come
and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And about behind them: so they were before Judah, and
there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam the ambushment was behind them.
continually. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was was before and behind: and they cried unto the
buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
reigned in his stead. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the
men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God
CHAPTER 13 smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and
N OW in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam Judah.
began Abijah to reign over Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and
2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s God delivered them into their hand.
name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great
Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five
Jeroboam. hundred thousand chosen men.
3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at
valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand that time, and the children of Judah prevailed,
chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array because they relied upon the LORD God of their
against him with eight hundred thousand chosen fathers.
men, being mighty men of valour. 19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took
4 ¶ And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and
which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with
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the towns thereof. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar;
20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they
the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much
died. spoil in them.
21 ¶ But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried
wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned
daughters. to Jerusalem.
22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways,
and his sayings, are written in the story of the CHAPTER 15
prophet Iddo.
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A ND the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the
son of Oded:
2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him,

S O Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The
him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye
in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake
2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the him, he will forsake you.
eyes of the LORD his God: 3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the
3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and true God, and without a teaching priest, and without
the high places, and brake down the images, and cut law.
down the groves: 4 But when they in their trouble did turn unto the
4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found
their fathers, and to do the law and the of them.
commandment. 5 And in those times there was no peace to him that
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the went out, nor to him that came in, but great
high places and the images: and the kingdom was vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the
quiet before him. countries.
6 ¶ And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land 6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of
had rest, and he had no war in those years; because city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
the LORD had given him rest. 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, 8 And when Asa heard these words, and the
and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and
have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, put away the abominable idols out of all the land of
and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he
and prospered. had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the
8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the
spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and LORD.
out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the
two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh,
mighty men of valour. and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel
9 ¶ And there came out against them Zerah the in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God
Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and was with him.
three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign
battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at of Asa.
Mareshah. 11 And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of
11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred
LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with oxen and seven thousand sheep.
many, or with them that have no power: help us, O 12 And they entered into a covenant to seek the
LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and
we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our with all their soul;
God; let not man prevail against thee. 13 That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of
12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, Israel should be put to death, whether small or great,
and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. whether man or woman.
13 And Asa and the people that were with him 14 And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice,
pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with
overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; cornets.
for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had
his host; and they carried away very much spoil. sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their
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whole desire; and he was found of them: and the and Israel.
LORD gave them rest round about. 12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign
16 ¶ And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa was diseased in his feet, until his disease was
the king, he removed her from being queen, because exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to
she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down the LORD, but to the physicians.
her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook 13 ¶ And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the
Kidron. one and fortieth year of his reign.
17 But the high places were not taken away out of 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres,
Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all which he had made for himself in the city of David,
his days. and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet
18 ¶ And he brought into the house of God the odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the
things that his father had dedicated, and that he apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great
himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. burning for him.
19 And there was no more war unto the five and
thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 16 A ND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead,

and strengthened himself against Israel.

I N the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa 2 And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of
Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in
built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had
out or come in to Asa king of Judah. taken.
2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the 3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he
treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s walked in the first ways of his father David, and
house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that sought not unto Baalim;
dwelt at Damascus, saying, 4 But sought to the LORD God of his father, and
3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was walked in his commandments, and not after the
between my father and thy father: behold, I have doings of Israel.
sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with 5 Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his
Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat
4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent presents; and he had riches and honour in
the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; abundance.
and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the
all the store cities of Naphtali. LORD: moreover he took away the high places and
5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he groves out of Judah.
left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. 7 ¶ Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his
6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to
away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to
wherewith Baasha was building; and he built teach in the cities of Judah.
therewith Geba and Mizpah. 8 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and
7 ¶ And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and
king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and
relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them
LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
Syria escaped out of thine hand. 9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge law of the LORD with them, and went about
host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the
because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered people.
them into thine hand. 10 ¶ And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the
9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah,
throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward 11 Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat
him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians
henceforth thou shalt have wars. brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven
10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven
a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because hundred he goats.
of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people 12 ¶ And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and
the same time. he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
11 ¶ And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, 13 And he had much business in the cities of Judah:
they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in
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Jerusalem. 11 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up
14 And these are the numbers of them according to to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall
the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of deliver it into the hand of the king.
thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah
men of valour three hundred thousand. spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the
15 And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let
with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs,
16 And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, and speak thou good.
who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and 13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what
with him two hundred thousand mighty men of my God saith, that will I speak.
valour. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said
17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to
and with him armed men with bow and shield two battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and
hundred thousand. prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
18 And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an 15 And the king said to him, How many times shall I
hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to
the war. me in the name of the LORD?
19 These waited on the king, beside those whom the 16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon
king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and
the LORD said, These have no master; let them
CHAPTER 18 return therefore every man to his house in peace.
N OW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I
abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto
2 And after certain years he went down to Ahab to me, but evil?
Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in 18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the
abundance, and for the people that he had with him, LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and
and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth- all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and
gilead. on his left.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat 19 And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king
king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth- of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-
gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and
my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in another saying after that manner.
the war. 20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood before
4 ¶ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD
Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. said unto him, Wherewith?
5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of 21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in
prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, the mouth of all his prophets. And the LORD said,
Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go
forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it out, and do even so.
into the king’s hand. 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying
6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the
the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near,
is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which
LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak
unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son unto thee?
of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that
so. day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to
8 And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, hide thyself.
and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 25 Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and
9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of carry him back to Amon the governor of the city,
Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in and to Joash the king’s son;
their robes, and they sat in a void place at the 26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the
entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and
prophets prophesied before them. with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made 27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in
him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he
With these thou shalt push Syria until they be said, Hearken, all ye people.
consumed. 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of
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Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your
29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and
will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put blood, between law and commandment, statutes and
thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised judgments, ye shall even warn them that they
himself; and they went to the battle. trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come
30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye
captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, shall not trespass.
Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the 11 And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you
king of Israel. in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of
31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the
chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with
to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD the good.
helped him; and God moved them to depart from
him. CHAPTER 20
32 For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel,
they turned back again from pursuing him.
I T came to pass after this also, that the children of
Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with
them other beside the Ammonites, came against
33 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and Jehoshaphat to battle.
smote the king of Israel between the joints of the 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat,
harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee
thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold,
host; for I am wounded. they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
34 And the battle increased that day: howbeit the 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek
king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all
the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the Judah.
sun going down he died. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask
help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah
CHAPTER 19 they came to seek the LORD.

A ND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of
his house in peace to Jerusalem. Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD,
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to before the new court,
meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest 6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou
thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the
LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there
LORD. not power and might, so that none is able to
3 Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, withstand thee?
in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the 7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the
land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and
4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
out again through the people from Beer-sheba to 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a
mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
LORD God of their fathers. 9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword,
5 ¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before
fenced cities of Judah, city by city, this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in
6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then
ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with thou wilt hear and help.
you in the judgment. 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and
7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let
you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Israel invade, when they came out of the land of
the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed
taking of gifts. them not;
8 ¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of 11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast
the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to
fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and inherit.
for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have
9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in no might against this great company that cometh
the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes
heart. are upon thee.
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13 And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their 26 ¶ And on the fourth day they assembled
little ones, their wives, and their children. themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they
14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same
son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this
Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the day.
Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them,
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not made them to rejoice over their enemies.
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and
multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of
they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find those countries, when they had heard that the LORD
them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness fought against the enemies of Israel.
of Jeruel. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his
17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set God gave him rest round about.
yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the 31 ¶ And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was
LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and
nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And
for the LORD will be with you. his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to Shilhi.
the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and
Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the departed not from it, doing that which was right in
LORD. the sight of the LORD.
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for
and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto
praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on the God of their fathers.
high. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and
20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning, and went last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the
forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the
forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O kings of Israel.
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in 35 ¶ And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah
the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did
believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. very wickedly:
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he 36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to
appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-
praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before geber.
the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah
endureth for ever. prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because
22 ¶ And when they began to sing and to praise, the thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath
LORD set ambushments against the children of broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that
Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come they were not able to go to Tarshish.
against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up CHAPTER 21
against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay
and destroy them: and when they had made an end N OW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers in the city of David. And
of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
destroy another. 2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat,
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and
the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of
behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
and none escaped. 3 And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in
take away the spoil of them, they found among them Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because
in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and he was the firstborn.
precious jewels, which they stripped off for 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom
themselves, more than they could carry away: and of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all
they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the
so much. princes of Israel.
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5 ¶ Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he sepulchres of the kings.
began to reign, and he reigned eight years in
Jerusalem. CHAPTER 22
6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel,
like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the A ND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah
his youngest son king in his stead: for the band
daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had
was evil in the eyes of the LORD. slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram
7 Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of king of Judah reigned.
David, because of the covenant that he had made 2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he
with David, and as he promised to give a light to him began to reign, and he reigned one year in
and to his sons for ever. Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the
8 ¶ In his days the Edomites revolted from under the daughter of Omri.
dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab:
9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.
his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and 4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like
smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after
the captains of the chariots. the death of his father to his destruction.
10 So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of 5 ¶ He walked also after their counsel, and went with
Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war
revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and
the LORD God of his fathers. the Syrians smote Joram.
11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains 6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of
of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when
commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the
12 ¶ And there came a writing to him from Elijah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see
the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was
David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in sick.
the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by
of Asa king of Judah, coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went
13 But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi,
and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of
Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of Ahab.
the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren 8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing
of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself: judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the
14 Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of
thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
thy goods: 9 And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for
15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu:
thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the and when they had slain him, they buried him:
sickness day by day. Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who
16 ¶ Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of
the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
were near the Ethiopians: 10 ¶ But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw
17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all
and carried away all the substance that was found in the seed royal of the house of Judah.
the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so 11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took
that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among
the youngest of his sons. the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his
18 ¶ And after all this the LORD smote him in his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the
bowels with an incurable disease. daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the
19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him
the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six
people made no burning for him, like the burning of years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
his fathers. CHAPTER 23
20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and A ND in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened
himself, and took the captains of hundreds,
departed without being desired. Howbeit they Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of
buried him in the city of David, but not in the Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and
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Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son come to the entering of the horse gate by the king’s
of Zichri, into covenant with him. house, they slew her there.
2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the 16 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him,
Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of and between all the people, and between the king,
the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. that they should be the LORD’s people.
3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and
king in the house of God. And he said unto them, brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in
Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the LORD hath pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the
said of the sons of David. altars.
4 This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house
you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites,
Levites, shall be porters of the doors; whom David had distributed in the house of the
5 And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it
third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and
people shall be in the courts of the house of the with singing, as it was ordained by David.
LORD. 19 And he set the porters at the gates of the house of
6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing
the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they should enter in.
shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the
keep the watch of the LORD. nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the
7 And the Levites shall compass the king round people of the land, and brought down the king from
about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and the house of the LORD: and they came through the
whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be high gate into the king’s house, and set the king
put to death: but be ye with the king when he upon the throne of the kingdom.
cometh in, and when he goeth out. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the
8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with
things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and the sword.
took every man his men that were to come in on the
sabbath, with them that were to go out on the CHAPTER 24
sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the
courses.
J OASH was seven years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His
9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the mother’s name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of
shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
house of God. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat
10 And he set all the people, every man having his sons and daughters.
weapon in his hand, from the right side of the 4 ¶ And it came to pass after this, that Joash was
temple to the left side of the temple, along by the minded to repair the house of the LORD.
altar and the temple, by the king round about. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the
11 Then they brought out the king’s son, and put Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of
upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the
and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons house of your God from year to year, and see that ye
anointed him, and said, God save the king. hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it
12 ¶ Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the not.
people running and praising the king, she came to 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said
the people into the house of the LORD: unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites
13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the
pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the collection, according to the commandment of Moses
trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of
rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
singers with instruments of musick, and such as 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had
taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, broken up the house of God; and also all the
and said, Treason, Treason. dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they
14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains bestow upon Baalim.
of hundreds that were set over the host, and said 8 And at the king’s commandment they made a
unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of
followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the LORD.
the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. 9 And they made a proclamation through Judah and
15 So they laid hands on her; and when she was Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that
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Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
wilderness. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small
10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, company of men, and the LORD delivered a very
and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they great host into their hand, because they had forsaken
had made an end. the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed
11 Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest judgment against Joash.
was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the 25 And when they were departed from him, (for
Levites, and when they saw that there was much they left him in great diseases,) his own servants
money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer conspired against him for the blood of the sons of
came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he
it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and died: and they buried him in the city of David, but
gathered money in abundance. they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did 26 And these are they that conspired against him;
the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and
hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass 27 ¶ Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of
to mend the house of the LORD. the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the
13 So the workmen wrought, and the work was house of God, behold, they are written in the story of
perfected by them, and they set the house of God in the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned
his state, and strengthened it. in his stead.
14 And when they had finished it, they brought the
rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, CHAPTER 25
whereof were made vessels for the house of the
LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, A MAZIAH was twenty and five years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine
and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was
offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
continually all the days of Jehoiada. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
15 ¶ But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was 3 ¶ Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was
he when he died. established to him, that he slew his servants that had
16 And they buried him in the city of David among killed the king his father.
the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both 4 But he slew not their children, but did as it is
toward God, and toward his house. written in the law in the book of Moses, where the
17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die
of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the for the children, neither shall the children die for the
king hearkened unto them. fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
18 And they left the house of the LORD God of their 5 ¶ Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and
fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came made them captains over thousands, and captains
upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. over hundreds, according to the houses of their
19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he
unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but numbered them from twenty years old and above,
they would not give ear. and found them three hundred thousand choice
20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear
son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the and shield.
people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why 6 He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of
transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the 7 But there came a man of God to him, saying, O
LORD, he hath also forsaken you. king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the
21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children
with stones at the commandment of the king in the of Ephraim.
court of the house of the LORD. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle:
22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God
kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, hath power to help, and to cast down.
but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what
LORD look upon it, and require it. shall we do for the hundred talents which I have
23 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of the year, that given to the army of Israel? And the man of God
the host of Syria came up against him: and they answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more
came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the than this.
princes of the people from among the people, and 10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army
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that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home 24 And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the
again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled vessels that were found in the house of God with
against Judah, and they returned home in great Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house,
anger. the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
11 ¶ And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led 25 ¶ And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah
forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of
smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. Israel fifteen years.
12 And other ten thousand left alive did the children 26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last,
of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto behold, are they not written in the book of the kings
the top of the rock, and cast them down from the of Judah and Israel?
top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. 27 ¶ Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away
13 ¶ But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah from following the LORD they made a conspiracy
sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but
fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried
took much spoil. him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
14 ¶ Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was
come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he CHAPTER 26
brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set
them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself T HEN all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who
was sixteen years old, and made him king in the
room of his father Amaziah.
before them, and burned incense unto them.
15 Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that
against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, the king slept with his fathers.
which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to
gods of the people, which could not deliver their reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in
own people out of thine hand? Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of
16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that Jerusalem.
the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king’s 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who
hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast had understanding in the visions of God: and as long
done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
17 ¶ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and 6 And he went forth and warred against the
sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
the face. cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and
Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the
to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy Mehunims.
daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his
wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt;
thistle. for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the
and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning
home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that of the wall, and fortified them.
thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged
20 But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low
that he might deliver them into the hand of their country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and
enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for
21 So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw he loved husbandry.
one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of 11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men,
Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. that went out to war by bands, according to the
22 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the
they fled every man to his tent. scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of
23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth- 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of
shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six
down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of hundred.
Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 13 And under their hand was an army, three
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hundred thousand and seven thousand and five Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help 5 ¶ He fought also with the king of the Ammonites,
the king against the enemy. and prevailed against them. And the children of
14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents
host shields, and spears, and helmets, and of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and
habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of
15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and
cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the the third.
bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. 6 So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his
And his name spread far abroad; for he was ways before the LORD his God.
marvellously helped, till he was strong. 7 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his
16 ¶ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of
to his destruction: for he transgressed against the the kings of Israel and Judah.
LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to
to burn incense upon the altar of incense. reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and 9 ¶ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they
with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son
valiant men: reigned in his stead.
18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said
unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to CHAPTER 28
burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the
sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: A HAZ was twenty years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:
go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; but he did not that which was right in the sight of the
neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD LORD, like David his father:
God. 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,
19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his and made also molten images for Baalim.
hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son
the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after
before the priests in the house of the LORD, from the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD
beside the incense altar. had cast out before the children of Israel.
20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, 4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high
looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, 5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into
himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him,
smitten him. and carried away a great multitude of them captives,
21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of and brought them to Damascus. And he was also
his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who
for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and smote him with a great slaughter.
Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging 6 ¶ For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an
the people of the land. hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which
22 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the
did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. LORD God of their fathers.
23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew
him with his fathers in the field of the burial which Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor
belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive of
their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons,
CHAPTER 27 and daughters, and took also away much spoil from
J OTHAM was twenty and five years old when he them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name
Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the was Oded: and he went out before the host that
daughter of Zadok. came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold,
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth
LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand,
howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up
And the people did yet corruptly. unto heaven.
3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, 10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children
and on the wall of Ophel he built much. of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you,
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even with you, sins against the LORD your God? and last, behold, they are written in the book of the
11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives kings of Judah and Israel.
again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried
for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought
12 Then certain of the heads of the children of him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel:
Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of
Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up CHAPTER 29
against them that came from the war,
13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the H EZEKIAH began to reign when he was five and
twenty years old, and he reigned nine and
captives hither: for whereas we have offended against twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name
the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
there is fierce wrath against Israel. LORD, according to all that David his father had
14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil done.
before the princes and all the congregation. 3 ¶ He in the first year of his reign, in the first
15 And the men which were expressed by name rose month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD,
up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed and repaired them.
all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and
and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, gathered them together into the east street,
and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify
them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD
city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness
returned to Samaria. out of the holy place.
16 ¶ At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that
of Assyria to help him. which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and
17 For again the Edomites had come and smitten have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces
Judah, and carried away captives. from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their
18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the backs.
low country, and of the south of Judah, and had 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and
taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor
Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the
the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages God of Israel.
thereof: and they dwelt there. 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah
19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to
king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see
transgressed sore against the LORD. with your eyes.
20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and
him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. our sons and our daughters and our wives are in
21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of captivity for this.
the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with
the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may
he helped him not. turn away from us.
22 ¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass 11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath
yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and
23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of 12 ¶ Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of
the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of
to them, that they may help me. But they were the the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the
ruin of him, and of all Israel. son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of
24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden
house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the the son of Joah:
house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel:
the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
Jerusalem. 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei:
25 And in every several city of Judah he made high and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
places to burn incense unto other gods, and 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified
provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. themselves, and came, according to the
26 ¶ Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first commandment of the king, by the words of the
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LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. king and all that were present with him bowed
16 And the priests went into the inner part of the themselves, and worshipped.
house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes
the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD
LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And
the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed
brook Kidron. their heads and worshipped.
17 Now they began on the first day of the first 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have
month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near
month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the
sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in
in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were
end. of a free heart burnt offerings.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, 32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the
We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the congregation brought, was threescore and ten
altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs:
and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred
reign did cast away in his transgression, have we oxen and three thousand sheep.
prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could
the altar of the LORD. not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their
20 ¶ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was
gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the ended, and until the other priests had sanctified
house of the LORD. themselves: for the Levites were more upright in
21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin 35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance,
offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink
for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of
of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. the house of the LORD was set in order.
22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that
received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: God had prepared the people: for the thing was done
likewise, when they had killed the rams, they suddenly.
sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also
the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the CHAPTER 30
altar.
23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin A ND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and
wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh,
offering before the king and the congregation; and that they should come to the house of the LORD at
they laid their hands upon them: Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God
24 And the priests killed them, and they made of Israel.
reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes,
make an atonement for all Israel: for the king and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the
commanded that the burnt offering and the sin passover in the second month.
offering should be made for all Israel. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, because the
25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently,
with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, neither had the people gathered themselves together
according to the commandment of David, and of to Jerusalem.
Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so 4 And the thing pleased the king and all the
was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. congregation.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation
David, and the priests with the trumpets. throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan,
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt that they should come to keep the passover unto the
offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not
began, the song of the LORD began also with the done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by 6 So the posts went with the letters from the king
David king of Israel. and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the according to the commandment of the king, saying,
singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God
this continued until the burnt offering was finished. of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to
29 And when they had made an end of offering, the the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand
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of the kings of Assyria. priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with
7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your loud instruments unto the LORD.
brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the
their fathers, who therefore gave them up to Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD:
desolation, as ye see. and they did eat throughout the feast seven days,
8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but offering peace offerings, and making confession to
yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his the LORD God of their fathers.
sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep
serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his other seven days: and they kept other seven days with
wrath may turn away from you. gladness.
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the
and your children shall find compassion before them congregation a thousand bullocks and seven
that lead them captive, so that they shall come again thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the
into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand
merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified
ye return unto him. themselves.
10 So the posts passed from city to city through the 25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the
country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that
Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out
mocked them. of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah,
11 Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and rejoiced.
of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the
Jerusalem. time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them was not the like in Jerusalem.
one heart to do the commandment of the king and 27 ¶ Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed
of the princes, by the word of the LORD. the people: and their voice was heard, and their
13 ¶ And there assembled at Jerusalem much people prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto
to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second heaven.
month, a very great congregation.
14 And they arose and took away the altars that were CHAPTER 31
in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they
away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. N OW when all this was finished, all Israel that
were present went out to the cities of Judah,
15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the
day of the second month: and the priests and the groves, and threw down the high places and the
Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed
the LORD. them all. Then all the children of Israel returned,
16 And they stood in their place after their manner, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
according to the law of Moses the man of God: the 2 ¶ And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the
priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man
hand of the Levites. according to his service, the priests and Levites for
17 For there were many in the congregation that burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister,
were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the
charge of the killing of the passovers for every one tents of the LORD.
that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 3 He appointed also the king’s portion of his
18 For a multitude of the people, even many of substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the
Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt
not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons,
passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the
prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon LORD.
every one 4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in
19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the
God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of
according to the purification of the sanctuary. the LORD.
20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed 5 ¶ And as soon as the commandment came abroad,
the people. the children of Israel brought in abundance the
21 And the children of Israel that were present at firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of
Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things
days with great gladness: and the Levites and the brought they in abundantly.
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6 And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, 20 ¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah,
that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in and wrought that which was good and right and
the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy truth before the LORD his God.
things which were consecrated unto the LORD their 21 And in every work that he began in the service of
God, and laid them by heaps. the house of God, and in the law, and in the
7 In the third month they began to lay the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all
foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the his heart, and prospered.
seventh month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw CHAPTER 32
the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people
Israel. A FTER these things, and the establishment
thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the entered into Judah, and encamped against the
Levites concerning the heaps. fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was
Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people come, and that he was purposed to fight against
began to bring the offerings into the house of the Jerusalem,
LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty
plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and men to stop the waters of the fountains which were
that which is left is this great store. without the city: and they did help him.
11 ¶ Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare 4 So there was gathered much people together, who
chambers in the house of the LORD; and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran
prepared them, through the midst of the land, saying, Why should
12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the
the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers,
next. and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the
13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, city of David, and made darts and shields in
and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and abundance.
Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and
under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, gathered them together to him in the street of the
at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them,
Azariah the ruler of the house of God. saying,
14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter 7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor
toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the
God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us
most holy things. than with him:
15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the
Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to And the people rested themselves upon the words of
their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to Hezekiah king of Judah.
the small: 9 ¶ After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send
16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege
old and upward, even unto every one that entereth against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto
into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were
their service in their charges according to their at Jerusalem, saying,
courses; 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon
17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over
old and upward, in their charges by their courses; yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The
18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the
wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through king of Assyria?
all the congregation: for in their set office they 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high
sanctified themselves in holiness: places and his altars, and commanded Judah and
19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar,
in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every and burn incense upon it?
several city, the men that were expressed by name, to 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done
give portions to all the males among the priests, and unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of
to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver
Levites. their lands out of mine hand?
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14 Who was there among all the gods of those wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and
nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could cotes for flocks.
deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions
should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given
15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor him substance very much.
persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe 30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper
him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down
to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah
the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your prospered in all his works.
God deliver you out of mine hand? 31 ¶ Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of
16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to
God, and against his servant Hezekiah. inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God
17 He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of left him, to try him, that he might know all that was
Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods in his heart.
of the nations of other lands have not delivered their 32 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his
people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of
Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book
18 Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ of the kings of Judah and Israel.
speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the 33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they
wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the
might take the city. sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of
19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And
against the gods of the people of the earth, which Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
were the work of the hands of man.
20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the CHAPTER 33
prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to
heaven. M ANASSEH was twelve years old when he
began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five
21 ¶ And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all years in Jerusalem:
the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and 2 But did that which was evil in the sight of the
captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen,
returned with shame of face to his own land. And whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
when he was come into the house of his god, they Israel.
that came forth of his own bowels slew him there 3 ¶ For he built again the high places which
with the sword. Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared
22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand 4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD,
of all other, and guided them on every side. whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my
23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to name be for ever.
Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the
so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations two courts of the house of the LORD.
from thenceforth. 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire
24 ¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed
and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft,
and he gave him a sign. and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he
25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to
benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: provoke him to anger.
therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon 7 And he set a carved image, the idol which he had
Judah and Jerusalem. made, in the house of God, of which God had said to
26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in
the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes
Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 8 Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel
27 ¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and from out of the land which I have appointed for
honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that
and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, I have commanded them, according to the whole
and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand
jewels; of Moses.
28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of
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Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, CHAPTER 34
whom the LORD had destroyed before the children
of Israel. JOSIAH was eight years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty
10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his years.
people: but they would not hearken. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the
11 ¶ Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father,
captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the
took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him left.
with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 3 ¶ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was
12 And when he was in affliction, he besought the yet young, he began to seek after the God of David
LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge
the God of his fathers, Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the
13 And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of groves, and the carved images, and the molten
him, and heard his supplication, and brought him images.
again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then 4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. presence; and the images, that were on high above
14 Now after this he built a wall without the city of them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved
David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces,
to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the
about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of 5 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their
Judah. altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
15 And he took away the strange gods, and the idol 6 And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and
out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with
he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, their mattocks round about.
and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the
16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and groves, and had beaten the graven images into
sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all
offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
God of Israel. 8 ¶ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he
17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan
high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the
18 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to
prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that repair the house of the LORD his God.
spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of they delivered the money that was brought into the
Israel. house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors
19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim,
him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and
wherein he built high places, and set up groves and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they 10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that
are written among the sayings of the seers. had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they
20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of
buried him in his own house: and Amon his son the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
reigned in his stead. 11 Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to
21 ¶ Amon was two and twenty years old when he buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to
began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. floor the houses which the kings of Judah had
22 But he did that which was evil in the sight of the destroyed.
LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon 12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the
sacrificed unto all the carved images which overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the
Manasseh his father had made, and served them; Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and
23 And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it
Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill
Amon trespassed more and more. of instruments of musick.
24 And his servants conspired against him, and slew 13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and
him in his own house. were overseers of all that wrought the work in any
25 ¶ But the people of the land slew all them that manner of service: and of the Levites there were
had conspired against king Amon; and the people of scribes, and officers, and porters.
the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 14 ¶ And when they brought out the money that was
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brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the brought the king word again.
priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by 29 ¶ Then the king sent and gathered together all the
Moses. elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD,
scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of
of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all
Shaphan. the people, great and small: and he read in their ears
16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and all the words of the book of the covenant that was
brought the king word back again, saying, All that found in the house of the LORD.
was committed to thy servants, they do it. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a
17 And they have gathered together the money that covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD,
was found in the house of the LORD, and have and to keep his commandments, and his
delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and
hand of the workmen. with all his soul, to perform the words of the
18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, covenant which are written in this book.
Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And 32 And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem
Shaphan read it before the king. and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of
19 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the
words of the law, that he rent his clothes. God of their fathers.
20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam 33 And Josiah took away all the abominations out of
the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, all the countries that pertained to the children of
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to
king’s, saying, serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his
21 Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them days they departed not from following the LORD, the
that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the God of their fathers.
words of the book that is found: for great is the
wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, CHAPTER 35
because our fathers have not kept the word of the
LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. M OREOVER Josiah kept a passover unto the
LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the
22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and
of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, encouraged them to the service of the house of the
keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem LORD,
in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,
23 ¶ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in
God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, the house which Solomon the son of David king of
24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your
upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his
even all the curses that are written in the book which people Israel,
they have read before the king of Judah: 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your
25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned fathers, after your courses, according to the writing
incense unto other gods, that they might provoke of David king of Israel, and according to the writing
me to anger with all the works of their hands; of Solomon his son.
therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this 5 And stand in the holy place according to the
place, and shall not be quenched. divisions of the families of the fathers of your
26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to brethren the people, and after the division of the
inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus families of the Levites.
saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words 6 So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and
which thou hast heard; prepare your brethren, that they may do according
27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his 7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs
words against this place, and against the inhabitants and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that
thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and
rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s
heard thee also, saith the LORD. substance.
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to
shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah
thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the
place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they priests for the passover offerings two thousand and
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six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the
9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his valley of Megiddo.
brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king
of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore
offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred wounded.
oxen. 24 His servants therefore took him out of that
10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he
in their place, and the Levites in their courses, had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he
according to the king’s commandment. died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his
11 And they killed the passover, and the priests fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for
sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites Josiah.
flayed them. 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the
12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah
might give according to the divisions of the families in their lamentations to this day, and made them an
of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in
in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. the lamentations.
13 And they roasted the passover with fire according 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his
to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they goodness, according to that which was written in the
in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided law of the LORD,
them speedily among all the people. 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are
14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
and for the priests: because the priests the sons of
Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and CHAPTER 36
the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for
themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. T HEN the people of the land took Jehoahaz the
son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s
15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their stead in Jerusalem.
place, according to the commandment of David, and 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he
Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; began to reign, and he reigned three months in
and the porters waited at every gate; they might not Jerusalem.
depart from their service; for their brethren the 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem,
Levites prepared for them. and condemned the land in an hundred talents of
16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the silver and a talent of gold.
same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother
offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name
the commandment of king Josiah. to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother,
17 And the children of Israel that were present kept and carried him to Egypt.
the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened 5 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he
bread seven days. began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in
18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight
Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither of the LORD his God.
did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of
Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to
Judah and Israel that were present, and the Babylon.
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the
19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his
this passover kept. temple at Babylon.
20 ¶ After all this, when Josiah had prepared the 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his
temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight abominations which he did, and that which was
against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went found in him, behold, they are written in the book of
out against him. the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son
21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What reigned in his stead.
have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come 9 ¶ Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to
not against thee this day, but against the house reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in
wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight
make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, of the LORD.
who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 10 And when the year was expired, king
22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon,
him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD,
him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and
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Jerusalem. hand.
11 ¶ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and
began to reign, and reigned eleven years in small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD,
Jerusalem. and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all
12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the these he brought to Babylon.
LORD his God, and humbled not himself before 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake
Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces
the LORD. thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels
13 And he also rebelled against king thereof.
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: 20 And them that had escaped from the sword
but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart carried he away to Babylon; where they were
from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
14 ¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the kingdom of Persia:
people, transgressed very much after all the 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of
abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths:
of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to
15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them fulfil threescore and ten years.
by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; 22 ¶ Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
because he had compassion on his people, and on that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of
his dwelling place: Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a
despised his words, and misused his prophets, until proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till also in writing, saying,
there was no remedy. 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms
17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me;
Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword and he hath charged me to build him an house in
in the house of their sanctuary, and had no Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him,
or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his and let him go up.

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CHAPTER 1
N OW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a
proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it
also in writing, saying,
2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of
heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth;
and he hath charged me to build him an house at
Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God
be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which
is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of
Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he
sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with
silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with
beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of
God that is in Jerusalem.
5 ¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah
and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with
all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to
build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were about them strengthened
their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with
goods, and with beasts, and with precious things,
beside all that was willingly offered.
7 ¶ Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of
the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had
brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in
the house of his gods;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by
the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered
them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of
gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty
knives,
10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second
sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a
thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five
thousand and four hundred. All these did
Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that
were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
CHAPTER 2
N OW these are the children of the province that
went up out of the captivity, of those which had
been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king
of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and
came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one
unto his city;
2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah,
Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai,
Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the
people of Israel:
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3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred
seventy and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy
and two.
5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and
five.
6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and
twelve.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred
fifty and four.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and
threescore.
10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and
three.
12 The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred
twenty and two.
13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and
six.
14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and
four.
16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and
eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and
three.
18 The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
19 The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty
and three.
20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
21 The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty
and three.
22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and
eight.
24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and
Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred
twenty and one.
27 The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and
two.
28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty
and three.
29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
30 The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and
six.
31 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two
hundred fifty and four.
32 The children of Harim, three hundred and
twenty.
33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven
hundred twenty and five.
34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and
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35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of
hundred and thirty. Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of
36 ¶ The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their
house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. name:
37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. 62 These sought their register among those that were
38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found:
forty and seven. therefore were they, as polluted, put from the
39 The children of Harim, a thousand and priesthood.
seventeen. 63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they
40 ¶ The Levites: the children of Jeshua and should not eat of the most holy things, till there
Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
four. 64 ¶ The whole congregation together was forty and
41 ¶ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred two thousand three hundred and threescore,
twenty and eight. 65 Beside their servants and their maids, of whom
42 ¶ The children of the porters: the children of there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and
Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of seven: and there were among them two hundred
Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of singing men and singing women.
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred 66 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six;
thirty and nine. their mules, two hundred forty and five;
43 ¶ The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the 67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their
children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
44 The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the 68 ¶ And some of the chief of the fathers, when they
children of Padon, came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem,
45 The children of Lebanah, the children of offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his
Hagabah, the children of Akkub, place:
46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, 69 They gave after their ability unto the treasure of
the children of Hanan, the work threescore and one thousand drams of
47 The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one
children of Reaiah, hundred priests’ garments.
48 The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 70 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the
the children of Gazzam, people, and the singers, and the porters, and the
49 The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their
children of Besai, cities.
50 The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim,
the children of Nephusim, CHAPTER 3
51 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha,
the children of Harhur, A ND when the seventh month was come, and the
children of Israel were in the cities, the people
52 The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, gathered themselves together as one man to
the children of Harsha, Jerusalem.
53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
children of Thamah, brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of
54 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of
55 ¶ The children of Solomon’s servants: the the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as
children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
children of Peruda, 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was
56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, upon them because of the people of those countries:
the children of Giddel, and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the
57 The children of Shephatiah, the children of LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is
children of Ami. written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by
58 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s number, according to the custom, as the duty of
servants, were three hundred ninety and two. every day required;
59 And these were they which went up from Tel- 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering,
melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of
they could not shew their father’s house, and their the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one
seed, whether they were of Israel: that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the
60 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, LORD.
the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began
61 ¶ And of the children of the priests: the children they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the
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foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
laid. 5 And hired counsellers against them, to frustrate
7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,
carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of
from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against
grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
8 ¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the 7 ¶ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam,
house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their
began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the
the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue,
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and 8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe
appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the
upward, to set forward the work of the house of the king in this sort:
LORD. 9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai
9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the
Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the
set forward the workmen in the house of God: the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the
sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
the Levites. 10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and
10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of
temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river,
apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of and at such a time.
Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the 11 ¶ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto
ordinance of David king of Israel. him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the
11 And they sang together by course in praising and men on this side the river, and at such a time.
giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which
his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem,
people shouted with a great shout, when they building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set
praised the LORD, because the foundation of the up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
house of the LORD was laid. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city
12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they
the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt
first house, when the foundation of this house was endamage the revenue of the kings.
laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and 14 Now because we have maintenance from the
many shouted aloud for joy: king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the
13 So that the people could not discern the noise of king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and
the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the certified the king;
people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, 15 That search may be made in the book of the
and the noise was heard afar off. records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book
of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious
CHAPTER 4 city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that
N OW when the adversaries of Judah and they have moved sedition within the same of old
Benjamin heard that the children of the time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of 16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded
Israel; again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with 17 ¶ Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the
you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the
sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and
king of Assur, which brought us up hither. unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the time.
chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have 18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly
nothing to do with us to build an house unto our read before me.
God; but we ourselves together will build unto the 19 And I commanded, and search hath been made,
LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia and it is found that this city of old time hath made
hath commanded us. insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of sedition have been made therein.
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20 There have been mighty kings also over 12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God
Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of
beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean,
paid unto them. who destroyed this house, and carried the people
21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men away into Babylon.
to cease, and that this city be not builded, until 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon
another commandment shall be given from me. the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this
22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why house of God.
should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? 14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the
23 ¶ Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of
was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them
and their companions, they went up in haste to into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king
Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were
force and power. delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar,
24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which whom he had made governor;
is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of 15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry
the reign of Darius king of Persia. them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the
house of God be builded in his place.
CHAPTER 5 16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the
T HEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and foundation of the house of God which is in
Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it
Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name been in building, and yet it is not finished.
of the God of Israel, even unto them. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let
2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and there be search made in the king’s treasure house,
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a
house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this
were the prophets of God helping them. house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his
3 ¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor pleasure to us concerning this matter.
on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their
companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath CHAPTER 6
commanded you to build this house, and to make
up this wall? T HEN Darius the king made a decree, and search
was made in the house of the rolls, where the
4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What treasures were laid up in Babylon.
are the names of the men that make this building? 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace
5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and
Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the therein was a record thus written:
matter came to Darius: and then they returned 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus
answer by letter concerning this matter. the king made a decree concerning the house of God
6 ¶ The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place
this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations
companions the Apharsachites, which were on this thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore
side the river, sent unto Darius the king: cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written 4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new
thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. timber: and let the expences be given out of the
8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the king’s house:
province of Judea, to the house of the great God, 5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the
which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out
in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought
prospereth in their hands. unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto
9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his
thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and place, and place them in the house of God.
to make up these walls? 6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river,
10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we Shethar-boznai, and your companions the
might write the names of the men that were the chief Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far
of them. from thence:
11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are 7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the
the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build
build the house that was builded these many years this house of God in his place.
ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. 8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the
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elders of these Jews for the building of this house of days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful,
God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto
beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the
these men, that they be not hindered. house of God, the God of Israel.
9 And that which they have need of, both young
bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt CHAPTER 7
offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and
oil, according to the appointment of the priests N OW after these things, in the reign of
Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of
which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
day without fail: 2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of
10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours Ahitub,
unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the 3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of
king, and of his sons. Meraioth,
11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of
alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his Bukki,
house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; 5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son
and let his house be made a dunghill for this. of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a
there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD
their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all
which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; his request, according to the hand of the LORD his
let it be done with speed. God upon him.
13 ¶ Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, 7 And there went up some of the children of Israel,
Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers,
that which Darius the king had sent, so they did and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem,
speedily. in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they 8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month,
prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the which was in the seventh year of the king.
prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they 9 For upon the first day of the first month began he
builded, and finished it, according to the to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the
commandment of the God of Israel, and according fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the
to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and good hand of his God upon him.
Artaxerxes king of Persia. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of
15 And this house was finished on the third day of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes
the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the and judgments.
reign of Darius the king. 11 ¶ Now this is the copy of the letter that the king
16 ¶ And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even
Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, a scribe of the words of the commandments of the
kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a
God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace,
hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, and at such a time.
twelve he goats, according to the number of the 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of
tribes of Israel. Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm,
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the which are minded of their own freewill to go up to
Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which Jerusalem, go with thee.
is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his
19 And the children of the captivity kept the seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and
passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is
20 For the priests and the Levites were purified in thine hand;
together, all of them were pure, and killed the 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king
passover for all the children of the captivity, and for and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God
their brethren the priests, and for themselves. of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
21 And the children of Israel, which were come 16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in
again out of captivity, and all such as had separated all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering
themselves unto them from the filthiness of the of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly
heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
did eat, 17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money
22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and
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their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar 5 Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and
of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. with him three hundred males.
18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to 6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan,
thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the and with him fifty males.
gold, that do after the will of your God. 7 And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of
19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of
the God of Jerusalem. Michael, and with him fourscore males.
20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the 9 Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and
house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to with him two hundred and eighteen males.
bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house. 10 And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of
21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore
decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the males.
river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of 11 And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of
the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
be done speedily, 12 And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred 13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names
baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with
salt without prescribing how much. them threescore males.
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, 14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud,
let it be diligently done for the house of the God of and with them seventy males.
heaven: for why should there be wrath against the 15 ¶ And I gathered them together to the river that
realm of the king and his sons? runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three
24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and
priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or found there none of the sons of Levi.
ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah,
to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for
is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for
may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all Elnathan, men of understanding.
such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them 17 And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo
that know them not. the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the
and the law of the king, let judgment be executed Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should
speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to 18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they
imprisonment. brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of
27 ¶ Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and
hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
beautify the house of the LORD which is in 19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the
Jerusalem: sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the 20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the
king, and his counsellers, and before all the king’s princes had appointed for the service of the Levites,
mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them
of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered were expressed by name.
together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 21 ¶ Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our
CHAPTER 8 God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our
T HESE are now the chief of their fathers, and this little ones, and for all our substance.
is the genealogy of them that went up with me 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band
from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the
2 Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the
Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them
3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath
Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by is against all them that forsake him.
genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and
4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of he was intreated of us.
Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. 24 ¶ Then I separated twelve of the chief of the
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priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their have mingled themselves with the people of those
brethren with them, lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, been chief in this trespass.
and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment
God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head
lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that
fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because
talents, and of gold an hundred talents; of the transgression of those that had been carried
27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 5 ¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; heaviness; and having rent my garment and my
the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my
are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your hands unto the LORD my God,
fathers. 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are
before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and increased over our head, and our trespass is grown
chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the up unto the heavens.
chambers of the house of the LORD. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a
30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities
the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered
them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword,
31 ¶ Then we departed from the river of Ahava on to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face,
the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto as it is this day.
Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, 8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to
of such as lay in wait by the way. escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little
days. reviving in our bondage.
33 ¶ Now on the fourth day was the silver and the 9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not
gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended
by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to
priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God,
Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?
the weight was written at that time. for we have forsaken thy commandments,
35 Also the children of those that had been carried 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the
away, which were come out of the captivity, offered prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to
burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of
bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy the people of the lands, with their abominations,
and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: which have filled it from one end to another with
all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. their uncleanness.
36 ¶ And they delivered the king’s commissions unto 12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their
the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons,
side the river: and they furthered the people, and the nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye
house of God. may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and
leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
CHAPTER 9 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil
N OW when these things were done, the princes deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou
came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and our God hast punished us less than our iniquities
the priests, and the Levites, have not separated deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
themselves from the people of the lands, doing 14 Should we again break thy commandments, and
according to their abominations, even of the join in affinity with the people of these
Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us
the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be
the Amorites. no remnant nor escaping?
2 For they have taken of their daughters for 15 O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we
themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are
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before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand and let all them which have taken strange wives in
before thee because of this. our cities come at appointed times, and with them
the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until
CHAPTER 10 the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned
N OW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had from us.
confessed, weeping and casting himself down 15 ¶ Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah
before the house of God, there assembled unto him the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter:
out of Israel a very great congregation of men and and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped
women and children: for the people wept very sore. them.
2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra
of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the
trespassed against our God, and have taken strange house of their fathers, and all of them by their
wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope names, were separated, and sat down in the first day
in Israel concerning this thing. of the tenth month to examine the matter.
3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our 17 And they made an end with all the men that had
God to put away all the wives, and such as are born taken strange wives by the first day of the first
of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of month.
those that tremble at the commandment of our God; 18 ¶ And among the sons of the priests there were
and let it be done according to the law. found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the
4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren;
will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the 19 And they gave their hands that they would put
Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram
according to this word. And they sware. of the flock for their trespass.
6 ¶ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, 20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of 21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah,
Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of 22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah,
the transgression of them that had been carried Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
away. 23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and
7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and
and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, Eliezer.
that they should gather themselves together unto 24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters;
Jerusalem; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
8 And that whosoever would not come within three 25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh;
days, according to the counsel of the princes and the Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and
elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
himself separated from the congregation of those 26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah,
that had been carried away. and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
9 ¶ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin 27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib,
gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth 28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah,
day of the month; and all the people sat in the street Zabbai, and Athlai.
of the house of God, trembling because of this 29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch,
matter, and for the great rain. and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, and
Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and
to increase the trespass of Israel. Binnui, and Manasseh.
11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD 31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah,
God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
separate yourselves from the people of the land, and 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
from the strange wives. 33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah,
12 Then all the congregation answered and said with Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. 34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
this a work of one day or two: for we are many that 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
have transgressed in this thing. 38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, 39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
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40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of
42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. them had wives by whom they had children.
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BOOK OF NEHEMIAH
CHAPTER 1 his presence.

T HE words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. 2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy
And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the
twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is
nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very
2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and sore afraid,
certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning 3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever:
the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the why should not my countenance be sad, when the
captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste,
3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
of the captivity there in the province are in great 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou
affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is
make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and
fire. if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that
4 ¶ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of
that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, 6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting
5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and
the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send
and mercy for them that love him and observe his me; and I set him a time.
commandments: 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king,
6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes let letters be given me to the governors beyond the
open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy river, that they may convey me over till I come into
servant, which I pray before thee now, day and Judah;
night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and 8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s
confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we forest, that he may give me timber to make beams
have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s for the gates of the palace which appertained to the
house have sinned. house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house
7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and that I shall enter into. And the king granted me,
have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy 9 ¶ Then I came to the governors beyond the river,
servant Moses. and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye 10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the
transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them
nations: exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the
9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my welfare of the children of Israel.
commandments, and do them; though there were of 11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, 12 ¶ And I arose in the night, I and some few men
yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring with me; neither told I any man what my God had
them unto the place that I have chosen to set my put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there
name there. any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
10 Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley,
thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy even before the dragon well, and to the dung port,
strong hand. and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were
11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed
attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the with fire.
prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to
and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast
grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was that was under me to pass.
the king’s cupbearer. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and
viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the
CHAPTER 2 gate of the valley, and so returned.
A ND it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the 16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I
twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the
was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to
unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in the rest that did the work.
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17 ¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that tower of the furnaces.
we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of
thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he
up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a and his daughters.
reproach. 13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the
was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,
had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung
and build. So they strengthened their hands for this gate.
good work. 14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of
19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built
servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof,
heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and the bars thereof.
and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the
against the king? son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he
20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof,
God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall
servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto
nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. the stairs that go down from the city of David.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk,
CHAPTER 3 the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place
T HEN Eliashib the high priest rose up with his over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool
brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of
even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler
the tower of Hananeel. of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
2 And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. 18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son
And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua,
who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the
thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of 20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly
Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall
Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high
Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok priest.
the son of Baana. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah
5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the
their nobles put not their necks to the work of their house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of
Lord. Eliashib.
6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of 22 And after him repaired the priests, the men of the
Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they plain.
laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, 23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over
and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. against their house. After him repaired Azariah the
7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad
Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the
governor on this side the river. turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of 25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of
Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the
repaired Hananiah the son of one of the king’s high house, that was by the court of the
apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
broad wall. 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the
9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of place over against the water gate toward the east, and
Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. the tower that lieth out.
10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece,
Harumaph, even over against his house. And next over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto
unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. the wall of Ophel.
11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son 28 From above the horse gate repaired the priests,
of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the every one over against his house.
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29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over and their bows.
against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the
the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your
another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives,
son of Berechiah over against his chamber. and your houses.
31 After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith’s son 15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that
unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the it was known unto us, and God had brought their
merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the
the going up of the corner. wall, every one unto his work.
32 And between the going up of the corner unto the 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the
sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the
merchants. other half of them held both the spears, the shields,
and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers
CHAPTER 4 were behind all the house of Judah.
B UT it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that
that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with
great indignation, and mocked the Jews. one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the
2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of other hand held a weapon.
Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will 18 For the builders, every one had his sword girded
they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the
make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out trumpet was by me.
of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? 19 ¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers,
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he and to the rest of the people, The work is great and
said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far
shall even break down their stone wall. from another.
4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn 20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the
their reproach upon their own head, and give them trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall
for a prey in the land of captivity: fight for us.
5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin 21 So we laboured in the work: and half of them
be blotted out from before thee: for they have held the spears from the rising of the morning till
provoked thee to anger before the builders. the stars appeared.
6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people,
together unto the half thereof: for the people had a Let every one with his servant lodge within
mind to work. Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to
7 ¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and us, and labour on the day.
Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants,
the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem nor the men of the guard which followed me, none
were made up, and that the breaches began to be of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put
stopped, then they were very wroth, them off for washing.
8 And conspired all of them together to come and to
fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. CHAPTER 5
9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God,
and set a watch against them day and night, because
of them.
A ND there was a great cry of the people and of
their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our
10 And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for
burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so them, that we may eat, and live.
that we are not able to build the wall. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy
neither see, till we come in the midst among them, corn, because of the dearth.
and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed
12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our
dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, lands and vineyards.
From all places whence ye shall return unto us they 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren,
will be upon you. our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into
13 ¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants,
wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people and some of our daughters are brought unto
after their families with their swords, their spears, bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem
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them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. CHAPTER 6
6 ¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and
these words. N OW it came to pass, when Sanballat, and
Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest
7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall,
nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact and that there was no breach left therein; (though at
usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
assembly against them. 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying,
8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages
redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me
unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your mischief.
brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am
they their peace, and found nothing to answer. doing a great work, so that I cannot come down:
9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and
to walk in the fear of our God because of the come down to you?
reproach of the heathen our enemies? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort;
10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, and I answered them after the same manner.
might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like
us leave off this usury. manner the fifth time with an open letter in his
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their hand;
lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their 6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the
houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews
the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the
12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to
require nothing of them; so will we do as thou these words.
sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach
them, that they should do according to this promise. of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah:
13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out and now shall it be reported to the king according to
every man from his house, and from his labour, that these words. Come now therefore, and let us take
performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken counsel together.
out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such
Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them
according to this promise. out of thine own heart.
14 ¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands
be their governor in the land of Judah, from the shall be weakened from the work, that it be not
twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the
brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut
15 But the former governors that had been before me up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of
were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of
them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the
yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: night will they come to slay thee.
but so did not I, because of the fear of God. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who
16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple
neither bought we any land: and all my servants were to save his life? I will not go in.
gathered thither unto the work. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him;
17 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and but that he pronounced this prophecy against me:
fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid,
18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter
one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat
sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread according to these their works, and on the
of the governor, because the bondage was heavy prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,
upon this people. that would have put me in fear.
19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to 15 ¶ So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth
all that I have done for this people. day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies
heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us
saw these things, they were much cast down in their
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own eyes: for they perceived that this work was eight.
wrought of our God. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three
17 ¶ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent hundred twenty and two.
many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred
came unto them. threescore and seven.
18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore
because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son and seven.
of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and
19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and eight.
uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to 22 The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty
put me in fear. and eight.
23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and
CHAPTER 7 four.
N OW it came to pass, when the wall was built, 24 The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
and I had set up the doors, and the porters and 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five.
the singers and the Levites were appointed, 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an
2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the hundred fourscore and eight.
ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was 27 The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and
a faithful man, and feared God above many. eight.
3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while 29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and
they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty
every one in his watch, and every one to be over and one.
against his house. 31 The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty
4 Now the city was large and great: but the people and two.
were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty
5 ¶ And my God put into mine heart to gather and three.
together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two
found a register of the genealogy of them which hundred fifty and four.
came up at the first, and found written therein, 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and
6 These are the children of the province, that went twenty.
up out of the captivity, of those that had been 36 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and
carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of five.
Babylon had carried away, and came again to 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven
Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; hundred twenty and one.
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine
Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, hundred and thirty.
Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I 39 ¶ The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the
say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred 40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
seventy and two. 41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred
9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy forty and seven.
and two. 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and
10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. seventeen.
11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of 43 ¶ The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel,
Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
and eighteen. 44 ¶ The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred
12 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred forty and eight.
fifty and four. 45 ¶ The porters: the children of Shallum, the
13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the
five. children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the
14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
threescore. 46 ¶ The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the
15 The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
eight. 47 The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the
16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and children of Padon,
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48 The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold,
the children of Shalmai, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was
the children of Gahar, twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand
50 The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’
children of Nekoda, garments.
51 The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters,
children of Phaseah, and the singers, and some of the people, and the
52 The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and
the children of Nephishesim, when the seventh month came, the children of Israel
53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, were in their cities.
the children of Harhur,
54 The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, CHAPTER 8
the children of Harsha,
55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the
children of Tamah,
A ND all the people gathered themselves together
as one man into the street that was before the
water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to
56 The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD
57 ¶ The children of Solomon’s servants: the had commanded to Israel.
children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the
children of Perida, congregation both of men and women, and all that
58 The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the could hear with understanding, upon the first day of
children of Giddel, the seventh month.
59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of 3 And he read therein before the street that was
Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the before the water gate from the morning until
children of Amon. midday, before the men and the women, and those
60 All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s that could understand; and the ears of all the people
servants, were three hundred ninety and two. were attentive unto the book of the law.
61 And these were they which went up also from Tel- 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood,
melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: which they had made for the purpose; and beside
but they could not shew their father’s house, nor him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and
their seed, whether they were of Israel. Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right
62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael,
the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
63 ¶ And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the Zechariah, and Meshullam.
children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the
one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, people; (for he was above all the people;) and when
and was called after their name. he opened it, all the people stood up:
64 These sought their register among those that were 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all
reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up
therefore were they, as polluted, put from the their hands: and they bowed their heads, and
priesthood. worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin,
should not eat of the most holy things, till there Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita,
stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites,
66 ¶ The whole congregation together was forty and caused the people to understand the law: and the
two thousand three hundred and threescore, people stood in their place.
67 Beside their manservants and their maidservants, 8 So they read in the book in the law of God
of whom there were seven thousand three hundred distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to
thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty understand the reading.
and five singing men and singing women. 9 ¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra
68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the
mules, two hundred forty and five: people, said unto all the people, This day is holy
69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For
thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. all the people wept, when they heard the words of
70 ¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the law.
the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat,
thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them
and thirty priests’ garments. for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy
71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the
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LORD is your strength. all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose
12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the
drink, and to send portions, and to make great Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
mirth, because they had understood the words that 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and
were declared unto them. madest a covenant with him to give the land of the
13 ¶ And on the second day were gathered together Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the
the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to
and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy
understand the words of the law. words; for thou art righteous:
14 And they found written in the law which the 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,
LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh,
seventh month: and on all his servants, and on all the people of his
15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly
their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is
the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine this day.
branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that
and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is they went through the midst of the sea on the dry
written. land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the
16 ¶ So the people went forth, and brought them, deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
and made themselves booths, every one upon the 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a
roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to
courts of the house of God, and in the street of the give them light in the way wherein they should go.
water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and
17 And all the congregation of them that were come spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them
again out of the captivity made booths, and sat right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and
under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the commandments:
son of Nun unto that day had not the children of 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,
Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws,
18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last by the hand of Moses thy servant:
day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their
kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of
a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that
they should go in to possess the land which thou
CHAPTER 9 hadst sworn to give them.
N OW in the twenty and fourth day of this month 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and
the children of Israel were assembled with hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy
fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. commandments,
2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from 17 And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy
all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened
the iniquities of their fathers. their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a
book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to
part of the day; and another fourth part they anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them
confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. not.
4 ¶ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and
Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of
Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
voice unto the LORD their God. 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed
Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and not from them by day, to lead them in the way;
Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light,
God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious and the way wherein they should go.
name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them,
6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth,
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, and gavest them water for their thirst.
the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and 21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the
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wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes 33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon
waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. us; for thou hast done right, but we have done
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and wickedly:
nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests,
possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto
of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith
23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars thou didst testify against them.
of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, 35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom,
concerning which thou hadst promised to their and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and
fathers, that they should go in to possess it. in the large and fat land which thou gavest before
24 So the children went in and possessed the land, them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of 36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land
the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit
hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants
that they might do with them as they would. in it:
25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings
possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also
vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in they have dominion over our bodies, and over our
abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great 38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant,
goodness. and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests,
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled seal unto it.
against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and
slew thy prophets which testified against them to CHAPTER 10
turn them to thee, and they wrought great
provocations. N OW those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the
Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of 3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah,
their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
heardest them from heaven; and according to thy 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
saved them out of the hand of their enemies. 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their 9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah,
enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou 10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita,
heardest them from heaven; and many times didst Pelaiah, Hanan,
thou deliver them according to thy mercies; 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt 13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
proudly, and hearkened not unto thy 14 The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab,
commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
(which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
and would not hear. 17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur,
30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
them into the hand of the people of the lands. 21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua,
31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
for thou art a gracious and merciful God. 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our 28 ¶ And the rest of the people, the priests, the
princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and
and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the all they that had separated themselves from the
time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives,
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their sons, and their daughters, every one having CHAPTER 11
knowledge, and having understanding;
29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and A ND the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem:
the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one
entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine
God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of parts to dwell in other cities.
God, and to observe and do all the commandments 2 And the people blessed all the men, that willingly
of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
statutes; 3 ¶ Now these are the chief of the province that
30 And that we would not give our daughters unto dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt
the people of the land, nor take their daughters for every one in his possession in their cities, to wit,
our sons: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the
31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.
victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of
buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the
and that we would leave the seventh year, and the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the
exaction of every debt. son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of
32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of
ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for Perez;
the service of the house of our God; 5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-
33 For the shewbread, and for the continual meat hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the
offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of
sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and Shiloni.
for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were
an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
house of our God. 7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son
34 And we cast the lots among the priests, the of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah,
Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of
bring it into the house of our God, after the houses Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.
of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty
burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is and eight.
written in the law: 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and
35 And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city.
firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto 10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
the house of the LORD: 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam,
36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of
as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God.
herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our 12 And their brethren that did the work of the house
God, unto the priests that minister in the house of were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the
our God: son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi,
37 And that we should bring the firstfruits of our the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of
dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner Malchiah,
of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two
chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of
our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth,
might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. the son of Immer,
38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the 14 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an
Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was
shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure 15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub,
house. the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of
39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi Bunni;
shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, 16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the
and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of
of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the house of God.
the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake 17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of
the house of our God. Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin
the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the
second among his brethren, and Abda the son of
Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred 8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,
fourscore and four. Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the
19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were
seventy and two. over against them in the watches.
20 ¶ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the 10 ¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat
Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
his inheritance. 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat
21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Jaddua.
Gispa were over the Nethinims. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief
22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah,
Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son Hananiah;
of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
Asaph, the singers were over the business of the 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
house of God. 15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
23 For it was the king’s commandment concerning 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;
them, that a certain portion should be for the 17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah,
singers, due for every day. Piltai;
24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;
hand in all matters concerning the people. 20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
25 And for the villages, with their fields, some of the 21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the 22 ¶ The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and
villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the
thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the
26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth- Persian.
phelet, 23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were
27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, and in the written in the book of the chronicles, even until the
villages thereof, days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the 24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah,
villages thereof, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their
29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at brethren over against them, to praise and to give
Jarmuth, thanks, according to the commandment of David
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at the man of God, ward over against ward.
Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam,
villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at
unto the valley of Hinnom. the thresholds of the gates.
31 The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of
Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of
villages, Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, scribe.
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 27 ¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to
35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with
36 And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing,
Benjamin. with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves
CHAPTER 12 together, both out of the plain country round about
N OW these are the priests and the Levites that Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;
went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the
and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 30 And the priests and the Levites purified
4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, themselves, and purified the people, and the gates,
5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, and the wall.
6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief wall, and appointed two great companies of them that
of the priests and of their brethren in the days of gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand
Jeshua. upon the wall toward the dung gate:
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32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the CHAPTER 13
princes of Judah,
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, O N that day they read in the book of Moses in
the audience of the people; and therein was
34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite
Jeremiah, should not come into the congregation of God for
35 And certain of the priests’ sons with trumpets; ever;
namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with
Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of bread and with water, but hired Balaam against
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God
36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, turned the curse into a blessing.
Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law,
the musical instruments of David the man of God, that they separated from Israel all the mixed
and Ezra the scribe before them. multitude.
37 And at the fountain gate, which was over against 4 ¶ And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the
them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, oversight of the chamber of the house of our God,
at the going up of the wall, above the house of was allied unto Tobiah:
David, even unto the water gate eastward. 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber,
38 And the other company of them that gave thanks where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the
went over against them, and I after them, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the
half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was
tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; commanded to be given to the Levites, and the
39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the
the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower priests.
of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the 6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in
sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of
40 So stood the two companies of them that gave Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days
thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the obtained I leave of the king:
rulers with me: 7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the
41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a
Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with chamber in the courts of the house of God.
trumpets; 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the
42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and 9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of
overseer. the house of God, with the meat offering and the
43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and frankincense.
rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great 10 ¶ And I perceived that the portions of the Levites
joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that had not been given them: for the Levites and the
the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his
44 ¶ And at that time were some appointed over the field.
chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why
firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them
of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for together, and set them in their place.
the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and
priests and for the Levites that waited. the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
45 And both the singers and the porters kept the 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries,
ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of
according to the commandment of David, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan
Solomon his son. the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they
46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were counted faithful, and their office was to
were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and distribute unto their brethren.
thanksgiving unto God. 14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and
47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the
the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
singers and the porters, every day his portion: and 15 ¶ In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine
they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and
Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all
manner of burdens, which they brought into
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against
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them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 23 ¶ In those days also saw I Jews that had married
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on 24 And their children spake half in the speech of
the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language,
Jerusalem. but according to the language of each people.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them,
said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their
and profane the sabbath day? hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take
bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these
sabbath. things? yet among many nations was there no king
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of like him, who was beloved of his God, and God
Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him
commanded that the gates should be shut, and did outlandish women cause to sin.
charged that they should not be opened till after the 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this
sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying
that there should no burden be brought in on the strange wives?
sabbath day. 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the
lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, 29 Remember them, O my God, because they have
Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the
lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no priesthood, and of the Levites.
more on the sabbath. 30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and
22 And I commanded the Levites that they should appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites,
cleanse themselves, and that they should come and every one in his business;
keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. 31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed,
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for
spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. good.

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CHAPTER 1 chamberlains?

N OW it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the
(this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to
even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all
twenty provinces:) the people that are in all the provinces of the king
2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on Ahasuerus.
the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad
the palace, unto all women, so that they shall despise their
3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported,
all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen
and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, to be brought in before him, but she came not.
being before him: 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say
4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard
kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too
many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. much contempt and wrath.
5 And when these days were expired, the king made 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal
a feast unto all the people that were present in commandment from him, and let it be written
Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that
days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace; it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before
6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate
fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver unto another that is better than she.
rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and 20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make
silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it
and black, marble. is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands
7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the honour, both to great and small.
vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes;
wine in abundance, according to the state of the and the king did according to the word of
king. Memucan:
8 And the drinking was according to the law; none 22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces,
did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the into every province according to the writing thereof,
officers of his house, that they should do according and to every people after their language, that every
to every man’s pleasure. man should bear rule in his own house, and that it
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women should be published according to the language of
in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. every people.
10 ¶ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king
was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, CHAPTER 2
Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and
Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the
presence of Ahasuerus the king,
A FTER these things, when the wrath of king
Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered
Vashti, and what she had done, and what was
11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with decreed against her.
the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes 2 Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto
her beauty: for she was fair to look on. him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king:
king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the
was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather
him. together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the
13 ¶ Then the king said to the wise men, which knew palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody
the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the
that knew law and judgment: women; and let their things for purification be given
14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, them:
Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, 4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be
the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the
king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) king; and he did so.
15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti 5 ¶ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain
according to law, because she hath not performed Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the
the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with 18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his
the captivity which had been carried away with princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he
Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts,
king of Babylon had carried away. according to the state of the king.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his 19 And when the virgins were gathered together the
uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom 20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her
Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did
took for his own daughter. the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she
8 ¶ So it came to pass, when the king’s was brought up with him.
commandment and his decree was heard, and when 21 ¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s
many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and
the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth,
brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Hegai, keeper of the women. 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the
kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
for purification, with such things as belonged to her, 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it
and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a
out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles
maids unto the best place of the house of the women. before the king.
10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her
kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she CHAPTER 3
should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court A FTER these things did king Ahasuerus promote
Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,
of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and and advanced him, and set his seat above all the
what should become of her. princes that were with him.
12 ¶ Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in 2 And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s
to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king
months, according to the manner of the women, had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai
(for so were the days of their purifications bowed not, nor did him reverence.
accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, 3 Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s
and six months with sweet odours, and with other gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou
things for the purifying of the women;) the king’s commandment?
13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto
whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told
out of the house of the women unto the king’s Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would
house. stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she 5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not,
returned into the second house of the women, to the nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of
custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which wrath.
kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no 6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai
more, except the king delighted in her, and that she alone; for they had shewed him the people of
were called by name. Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all
15 ¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of
Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, 7 ¶ In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in
she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur,
chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and
And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is,
that looked upon her. the month Adar.
16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his 8 ¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a
house royal in the tenth month, which is the month certain people scattered abroad and dispersed
Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. among the people in all the provinces of thy
17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people;
and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not
than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown for the king’s profit to suffer them.
upon her head, and made her queen instead of 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may
Vashti. be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of
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silver to the hands of those that have the charge of 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the
the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries. decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and
gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to
Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. make supplication unto him, and to make request
11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given before him for her people.
to thee, the people also, to do with them as it 9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of
seemeth good to thee. Mordecai.
12 Then were the king’s scribes called on the 10 ¶ Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him
thirteenth day of the first month, and there was commandment unto Mordecai;
written according to all that Haman had 11 All the king’s servants, and the people of the
commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether
governors that were over every province, and to the man or woman, shall come unto the king into the
rulers of every people of every province according to inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his
the writing thereof, and to every people after their to put him to death, except such to whom the king
language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live:
written, and sealed with the king’s ring. but I have not been called to come in unto the king
13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the these thirty days.
king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to 12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children 13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther,
and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the
day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, king’s house, more than all the Jews.
and to take the spoil of them for a prey. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this
14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance
be given in every province was published unto all arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and
people, that they should be ready against that day. thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who
15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for
commandment, and the decree was given in such a time as this?
Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat 15 ¶ Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this
down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. answer,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in
CHAPTER 4 Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor
W HEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, drink three days, night or day: I also and my
Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the king, which is not according to the law: and if I
the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; perish, I perish.
2 And came even before the king’s gate: for none 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to
might enter into the king’s gate clothed with all that Esther had commanded him.
sackcloth.
3 And in every province, whithersoever the king’s CHAPTER 5
commandment and his decree came, there was great
mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and N OW it came to pass on the third day, that
Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in
weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and the inner court of the king’s house, over against the
ashes. king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne
4 ¶ So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen
grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his
and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden
received it not. sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near,
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s and touched the top of the sceptre.
chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou,
upon her, and gave him a commandment to queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be
Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street 4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the
of the city, which was before the king’s gate. king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened banquet that I have prepared for him.
unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman 5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste,
had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and
Jews, to destroy them. Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
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prepared. What shall be done unto the man whom the king
6 ¶ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his
wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted heart, To whom would the king delight to do
thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the honour more than to myself?
kingdom it shall be performed. 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and whom the king delighteth to honour,
my request is; 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth
if it please the king to grant my petition, and to upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his
perform my request, let the king and Haman come head:
to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the
will do to morrow as the king hath said. hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that
9 ¶ Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with they may array the man withal whom the king
a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback
king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for through the street of the city, and proclaim before
him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when king delighteth to honour.
he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and 10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and
Zeresh his wife. take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the
and the multitude of his children, and all the things king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast
wherein the king had promoted him, and how he spoken.
had advanced him above the princes and servants of 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and
the king. arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did through the street of the city, and proclaimed before
let no man come in with the king unto the banquet him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the
that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am king delighteth to honour.
I invited unto her also with the king. 12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and
Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. having his head covered.
14 ¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his
unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said
and to morrow speak thou unto the king that his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom
merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against
thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to him, but shalt surely fall before him.
be made. 14 And while they were yet talking with him, came
the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman
CHAPTER 6 unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
O N that night could not the king sleep, and he
commanded to bring the book of records of the CHAPTER 7
chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told S O the king and Haman came to banquet with
Esther the queen.
of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second
chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition,
to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the
been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s half of the kingdom.
servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have
done for him. found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the
4 ¶ And the king said, Who is in the court? Now king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my
Haman was come into the outward court of the people at my request:
king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed,
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for
him. bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,
5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s
Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let damage.
him come in. 5 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that
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durst presume in his heart to do so? three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the
wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and
king and the queen. rulers of the provinces which are from India unto
7 ¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces,
his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman unto every province according to the writing
stood up to make request for his life to Esther the thereof, and unto every people after their language,
queen; for he saw that there was evil determined and to the Jews according to their writing, and
against him by the king. according to their language.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden 10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and
into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts
was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and
said the king, Will he force the queen also before me young dromedaries:
in the house? As the word went out of the king’s 11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in
mouth, they covered Haman’s face. every city to gather themselves together, and to stand
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to
before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits perish, all the power of the people and province that
high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who would assault them, both little ones and women, and
had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house to take the spoil of them for a prey,
of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the
had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
wrath pacified. 13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to
be given in every province was published unto all
CHAPTER 8 people, and that the Jews should be ready against
O N that day did the king Ahasuerus give the that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther 14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels
the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for went out, being hastened and pressed on by the
Esther had told what he was unto her. king’s commandment. And the decree was given at
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken Shushan the palace.
from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And 15 ¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of
Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with
3 ¶ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine
fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced
put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his and was glad.
device that he had devised against the Jews. 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward honour.
Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 17 And in every province, and in every city,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found whithersoever the king’s commandment and his
favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast
the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be and a good day. And many of the people of the land
written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to
destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s CHAPTER 9
provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall N OW in the twelfth month, that is, the month
Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when
come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the king’s commandment and his decree drew near
the destruction of my kindred? to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of
7 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it
queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule
Esther the house of Haman, and him they have over them that hated them;)
hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their
upon the Jews. cities throughout all the provinces of the king
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt:
king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the and no man could withstand them; for the fear of
writing which is written in the king’s name, and them fell upon all people.
sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse. 3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the
9 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the
the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai
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fell upon them. fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their
fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this enemies, and the month which was turned unto
man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a
5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the good day: that they should make them days of
stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to
and did what they would unto those that hated another, and gifts to the poor.
them. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun,
6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and and as Mordecai had written unto them;
destroyed five hundred men. 24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the
7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur,
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy
Vajezatha, them;
10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, 25 But when Esther came before the king, he
the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil commanded by letters that his wicked device, which
laid they not their hand. he devised against the Jews, should return upon his
11 On that day the number of those that were slain own head, and that he and his sons should be
in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. hanged on the gallows.
12 ¶ And the king said unto Esther the queen, The 26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the
Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; letter, and of that which they had seen concerning
what have they done in the rest of the king’s this matter, and which had come unto them,
provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and
granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it upon their seed, and upon all such as joined
shall be done. themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that
13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be they would keep these two days according to their
granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to writing, and according to their appointed time every
morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and year;
let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 28 And that these days should be remembered and
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and kept throughout every generation, every family,
the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged every province, and every city; and that these days of
Haman’s ten sons. Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the
15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered memorial of them perish from their seed.
themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the 29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail,
month Adar, and slew three hundred men at and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. confirm this second letter of Purim.
16 But the other Jews that were in the king’s 30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the
provinces gathered themselves together, and stood hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom
for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they 31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times
laid not their hands on the prey, appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther
17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the queen had enjoined them, and as they had
the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made decreed for themselves and for their seed, the
it a day of feasting and gladness. matters of the fastings and their cry.
18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters
together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the of Purim; and it was written in the book.
fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the
same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and CHAPTER 10
gladness.
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in A ND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the
land, and upon the isles of the sea.
the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and
month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai,
good day, and of sending portions one to another. whereunto the king advanced him, are they not
20 ¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of
letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces Media and Persia?
of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king
21 To stablish this among them, that they should Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted
keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth
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CHAPTER 1
T HERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose name
was Job; and that man was perfect and upright,
and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and
three daughters.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of
oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great
household; so that this man was the greatest of all
the men of the east.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses,
every one his day; and sent and called for their three
sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were
gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and
rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt
offerings according to the number of them all: for
Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and
cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
6 ¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came
to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan
came also among them.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest
thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said,
From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job
fear God for nought?
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and
about his house, and about all that he hath on every
side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land.
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that
he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he
hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth
thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of
the LORD.
13 ¶ And there was a day when his sons and his
daughters were eating and drinking wine in their
eldest brother’s house:
14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said,
The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside
them:
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them
away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge
of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from
heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the
servants, and consumed them; and I only am
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escaped alone to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three
bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried
them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge
of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s
house:
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the
wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house,
and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead;
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved
his head, and fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped,
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s
womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD
gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the LORD.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God
foolishly.
CHAPTER 2
A GAIN there was a day when the sons of God
came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also among them to present himself
before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence
comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and
said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from
walking up and down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou
considered my servant Job, that there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one
that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he
holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me
against him, to destroy him without cause.
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for
skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone
and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in
thine hand; but save his life.
7 ¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the
LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of
his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself
withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
9 ¶ Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still
retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the
foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive
good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive
evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
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11 ¶ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this for it more than for hid treasures;
evil that was come upon him, they came every one 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when
from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and they can find the grave?
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and
they had made an appointment together to come to whom God hath hedged in?
mourn with him and to comfort him. 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and roarings are poured out like the waters.
knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon
and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
dust upon their heads toward heaven. 26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground I quiet; yet trouble came.
seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word
unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 3 T HEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be

A FTER this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his grieved? but who can withhold himself from
day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the strengthened the weak hands.
night in which it was said, There is a man child 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling,
conceived. and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it 5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it
from above, neither let the light shine upon it. toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a 6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and
cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day the uprightness of thy ways?
terrify it. 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and
come into the number of the months. sow wickedness, reap the same.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice 9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath
come therein. of his nostrils are they consumed.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce
to raise up their mourning. lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the
look for light, but have none; neither let it see the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
dawning of the day: 12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother’s mine ear received a little thereof.
womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not deep sleep falleth on men,
give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the all my bones to shake.
breasts that I should suck? 15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I my flesh stood up:
should have slept: then had I been at rest, 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form
14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was
built desolate places for themselves; silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a
houses with silver: man be more pure than his maker?
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his
infants which never saw light. angels he charged with folly:
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of
the weary be at rest. clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not crushed before the moth?
the voice of the oppressor. 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening:
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is they perish for ever without any regarding it.
free from his master. 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, away? they die, even without wisdom.
and life unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig
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CHAPTER 5 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and

C ALL now, if there be any that will answer thee; know thou it for thy good.
and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth CHAPTER 6
the silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I
cursed his habitation.
B UT Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and
my calamity laid in the balances together!
4 His children are far from safety, and they are 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the
crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.
them. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of
even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth God do set themselves in array against me.
up their substance. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, loweth the ox over his fodder?
neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt?
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
upward. 7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I sorrowful meat.
commit my cause: 8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; would grant me the thing that I long for!
marvellous things without number: 9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
waters upon the fields: 10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I
which mourn may be exalted to safety. have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and
their hands cannot perform their enterprise. what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my
counsel of the froward is carried headlong. flesh of brass?
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and 13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite
grope in the noonday as in the night. from me?
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from
their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and
mouth. as the stream of brooks they pass away;
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: 16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the wherein the snow is hid:
Almighty: 17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he hot, they are consumed out of their place.
woundeth, and his hands make whole. 18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven nothing, and perish.
there shall no evil touch thee. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in Sheba waited for them.
war from the power of the sword. 20 They were confounded because they had hoped;
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: they came thither, and were ashamed.
neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down,
cometh. and are afraid.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: 22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for
neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. me of your substance?
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the 23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy’s hand? or,
field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
thee. 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be me to understand wherein I have erred.
in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your
shalt not sin. arguing reprove?
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches
and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. of one that is desperate, which are as wind?
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit
a shock of corn cometh in in his season. for your friend.
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28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a
evident unto you if I lie. strong wind?
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty
return again, my righteousness is in it. pervert justice?
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he
discern perverse things? have cast them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make
CHAPTER 7 thy supplication to the Almighty;
I S there not an appointed time to man upon earth? 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he
are not his days also like the days of an hireling? would awake for thee, and make the habitation of
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as thy righteousness prosperous.
an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and should greatly increase.
wearisome nights are appointed to me. 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing,
unto the dawning of the day. because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter
my skin is broken, and become loathsome. words out of their heart?
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag
spent without hope. grow without water?
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut
more see good. down, it withereth before any other herb.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the
more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall
he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no be a spider’s web.
more. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
shall his place know him any more. 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will shooteth forth in his garden.
speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth
the bitterness of my soul. the place of stones.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall
over me? deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the
shall ease my complaint; earth shall others grow.
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
me through visions: neither will he help the evil doers:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips
rather than my life. with rejoicing.
16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
for my days are vanity. and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? nought.
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, CHAPTER 9
and try him every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let
me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
T HEN Job answered and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man
be just with God?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him
preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark one of a thousand.
against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, hath hardened himself against him, and hath
and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in prospered?
the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know
I shall not be. not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the
CHAPTER 8 pillars thereof tremble.
T HEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and
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sealeth up the stars. CHAPTER 10
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and
treadeth upon the waves of the sea. M Y soul is weary of my life; I will leave my
complaint upon myself; I will speak in the
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and bitterness of my soul.
the chambers of the south. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, wherefore thou contendest with me.
and wonders without number. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands,
on also, but I perceive him not. and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
who will say unto him, What doest thou? 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud man’s days,
helpers do stoop under him. 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose searchest after my sin?
out my words to reason with him? 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not none that can deliver out of thine hand.
answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me
voice. as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and
multiplieth my wounds without cause. curdled me like cheese?
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and
filleth me with bitterness. hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy
judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? visitation hath preserved my spirit.
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I
condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove know that this is with thee.
me perverse. 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my acquit me from mine iniquity.
soul: I would despise my life. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous,
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion;
the perfect and the wicked. therefore see thou mine affliction;
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce
trial of the innocent. lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he upon me.
covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and
where, and who is he? increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee war are against me.
away, they see no good. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and
eagle that hasteth to the prey. no eye had seen me!
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I
my heaviness, and comfort myself: should have been carried from the womb to the
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou grave.
wilt not hold me innocent. 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone,
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? that I may take comfort a little,
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the
hands never so clean; land of darkness and the shadow of death;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the
own clothes shall abhor me. shadow of death, without any order, and where the
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer light is as darkness.
him, and we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that CHAPTER 11
might lay his hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not T HEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and
said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered?
his fear terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is and should a man full of talk be justified?
not so with me. 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and
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when thou mockest, shall no man make thee the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
ashamed? 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am LORD hath wrought this?
clean in thine eyes. 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips and the breath of all mankind.
against thee; 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of his meat?
wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know 12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days
therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine understanding.
iniquity deserveth. 13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou counsel and understanding.
find out the Almighty unto perfection? 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no
than hell; what canst thou know? opening.
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry
broader than the sea. up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then earth.
who can hinder him? 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness and the deceiver are his.
also; will he not then consider it? 17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born the judges fools.
like a wild ass’s colt. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine loins with a girdle.
hands toward him; 19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and overthroweth the mighty.
let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; taketh away the understanding of the aged.
yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
remember it as waters that pass away: 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them:
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy 24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the
rest in safety. people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make wilderness where there is no way.
thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of
the ghost. CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 12 L O, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath
heard and understood it.

A ND Job answered and said, 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom inferior unto you.
shall die with you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not to reason with God.
inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no
these? value.
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it
upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright should be your wisdom.
man is laughed to scorn. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp pleadings of my lips.
despised in the thought of him that is at ease. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that deceitfully for him?
provoke God are secure; into whose hand God 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
bringeth abundantly. 9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and persons.
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11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth
dread fall upon you? up the ghost, and where is he?
12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your 11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood
bodies to bodies of clay. decayeth and drieth up:
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, 12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the
and let come on me what will. heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put raised out of their sleep.
my life in mine hand? 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be
will maintain mine own ways before him. past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and
16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite remember me!
shall not come before him. 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my
17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
with your ears. 15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know have a desire to the work of thine hands.
that I shall be justified. 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not
19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I watch over my sin?
hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou
20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not sewest up mine iniquity.
hide myself from thee. 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to
21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
dread make me afraid. 19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away
22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, the things which grow out of the dust of the earth;
and answer thou me. and thou destroyest the hope of man.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he
to know my transgression and my sin. passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me him away.
for thine enemy? 21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of
thou pursue the dry stubble? them.
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and 22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his
makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. soul within him shall mourn.
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and
lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a CHAPTER 15
print upon the heels of my feet.
28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a T HEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and
fill his belly with the east wind?
garment that is moth eaten.
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with
CHAPTER 14 speeches wherewith he can do no good?

M AN that is born of a woman is of few days, and 4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer
full of trouble. before God.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou
fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. choosest the tongue of the crafty.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I:
and bringest me into judgment with thee? yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not 7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou
one. made before the hills?
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his restrain wisdom to thyself?
bounds that he cannot pass; 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall understandest thou, which is not in us?
accomplish, as an hireling, his day. 10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it men, much elder than thy father.
will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof 11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is
will not cease. there any secret thing with thee?
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what
the stock thereof die in the ground; do thy eyes wink at,
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and
bring forth boughs like a plant. lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and
which is born of a woman, that he should be shake mine head at you.
righteous? 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
heavens are not clean in his sight. 6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, though I forbear, what am I eased?
which drinketh iniquity like water? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have desolate all my company.
seen I will declare; 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me
have not hid it: beareth witness to my face.
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he
stranger passed among them. gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they
destroyer shall come upon him. have gathered themselves together against me.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of 11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and
darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he
it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to
hand. pieces, and set me up for his mark.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth
shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth
battle. out my gall upon the ground.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he
strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. runneth upon me like a giant.
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled
thick bosses of his bucklers: my horn in the dust.
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and 16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is
maketh collops of fat on his flanks. the shadow of death;
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my
which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to prayer is pure.
become heaps. 18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance have no place.
continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection 19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and
thereof upon the earth. my record is on high.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame 20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out
shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his tears unto God.
mouth shall he go away. 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for man pleadeth for his neighbour!
vanity shall be his recompence. 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his way whence I shall not return.
branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, CHAPTER 17
and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be M Y breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the
graves are ready for me.
desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine
bribery. eye continue in their provocation?
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who
and their belly prepareth deceit. is he that will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:
CHAPTER 16 therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

T HEN Job answered and said, 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the
2 I have heard many such things: miserable eyes of his children shall fail.
comforters are ye all. 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what aforetime I was as a tabret.
emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my my members are as a shadow.
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8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he day, as they that went before were affrighted.
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, CHAPTER 19
even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short T HEN Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in
pieces with words?
because of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my 3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not
bed in the darkness. ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error
the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. remaineth with myself.
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who 5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and
shall see it? plead against me my reproach:
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and
our rest together is in the dust. hath compassed me with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I
CHAPTER 18 cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

T HEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of he hath set darkness in my paths.
words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed crown from my head.
vile in your sight? 10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he
of his place? counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and 12 His troops come together, and raise up their way
the spark of his fire shall not shine. against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine
candle shall be put out with him. acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends
his own counsel shall cast him down. have forgotten me.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he 15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids,
walketh upon a snare. count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I
shall prevail against him. intreated him with my mouth.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap 17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I
for him in the way. intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and 18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and
shall drive him to his feet. they spake against me.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they
destruction shall be ready at his side. whom I loved are turned against me.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and
firstborn of death shall devour his strength. I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my
tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
terrors. 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none satisfied with my flesh?
of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his 23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they
habitation. were printed in a book!
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above 24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead
shall his branch be cut off. in the rock for ever!
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and 25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he
he shall have no name in the street. shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and 26 And though after my skin worms destroy this
chased out of the world. body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall
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behold, and not another; though my reins be 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast
consumed within me. the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing upon him while he is eating.
the root of the matter is found in me? 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the of steel shall strike him through.
punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the
a judgment. glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are
upon him.
CHAPTER 20 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire
T HEN answered Zophar the Naamathite, and not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him
said, that is left in his tabernacle.
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth
for this I make haste. shall rise up against him.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his
spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed 29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
upon earth, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the
joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? CHAPTER 21
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach unto the clouds; B UT Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they consolations.
which have seen him shall say, Where is he? 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be spoken, mock on.
found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were
night. so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand
neither shall his place any more behold him. upon your mouth.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling
hands shall restore their goods. taketh hold on my flesh.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are
shall lie down with him in the dust. mighty in power?
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them,
though he hide it under his tongue; and their offspring before their eyes.
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod
still within his mouth: of God upon them.
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow
of asps within him. calveth, and casteth not her calf.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and
vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his their children dance.
belly. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s sound of the organ.
tongue shall slay him. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks moment go down to the grave.
of honey and butter. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
shall not swallow it down: according to his substance 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice and what profit should we have, if we pray unto
therein. him?
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of
poor; because he hath violently taken away an house the wicked is far from me.
which he builded not; 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God
shall not save of that which he desired. distributeth sorrows in his anger.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff
shall no man look for his goods. that the storm carrieth away.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he
straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
him. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall
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drink of the wrath of the Almighty. judge through the dark cloud?
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth
when the number of his months is cut off in the not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
midst? 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth have trodden?
those that are high. 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease foundation was overflown with a flood:
and quiet. 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are can the Almighty do for them?
moistened with marrow. 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, counsel of the wicked is far from me.
and never eateth with pleasure. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
worms shall cover them. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices remnant of them the fire consumeth.
which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace:
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and thereby good shall come unto thee.
where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and lay up his words in thine heart.
do ye not know their tokens, 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy
destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of tabernacles.
wrath. 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
shall repay him what he hath done? 25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou
32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall shalt have plenty of silver.
remain in the tomb. 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
and every man shall draw after him, as there are 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he
innumerable before him. shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
answers there remaineth falsehood? established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon
thy ways.
CHAPTER 22 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say,
T HEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that person.
is wise may be profitable unto himself? 30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy
ways perfect? CHAPTER 23
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter
with thee into judgment? T HEN Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities is heavier than my groaning.
infinite? 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for might come even to his seat!
nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, mouth with arguments.
and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 5 I would know the words which he would answer
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and me, and understand what he would say unto me.
the honourable man dwelt in it. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No;
9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms but he would put strength in me.
of the fatherless have been broken. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
sudden fear troubleth thee; 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
abundance of waters cover thee. 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand,
the height of the stars, how high they are! that I cannot see him:
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath
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tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
and not declined. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so
12 Neither have I gone back from the doth the grave those which have sinned.
commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the 20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed
words of his mouth more than my necessary food. sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered;
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for and doeth not good to the widow.
me: and many such things are with him. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
consider, I am afraid of him. 23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
troubleth me: 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar,
CHAPTER 24 and make my speech nothing worth?
W HY, seeing times are not hidden from the
Almighty, do they that know him not see his CHAPTER 25
days?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take
away flocks, and feed thereof.
T HEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh
peace in his high places.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take 3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon
the widow’s ox for a pledge. whom doth not his light arise?
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how
earth hide themselves together. can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea,
their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness the stars are not pure in his sight.
yieldeth food for them and for their children. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they of man, which is a worm?
gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, CHAPTER 26
that they have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
B UT Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without
power? how savest thou the arm that hath no
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take strength?
a pledge of the poor. 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the
they take away the sheaf from the hungry; thing as it is?
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their 4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose
winepresses, and suffer thirst. spirit came from thee?
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of 5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and
the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to the inhabitants thereof.
them. 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they covering.
know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths 7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,
thereof. and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and
poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. the cloud is not rent under them.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the 9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and
twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth spreadeth his cloud upon it.
his face. 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they the day and night come to an end.
had marked for themselves in the daytime: they 11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished
know not the light. at his reproof.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his
death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the understanding he smiteth through the proud.
shadow of death. 13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his
hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
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14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the
portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his shadow of death.
power who can understand? 4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even
the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up,
CHAPTER 27 they are gone away from men.
M OREOVER Job continued his parable, and 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under
said, it is turned up as it were fire.
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; 6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it
and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; hath dust of gold.
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of 7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which
God is in my nostrils; the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue 8 The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the
utter deceit. fierce lion passed by it.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he
not remove mine integrity from me. overturneth the mountains by the roots.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: 10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his
my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. eye seeth every precious thing.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that 11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the
riseth up against me as the unrighteous. thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he 12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is
hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? the place of understanding?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it
him? found in the land of the living.
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he 14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith,
always call upon God? It is not with me.
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be
with the Almighty will I not conceal. weighed for the price thereof.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then 16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with
are ye thus altogether vain? the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, 17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the
and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
receive of the Almighty. 18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls:
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in shall it be valued with pure gold.
death: and his widows shall not weep. 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare place of understanding?
raiment as the clay; 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
the innocent shall divide the silver. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth fame thereof with our ears.
that the keeper maketh. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be knoweth the place thereof.
gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest under the whole heaven;
stealeth him away in the night. 25 To make the weight for the winds; and he
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he weigheth the waters by measure.
departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his 26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way
place. for the lightning of the thunder:
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he 27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it,
would fain flee out of his hand. yea, and searched it out.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the
him out of his place. Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is
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S URELY there is a vein for the silver, and a place CHAPTER 29

for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten
out of the stone.
M OREOVER Job continued his parable, and
said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out
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when God preserved me; 5 They were driven forth from among men, (they
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when cried after them as after a thief;)
by his light I walked through darkness; 6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret earth, and in the rocks.
of God was upon my tabernacle; 7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my they were gathered together.
children were about me; 8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock men: they were viler than the earth.
poured me out rivers of oil; 9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when 10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare
I prepared my seat in the street! not to spit in my face.
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and 11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me,
the aged arose, and stood up. they have also let loose the bridle before me.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand 12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push
on their mouth. away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue of their destruction.
cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity,
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and they have no helper.
when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon
fatherless, and him that had none to help him. me.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came 15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul
upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
joy. 16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season:
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. and my sinews take no rest.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I 18 By the great force of my disease is my garment
knew not I searched out. changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked coat.
the spoil out of his teeth. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall like dust and ashes.
multiply my days as the sand. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the stand up, and thou regardest me not.
dew lay all night upon my branch. 21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was hand thou opposest thyself against me.
renewed in my hand. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
silence at my counsel. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and
22 After my words they spake not again; and my to the house appointed for all living.
speech dropped upon them. 24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they grave, though they cry in his destruction.
opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the not my soul grieved for the poor?
light of my countenance they cast not down. 26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me:
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
king in the army, as one that comforteth the 27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of
mourners. affliction prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and
CHAPTER 30 I cried in the congregation.
B UT now they that are younger than I have me in 29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to
derision, whose fathers I would have disdained owls.
to have set with the dogs of my flock. 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands burned with heat.
profit me, in whom old age was perished? 31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into organ into the voice of them that weep.
the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper
roots for their meat.
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CHAPTER 31 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated

I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why then me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
should I think upon a maid? 30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by
2 For what portion of God is there from above? and wishing a curse to his soul.
what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 31 If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we
3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
punishment to the workers of iniquity? 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I
4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? opened my doors to the traveller.
5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath 33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding
hasted to deceit; mine iniquity in my bosom:
6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God 34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt
may know mine integrity. of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine not out of the door?
heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is,
cleaved to mine hands; that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my adversary had written a book.
offspring be rooted out. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if bind it as a crown to me.
I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; 37 I would declare unto him the number of my
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
others bow down upon her. 38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity likewise thereof complain;
to be punished by the judges. 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,
12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
would root out all mine increase. 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle
13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
my maidservant, when they contended with me;
14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and CHAPTER 32
when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him? S O these three men ceased to answer Job, because
he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of
and did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against
have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified
17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the himself rather than God.
fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath
18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet
as with a father, and I have guided her from my had condemned Job.
mother’s womb;) 4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or they were elder than he.
any poor without covering; 5 When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the
20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not mouth of these three men, then his wrath was
warmed with the fleece of my sheep; kindled.
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered
when I saw my help in the gate: and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore
22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.
and mine arm be broken from the bone. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years
23 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and should teach wisdom.
by reason of his highness I could not endure. 8 But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of
24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the the Almighty giveth them understanding.
fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged
25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and understand judgment.
because mine hand had gotten much; 10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew
26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon mine opinion.
walking in brightness; 11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to
27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
mouth hath kissed my hand: 12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was
28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his
judge: for I should have denied the God that is words:
above. 13 Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom:
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God thrusteth him down, not man. the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
14 Now he hath not directed his words against me: 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul
neither will I answer him with your speeches. dainty meat.
15 They were amazed, they answered no more: they 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be
left off speaking. seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his
still, and answered no more;) life to the destroyers.
17 I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew 23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter,
mine opinion. one among a thousand, to shew unto man his
18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within me uprightness:
constraineth me. 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver
19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it him from going down to the pit: I have found a
is ready to burst like new bottles. ransom.
20 I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall
my lips and answer. return to the days of his youth:
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, 26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable
neither let me give flattering titles unto man. unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he
22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing will render unto man his righteousness.
my maker would soon take me away. 27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have
sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it
CHAPTER 33 profited me not;
W HEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear my 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit,
speeches, and hearken to all my words. and his life shall see the light.
2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue 29 Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with
hath spoken in my mouth. man,
3 My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be
and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. enlightened with the light of the living.
4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy
the Almighty hath given me life. peace, and I will speak.
5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak,
before me, stand up. for I desire to justify thee.
6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: 33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I
I also am formed out of the clay. shall teach thee wisdom.
7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid,
neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. CHAPTER 34
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I
have heard the voice of thy words, saying, F URTHERMORE Elihu answered and said,
2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear
9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; unto me, ye that have knowledge.
neither is there iniquity in me. 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth
10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he meat.
counteth me for his enemy, 4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among
11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all ourselves what is good.
my paths. 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath
12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer taken away my judgment.
thee, that God is greater than man. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is
13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth incurable without transgression.
not account of any of his matters. 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man like water?
perceiveth it not. 8 Which goeth in company with the workers of
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he
bed; should delight himself with God.
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of
their instruction, understanding: far be it from God, that he should do
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should
hide pride from man. commit iniquity.
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him,
from perishing by the sword. and cause every man to find according to his ways.
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and 12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will
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the Almighty pervert judgment. CHAPTER 35
13 Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or
who hath disposed the whole world? E LIHU spake moreover, and said,
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst,
14 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto My righteousness is more than God’s?
himself his spirit and his breath; 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto
15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed
again unto dust. from my sin?
16 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
hearken to the voice of my words. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the
17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt clouds which are higher than thou.
thou condemn him that is most just? 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if
18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou
princes, Ye are ungodly? unto him?
19 How much less to him that accepteth not the 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what
persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than receiveth he of thine hand?
the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and
20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the 9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions they
mighty shall be taken away without hand. make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of
21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he the arm of the mighty.
seeth all his goings. 10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, who
22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where giveth songs in the night;
the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the
23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
that he should enter into judgment with God. 12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, because
24 He shall break in pieces mighty men without of the pride of evil men.
number, and set others in their stead. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the
25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and he Almighty regard it.
overturneth them in the night, so that they are 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet
destroyed. judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
26 He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight 15 But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his
of others; anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
27 Because they turned back from him, and would 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he
not consider any of his ways: multiplieth words without knowledge.
28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come
unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. CHAPTER 36
29 When he giveth quietness, who then can make
trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can E LIHU also proceeded, and said,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I
behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
against a man only: 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will
30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
ensnared. 4 For truly my words shall not be false: he that is
31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have perfect in knowledge is with thee.
borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is
32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done mighty in strength and wisdom.
iniquity, I will do no more. 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth
33 Should it be according to thy mind? he will right to the poor.
recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous:
choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth
knowest. establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
34 Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise 8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in
man hearken unto me. cords of affliction;
35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their
words were without wisdom. transgressions that they have exceeded.
36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end 10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and
because of his answers for wicked men. commandeth that they return from iniquity.
37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth 11 If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their
his hands among us, and multiplieth his words days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
against God. 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the
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sword, and they shall die without knowledge. 6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth;
13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his
cry not when he bindeth them. strength.
14 They die in youth, and their life is among the 7 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men
unclean. may know his work.
15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their
openeth their ears in oppression. places.
16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the 9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold
strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; out of the north.
and that which should be set on thy table should be 10 By the breath of God frost is given: and the
full of fatness. breadth of the waters is straitened.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the 11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he
wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. scattereth his bright cloud:
18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee 12 And it is turned round about by his counsels: that
away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon
deliver thee. the face of the world in the earth.
19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or
forces of strength. for his land, or for mercy.
20 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and
their place. consider the wondrous works of God.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou 15 Dost thou know when God disposed them, and
chosen rather than affliction. caused the light of his cloud to shine?
22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the
like him? wondrous works of him which is perfect in
23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, knowledge?
Thou hast wrought iniquity? 17 How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which the earth by the south wind?
men behold. 18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is
25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. strong, and as a molten looking glass?
26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we
neither can the number of his years be searched out. cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
27 For he maketh small the drops of water: they 20 Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak,
pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: surely he shall be swallowed up.
28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man 21 And now men see not the bright light which is in
abundantly. the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth
29 Also can any understand the spreadings of the them.
clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and terrible majesty.
covereth the bottom of the sea. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out:
31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in
meat in abundance. plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
32 With clouds he covereth the light; and 24 Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any
commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh that are wise of heart.
betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the CHAPTER 38
cattle also concerning the vapour.
CHAPTER 37
T HEN the LORD answered Job out of the
whirlwind, and said,
2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words

A T this also my heart trembleth, and is moved without knowledge?

out of his place. 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will
2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the demand of thee, and answer thou me.
sound that goeth out of his mouth. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of
3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
lightning unto the ends of the earth. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou
4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened?
when his voice is heard. or who laid the corner stone thereof;
5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the
things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. sons of God shouted for joy?
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8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake who hath given understanding to the heart?
forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who
9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and can stay the bottles of heaven,
thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the
10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars clods cleave fast together?
and doors, 39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no appetite of the young lions,
further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 40 When they couch in their dens, and abide in the
12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy covert to lie in wait?
days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 41 Who provideth for the raven his food? when his
13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of
that the wicked might be shaken out of it? meat.
14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a
garment. CHAPTER 39
15 And from the wicked their light is withholden,
and the high arm shall be broken. K NOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of
the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when
16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or the hinds do calve?
hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or
17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young
18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? ones, they cast out their sorrows.
declare if thou knowest it all. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up
19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
darkness, where is the place thereof, 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath
20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, loosed the bands of the wild ass?
and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the
thereof? barren land his dwellings.
21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or 7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither
because the number of thy days is great? regardeth he the crying of the driver.
22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? 8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he
or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, searcheth after every green thing.
23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, 9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide
against the day of battle and war? by thy crib?
24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the
the east wind upon the earth? furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the 11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?
overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
thunder; 12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home
26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?
27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth
28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the them in dust,
drops of dew? 15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or
29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary that the wild beast may break them.
frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 16 She is hardened against her young ones, as
30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of though they were not hers: her labour is in vain
the deep is frozen. without fear;
31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, 17 Because God hath deprived her of wisdom,
or loose the bands of Orion? neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? 18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she
or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? scorneth the horse and his rider.
33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou
thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? clothed his neck with thunder?
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the
abundance of waters may cover thee? glory of his nostrils is terrible.
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his
say unto thee, Here we are? strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither
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turneth he back from the sword. where all the beasts of the field play.
23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering 21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the
spear and the shield. reed, and fens.
24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and 22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the
rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the willows of the brook compass him about.
trumpet. 23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not:
25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his
smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the mouth.
captains, and the shouting. 24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth
26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her through snares.
wings toward the south?
27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and CHAPTER 41
make her nest on high?
28 She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the C ANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or
his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his
crag of the rock, and the strong place.
29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes jaw through with a thorn?
behold afar off. 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will
30 Her young ones also suck up blood: and where he speak soft words unto thee?
the slain are, there is she. 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take
him for a servant for ever?
CHAPTER 40 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt

M OREOVER the LORD answered Job, and said, thou bind him for thy maidens?
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty 6 Shall the companions make a banquet of him?
instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer shall they part him among the merchants?
it. 7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his
3 ¶ Then Job answered the LORD, and said, head with fish spears?
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do
lay mine hand upon my mouth. no more.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be
twice; but I will proceed no further. cast down even at the sight of him?
6 ¶ Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then
whirlwind, and said, is able to stand before me?
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of 11 Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him?
thee, and declare thou unto me. whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his
condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? comely proportion.
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder 13 Who can discover the face of his garment? or who
with a voice like him? can come to him with his double bridle?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; 14 Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are
and array thyself with glory and beauty. terrible round about.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold 15 His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a
every one that is proud, and abase him. close seal.
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him 16 One is so near to another, that no air can come
low; and tread down the wicked in their place. between them.
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their 17 They are joined one to another, they stick
faces in secret. together, that they cannot be sundered.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are
right hand can save thee. like the eyelids of the morning.
15 ¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; 19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks
he eateth grass as an ox. of fire leap out.
16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a
is in the navel of his belly. seething pot or caldron.
17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his 21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out
stones are wrapped together. of his mouth.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is
are like bars of iron. turned into joy before him.
19 He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made 23 The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are
him can make his sword to approach unto him. firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
20 Surely the mountains bring him forth food, 24 His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a
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piece of the nether millstone. against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me
25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
afraid: by reason of breakings they purify 8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and
themselves. seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up
26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken
wood. of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
28 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite
turned with him into stubble. and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according
29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also
shaking of a spear. accepted Job.
30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp 10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when
pointed things upon the mire. he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job
31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh twice as much as he had before.
the sea like a pot of ointment. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and
32 He maketh a path to shine after him; one would all his sisters, and all they that had been of his
think the deep to be hoary. acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in
33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is made his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted
without fear. him over all the evil that the LORD had brought
34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all upon him: every man also gave him a piece of
the children of pride. money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more
CHAPTER 42 than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand
T HEN Job answered the LORD, and said, sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
no thought can be withholden from thee. 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? 14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and
therefore have I uttered that I understood not; the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the
things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. third, Keren-happuch.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair
demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but inheritance among their brethren.
now mine eye seeth thee. 16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years,
6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four
ashes. generations.
7 ¶ And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken 17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the
Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and

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BOOK OF PSALMS
PSALM 1
B LESSED is the man that walketh not in the
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of
water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his
leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff
which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the
judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the
righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:
but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
PSALM 2
W HY do the heathen rage, and the people
imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and
against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away
their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord
shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and
vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto
me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed,
ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with
trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from
the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little.
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
PSALM 3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
L ORD, how are they increased that trouble me! 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the
many are they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no worship toward thy holy temple.
help for him in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
and the lifter up of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an
me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their
sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that
have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast
smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is
upon thy people. Selah.
PSALM 4
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.
H EAR me when I call, O God of my
righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I
was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory
into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek
after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is
godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call
unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your
own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your
trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any
good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy
countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in
the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for
thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
PSALM 5
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
G IVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my
meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and
my God: for unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and
will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest
all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the
LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their
open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
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own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of trieth the hearts and reins.
their transgressions; for they have rebelled against 10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in
thee. heart.
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest the wicked every day.
them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath
thee. bent his bow, and made it ready.
12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of
favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. death; he ordaineth his arrows against the
persecutors.
PSALM 6 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David. conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither 15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the
chasten me in thy hot displeasure. ditch which he made.
2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and
LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. his violent dealing shall come down upon his own
3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how pate.
long? 17 I will praise the LORD according to his
4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the
thy mercies’ sake. LORD most high.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in
PSALM 8
the grave who shall give thee thanks? To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I
my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth heavens.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in
all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the
old because of all mine enemies. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the ordained strength because of thine enemies, that
LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
will receive my prayer. fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: ordained;
let them return and be ashamed suddenly. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and
PSALM 7 the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the
concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite. angels, and hast crowned him with glory and

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save honour.

me from all them that persecute me, and 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the
deliver me: works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, his feet:
while there is none to deliver. 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
iniquity in my hands; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without the earth!
cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, PSALM 9
To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.
let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay
mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself
I WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I
will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise
because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for
to thy name, O thou most High.
me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
3 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass
and perish at thy presence.
thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
high.
thou satest in the throne judging right.
8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O
5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast
LORD, according to my righteousness, and according
destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name
to mine integrity that is in me.
for ever and ever.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an
6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a
end; but establish the just: for the righteous God
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perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their 10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the
memorial is perished with them. poor may fall by his strong ones.
7 But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he
prepared his throne for judgment. hideth his face; he will never see it.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. not the humble.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he
refuge in times of trouble. hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief
in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor
seek thee. committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: the fatherless.
declare among the people his doings. 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen
humble. are perished out of his land.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my 17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine
liftest me up from the gates of death: ear to hear:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of 18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that
the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. the man of the earth may no more oppress.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they
made: in the net which they hid is their own foot PSALM 11
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
taken.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he I
N the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his 2 For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make
own hands. Higgaion. Selah. ready their arrow upon the string, that they may
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the privily shoot at the upright in heart.
nations that forget God. 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the righteous do?
expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the
heathen be judged in thy sight. children of men.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and
know themselves to be but men. Selah. him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
PSALM 10 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and

W HY standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest

thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
let them be taken in the devices that they have
imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and
blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance,
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far
above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he
puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for
I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:
under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in
the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his
eyes are privily set against the poor.
9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth
in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor,
when he draweth him into his net.
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brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the
portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his
countenance doth behold the upright.
PSALM 12
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
H ELP, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the
faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
with flattering lips and with a double heart do they
speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the
tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of
the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set
him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver
tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve
them from this generation for ever.
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8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest PSALM 16
men are exalted. Michtam of David.

PSALM 13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
H
me?
OW long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for
ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine
enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten
mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall
rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt
bountifully with me.
PSALM 14
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
P RESERVE me, O God: for in thee do I put my
trust.
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art
my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the
excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after
another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not
offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and
of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea,
I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel:
my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is
at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
my flesh also shall rest in hope.

T HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.

They are corrupt, they have done abominable
works, there is none that doeth good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the
children of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together
become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not
one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let
upon the LORD.
5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the
generation of the righteous.
6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because
the LORD is his refuge.
7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of
Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of
his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps
glad.
PSALM 15
A Psalm of David.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy
presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are
pleasures for evermore.
PSALM 17
A Prayer of David.
H EAR the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of
feigned lips.
thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me
in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find
nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not
transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy
lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O
God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

L ORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that
shall dwell in thy holy hill? savest by thy right hand them which put their trust
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh in thee from those that rise up against them.
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the
3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth shadow of thy wings,
evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly
against his neighbour. enemies, who compass me about.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their
honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that mouth they speak proudly.
sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they
5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it
these things shall never be moved. were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from
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men of the world, which have their portion in this 21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have
life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid not wickedly departed from my God.
treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did
of their substance to their babes. not put away his statutes from me.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me
PSALM 18 according to my righteousness, according to the
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who
spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
the hand of Saul: And he said, with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
I WILL love thee, O LORD, my strength. 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt
my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my bring down high looks.
high tower. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be will enlighten my darkness.
praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the my God have I leaped over a wall.
floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in
snares of death prevented me. him.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock
unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, save our God?
and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the maketh my way perfect.
foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, 33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me
because he was wroth. upon my high places.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of
out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. steel is broken by mine arms.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy
darkness was under his feet. salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up,
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he and thy gentleness hath made me great.
did fly upon the wings of the wind. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion feet did not slip.
round about him were dark waters and thick clouds 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken
of the skies. them: neither did I turn again till they were
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick consumed.
clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose
and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. up against me.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine
foundations of the world were discovered at thy enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even
nostrils. unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the
of many waters. wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the
from them which hated me: for they were too strong people; and thou hast made me the head of the
for me. heathen: a people whom I have not known shall
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but serve me.
the LORD was my stay. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me:
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
delivered me, because he delighted in me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my their close places.
righteousness; according to the cleanness of my 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let
hands hath he recompensed me. the God of my salvation be exalted.
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47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil
people under me. all thy counsel.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of
liftest me up above those that rise up against me: our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil
thou hast delivered me from the violent man. all thy petitions.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, 6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he
among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and strength of his right hand.
sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we
seed for evermore. will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are
PSALM 19 risen, and stand upright.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
HE heavens declare the glory of God; and the 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
T firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
PSALM 21
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice
is not heard.
T HE king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and
in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
their words to the end of the world. In them hath he 3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of
set a tabernacle for the sun, goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his head.
chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a 4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even
race. length of days for ever and ever.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and
his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing majesty hast thou laid upon him.
hid from the heat thereof. 6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy
the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the countenance.
simple. 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy
enlightening the eyes. right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time
the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in
altogether. his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and
much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the their seed from among the children of men.
honeycomb. 11 For they intended evil against thee: they imagined
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in a mischievous device, which they are not able to
keeping of them there is great reward. perform.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me 12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back,
from secret faults. when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous strings against the face of them.
sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall 13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so
I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great will we sing and praise thy power.
transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation PSALM 22
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar,
of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my A Psalm of David.
strength, and my redeemer.
PSALM 20
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
M Y God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
why art thou so far from helping me, and from
the words of my roaring?

T HE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest
name of the God of Jacob defend thee; not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the
thee out of Zion; praises of Israel.
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou
sacrifice; Selah. didst deliver them.

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5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
trusted in thee, and were not confounded. 30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the
6 But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, Lord for a generation.
and despised of the people. 31 They shall come, and shall declare his
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that
out the lip, they shake the head, saying, he hath done this.
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:
let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. PSALM 23
A Psalm of David.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
thou didst make me hope when I was upon my
mother’s breasts.
T HE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
he leadeth me beside the still waters.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
God from my mother’s belly. righteousness for his name’s sake.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
none to help. shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with
12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Bashan have beset me round. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil;
ravening and a roaring lion. my cup runneth over.
14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the
out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the
midst of my bowels. LORD for ever.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my
tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought PSALM 24
me into the dust of death. A Psalm of David.
16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the
wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and
my feet.
T HE earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof;
the world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and
17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon established it upon the floods.
me. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who
18 They part my garments among them, and cast shall stand in his holy place?
lots upon my vesture. 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
strength, haste thee to help me. deceitfully.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from 5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and
the power of the dog. righteousness from the God of his salvation.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast 6 This is the generation of them that seek him, that
heard me from the horns of the unicorns. seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye
midst of the congregation will I praise thee. everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed in.
of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and
Israel. mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye
affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come
from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. in.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he
congregation: I will pay my vows before them that is the King of glory. Selah.
fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall PSALM 25
A Psalm of David.

U
praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live NTO thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
for ever. 2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the 3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let
nations shall worship before thee. them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s: and he is the 4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
governor among the nations. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the
worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow day.
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6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy 12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the
lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. congregations will I bless the LORD.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions: according to thy mercy remember PSALM 27
A Psalm of David.
thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
8 Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he
teach sinners in the way.
THE LORD is my light and my salvation; whom
shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes,
will he teach his way. came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth fell.
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my
11 For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine heart shall not fear: though war should rise against
iniquity; for it is great. me, in this will I be confident.
12 What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I
he teach in the way that he shall choose. seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the
inherit the earth. LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
and he will shew them his covenant. pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide
15 Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
pluck my feet out of the net. 6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine
16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his
I am desolate and afflicted. tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing
17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring praises unto the LORD.
thou me out of my distresses. 7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have
18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and mercy also upon me, and answer me.
forgive all my sins. 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said
19 Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
they hate me with cruel hatred. 9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant
20 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not,
ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I 10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then
wait on thee. the LORD will take me up.
22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. 11 Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a
PSALM 26 plain path, because of mine enemies.
A Psalm of David. 12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine
JUDGE me, O L ORD ; for I have walked in mine
integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore
enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me,
and such as breathe out cruelty.
I shall not slide. 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
and my heart. 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in PSALM 28
A Psalm of David.
with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and
will not sit with the wicked.
U NTO thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not
silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I
become like them that go down into the pit.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry
compass thine altar, O LORD: unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, oracle.
and tell of all thy wondrous works. 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their
and the place where thine honour dwelleth. neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according
bloody men: to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them
10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand after the work of their hands; render to them their
is full of bribes. desert.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD,
redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
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nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy thy truth?
them, and not build them up. 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD,
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the be thou my helper.
voice of my supplications. 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded
trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart me with gladness;
greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee,
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks
strength of his anointed. unto thee for ever.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed
them also, and lift them up for ever. PSALM 31
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
PSALM 29
A Psalm of David. I N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be
ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.

G IVE unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be
LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; me.
thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save

worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the for me: for thou art my strength.
LORD is full of majesty. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon trust in the LORD.
and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the soul in adversities;
LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble:
every one speak of his glory. mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD my belly.
sitteth King for ever. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity,
LORD will bless his people with peace. and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but
PSALM 30 especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
WILL extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from
I up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am
healed me. like a broken vessel.
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the 13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on
grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go every side: while they took counsel together against
down to the pit. me, they devised to take away my life.
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give 14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. God.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour 15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the
is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy hand of mine enemies, and from them that
cometh in the morning. persecute me.
6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me
moved. for thy mercies’ sake.
7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain 17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called
to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them
troubled. be silent in the grave.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak
supplication. grievous things proudly and contemptuously against
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down the righteous.
to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast
laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast
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wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons 6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;
of men! and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an
from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
marvellous kindness in a strong city. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before it stood fast.
thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to
my supplications when I cried unto thee. nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD effect.
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the 11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the
proud doer. thoughts of his heart to all generations.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and
heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. the people whom he hath chosen for his own
inheritance.
PSALM 32 13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
LESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, the sons of men.
B whose sin is covered. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth all the inhabitants of the earth.
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 15 He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through all their works.
my roaring all the day long. 16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: host: a mighty man is not delivered by much
my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. strength.
Selah. 17 An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine deliver any by his great strength.
iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that
transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee them alive in famine.
in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and
floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto our shield.
him. 21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we
7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me have trusted in his holy name.
from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with 22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as
songs of deliverance. Selah. we hope in thee.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which PSALM 34
thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.
no understanding: whose mouth must be held in
with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that
I WILL bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall
continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the
trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
about. 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: name together.
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered
me from all my fears.
PSALM 33 5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and

R EJOICE in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise their faces were not ashamed.
is comely for the upright. 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and
2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the saved him out of all his troubles.
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about
3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a them that fear him, and delivereth them.
loud noise. 8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the
4 For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works man that trusteth in him.
are done in truth. 9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is to them that fear him.
full of the goodness of the LORD. 10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but
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they that seek the LORD shall not want any good was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and
thing. my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend
you the fear of the LORD. or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that
12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth mourneth for his mother.
many days, that he may see good? 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered
speaking guile. themselves together against me, and I knew it not;
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and they did tear me, and ceased not:
pursue it. 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and upon me with their teeth.
his ears are open unto their cry. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul
16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, from their destructions, my darling from the lions.
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I
17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and will praise thee among much people.
delivereth them out of all their troubles. 19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye
heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. that hate me without a cause.
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the 20 For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful
LORD delivereth him out of them all. matters against them that are quiet in the land.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is 21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,
broken. and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the 22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O
righteous shall be desolate. Lord, be not far from me.
22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy
PSALM 35 righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
A Psalm of David.
LEAD my cause, O LORD, with them that strive 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we
P with me: fight against them that fight against me. have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for 26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion
mine help. together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify
them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy themselves against me.
salvation. 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let
seek after my soul: let them be turned back and the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the
brought to confusion that devise my hurt. prosperity of his servant.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the 28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness
angel of the LORD chase them. and of thy praise all the day long.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the PSALM 36
angel of the LORD persecute them. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in the servant of the LORD.
a pit, which without cause they have digged for my
soul. T HE transgression of the wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his
let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that iniquity be found to be hateful.
very destruction let him fall. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
rejoice in his salvation. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth
10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not
thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too evil.
strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from 5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy
him that spoileth him? faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy
things that I knew not. judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest
12 They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of man and beast.
my soul. 7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing therefore the children of men put their trust under
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the shadow of thy wings. consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but
of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
river of thy pleasures. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the
9 For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
shall we see light. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:
10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that and he delighteth in his way.
know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
heart. for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I
not the hand of the wicked remove me. not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging
12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are bread.
cast down, and shall not be able to rise. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is
blessed.
PSALM 37 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for
A Psalm of David.
RET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be evermore.
F thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of
wither as the green herb. the wicked shall be cut off.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. therein for ever.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,
thee the desires of thine heart. and his tongue talketh of judgment.
5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his
and he shall bring it to pass. steps shall slide.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh
light, and thy judgment as the noonday. to slay him.
7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor
not thyself because of him who prospereth in his condemn him when he is judged.
way, because of the man who bringeth wicked 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall
devices to pass. exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are
8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not cut off, thou shalt see it.
thyself in any wise to do evil. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and
9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait spreading himself like a green bay tree.
upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: sought him, but he could not be found.
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:
shall not be. for the end of that man is peace.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD:
gnasheth upon him with his teeth. he is their strength in the time of trouble.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them:
day is coming. he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save
14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have them, because they trust in him.
bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, PSALM 38
and to slay such as be of upright conversation. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and
their bows shall be broken. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither
chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand
the riches of many wicked. presseth me sore.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine
the LORD upholdeth the righteous. anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because
18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and of my sin.
their inheritance shall be for ever. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my
20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of foolishness.
the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go
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mourning all the day long. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: consumed by the blow of thine hand.
and there is no soundness in my flesh. 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away
reason of the disquietness of my heart. like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my
is not hid from thee. cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers
the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. were.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my 13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I
sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. go hence, and be no more.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous PSALM 40
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a
dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
I
WAITED patiently for the LORD; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and
whose mouth are no reproofs. established my goings.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even
Lord my God. praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should shall trust in the LORD.
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust,
magnify themselves against me. and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is to lies.
continually before me. 5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to
my sin. us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are
and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. more than can be numbered.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine
adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far offering hast thou not required.
from me. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. it is written of me,
PSALM 39 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is
within my heart.
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.

I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not 9 I have preached righteousness in the great
with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O
bridle, while the wicked is before me. LORD, thou knowest.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
from good; and my sorrow was stirred. I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I
3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth
the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, from the great congregation.
4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the 11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me,
measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth
frail I am. continually preserve me.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I
verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs
Selah. of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make
they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and haste to help me.
knoweth not who shall gather them. 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be
thee. driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me 15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
not the reproach of the foolish. that say unto me, Aha, aha.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
didst it. thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually,
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The LORD be magnified. the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make 9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou
no tarrying, O my God. forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the
oppression of the enemy?
PSALM 41 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
LESSED is he that considereth the poor: the reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is
B LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. thy God?
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art
and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I
not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. shall yet praise him, who is the health of my
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of countenance, and my God.
languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his PSALM 43
sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul;
for I have sinned against thee.
J UDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an
ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful
and unjust man.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost
and his name perish? thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his oppression of the enemy?
heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth 3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead
abroad, he telleth it. me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: tabernacles.
against me do they devise my hurt. 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee,
and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. O God my God.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art
which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall
against me. yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance,
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise and my God.
me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because PSALM 44
mine enemy doth not triumph over me. To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine
integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from
W E have heard with our ears, O God, our
fathers have told us, what work thou didst in
their days, in the times of old.
everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy
hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the
PSALM 42 people, and cast them out.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. 3 For they got not the land in possession by their
A S the hart panteth after the water brooks, so own sword, neither did their own arm save them:
panteth my soul after thee, O God. but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto
when shall I come and appear before God? them.
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while 4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances
they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? for Jacob.
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul 5 Through thee will we push down our enemies:
in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with through thy name will we tread them under that rise
them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and up against us.
praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. 6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art sword save me.
thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall 7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast
yet praise him for the help of his countenance. put them to shame that hated us.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: 8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy
therefore will I remember thee from the land of name for ever. Selah.
Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy goest not forth with our armies.
waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone 10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
over me. and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in 11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
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and hast scattered us among the heathen. gold of Ophir.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline
increase thy wealth by their price. thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a father’s house;
scorn and a derision to them that are round about 11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he
us. is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;
shaking of the head among the people. even the rich among the people shall intreat thy
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the favour.
shame of my face hath covered me, 13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within: her
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and clothing is of wrought gold.
blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. 14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not needlework: the virgins her companions that follow
forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy her shall be brought unto thee.
covenant. 15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our they shall enter into the king’s palace.
steps declined from thy way; 16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for
stretched out our hands to a strange god; ever and ever.
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the
secrets of the heart. PSALM 46
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah,
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we A Song upon Alamoth.
are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us
not off for ever.
G OD is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our removed, and though the mountains be carried into
affliction and our oppression? the midst of the sea;
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
cleaveth unto the earth. though the mountains shake with the swelling
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ thereof. Selah.
sake. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make
glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles
PSALM 45
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, of the most High.
for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:

M Y heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of God shall help her, and that right early.
the things which I have made touching the 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he
king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. uttered his voice, the earth melted.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is 7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee our refuge. Selah.
for ever. 8 Come, behold the works of the LORD, what
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, desolations he hath made in the earth.
with thy glory and thy majesty. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in
truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.
hand shall teach thee terrible things. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted
5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. 11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the our refuge. Selah.
sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: PSALM 47
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows. O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto
God with the voice of triumph.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great
cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have King over all the earth.
made thee glad. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable nations under our feet.
women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in
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4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the 6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast
excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. themselves in the multitude of their riches;
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the 7 None of them can by any means redeem his
sound of a trumpet. brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and
our King, sing praises. it ceaseth for ever:)
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises 9 That he should still live for ever, and not see
with understanding. corruption.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool
the throne of his holiness. and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, to others.
even the people of the God of Abraham: for the 11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall
shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all
exalted. generations; they call their lands after their own
names.
PSALM 48 12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
REAT is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in is like the beasts that perish.
G the city of our God, in the mountain of his 13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity
holiness. approve their sayings. Selah.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion
the great King. over them in the morning; and their beauty shall
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. consume in the grave from their dwelling.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of
together. the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when
troubled, and hasted away. the glory of his house is increased;
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:
woman in travail. his glory shall not descend after him.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and
wind. men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they
LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will shall never see light.
establish it for ever. Selah. 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in like the beasts that perish.
the midst of thy temple. PSALM 50
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise A Psalm of Asaph.
unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of
righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of
T HE mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken,
and called the earth from the rising of the sun
unto the going down thereof.
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell shined.
the towers thereof. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very
that ye may tell it to the generation following. tempestuous round about him.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the
be our guide even unto death. earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have
PSALM 49 made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
EAR this, all ye people; give ear, all ye 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for
H inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
dark saying upon the harp. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when out of thy folds.
the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle
upon a thousand hills.
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11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the uphold me with thy free spirit.
wild beasts of the field are mine. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the sinners shall be converted unto thee.
world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud
goats? of thy righteousness.
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall
unto the most High: shew forth thy praise.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. thou delightest not in burnt offering.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
my covenant in thy mouth? 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my thou the walls of Jerusalem.
words behind thee. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt
with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue altar.
frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; PSALM 52
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the
thou slanderest thine own mother’s son. Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; the house of Ahimelech.
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as
thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order
before thine eyes.
W HY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O
mighty man? the goodness of God endureth
continually.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor,
you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. working deceitfully.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him 3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather
that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the than to speak righteousness. Selah.
salvation of God. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful
tongue.
PSALM 51 5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet
came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling

H AVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy place, and root thee out of the land of the living.
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude Selah.
of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and laugh at him:
cleanse me from my sin. 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and
ever before me. strengthened himself in his wickedness.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of
this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before
mother conceive me. thy saints.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: PSALM 53
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil,
wisdom. A Psalm of David.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash
me, and I shall be whiter than snow. T HE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
which thou hast broken may rejoice. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine of men, to see if there were any that did understand,
iniquities. that did seek God.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a 3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether
right spirit within me. become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not one.
thy holy spirit from me. 4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not
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called upon God. mine acquaintance.
5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: 14 We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto
for God hath scattered the bones of him that the house of God in company.
encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to 15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down
shame, because God hath despised them. quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings,
6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of and among them.
Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his 16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,
PSALM 54 and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when
the Ziphims came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself 18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the
with us? battle that was against me: for there were many with

S AVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by me.

thy strength. 19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that
2 Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes,
my mouth. therefore they fear not God.
3 For strangers are risen up against me, and 20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at
oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
before them. Selah. 21 The words of his mouth were smoother than
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them butter, but war was in his heart: his words were
that uphold my soul. softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them 22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall
off in thy truth. sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be
6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy moved.
name, O LORD; for it is good. 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the
7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall
mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
PSALM 55 PSALM 56
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim,
A Psalm of David. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.

G IVE ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not

thyself from my supplication. B
E merciful unto me, O God: for man would
swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they
complaint, and make a noise; be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my
me, and in wrath they hate me. trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts
of death are fallen upon me. are against me for evil.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and 6 They gather themselves together, they hide
horror hath overwhelmed me. themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for
6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for my soul.
then would I fly away, and be at rest. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast
7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the down the people, O God.
wilderness. Selah. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears
8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
and tempest. 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I back: this I know; for God is for me.
have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls praise his word.
thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid
it. what man can do unto me.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and 12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render
guile depart not from her streets. praises unto thee.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt
I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk
that did magnify himself against me; then I would before God in the light of the living?
have hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and
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PSALM 57
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David,
when he fled from Saul in the cave.
B E merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto
me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the
shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until
these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that
performeth all things for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the
reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah.
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them
that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth
are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp
sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy
glory be above all the earth.
6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is
bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into
the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will
sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I
myself will awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will
sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy
truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let
thy glory be above all the earth.
PSALM 58
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.
D O ye indeed speak righteousness, O
congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons
of men?
2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the
violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go
astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they
are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break
out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run
continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his
arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass
away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they
may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take
them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in
his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the
vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the
wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward
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for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in
the earth.
PSALM 59
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David;
when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
D ELIVER me from mine enemies, O my God:
defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save
me from bloody men.
3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are
gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor
for my sin, O LORD.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of
Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful
to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6 They return at evening: they make a noise like a
dog, and go round about the city.
7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords
are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt
have all the heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for
God is my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall
let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them
by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our
shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their
lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for
cursing and lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they
may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in
Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at evening let them return; and let them
make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and
grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud
of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my
defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is
my defence, and the God of my mercy.
PSALM 60
To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to
teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah,
when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the valley of salt
twelve thousand.
O GOD, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered
us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to
us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast
broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou
hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,
that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
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5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they
right hand, and hear me. are altogether lighter than vanity.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I 10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in
will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon
Succoth. them.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim 11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this;
also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my that power belongeth unto God.
lawgiver; 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou
8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my renderest to every man according to his work.
shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
9 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will PSALM 63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? O
GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for
and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
armies? 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen
11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of thee in the sanctuary.
man. 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my
12 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is lips shall praise thee.
that shall tread down our enemies. 4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my
PSALM 61 hands in thy name.
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and

H EAR my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee,
when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock
that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong
tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in
the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast
given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as
many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare
mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I
may daily perform my vows.
PSALM 62
fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful
lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and
meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand
upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go
into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a
portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that
sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them
that speak lies shall be stopped.
PSALM 64
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

T
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
RULY my soul waiteth upon God: from him
cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my
defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye
be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his
excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their
mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my
defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of
my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your
heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of
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H EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve
my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend
their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they
commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who
shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a
diligent search: both the inward thought of every one
of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon
themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work
of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
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10 The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall our feet to be moved.
trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried
us, as silver is tried.
PSALM 65 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.
RAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and affliction upon our loins.
P unto thee shall the vow be performed. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we
2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh went through fire and through water: but thou
come. broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will
transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. pay thee my vows,
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath
causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in spoken, when I was in trouble.
thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings,
thy house, even of thy holy temple. with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer goats. Selah.
us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will
all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off declare what he hath done for my soul.
upon the sea: 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; extolled with my tongue.
being girded with power: 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of hear me:
their waves, and the tumult of the people. 19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are to the voice of my prayer.
afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of 20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my
the morning and evening to rejoice. prayer, nor his mercy from me.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou PSALM 67
greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.
full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou
hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly:
G OD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause
his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving
thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft health among all nations.
with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and praise thee.
thy paths drop fatness. 4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the
and the little hills rejoice on every side. nations upon earth. Selah.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys 5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people
also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, praise thee.
they also sing. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God,
even our own God, shall bless us.
PSALM 66 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
shall fear him.
M AKE a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his
praise glorious.
PSALM 68
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works!
through the greatness of thy power shall thine
enemies submit themselves unto thee.
L ET God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let
them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as
4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish
thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. at the presence of God.
5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice
doing toward the children of men. before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
6 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him
the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and
7 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the rejoice before him.
nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of widows, is God in his holy habitation.
his praise to be heard: 6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out
9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not those which are bound with chains: but the
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rebellious dwell in a dry land. 30 Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every
when thou didst march through the wilderness; one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou
Selah: the people that delight in war.
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall
presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the soon stretch out her hands unto God.
presence of God, the God of Israel. 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby praises unto the Lord; Selah:
thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was 33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens,
weary. which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O that a mighty voice.
God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. 34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
of those that published it. 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power
tarried at home divided the spoil. unto his people. Blessed be God.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye
be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her PSALM 69
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.
feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was
white as snow in Salmon.
SAVE me, O God; for the waters are come in unto
my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high am come into deep waters, where the floods
hill as the hill of Bashan. overflow me.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine
God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in eyes fail while I wait for my God.
it for ever. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me,
thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I
Sinai, in the holy place. restored that which I took not away.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins
captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; are not hid from thee.
yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might 6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of
dwell among them. hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of
benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. Israel.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame
unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. hath covered my face.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an
and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in alien unto my mother’s children.
his trespasses. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I the reproaches of them that reproached thee are
will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: fallen upon me.
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine 10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. that was to my reproach.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the 11 I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became
goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. a proverb to them.
25 The singers went before, the players on 12 They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I
instruments followed after; among them were the was the song of the drunkards.
damsels playing with timbrels. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy
from the fountain of Israel. mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
princes of Judah and their council, the princes of let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out
Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. of the deep waters.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength: 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let
strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her
for us. mouth upon me.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings 16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good:
bring presents unto thee. turn unto me according to the multitude of thy
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tender mercies. continually, Let God be magnified.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am 5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O
in trouble: hear me speedily. God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD,
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver make no tarrying.
me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, PSALM 71
and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before
thee. I N thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be
put to confusion.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to
heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
there was none; and for comforters, but I found 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may
none. continually resort: thou hast given commandment
21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the
22 Let their table become a snare before them: and wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel
that which should have been for their welfare, let it man.
become a trap. 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and trust from my youth.
make their loins continually to shake. 6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb:
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
thy wrathful anger take hold of them. my praise shall be continually of thee.
25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let none 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my
dwell in their tents. strong refuge.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy
and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast honour all the day.
wounded. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not not when my strength faileth.
come into thy righteousness. 10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
and not be written with the righteous. 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and
29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O take him; for there is none to deliver him.
God, set me up on high. 12 O God, be not far from me: O my God, make
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and haste for my help.
will magnify him with thanksgiving. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are
31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with
or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise
heart shall live that seek God. thee more and more.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not 15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and
his prisoners. thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and thereof.
every thing that moveth therein. 16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will
35 For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine
Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in only.
possession. 17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
they that love his name shall dwell therein. 18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God,
forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength
PSALM 70 unto this generation, and thy power to every one
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, that is to come.
to bring to remembrance.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who
M AKE haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste
to help me, O LORD.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek
hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me
after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put
up again from the depths of the earth.
to confusion, that desire my hurt.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their
me on every side.
shame that say, Aha, aha.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy
4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp,
thee: and let such as love thy salvation say
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O thou Holy One of Israel. PSALM 73
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; A Psalm of Asaph.
and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all T RULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are
of a clean heart.
the day long: for they are confounded, for they are 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps
brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. had well nigh slipped.
3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the
PSALM 72 prosperity of the wicked.
A Psalm for Solomon. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their
G IVE the king thy judgments, O God, and thy strength is firm.
righteousness unto the king’s son. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and they plagued like other men.
thy poor with judgment. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and violence covereth them as a garment.
the little hills, by righteousness. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more
4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save than heart could wish.
the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning
the oppressor. oppression: they speak loftily.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their
endure, throughout all generations. tongue walketh through the earth.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown 10 Therefore his people return hither: and waters of
grass: as showers that water the earth. a full cup are wrung out to them.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and 11 And they say, How doth God know? and is there
abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. knowledge in the most High?
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the
from the river unto the ends of the earth. world; they increase in riches.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before 13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and
him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. washed my hands in innocency.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and
presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer chastened every morning.
gifts. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all against the generation of thy children.
nations shall serve him. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the for me;
poor also, and him that hath no helper. 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then
13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save understood I their end.
the souls of the needy. 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and castedst them down into destruction.
violence: and precious shall their blood be in his 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a
sight. moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the 20 As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when
gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
continually; and daily shall he be praised. 21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in
16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth my reins.
upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof 22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast
shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall before thee.
flourish like grass of the earth. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou
17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be hast holden me by my right hand.
continued as long as the sun: and men shall be 24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and
blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. afterward receive me to glory.
18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who 25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is
only doeth wondrous things. none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the
the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Amen. 27 For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from
thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have
put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all
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thy works. of those that rise up against thee increaseth
continually.
PSALM 74
Maschil of Asaph. PSALM 75
O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why
doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith,
A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast U NTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee
do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy
purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which wondrous works declare.
thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge
hast dwelt. uprightly.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; 3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are
even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
sanctuary. 4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy wicked, Lift not up the horn:
congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up stiff neck.
axes upon the thick trees. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof from the west, nor from the south.
at once with axes and hammers. 7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have setteth up another.
defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the
name to the ground. wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of
together: they have burned up all the synagogues of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
God in the land. 9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the
9 We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: God of Jacob.
neither is there among us any that knoweth how 10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but
long. the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? PSALM 76
shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? To the chief Musician on Neginoth,
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old, working salvation in
the midst of the earth.
I N Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling
place in Zion.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield,
brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and 4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the
gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the mountains of prey.
wilderness. 5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: sleep: and none of the men of might have found
thou driedst up mighty rivers. their hands.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot
prepared the light and the sun. and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou 7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may
hast made summer and winter. stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from
O LORD, and that the foolish people have heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
blasphemed thy name. 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the of the earth. Selah.
multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the
of thy poor for ever. remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark 11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all
places of the earth are full of the habitations of that be round about him bring presents unto him
cruelty. that ought to be feared.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the 12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible
poor and needy praise thy name. to the kings of the earth.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember
how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult
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PSALM 77 appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. fathers, that they should make them known to their
I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God children:
with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. 6 That the generation to come might know them,
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my even the children which should be born; who should
sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul arise and declare them to their children:
refused to be comforted. 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not
3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I forget the works of God, but keep his
complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. commandments:
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled 8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and
that I cannot speak. rebellious generation; a generation that set not their
5 I have considered the days of old, the years of heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with
ancient times. God.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I 9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and
commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
diligent search. 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be to walk in his law;
favourable no more? 11 And forgat his works, and his wonders that he
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise had shewed them.
fail for evermore? 12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. 13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass
10 And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will through; and he made the waters to stand as an
remember the years of the right hand of the most heap.
High. 14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and
11 I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I all the night with a light of fire.
will remember thy wonders of old. 15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave
12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy them drink as out of the great depths.
doings. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and
13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so caused waters to run down like rivers.
great a God as our God? 17 And they sinned yet more against him by
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast provoking the most High in the wilderness.
declared thy strength among the people. 18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking
15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, meat for their lust.
the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 19 Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; furnish a table in the wilderness?
they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed
17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread
sound: thine arrows also went abroad. also? can he provide flesh for his people?
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the 21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so
lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came
and shook. up against Israel;
19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great 22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not
waters, and thy footsteps are not known. in his salvation:
20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand 23 Though he had commanded the clouds from
of Moses and Aaron. above, and opened the doors of heaven,
PSALM 78 24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat,
Maschil of Asaph. and had given them of the corn of heaven.

G IVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your 25 Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to
ears to the words of my mouth. the full.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark 26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven:
sayings of old: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers 27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and
have told us. feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
4 We will not hide them from their children, shewing 28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp,
to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, round about their habitations.
and his strength, and his wonderful works that he 29 So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave
hath done. them their own desire;
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and 30 They were not estranged from their lust. But
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while their meat was yet in their mouths, God, and kept not his testimonies:
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their
fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Israel. 58 For they provoked him to anger with their high
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven
his wondrous works. images.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, 59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly
and their years in trouble. abhorred Israel:
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and 60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the
they returned and inquired early after God. tent which he placed among men;
35 And they remembered that God was their rock, 61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his
and the high God their redeemer. glory into the enemy’s hand.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their 62 He gave his people over also unto the sword; and
mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. was wroth with his inheritance.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither 63 The fire consumed their young men; and their
were they stedfast in his covenant. maidens were not given to marriage.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows
iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time made no lamentation.
turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his 65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and
wrath. like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a 66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he
wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. put them to a perpetual reproach.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, 67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph,
and grieve him in the desert! and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and 68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion
limited the Holy One of Israel. which he loved.
42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when 69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like
he delivered them from the enemy. the earth which he hath established for ever.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him
wonders in the field of Zoan: from the sheepfolds:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their 71 From following the ewes great with young he
floods, that they could not drink. brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which inheritance.
devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. 72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his
and their labour unto the locust. hands.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their
sycomore trees with frost. PSALM 79
A Psalm of Asaph.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their
flocks to hot thunderbolts. O GOD, the heathen are come into thine
inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled;
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to
angels among them. be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their saints unto the beasts of the earth.
soul from death, but gave their life over to the 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about
pestilence; Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a
their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, 5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall
and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. thy jealousy burn like fire?
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not
not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not
54 And he brought them to the border of his called upon thy name.
sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right 7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his
hand had purchased. dwelling place.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and 8 O remember not against us former iniquities: let
divided them an inheritance by line, and made the thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are
tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. brought very low.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of
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thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, PSALM 81
for thy name’s sake. To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their
God? let him be known among the heathen in our S ING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful
noise unto the God of Jacob.
sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the
which is shed. pleasant harp with the psaltery.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time
according to the greatness of thy power preserve appointed, on our solemn feast day.
thou those that are appointed to die; 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the
12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into God of Jacob.
their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when
reproached thee, O Lord. he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard
13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will a language that I understood not.
give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy 6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands
praise to all generations. were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I
PSALM 80 answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
A Psalm of Asaph.
IVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O
G Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
the cherubims, shine forth. 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir thou worship any strange god.
up thy strength, and come and save us. 10 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out
3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will
and we shall be saved. fill it.
4 O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice;
against the prayer of thy people? and Israel would none of me.
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and
givest them tears to drink in great measure. they walked in their own counsels.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and
our enemies laugh among themselves. Israel had walked in my ways!
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face 14 I should soon have subdued their enemies, and
to shine; and we shall be saved. turned my hand against their adversaries.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast 15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted
cast out the heathen, and planted it. themselves unto him: but their time should have
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it endured for ever.
to take deep root, and it filled the land. 16 He should have fed them also with the finest of
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. have satisfied thee.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her PSALM 82
branches unto the river. A Psalm of Asaph.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so
that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? G OD standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
he judgeth among the gods.
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the
wild beast of the field doth devour it. persons of the wicked? Selah.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; afflicted and needy.
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the
planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for hand of the wicked.
thyself. 5 They know not, neither will they understand; they
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth
the rebuke of thy countenance. are out of course.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, 6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children
upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for of the most High.
thyself. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and princes.
we will call upon thy name. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy inherit all nations.
face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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PSALM 83 8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. God of Jacob. Selah.
K EEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face
peace, and be not still, O God. of thine anointed.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I
that hate thee have lifted up the head. had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
and consulted against thy hidden ones. 11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off will give grace and glory: no good thing will he
from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be withhold from them that walk uprightly.
no more in remembrance. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: in thee.
they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of PSALM 85
Moab, and the Hagarenes; To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines
with the inhabitants of Tyre; LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land:
thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou
the children of Lot. Selah. hast covered all their sin. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, 3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast
as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
10 Which perished at En-dor: they became as dung 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine
for the earth. anger toward us to cease.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw
all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: out thine anger to all generations?
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may
God in possession. rejoice in thee?
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy
before the wind. salvation.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he
setteth the mountains on fire; will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make but let them not turn again to folly.
them afraid with thy storm. 9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy glory may dwell in our land.
name, O LORD. 10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; and peace have kissed each other.
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone righteousness shall look down from heaven.
is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. 12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and
our land shall yield her increase.
PSALM 84 13 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, us in the way of his steps.
A Psalm for the sons of Korah.

H OW amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of

hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts
of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the
living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her
young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King,
and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will
be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in
whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a
well; the rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, every one of
them in Zion appeareth before God.
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A Prayer of David.
B OW down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am
poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God,
save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee
daily.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O
Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon
thee.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to
the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for
thou wilt answer me.
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8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O the deeps.
Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast
works. afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from
worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them:
name. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: 9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I
thou art God alone. have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy hands unto thee.
truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast or thy faithfulness in destruction?
delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy
14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; 13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the
and have not set thee before them. morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest
and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy thou thy face from me?
and truth. 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have
thine handmaid. cut me off.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate 17 They came round about me daily like water; they
me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, compassed me about together.
hast holpen me, and comforted me. 18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and
mine acquaintance into darkness.
PSALM 87
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. PSALM 89
H IS foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than
all the dwellings of Jacob. I
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
with my mouth will I make known thy
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. faithfulness to all generations.
Selah. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very
them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with heavens.
Ethiopia; this man was born there. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have
5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was sworn unto David my servant,
born in her: and the highest himself shall establish 4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy
her. throne to all generations. Selah.
6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the 5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:
people, that this man was born there. Selah. thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the
7 As well the singers as the players on instruments saints.
shall be there: all my springs are in thee. 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the
LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be
PSALM 88 likened unto the LORD?
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon
Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the

O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are
and night before thee: about him.
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like
unto my cry; unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves
nigh unto the grave. thereof arise, thou stillest them.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is
I am as a man that hath no strength: slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the strong arm.
grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as
are cut off from thy hand. for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them:
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Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. brought his strong holds to ruin.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and 41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a
high is thy right hand. reproach to his neighbours.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: 43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and
they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy hast not made him to stand in the battle.
countenance. 44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in throne down to the ground.
thy righteousness shall they be exalted. 45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou
17 For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy hast covered him with shame. Selah.
favour our horn shall be exalted. 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
18 For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Israel is our king. 47 Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and thou made all men in vain?
saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see
have exalted one chosen out of the people. death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the
20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil grave? Selah.
have I anointed him: 49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,
21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
arm also shall strengthen him. 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the
of wickedness afflict him. mighty people;
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and 51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O
plague them that hate him. LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with of thine anointed.
him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and
25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right Amen.
hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my PSALM 90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than
the kings of the earth.
L ORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all
generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even
my covenant shall stand fast with him. from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,
his throne as the days of heaven. Return, ye children of men.
30 If his children forsake my law, and walk not in 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as
my judgments; yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
31 If they break my statutes, and keep not my 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are
commandments; as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, groweth up.
and their iniquity with stripes. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy
34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing wrath are we troubled.
that is gone out of my lips. 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not sins in the light of thy countenance.
lie unto David. 9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we
36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as spend our years as a tale that is told.
the sun before me. 10 The days of our years are threescore years and
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore
a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast soon cut off, and we fly away.
been wroth with thine anointed. 11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may
ground. apply our hearts unto wisdom.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee
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concerning thy servants. work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy
rejoice and be glad all our days. thoughts are very deep.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou 6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool
hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen understand this.
evil. 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they
glory unto their children. shall be destroyed for ever:
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon 8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine
us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall
be scattered.
PSALM 91 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an
H E that dwelleth in the secret place of the most unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
High shall abide under the shadow of the 11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine
Almighty. enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my wicked that rise up against me.
fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his shall flourish in the courts of our God.
wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they
and buckler. shall be fat and flourishing;
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor 15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock,
for the arrow that flieth by day; and there is no unrighteousness in him.
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor
for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. PSALM 93
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. T HE LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty;
the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that
reward of the wicked. it cannot be moved.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my 2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from
refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; everlasting.
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have
plague come nigh thy dwelling. lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of
keep thee in all thy ways. many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou 5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh
dash thy foot against a stone. thine house, O LORD, for ever.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under PSALM 94
feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O
God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew
will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he thyself.
hath known my name. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I reward to the proud.
will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall
honour him. the wicked triumph?
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my 4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things?
salvation. and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and
PSALM 92 afflict thine heritage.
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder
I T is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, the fatherless.
and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, the God of Jacob regard it.
and thy faithfulness every night, 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the fools, when will ye be wise?
psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy formed the eye, shall he not see?
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10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he PSALM 96
correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not
he know? O SING unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the
LORD, all the earth.
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his
they are vanity. salvation from day to day.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders
LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; among all people.
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of 4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he
adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. is to be feared above all gods.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the
will he forsake his inheritance. LORD made the heavens.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness: 6 Honour and majesty are before him: strength and
and all the upright in heart shall follow it. beauty are in his sanctuary.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or 7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people,
who will stand up for me against the workers of give unto the LORD glory and strength.
iniquity? 8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:
17 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had bring an offering, and come into his courts.
almost dwelt in silence. 9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear
18 When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O before him, all the earth.
LORD, held me up. 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth:
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy the world also shall be established that it shall not be
comforts delight my soul. moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
thee, which frameth mischief by a law? let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
21 They gather themselves together against the soul 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then
of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
22 But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the 13 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to
rock of my refuge. judge the earth: he shall judge the world with
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, righteousness, and the people with his truth.
and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea,
the LORD our God shall cut them off. PSALM 97

PSALM 95 T HE LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the

multitude of isles be glad thereof.

O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him:
a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, throne.
and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King enemies round about.
above all gods. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the saw, and trembled.
strength of the hills is his also. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the
5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
formed the dry land. 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the
6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel people see his glory.
before the LORD our maker. 7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images,
7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will gods.
hear his voice, 8 Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of
8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD.
as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and art exalted far above all gods.
saw my work. 10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the
generation, and said, It is a people that do err in hand of the wicked.
their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should the upright in heart.
not enter into my rest. 12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks
at the remembrance of his holiness.

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PSALM 98 his name.
A Psalm. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and
O SING unto the LORD a new song; for he hath his truth endureth to all generations.
done marvellous things: his right hand, and his
holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. PSALM 101
2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his A Psalm of David.
righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of
the heathen. I WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O
LORD, will I sing.
3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O
toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my
have seen the salvation of our God. house with a perfect heart.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate
make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave
5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, to me.
and the voice of a psalm. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful know a wicked person.
noise before the LORD, the King. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud
and they that dwell therein. heart will not I suffer.
8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land,
joyful together that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a
9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: perfect way, he shall serve me.
with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my
people with equity. house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I
PSALM 99 may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the

T HE LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he LORD.

sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be
moved. PSALM 102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed,
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.
the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is
holy.
H EAR my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come
unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I
dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and call answer me speedily.
righteousness in Jacob. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his bones are burned as an hearth.
footstool; for he is holy. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel that I forget to eat my bread.
among them that call upon his name; they called 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones
upon the LORD, and he answered them. cleave to my skin.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an
his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave owl of the desert.
them. 7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou top.
wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they
vengeance of their inventions. that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my
hill; for the LORD our God is holy. drink with weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for
PSALM 100
A Psalm of praise. thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

M AKE a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before am withered like grass.
his presence with singing. 12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever; and thy
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath remembrance unto all generations.
made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for
and the sheep of his pasture. the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and
courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless favour the dust thereof.
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15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, pitieth them that fear him.
and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall we are dust.
appear in his glory. 15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not field, so he flourisheth.
despise their prayer. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and
18 This shall be written for the generation to come: the place thereof shall know it no more.
and the people which shall be created shall praise the 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to
LORD. everlasting upon them that fear him, and his
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his righteousness unto children’s children;
sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that
earth; remember his commandments to do them.
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the
those that are appointed to death; heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his 20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in
praise in Jerusalem; strength, that do his commandments, hearkening
22 When the people are gathered together, and the unto the voice of his word.
kingdoms, to serve the LORD. 21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of
23 He weakened my strength in the way; he his, that do his pleasure.
shortened my days. 22 Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: PSALM 104
and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all B LESS the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God,
thou art very great; thou art clothed with
of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture honour and majesty.
shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
end. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the
28 The children of thy servants shall continue, and waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who
their seed shall be established before thee. walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a
PSALM 103 flaming fire:
A Psalm of David. 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it
B LESS the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within should not be removed for ever.
me, bless his holy name. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his the waters stood above the mountains.
benefits: 7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all they hasted away.
thy diseases; 8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for
crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender them.
mercies; 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that that they turn not again to cover the earth.
thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run
6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment among the hills.
for all that are oppressed. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts wild asses quench their thirst.
unto the children of Israel. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, habitation, which sing among the branches.
and plenteous in mercy. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
anger for ever. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth
rewarded us according to our iniquities. food out of the earth;
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and
is his mercy toward them that fear him. oil to make his face to shine, and bread which
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he strengtheneth man’s heart.
removed our transgressions from us. 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD
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Lebanon, which he hath planted; 8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, word which he commanded to a thousand
the fir trees are her house. generations.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and 9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his
the rocks for the conies. oath unto Isaac;
19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun 10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,
knoweth his going down. and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
the beasts of the forest do creep forth. the lot of your inheritance:
21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek 12 When they were but a few men in number; yea,
their meat from God. very few, and strangers in it.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, 13 When they went from one nation to another,
and lay them down in their dens. from one kingdom to another people;
23 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he
until the evening. reproved kings for their sakes;
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my
hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy prophets no harm.
riches. 16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land:
25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things he brake the whole staff of bread.
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. 17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom sold for a servant:
thou hast made to play therein. 18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give iron:
them their meat in due season. 19 Until the time that his word came: the word of
28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest the LORD tried him.
thine hand, they are filled with good. 20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou the people, and let him go free.
takest away their breath, they die, and return to their 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all
dust. his substance:
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: 22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his
and thou renewest the face of the earth. senators wisdom.
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the 23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned
LORD shall rejoice in his works. in the land of Ham.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he 24 And he increased his people greatly; and made
toucheth the hills, and they smoke. them stronger than their enemies.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal
sing praise to my God while I have my being. subtilly with his servants.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he
glad in the LORD. had chosen.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and 27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders
let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O in the land of Ham.
my soul. Praise ye the LORD. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they
rebelled not against his word.
PSALM 105 29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; call upon his fish.
name: make known his deeds among the 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in
people. the chambers of their kings.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all 31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and
his wondrous works. lice in all their coasts.
3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in
rejoice that seek the LORD. their land.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face 33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and
evermore. brake the trees of their coasts.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath 34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers,
done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; and that without number,
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of 35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and
Jacob his chosen. devoured the fruit of their ground.
7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all 36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the
the earth. chief of all their strength.
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37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and
and there was not one feeble person among their covered the company of Abiram.
tribes. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of flame burned up the wicked.
them fell upon them. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give molten image.
light in the night. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the similitude
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and of an ox that eateth grass.
satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; great things in Egypt;
they ran in the dry places like a river. 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and things by the Red sea.
Abraham his servant. 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the
chosen with gladness: breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they destroy them.
inherited the labour of the people; 24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his not his word:
laws. Praise ye the LORD. 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not
unto the voice of the LORD.
PSALM 106 26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to
P
ever.
RAISE ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the overthrow them in the wilderness:
LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for 27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations,
and to scatter them in the lands.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who 28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and
can shew forth all his praise? ate the sacrifices of the dead.
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their
doeth righteousness at all times. inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment:
bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy and so the plague was stayed.
salvation; 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may unto all generations for evermore.
rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so
with thine inheritance. that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. unadvisedly with his lips.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning
they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; whom the LORD commanded them:
but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake, learned their works.
that he might make his mighty power to be known. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: unto them.
so he led them through the depths, as through the 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters
wilderness. unto devils,
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their
hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed
the enemy. unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted
11 And the waters covered their enemies: there was with blood.
not one of them left. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and
12 Then believed they his words; they sang his went a whoring with their own inventions.
praise. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled
13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his
his counsel: own inheritance.
14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;
tempted God in the desert. and they that hated them ruled over them.
15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they
into their soul. were brought into subjection under their hand.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they
the saint of the LORD. provoked him with their counsel, and were brought
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low for their iniquity. children of men!
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
heard their cry: thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and 23 They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
repented according to the multitude of his mercies. business in great waters;
46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that 24 These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders
carried them captives. in the deep.
47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from 25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy
among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
name, and to triumph in thy praise. 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from again to the depths: their soul is melted because of
everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, trouble.
Amen. Praise ye the LORD. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man, and are at their wits’ end.
PSALM 107 28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for he bringeth them out of their distresses.
his mercy endureth for ever. 29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he thereof are still.
hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 30 Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he
3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, bringeth them unto their desired haven.
and from the west, from the north, and from the 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his
south. goodness, and for his wonderful works to the
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; children of men!
they found no city to dwell in. 32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the
5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, 33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
and he delivered them out of their distresses. watersprings into dry ground;
7 And he led them forth by the right way, that they 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the
might go to a city of habitation. wickedness of them that dwell therein.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his 35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the and dry ground into watersprings.
children of men! 36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the they may prepare a city for habitation;
hungry soul with goodness. 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of may yield fruits of increase.
death, being bound in affliction and iron; 38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
and contemned the counsel of the most High: 39 Again, they are minished and brought low
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. 40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no
and he saved them out of their distresses. way.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow 41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
of death, and brake their bands in sunder. and maketh him families like a flock.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his 42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the iniquity shall stop her mouth.
children of men! 43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even
16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the they shall understand the lovingkindness of the
bars of iron in sunder. LORD.
17 Fools because of their transgression, and because
of their iniquities, are afflicted. PSALM 108
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and A Song or Psalm of David.
they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and O GOD, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give
praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
he saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered 3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I
them from their destructions. will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his 4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy
goodness, and for his wonderful works to the truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and
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thy glory above all the earth; 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded
right hand, and answer me. continually.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from
will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my
Succoth. soul.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy
the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou
9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my me.
shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will wounded within me.
lead me into Edom? 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and tossed up and down as the locust.
wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh
12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of faileth of fatness.
man. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is looked upon me they shaked their heads.
that shall tread down our enemies. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according
to thy mercy:
PSALM 109 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
thou, LORD, hast done it.
H OLD not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise,
of the deceitful are opened against me: they have let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
spoken against me with a lying tongue. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and
3 They compassed me about also with words of let them cover themselves with their own confusion,
hatred; and fought against me without a cause. as with a mantle.
4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea,
myself unto prayer. I will praise him among the multitude.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to
hatred for my love. save him from those that condemn his soul.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan PSALM 110
stand at his right hand. A Psalm of David.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
and let his prayer become sin. T HE LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy
8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. footstool.
9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
beg: let them seek their bread also out of their 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,
desolate places. in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
the strangers spoil his labour. 4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
neither let there be any to favour his fatherless 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through
children. kings in the day of his wrath.
13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation 6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the
following let their name be blotted out. places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered heads over many countries.
with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore
blotted out. shall he lift up the head.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he
may cut off the memory of them from the earth. PSALM 111
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy,
but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he
might even slay the broken in heart.
P RAISE ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with
my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright,
and in the congregation.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he 2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all
delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. them that have pleasure therein.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his 3 His work is honourable and glorious: and his
garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, righteousness endureth for ever.
and like oil into his bones. 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be
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remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and
compassion. to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he
will ever be mindful of his covenant. PSALM 114
6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works,
that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. W HEN Israel went out of Egypt, the house of
Jacob from a people of strange language;
7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
his commandments are sure. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little
truth and uprightness. hills like lambs.
9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
commanded his covenant for ever: holy and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
reverend is his name. 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: little hills, like lambs?
a good understanding have all they that do his 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at
commandments: his praise endureth for ever. the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the
PSALM 112 flint into a fountain of waters.

P RAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that

feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his PSALM 115
commandments.
2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the N OT unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy
truth’s sake.
generation of the upright shall be blessed.
3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his 2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now
righteousness endureth for ever. their God?
4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the 3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done
darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and whatsoever he hath pleased.
righteous. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s
5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will hands.
guide his affairs with discretion. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have
6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the they, but they see not:
righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they,
7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is but they smell not:
fixed, trusting in the LORD. 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have
8 His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until they, but they walk not: neither speak they through
he see his desire upon his enemies. their throat.
9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his 8 They that make them are like unto them; so is
righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be every one that trusteth in them.
exalted with honour. 9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help
10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall and their shield.
gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their
wicked shall perish. help and their shield.
11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is
PSALM 113 their help and their shield.

P RAISE ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the 12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless
LORD, praise the name of the LORD. us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time house of Aaron.
forth and for evermore. 13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of and great.
the same the LORD’s name is to be praised. 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you
4 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory and your children.
above the heavens. 15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth and earth.
on high, 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s: but
6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are the earth hath he given to the children of men.
in heaven, and in the earth! 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth down into silence.
the needy out of the dunghill; 18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth
8 That he may set him with princes, even with the and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
princes of his people.
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PSALM 116 man do unto me?

I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice 7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me:
and my supplications. therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore me.
will I call upon him as long as I live. 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains confidence in man.
of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put
sorrow. confidence in princes.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name
I beseech thee, deliver my soul. of the LORD will I destroy them.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed
is merciful. me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought them.
low, and he helped me. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the
dealt bountifully with thee. LORD I will destroy them.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. the LORD helped me.
9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the 14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become
living. my salvation.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly 15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the
afflicted: tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the
11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. LORD doeth valiantly.
12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his 16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right
benefits toward me? hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of
name of the LORD. the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the 18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath
presence of all his people. not given me over unto death.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of 19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go
his saints. into them, and I will praise the LORD:
16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, 20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous
and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my shall enter.
bonds. 21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, become my salvation.
and will call upon the name of the LORD. 22 The stone which the builders refused is become
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the the head stone of the corner.
presence of all his people, 23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our
19 In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of eyes.
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. 24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will
rejoice and be glad in it.
PSALM 117 25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I
O PRAISE the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, beseech thee, send now prosperity.
all ye people. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the
the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
LORD. 27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light:
PSALM 118 bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of
GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: the altar.
O because his mercy endureth for ever. 28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art
2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for my God, I will exalt thee.
ever. 29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy his mercy endureth for ever.
endureth for ever. PSALM 119
4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his ALEPH.
mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD
answered me, and set me in a large place.
BLESSED are the undefiled in the way, who walk
in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that
6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can
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seek him with the whole heart. me not to shame.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts thou shalt enlarge my heart.
diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! HE.
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I
unto all thy commandments. shall keep it unto the end.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
shall have learned thy righteous judgments. yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy
commandments; for therein do I delight.
BETH. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by covetousness.
taking heed thereto according to thy word. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me quicken thou me in thy way.
not wander from thy commandments. 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might to thy fear.
not sin against thee. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy
12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. judgments are good.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken
thy mouth. me in thy righteousness.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as
much as in all riches. VAU.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even
unto thy ways. thy salvation, according to thy word.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that
forget thy word. reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my
GIMEL. mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and
and keep thy word. ever.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
wondrous things out of thy law. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy and will not be ashamed.
commandments from me. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto which I have loved.
thy judgments at all times. 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, commandments, which I have loved; and I will
which do err from thy commandments. meditate in thy statutes.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I
have kept thy testimonies. ZAIN.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy 49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon
servant did meditate in thy statutes. which thou hast caused me to hope.
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my 50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word
counsellers. hath quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet
DALETH. have I not declined from thy law.
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me 52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and
according to thy word. have comforted myself.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: 53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the
teach me thy statutes. wicked that forsake thy law.
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: 54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of
so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. my pilgrimage.
28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou 55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the
me according unto thy word. night, and have kept thy law.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
thy law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments CHETH.
have I laid before me. 57 Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I
31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put would keep thy words.
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58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be 84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt
merciful unto me according to thy word. thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto 85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not
thy testimonies. after thy law.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they
commandments. persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I 87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I
have not forgotten thy law. forsook not thy precepts.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee 88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I
because of thy righteous judgments. keep the testimony of thy mouth.
63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and
of them that keep thy precepts. LAMED.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me 89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
thy statutes. 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast
established the earth, and it abideth.
TETH. 91 They continue this day according to thine
65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, ordinances: for all are thy servants.
according unto thy word. 92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I then have perished in mine affliction.
have believed thy commandments. 93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have thou hast quickened me.
I kept thy word. 94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy precepts.
statutes. 95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will I will consider thy testimonies.
keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy commandment is exceeding broad.
law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I MEM.
might learn thy statutes. 97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than day.
thousands of gold and silver. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me
wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
JOD. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers:
73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give for thy testimonies are my meditation.
me understanding, that I may learn thy 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I
commandments. keep thy precepts.
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
because I have hoped in thy word. that I might keep thy word.
75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, 102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for
and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. thou hast taught me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. sweeter than honey to my mouth!
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:
live: for thy law is my delight. therefore I hate every false way.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt
perversely with me without a cause: but I will NUN.
meditate in thy precepts. 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those unto my path.
that have known thy testimonies. 106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will
80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be keep thy righteous judgments.
not ashamed. 107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD,
according unto thy word.
CAPH. 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
thy word. 109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt forget thy law.
thou comfort me? 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do not from thy precepts.
I not forget thy statutes. 111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for
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ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy righteous and very faithful.
statutes alway, even unto the end. 139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine
enemies have forgotten thy words.
SAMECH. 140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant
113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. loveth it.
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope 141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy
in thy word. precepts.
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting
commandments of my God. righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may 143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet
live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. thy commandments are my delights.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is
have respect unto thy statutes continually. everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from
thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. KOPH.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I
like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. will keep thy statutes.
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
afraid of thy judgments. testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and
AIN. cried: I hoped in thy word.
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I
to mine oppressors. might meditate in thy word.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the 149 Hear my voice according unto thy
proud oppress me. lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word thy judgment.
of thy righteousness. 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, are far from thy law.
and teach me thy statutes. 151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I commandments are truth.
may know thy testimonies. 152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of
126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have old that thou hast founded them for ever.
made void thy law.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; RESH.
yea, above fine gold. 153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I
128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all do not forget thy law.
things to be right; and I hate every false way. 154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me
according to thy word.
PE. 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek
129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth not thy statutes.
my soul keep them. 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth me according to thy judgments.
understanding unto the simple. 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed do I not decline from thy testimonies.
for thy commandments. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, because they kept not thy word.
as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. 159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O
133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
iniquity have dominion over me. 160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
keep thy precepts.
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and SCHIN.
teach me thy statutes. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
they keep not thy law. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great
spoil.
TZADDI. 163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
137 Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy 164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy
judgments. righteous judgments.
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165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and evermore.
nothing shall offend them.
166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done PSALM 122
A Song of degrees of David.
thy commandments.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love
them exceedingly.
I
WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into
the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for 3 Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact
all my ways are before thee. together:
TAU. 4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD,
169 Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the
me understanding according to thy word. name of the LORD.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver 5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones
me according to thy word. of the house of David.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper
me thy statutes. that love thee.
172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within
commandments are righteousness. thy palaces.
173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy 8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will
precepts. now say, Peace be within thee.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will
law is my delight. seek thy good.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let PSALM 123
thy judgments help me. A Song of degrees.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy
servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. U NTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that
dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand
PSALM 120
A Song of degrees. of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the

I N my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the
me. LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon
from a deceitful tongue. us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of
done unto thee, thou false tongue? those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. proud.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell PSALM 124
in the tents of Kedar! A Song of degrees of David.
6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth
peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
I
F it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
when men rose up against us:
PSALM 121
A Song of degrees. 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from wrath was kindled against us:
whence cometh my help. 4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream
2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made had gone over our soul:
heaven and earth. 5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that 6 Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a
keepeth thee will not slumber. prey to their teeth.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the
slumber nor sleep. fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade 8 Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made
upon thy right hand. heaven and earth.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon PSALM 125
by night. A Song of degrees.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall
preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy ever.
T HEY that trust in the LORD shall be as mount
Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for
coming in from this time forth, and even for 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so

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the LORD is round about his people from henceforth PSALM 129
even for ever. A Song of degrees.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the
lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their
hands unto iniquity.
M ANY a time have they afflicted me from my
youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
them that are upright in their hearts. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, long their furrows.
the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of 4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the
iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that
PSALM 126 hate Zion.
A Song of degrees. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which
W HEN the LORD turned again the captivity of withereth afore it groweth up:
Zion, we were like them that dream. 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
tongue with singing: then said they among the 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of
heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of
3 The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof the LORD.
we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams PSALM 130
in the south. A Song of degrees.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious O UT
LORD.
of the depths have I cried unto thee, O

seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to
bringing his sheaves with him. the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord,
PSALM 127 who shall stand?
A Song of degrees for Solomon. 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest
E XCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in be feared.
vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his
the watchman waketh but in vain. word do I hope.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that
eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved watch for the morning: I say, more than they that
sleep. watch for the morning.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the 7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD
fruit of the womb is his reward. there is mercy, and with him is plenteous
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are redemption.
children of the youth. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:
they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with PSALM 131
the enemies in the gate. A Song of degrees of David.

PSALM 128
A Song of degrees.
L ORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes
lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great
matters, or in things too high for me.
B LESSED is every one that feareth the LORD; that 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a
walketh in his ways. child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy a weaned child.
shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3 Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of for ever.
thine house: thy children like olive plants round
about thy table. PSALM 132
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that A Song of degrees.
feareth the LORD.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou L ORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto
shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy the mighty God of Jacob;
life. 3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and house, nor go up into my bed;
peace upon Israel. 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to
mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation
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for the mighty God of Jacob. Israel for his peculiar treasure.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the 5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our
fields of the wood. Lord is above all gods.
7 We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at 6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in
his footstool. heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of 7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of
thy strength. the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
let thy saints shout for joy. 8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man
10 For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the and beast.
face of thine anointed. 9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of
11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his
not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set servants.
upon thy throne. 10 Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of
testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
also sit upon thy throne for evermore. 12 And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it unto Israel his people.
for his habitation. 13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy
14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
have desired it. 14 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will
15 I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy repent himself concerning his servants.
her poor with bread. 15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and work of men’s hands.
her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I they, but they see not;
have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon any breath in their mouths.
himself shall his crown flourish. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is
every one that trusteth in them.
PSALM 133 19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD,
A Song of degrees of David.
EHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for O house of Aaron:
B brethren to dwell together in unity! 20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that LORD, bless the LORD.
ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that 21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth
went down to the skirts of his garments; at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that PSALM 136
descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there
the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for
his mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy
PSALM 134 endureth for ever.
A Song of degrees. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy

B EHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the endureth for ever.
LORD, which by night stand in the house of the 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his
LORD. mercy endureth for ever.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his
LORD. mercy endureth for ever.
3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the
out of Zion. waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy
PSALM 135 endureth for ever:

P RAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for
LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. ever:
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy
courts of the house of our God, endureth for ever.
3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises 10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his
unto his name; for it is pleasant. mercy endureth for ever:
4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and 11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his

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mercy endureth for ever: PSALM 138
12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out A Psalm of David.
arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for
his mercy endureth for ever:
I WILL praise thee with my whole heart: before the
gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise
14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for his mercy endureth for ever: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red name.
sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and
16 To him which led his people through the strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD,
17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy when they hear the words of thy mouth.
endureth for ever: 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for
18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth great is the glory of the LORD.
for ever: 6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto
19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
endureth for ever: 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against
endureth for ever: the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall
21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy save me.
endureth for ever: 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not
mercy endureth for ever. the works of thine own hands.
23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his PSALM 139
mercy endureth for ever: To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his
mercy endureth for ever. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine
25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
endureth for ever. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and
26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his art acquainted with all my ways.
mercy endureth for ever. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
PSALM 137
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid
B Y the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea,
we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the
thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high,
I cannot attain unto it.
midst thereof.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall
3 For there they that carried us away captive
I flee from thy presence?
required of us a song; and they that wasted us
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make
required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs
my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
of Zion.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange
uttermost parts of the sea;
land?
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand
hand shall hold me.
forget her cunning.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even
6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to
the night shall be light about me.
the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the
above my chief joy.
night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the
are both alike to thee.
day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast
the foundation thereof.
covered me in my mother’s womb.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast
wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and
served us.
that my soul knoweth right well.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was
ones against the stones.
made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfect; and in thy book all my members were
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written, which in continuance were fashioned, when door of my lips.
as yet there was none of them. 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let
God! how great is the sum of them! me not eat of their dainties.
18 If I should count them, they are more in number 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:
than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer
from me therefore, ye bloody men. also shall be in their calamities.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places,
enemies take thy name in vain. they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as
am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in
mine enemies. thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, 9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for
and know my thoughts: me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that
lead me in the way everlasting. I withal escape.
PSALM 140 PSALM 142
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.

D ELIVER me, O LORD, from the evil man:

preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
adders’ poison is under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
preserve me from the violent man; who have
purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they
have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins
for me. Selah.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the
voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked:
further not his wicked device; lest they exalt
themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let
the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast
into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up
again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth:
evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of
the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy
name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
PSALM 141
A Psalm of David.
I CRIED unto the LORD with my voice; with my
voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed
before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then
thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked
have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there
was no man that would know me: refuge failed me;
no man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my
refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low:
deliver me from my persecutors; for they are
stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy
name: the righteous shall compass me about; for
thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
PSALM 143
A Psalm of David.
H EAR my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my
supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me,
and in thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for
in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath
smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made
me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long
dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my
heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy

L ORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give

ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening
sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the
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works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul
thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide
not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go
down into the pit.
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8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the 2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy
morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know name for ever and ever.
the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and
unto thee. his greatness is unsearchable.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another,
unto thee to hide me. and shall declare thy mighty acts.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty,
spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. and of thy wondrous works.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible
righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble. acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and 7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy
destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
servant. 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow
to anger, and of great mercy.
PSALM 144 9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are
A Psalm of David.
LESSED be the LORD my strength, which over all his works.
B teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to 10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy
fight: saints shall bless thee.
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and
my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who talk of thy power;
subdueth my people under me. 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy
him! dominion endureth throughout all generations.
4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that 14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up
passeth away. all those that be bowed down.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest
the mountains, and they shall smoke. them their meat in due season.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire
thine arrows, and destroy them. of every living thing.
7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in
me out of great waters, from the hand of strange all his works.
children; 18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right him, to all that call upon him in truth.
hand is a right hand of falsehood. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a also will hear their cry, and will save them.
psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing 20 The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but
praises unto thee. all the wicked will he destroy.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and
delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange PSALM 146
children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their
right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their
P RAISE ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing
praises unto my God while I have any being.
youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of
polished after the similitude of a palace: man, in whom there is no help.
13 That our garners may be full, affording all 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in
manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth that very day his thoughts perish.
thousands and ten thousands in our streets: 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there whose hope is in the LORD his God:
be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all
complaining in our streets. that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:
happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth
PSALM 145 the prisoners:
David’s Psalm of praise. 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD

I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth
thy name for ever and ever. the righteous:
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9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the that be above the heavens.
fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he
turneth upside down. commanded, and they were created.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he
Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all
PSALM 147 deeps:
P RAISE ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises 8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind
unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is fulfilling his word:
comely. 9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth cedars:
together the outcasts of Israel. 10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up fowl:
their wounds. 11 Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them judges of the earth:
all by their names. 12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, and
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his children:
understanding is infinite. 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth
wicked down to the ground. and heaven.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise 14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise
upon the harp unto our God: of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.
prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to
grow upon the mountains. PSALM 149
9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young
ravens which cry. P RAISE ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new
song, and his praise in the congregation of
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he saints.
taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, children of Zion be joyful in their King.
in those that hope in his mercy. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Zion. 4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he beautify the meek with salvation.
hath blessed thy children within thee. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud
14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee upon their beds.
with the finest of the wheat. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: twoedged sword in their hand;
his word runneth very swiftly. 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the punishments upon the people;
hoarfrost like ashes. 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can with fetters of iron;
stand before his cold? 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and PSALM 150
his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for P RAISE ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament of his power.
his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye 2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him
the LORD. according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise
PSALM 148 him with the psaltery and harp.

P RAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the 4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him
heavens: praise him in the heights. with stringed instruments and organs.
2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his 5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him
hosts. upon the high sounding cymbals.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.
stars of light. Praise ye the LORD.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters

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CHAPTER 1
T HE proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king
of Israel;
2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the
words of understanding;
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity;
4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man
knowledge and discretion.
5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise
counsels:
6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation;
the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7 ¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and
forsake not the law of thy mother:
9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy
head, and chains about thy neck.
10 ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without
cause:
12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and
whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill
our houses with spoil:
14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
refrain thy foot from their path:
16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
blood.
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any
bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk
privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20 ¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice
in the streets:
21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the
openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her
words, saying,
22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools
hate knowledge?
23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words
unto you.
24 ¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and
would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock
when your fear cometh;
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27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress
and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not
answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not
find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not
choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all
my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own
way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay
them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
CHAPTER 2
M Y son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide
my commandments with thee;
2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and
apply thine heart to understanding;
3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up
thy voice for understanding;
4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her
as for hid treasures;
5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD,
and find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth
cometh knowledge and understanding.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is
a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth
the way of his saints.
9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and
judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and
knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding
shall keep thee:
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward things;
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the
ways of darkness;
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the
frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in
their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even
from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and
forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths
unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take
they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
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and keep the paths of the righteous. desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the 26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall
perfect shall remain in it. keep thy foot from being taken.
22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, 27 ¶ Withhold not good from them to whom it is
and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again,
CHAPTER 3 and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
M Y son, forget not my law; but let thine heart 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
keep my commandments: dwelleth securely by thee.
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall 30 ¶ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have
they add to thee. done thee no harm.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them 31 ¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none
about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine of his ways.
heart: 32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding his secret is with the righteous.
in the sight of God and man. 33 ¶ The curse of the LORD is in the house of the
5 ¶ Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
not unto thine own understanding. 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall grace unto the lowly.
direct thy paths. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be
7 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and the promotion of fools.
depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy CHAPTER 4
bones.
9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase:
H EAR, ye children, the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.
2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my
10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy law.
presses shall burst out with new wine. 3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved
11 ¶ My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; in the sight of my mother.
neither be weary of his correction: 4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine
12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as heart retain my words: keep my commandments,
a father the son in whom he delighteth. and live.
13 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not;
man that getteth understanding. neither decline from the words of my mouth.
14 For the merchandise of it is better than the 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine her, and she shall keep thee.
gold. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get
15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall
her. bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:
hand riches and honour. a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the
paths are peace. years of thy life shall be many.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have
and happy is every one that retaineth her. led thee in right paths.
19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be
understanding hath he established the heavens. straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and stumble.
the clouds drop down the dew. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep
21 ¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: her; for she is thy life.
keep sound wisdom and discretion: 14 ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to not in the way of evil men.
thy neck. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy away.
foot shall not stumble. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. cause some to fall.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink
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the wine of violence. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. ravished always with her love.
19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a
not at what they stumble. strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a
20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear stranger?
unto my sayings. 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
in the midst of thine heart. 22 ¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
health to all their flesh. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the
23 ¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and CHAPTER 6
perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids
look straight before thee.
M Y son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
established. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go,
thy foot from evil. humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
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M Y son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
ear to my understanding: and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy 6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways,
lips may keep knowledge. and be wise:
3 ¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a her food in the harvest.
twoedged sword. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on thou arise out of thy sleep?
hell. 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her the hands to sleep:
ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart and thy want as an armed man.
not from the words of my mouth. 12 ¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh a froward mouth.
the door of her house: 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
years unto the cruel: 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy continually; he soweth discord.
labours be in the house of a stranger; 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
thy body are consumed, 16 ¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my are an abomination unto him:
heart despised reproof; 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, innocent blood,
nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet
14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the that be swift in running to mischief,
congregation and assembly. 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
15 ¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and soweth discord among brethren.
running waters out of thine own well. 20 ¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and
16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers forsake not the law of thy mother:
of waters in the streets. 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ them about thy neck.
with thee. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it
wife of thy youth. shall talk with thee.
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23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to
light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: seek thy face, and I have found thee.
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the 16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,
flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and
let her take thee with her eyelids. cinnamon.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the
brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
hunt for the precious life. 19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes journey:
not be burned? 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be come home at the day appointed.
burned? 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the
soul when he is hungry; stocks;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird
shall give all the substance of his house. hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman his life.
lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth 24 ¶ Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children,
his own soul. and attend to the words of my mouth.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not
reproach shall not be wiped away. astray in her paths.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea,
not spare in the day of vengeance. many strong men have been slain by her.
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the
rest content, though thou givest many gifts. chambers of death.
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M Y son, keep my words, and lay up my

commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as
the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the
table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call
understanding thy kinswoman:
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6 ¶ For at the window of my house I looked through
my casement,
7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned
among the youths, a young man void of
understanding,
8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he
went the way to her house,
9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and
dark night:
10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the
attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in
her house:
12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth
in wait at every corner.)
13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an
impudent face said unto him,
14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I
payed my vows.
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D OTH not wisdom cry? and understanding put
forth her voice?
2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way
in the places of the paths.
3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at
the coming in at the doors.
4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the
sons of man.
5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be
ye of an understanding heart.
6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the
opening of my lips shall be right things.
7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is
an abomination to my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and
right to them that find knowledge.
10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and
knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the
things that may be desired are not to be compared to
it.
12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out
knowledge of witty inventions.
13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth,
do I hate.
14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am
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understanding; I have strength. 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth
16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges himself a blot.
of the earth. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a
17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me wise man, and he will love thee.
early shall find me. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet
18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in
riches and righteousness. learning.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
and my revenue than choice silver. and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the
the paths of judgment: years of thy life shall be increased.
21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
substance; and I will fill their treasures. if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his 13 ¶ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple,
way, before his works of old. and knoweth nothing.
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat
or ever the earth was. in the high places of the city,
24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
when there were no fountains abounding with water. 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for
25 Before the mountains were settled, before the him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
hills was I brought forth: 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret
26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the is pleasant.
fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and
27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when that her guests are in the depths of hell.
he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
28 When he established the clouds above: when he CHAPTER 10
strengthened the fountains of the deep:
29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the T HE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a
glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of
waters should not pass his commandment: when he his mother.
appointed the foundations of the earth: 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: righteousness delivereth from death.
and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before 3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous
him; to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the
31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and wicked.
my delights were with the sons of men. 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand:
32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
for blessed are they that keep my ways. 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he
33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but
daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of
obtain favour of the LORD. the wicked shall rot.
36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but
soul: all they that hate me love death. a prating fool shall fall.
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he
CHAPTER 9 that perverteth his ways shall be known.

W ISDOM hath builded her house, she hath 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but
hewn out her seven pillars: a prating fool shall fall.
2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but
wine; she hath also furnished her table. violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all
the highest places of the city, sins.
4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him
5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine that is void of understanding.
which I have mingled. 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the
6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of foolish is near destruction.
understanding. 15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the
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destruction of the poor is their poverty. shouting.
16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the 11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:
fruit of the wicked to sin. but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his
but he that refuseth reproof erreth. neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his
18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that peace.
uttereth a slander, is a fool. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the
20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart multitude of counsellers there is safety.
of the wicked is little worth. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it:
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
for want of wisdom. 16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong
22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he men retain riches.
addeth no sorrow with it. 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul:
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
understanding hath wisdom. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him
24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination
26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are
so is the sluggard to them that send him. his delight.
27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be
years of the wicked shall be shortened. unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but delivered.
the expectation of the wicked shall perish. 22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair
29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: woman which is without discretion.
but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it
the froward tongue shall be cut out. tendeth to poverty.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. watereth shall be watered also himself.
26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse
CHAPTER 11 him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that
A FALSE balance is abomination to the LORD: but selleth it.
a just weight is his delight. 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour:
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
the lowly is wisdom. 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but righteous shall flourish as a branch.
the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the
4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of
righteousness delivereth from death. heart.
5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he
way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. that winneth souls is wise.
6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the
them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
naughtiness.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall CHAPTER 12
perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the
wicked cometh in his stead.
W HOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a
9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his man of wicked devices will he condemn.
neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but
delivered. the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city 4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but
rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his
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bones. the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he
counsels of the wicked are deceit. that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath
blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made
them. fat.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the 5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is
house of the righteous shall stand. loathsome, and cometh to shame.
8 A man shall be commended according to his 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the
wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
despised. 7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath
than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. great riches.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: 8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the
but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. poor heareth not rebuke.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp
bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of of the wicked shall be put out.
understanding. 10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the well advised is wisdom.
root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but
13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. 12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when
14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands 13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but
shall be rendered unto him. he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart
that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. from the snares of death.
16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way
man covereth shame. of transgressors is hard.
17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a
righteousness: but a false witness deceit. fool layeth open his folly.
18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a
sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. faithful ambassador is health.
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a 18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth
lying tongue is but for a moment. instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: honoured.
but to the counsellers of peace is joy. 19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
wicked shall be filled with mischief. 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a
22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they companion of fools shall be destroyed.
that deal truly are his delight. 21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the shall be repayed.
heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. 22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is
slothful shall be under tribute. laid up for the just.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there
but a good word maketh it glad. is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
26 The righteous is more excellent than his 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that
neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:
in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is but the belly of the wicked shall want.
precious.
28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the CHAPTER 14
pathway thereof there is no death.
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E VERY wise woman buildeth her house: but the
foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the

A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth
scorner heareth not rebuke. him.
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but
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the lips of the wise shall preserve them. the poor.
4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but
increase is by the strength of the ox. the righteous hath hope in his death.
5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
will utter lies. understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools
6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but is made known.
knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou reproach to any people.
perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. 35 The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous CHAPTER 15
there is favour.
10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a
stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous
words stir up anger.
2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but
11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, the evil and the good.
but the end thereof are the ways of death. 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but
13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
end of that mirth is heaviness. 5 A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he
14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his that regardeth reproof is prudent.
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but
himself. in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the
man looketh well to his going. heart of the foolish doeth not so.
16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to
the fool rageth, and is confident. the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the
of wicked devices is hated. LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after
18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are righteousness.
crowned with knowledge. 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh
19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
the gates of the righteous. 11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how
20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but much more then the hearts of the children of men?
the rich hath many friends. 12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him:
21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he neither will he go unto the wise.
that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance:
22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
truth shall be to them that devise good. 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on
tendeth only to penury. foolishness.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the 15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is
foolishness of fools is folly. of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful 16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great
witness speaketh lies. treasure and trouble therewith.
26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a
his children shall have a place of refuge. stalled ox and hatred therewith.
27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is
depart from the snares of death. slow to anger appeaseth strife.
28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: 19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of
but in the want of people is the destruction of the thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
prince. 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish
29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: man despiseth his mother.
but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but
30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
rottenness of the bones. 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but
31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his in the multitude of counsellers they are established.
Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on 23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a
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word spoken in due season, how good is it! silver!
24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:
depart from hell beneath. he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
but he will establish the border of the widow. spirit before a fall.
26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the
to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
words. 20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good:
27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
but he that hateth gifts shall live. 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him
29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
the prayer of the righteous. 23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and
30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a addeth learning to his lips.
good report maketh the bones fat. 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the
31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth soul, and health to the bones.
among the wise. 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own the end thereof are the ways of death.
soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth 26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his
understanding. mouth craveth it of him.
33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips
and before honour is humility. there is as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer
CHAPTER 16 separateth chief friends.
T HE preparations of the heart in man, and the 29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and
answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. leadeth him into the way that is not good.
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things:
the LORD weigheth the spirits. moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found
thoughts shall be established. in the way of righteousness.
4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, 32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
even the wicked for the day of evil. and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a
5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination city.
to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not 33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole
be unpunished. disposing thereof is of the LORD.
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the
fear of the LORD men depart from evil. CHAPTER 17
7 When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh
even his enemies to be at peace with him. B ETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
8 Better is a little with righteousness than great 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that
revenues without right. causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance
9 A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD among the brethren.
directeth his steps. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for
10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
mouth transgresseth not in judgment. 4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar
11 A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
weights of the bag are his work. 5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
12 It is an abomination to kings to commit and he that is glad at calamities shall not be
wickedness: for the throne is established by unpunished.
righteousness. 6 Children’s children are the crown of old men; and
13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they the glory of children are their fathers.
love him that speaketh right. 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less
14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but do lying lips a prince.
a wise man will pacify it. 8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that
15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. 9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but
16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
and to get understanding rather to be chosen than 10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an
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hundred stripes into a fool. go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a 9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
cruel messenger shall be sent against him. him that is a great waster.
12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, 10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the
rather than a fool in his folly. righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not 11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an
depart from his house. high wall in his own conceit.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
water: therefore leave off contention, before it be and before honour is humility.
meddled with. 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that is folly and shame unto him.
condemneth the just, even they both are 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but
abomination to the LORD. a wounded spirit who can bear?
16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and
get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born 16 A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth
for adversity. him before great men.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and 17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but
becometh surety in the presence of his friend. his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he 18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth
that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. between the mighty.
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: 19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a
and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of
mischief. a castle.
21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: 20 A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of
and the father of a fool hath no joy. his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he
22 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a be filled.
broken spirit drieth the bones. 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
pervert the ways of judgment. 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; obtaineth favour of the LORD.
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness roughly.
to her that bare him. 24 A man that hath friends must shew himself
26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer
princes for equity. than a brother.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a
man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. CHAPTER 19
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is
counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is
esteemed a man of understanding.
B ETTER is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not
good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
CHAPTER 18 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his

T HROUGH desire a man, having separated heart fretteth against the LORD.
himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all 4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is
wisdom. separated from his neighbour.
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he
his heart may discover itself. that speaketh lies shall not escape.
3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also 6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and
contempt, and with ignominy reproach. every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how
and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. much more do his friends go far from him? he
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to
overthrow the righteous in judgment. him.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth 8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he
calleth for strokes. that keepeth understanding shall find good.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he
the snare of his soul. that speaketh lies shall perish.
8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a
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servant to have rule over princes. 7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children
11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and are blessed after him.
it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
favour is as dew upon the grass. 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the pure from my sin?
contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of
14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: them are alike abomination to the LORD.
and a prudent wife is from the LORD. 11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his
15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle work be pure, and whether it be right.
soul shall suffer hunger. 12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD
16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his hath made even both of them.
own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him 14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but
again. when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not 15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the
thy soul spare for his crying. lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and
if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards
mayest be wise in thy latter end. his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; 18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with
nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall good advice make war.
stand. 19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth
22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth
man is better than a liar. with his lips.
23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp
hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited shall be put out in obscure darkness.
with evil. 21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the
24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. 22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on
25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and the LORD, and he shall save thee.
reprove one that hath understanding, and he will 23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the
understand knowledge. LORD; and a false balance is not good.
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his 24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man
mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth then understand his own way?
reproach. 25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which
27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
causeth to err from the words of knowledge. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth
28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the the wheel over them.
mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes searching all the inward parts of the belly.
for the back of fools. 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne
is upholden by mercy.
CHAPTER 20 29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the
W INE is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and beauty of old men is the gray head.
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so
2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own
soul. CHAPTER 21
3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
every fool will be meddling. T
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; he will.
HE king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever

therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but LORD pondereth the hearts.
a man of understanding will draw it out. 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to
6 Most men will proclaim every one his own the LORD than sacrifice.
goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing
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of the wicked, is sin. 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle:
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to but safety is of the LORD.
plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to
want. CHAPTER 22
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a
vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; gold.
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great
riches, and loving favour rather than silver and

because they refuse to do judgment. 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the
8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for maker of them all.
the pure, his work is right. 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
than with a brawling woman in a wide house. 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches,
10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his and honour, and life.
neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward:
11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when
knowledge. he is old, he will not depart from it.
12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is
of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for servant to the lender.
their wickedness. 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he rod of his anger shall fail.
also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in giveth of his bread to the poor.
the bosom strong wrath. 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out;
15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of
16 The man that wandereth out of the way of his lips the king shall be his friend.
understanding shall remain in the congregation of 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he
the dead. overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I
that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. shall be slain in the streets.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he
and the transgressor for the upright. that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but
contentious and an angry woman. the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to
up. want.
21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the
findeth life, righteousness, and honour. wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within
casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made
keepeth his soul from troubles. known to thee this day, even to thee.
24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in
dealeth in proud wrath. counsels and knowledge,
25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the
hands refuse to labour. words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words
26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the of truth to them that send unto thee?
righteous giveth and spareth not. 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither
27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how oppress the afflicted in the gate:
much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the
mind? soul of those that spoiled them.
28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with
heareth speaketh constantly. a furious man thou shalt not go:
29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy
upright, he directeth his way. soul.
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor 26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of
counsel against the LORD. them that are sureties for debts.
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27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take him.
away thy bed from under thee? 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy that bare thee shall rejoice.
fathers have set. 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall observe my ways.
stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean 27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman
men. is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth
CHAPTER 23 the transgressors among men.
W HEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
diligently what is before thee: contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
given to appetite. 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to
3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are seek mixed wine.
deceitful meat. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red,
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth
wisdom. itself aright.
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like
riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away an adder.
as an eagle toward heaven. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, heart shall utter perverse things.
neither desire thou his dainty meats: 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the
7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a
drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. mast.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was
up, and lose thy sweet words. not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when
9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
the wisdom of thy words.
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into CHAPTER 24
the fields of the fatherless:
11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their
cause with thee.
B E not thou envious against evil men, neither
desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears talk of mischief.
to the words of knowledge. 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if understanding it is established:
thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt with all precious and pleasant riches.
deliver his soul from hell. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall increaseth strength.
rejoice, even mine. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak in multitude of counsellers there is safety.
right things. 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his
17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in mouth in the gate.
the fear of the LORD all the day long. 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation mischievous person.
shall not be cut off. 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is
19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine an abomination to men.
heart in the way. 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters small.
of flesh: 11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not
rags. he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not
despise not thy mother when she is old. he render to every man according to his works?
23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and
instruction, and understanding. the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy
and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a
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reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not
of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour
16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up hath put thee to shame.
again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and
17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not discover not a secret to another:
thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he thine infamy turn not away.
turn away his wrath from him. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in
19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be pictures of silver.
thou envious at the wicked; 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
candle of the wicked shall be put out. 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and faithful messenger to them that send him: for he
meddle not with them that are given to change: refresheth the soul of his masters.
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who 14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like
knoweth the ruin of them both? clouds and wind without rain.
23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good 15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a
to have respect of persons in judgment. soft tongue breaketh the bone.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is
righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and
abhor him: vomit it.
25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour’s house;
a good blessing shall come upon them. lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right 18 A man that beareth false witness against his
answer. neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for arrow.
thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
cause; and deceive not with thy lips. 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs
me: I will render to the man according to his work. to an heavy heart.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat;
vineyard of the man void of understanding; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head,
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone and the LORD shall reward thee.
wall thereof was broken down. 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
it, and received instruction. 24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
the hands to sleep: 25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; from a far country.
and thy want as an armed man. 26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked
is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
CHAPTER 25 27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to
T HESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the search their own glory is not glory.
men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the city that is broken down, and without walls.
honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and CHAPTER 26
the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
come forth a vessel for the finer.
A S snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so
honour is not seemly for a fool.
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,
5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his so the curse causeless shall not come.
throne shall be established in righteousness. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod
6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, for the fool’s back.
and stand not in the place of great men: 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou
7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up also be like unto him.
hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise
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in his own conceit. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool of an enemy are deceitful.
cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
in the mouth of fools. 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man
8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that that wandereth from his place.
giveth honour to a fool. 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth
9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake
10 The great God that formed all things both not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of
rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool than a brother far off.
returneth to his folly. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is may answer him that reproacheth me.
more hope of a fool than of him. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
a lion is in the streets. 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and
14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
slothful upon his bed. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice,
15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a
grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. curse to him.
16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
seven men that can render a reason. contentious woman are alike.
17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
the ears. 17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, countenance of his friend.
and death, 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be
saith, Am not I in sport? honoured.
20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so 19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of
where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. man to man.
21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of
is a contentious man to kindle strife. man are never satisfied.
22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they 21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for
go down into the innermost parts of the belly. gold; so is a man to his praise.
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar
potsherd covered with silver dross. among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and foolishness depart from him.
layeth up deceit within him; 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there and look well to thy herds.
are seven abominations in his heart. 24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown
26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness endure to every generation?
shall be shewed before the whole congregation. 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. 26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; the price of the field.
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. 27 And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy
food, for the food of thy household, and for the
CHAPTER 27 maintenance for thy maidens.
B OAST not thyself of to morrow; for thou
knowest not what a day may bring forth. CHAPTER 28
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own
mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. T HE wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion.
3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s 2 For the transgression of a land many are the
wrath is heavier than them both. princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
able to stand before envy? 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a
5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but CHAPTER 29
such as keep the law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that
seek the LORD understand all things.
H E, that being often reproved hardeneth his
neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that
without remedy.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people
rich. mourn.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is 3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he
a companion of riotous men shameth his father. that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his
8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance.
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he
poor. that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net
even his prayer shall be abomination. for his feet.
10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare:
evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
the upright shall have good things in possession. 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise
12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great men turn away wrath.
glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,
13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just
mercy. seek his soul.
14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man
hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. keepeth it in till afterwards.
15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are
wicked ruler over the poor people. wicked.
16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a 13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together:
great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
shall prolong his days. 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his
17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any throne shall be established for ever.
person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
but he that followeth after vain persons shall have 17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea,
poverty enough. he shall give delight unto thy soul.
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he
he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be that keepeth the law, happy is he.
innocent. 19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a though he understand he will not answer.
piece of bread that man will transgress. 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and is more hope of a fool than of him.
considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find child shall have him become his son at the length.
more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious
24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and man aboundeth in transgression.
saith, It is no transgression; the same is the 23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour
companion of a destroyer. shall uphold the humble in spirit.
25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but 24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul:
he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
fat. 25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso
26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. 26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he judgment cometh from the LORD.
that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but he that is upright in the way is abomination to the
when they perish, the righteous increase. wicked.
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CHAPTER 30 24 There be four things which are little upon the

T HE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare
Ithiel and Ucal, their meat in the summer;
2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have 26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they
not the understanding of a man. their houses in the rocks;
3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge 27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of
of the holy. them by bands;
4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? 28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in
who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath kings’ palaces.
bound the waters in a garment? who hath 29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are
established all the ends of the earth? what is his comely in going:
name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell? 30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and
5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them turneth not away for any;
that put their trust in him. 31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against
6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, whom there is no rising up.
and thou be found a liar. 32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or
7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy
not before I die: mouth.
8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me 33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood:
convenient for me: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the
LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name CHAPTER 31
of my God in vain.
10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse T HE words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his
mother taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb?
thee, and thou be found guilty.
11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and and what, the son of my vows?
doth not bless their mother. 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways
12 There is a generation that are pure in their own to that which destroyeth kings.
eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to
13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
and their eyelids are lifted up. 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, judgment of any of the afflicted.
and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
from off the earth, and the needy from among men. and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, 7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and
give. There are three things that are never satisfied, remember his misery no more.
yea, four things say not, It is enough: 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all
16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is such as are appointed to destruction.
not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the
enough. cause of the poor and needy.
17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth 10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price
to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick is far above rubies.
it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
18 There be three things which are too wonderful for so that he shall have no need of spoil.
me, yea, four which I know not: 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a her life.
serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly
of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. with her hands.
20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she 14 She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her
eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done food from afar.
no wickedness. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth
21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for meat to her household, and a portion to her
four which it cannot bear: maidens.
22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the
he is filled with meat; fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
23 For an odious woman when she is married; and 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and
an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. strengtheneth her arms.
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18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she
candle goeth not out by night. shall rejoice in time to come.
19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her 26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her
hands hold the distaff. tongue is the law of kindness.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household,
reacheth forth her hands to the needy. and eateth not the bread of idleness.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her
for all her household are clothed with scarlet. husband also, and he praiseth her.
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her 29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou
clothing is silk and purple. excellest them all.
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a
sitteth among the elders of the land. woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own
delivereth girdles unto the merchant. works praise her in the gates.

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OR, THE PREACHER
CHAPTER 1 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine,

T HE words of the Preacher, the son of David,

king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay
hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for
the sons of men, which they should do under the
vanities; all is vanity. heaven all the days of their life.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I
taketh under the sun? planted me vineyards:
4 One generation passeth away, and another 5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted
generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. trees in them of all kind of fruits:
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and 6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the
hasteth to his place where he arose. wood that bringeth forth trees:
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants
about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, born in my house; also I had great possessions of
and the wind returneth again according to his great and small cattle above all that were in
circuits. Jerusalem before me:
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men
they return again. singers and women singers, and the delights of the
8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it:sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all
the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled
sorts.
with hearing. 9 So I was great, and increased more than all that
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;
were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom
and that which is done is that which shall be done: remained with me.
and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this
from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy;
is new? it hath been already of old time, which was for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was
before us. my portion of all my labour.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had
neither shall there be any remembrance of things wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to
that are to come with those that shall come after. do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit,
12 ¶ I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
and there was no profit under the sun.
13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by 12 ¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and
wisdom concerning all things that are done under madness, and folly: for what can the man do that
heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons cometh after the king? even that which hath been
of man to be exercised therewith. already done.
14 I have seen all the works that are done under the 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as
light excelleth darkness.
sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool
and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that
16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I one event happeneth to them all.
am come to great estate, and have gotten more 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the
wisdom than all they that have been before me in fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then
Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is
wisdom and knowledge. vanity.
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more
know madness and folly: I perceived that this also isthan of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in
vexation of spirit. the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that dieth the wise man? as the fool.
increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is
wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is
CHAPTER 2 vanity and vexation of spirit.
I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee 18 ¶ Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken
with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, under the sun: because I should leave it unto the
this also is vanity. man that shall be after me.
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man
doeth it? or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour
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wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear
myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. before him.
20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to
despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. be hath already been; and God requireth that which
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, is past.
and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that 16 ¶ And moreover I saw under the sun the place of
hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place
portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous
vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured and the wicked: for there is a time there for every
under the sun? purpose and for every work.
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the
yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also sons of men, that God might manifest them, and
vanity. that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
24 ¶ There is nothing better for a man, than that he 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth
should eat and drink, and that he should make his beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one
soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one
was from the hand of God. breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, beast: for all is vanity.
more than I? 20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight turn to dust again.
wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner 21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth
he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth
may give to him that is good before God. This also is downward to the earth?
vanity and vexation of spirit. 22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better,
than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for
CHAPTER 3 that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see
T O every thing there is a season, and a time to what shall be after him?
every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to CHAPTER 4
plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break
down, and a time to build up;
S O I returned, and considered all the oppressions
that are done under the sun: and behold the tears
of such as were oppressed, and they had no
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there
mourn, and a time to dance; was power; but they had no comforter.
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already
stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to dead more than the living which are yet alive.
refrain from embracing; 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done
and a time to cast away; under the sun.
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep 4 ¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right
silence, and a time to speak; work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour.
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
and a time of peace. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his
9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein own flesh.
he laboureth? 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the
10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
the sons of men to be exercised in it. 7 ¶ Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea,
also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end
man can find out the work that God maketh from of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with
the beginning to the end. riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is
man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. a sore travail.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, 9 ¶ Two are better than one; because they have a
and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of good reward for their labour.
God. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath
ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken not another to help him up.
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11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but 14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he
how can one be warm alone? begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall 15 As he came forth of his mother’s womb, naked
withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly shall he return to go as he came, and shall take
broken. nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in
13 ¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and his hand.
foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 16 And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he
14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that
also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. hath laboured for the wind?
15 I considered all the living which walk under the 17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he
sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
stead. 18 ¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and
16 There is no end of all the people, even of all that comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the
have been before them: they also that come after good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all
shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is
vexation of spirit. his portion.
19 Every man also to whom God hath given riches
CHAPTER 5 and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof,
K EEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour;
God, and be more ready to hear, than to give this is the gift of God.
the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his
do evil. life; because God answereth him in the joy of his
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart heart.
be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in
heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words CHAPTER 6
be few.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of T HERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun,
and it is common among men:
business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth,
words. and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power
pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity,
which thou hast vowed. and it is an evil disease.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that 3 ¶ If a man beget an hundred children, and live
thou shouldest vow and not pay. many years, so that the days of his years be many,
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he
neither say thou before the angel, that it was an have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better
error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, than he.
and destroy the work of thine hands? 4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in
7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words darkness, and his name shall be covered with
there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. darkness.
8 ¶ If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and 5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known
violent perverting of judgment and justice in a any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is 6 ¶ Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told,
higher than the highest regardeth; and there be yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
higher than they. 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the
9 ¶ Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the appetite is not filled.
king himself is served by the field. 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the
silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: living?
this is also vanity. 9 ¶ Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is
saving the beholding of them with their eyes? known that it is man: neither may he contend with
12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he him that is mightier than he.
eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will 11 ¶ Seeing there be many things that increase
not suffer him to sleep. vanity, what is man the better?
13 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this
sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as
their hurt. a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after
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him under the sun? can find it out?
25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and
CHAPTER 7 to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to
A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness
and the day of death than the day of one’s birth. and madness:
2 ¶ It is better to go to the house of mourning, than 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman,
to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as
all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her;
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness but the sinner shall be taken by her.
of the countenance the heart is made better. 27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher,
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; counting one by one, to find out the account:
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man among a thousand have I found; but a woman
man to hear the song of fools. among all those have I not found.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made
laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. man upright; but they have sought out many
7 ¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a inventions.
gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning CHAPTER 8
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the
proud in spirit. W HO is as the wise man? and who knoweth the
interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face
resteth in the bosom of fools. shall be changed.
10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former 2 I counsel thee to keep the king’s commandment,
days were better than these? for thou dost not and that in regard of the oath of God.
inquire wisely concerning this. 3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an
11 ¶ Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
there is profit to them that see the sun. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and
12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: who may say unto him, What doest thou?
but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no
giveth life to them that have it. evil thing: and a wise man’s heart discerneth both
13 Consider the work of God: for who can make that time and judgment.
straight, which he hath made crooked? 6 ¶ Because to every purpose there is time and
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon
of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over him.
against the other, to the end that man should find 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who
nothing after him. can tell him when it shall be?
15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to
there is a just man that perisheth in his retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of
righteousness, and there is a wicked man that death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither
prolongeth his life in his wickedness. shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
16 Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself 9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto
over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? every work that is done under the sun: there is a time
17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou wherein one man ruleth over another to his own
foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? hurt.
18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come
yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he and gone from the place of the holy, and they were
that feareth God shall come forth of them all. forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is
19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten also vanity.
mighty men which are in the city. 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not
20 For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of
good, and sinneth not. men is fully set in them to do evil.
21 Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; 12 ¶ Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and
lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall
22 For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that be well with them that fear God, which fear before
thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. him:
23 ¶ All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither
be wise; but it was far from me. shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow;
24 That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who because he feareth not before God.
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14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; 11 ¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race
that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,
according to the work of the wicked; again, there be neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men
wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but
work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. time and chance happeneth to them all.
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes
no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are
drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in
of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
him under the sun. 13 ¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun,
16 ¶ When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and it seemed great unto me:
and to see the business that is done upon the earth: 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and
(for also there is that neither day nor night seeth there came a great king against it, and besieged it,
sleep with his eyes:) and built great bulwarks against it:
17 Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and
cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man
because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he remembered that same poor man.
shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength:
think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and
his words are not heard.
CHAPTER 9 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more
F OR all this I considered in my heart even to than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one
and their works, are in the hand of God: no man sinner destroyeth much good.
knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before
them. CHAPTER 10
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the
righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the D EAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary
to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little
clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and
and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is honour.
the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an 2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s
oath. heart at his left.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way,
the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness that he is a fool.
is in their heart while they live, and after that they go 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave
to the dead. not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
4 ¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is 5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as
hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the 6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low
dead know not any thing, neither have they any place.
more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is walking as servants upon the earth.
now perished; neither have they any more a portion 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso
for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
7 ¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy 9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith;
wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered
works. thereby.
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head 10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge,
lack no ointment. then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the profitable to direct.
days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given 11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment;
thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that and a babbler is no better.
is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which 12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious;
thou takest under the sun. but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is
might; for there is no work, nor device, nor foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou madness.
goest. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what
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shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell are vanity.
him?
15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of CHAPTER 12
them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
16 ¶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, R EMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no
and thy princes eat in the morning!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son pleasure in them;
of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the
strength, and not for drunkenness! stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after
18 ¶ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; the rain:
and through idleness of the hands the house 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall
droppeth through. tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves,
19 ¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh and the grinders cease because they are few, and
merry: but money answereth all things. those that look out of the windows be darkened,
20 ¶ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the
curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at
the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick
wings shall tell the matter. shall be brought low;
5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high,
CHAPTER 11 and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree

C AST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden,
find it after many days. and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou home, and the mourners go about the streets:
knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the
upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
or toward the north, in the place where the tree 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was:
falleth, there it shall be. and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he 8 ¶ Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is
that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. vanity.
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, 9 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he
nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good
is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of heed, and sought out, and set in order many
God who maketh all. proverbs.
6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening 10 The preacher sought to find out acceptable
withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not words: and that which was written was upright, even
whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether words of truth.
they both shall be alike good. 11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails
7 ¶ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are
for the eyes to behold the sun: given from one shepherd.
8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them 12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of
all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for making many books there is no end; and much study
they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. is a weariness of the flesh.
9 ¶ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy 13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is
the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: the whole duty of man.
but know thou, that for all these things God will 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment,
bring thee into judgment. with every secret thing, whether it be good, or
10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put whether it be evil.
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CHAPTER 1
T HE song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:
for thy love is better than wine.
3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy
name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the
virgins love thee.
4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath
brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and
rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than
wine: the upright love thee.
5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of
Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of
Solomon.
6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because
the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children
were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the
vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou
feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon:
for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the
flocks of thy companions?
8 ¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women,
go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and
feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of
horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy
neck with chains of gold.
11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of
silver.
12 ¶ While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard
sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he
shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in
the vineyards of En-gedi.
15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art
fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant:
also our bed is green.
17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters
of fir.
CHAPTER 2
I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among
the daughters.
3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is
my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his
shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to
my taste.
4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his
banner over me was love.
5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I
am sick of love.
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6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand
doth embrace me.
7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the
roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, till he please.
8 ¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the
hills.
9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he
standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the
windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my
love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and
gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the
singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is
heard in our land;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the
vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise,
my love, my fair one, and come away.
14 ¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in
the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy
countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy
voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the
vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16 ¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth
among the lilies.
17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away,
turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young
hart upon the mountains of Bether.
CHAPTER 3
B Y night on my bed I sought him whom my soul
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets,
and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul
loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to
whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I
found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and
would not let him go, until I had brought him into
my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that
conceived me.
5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the
roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love, till he please.
6 ¶ Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness
like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and
frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore
valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every
man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in
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the night. CHAPTER 5
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood
of Lebanon. I AM come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I
have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have
10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk
thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea,
thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of drink abundantly, O beloved.
Jerusalem. 2 ¶ I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my
king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head
crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the
day of the gladness of his heart. night.
3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have
CHAPTER 4 washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
B EHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art 4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door,
fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy and my bowels were moved for him.
hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands
Gilead. dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had
every one bear twins, and none is barren among withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed
them. when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find
3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a 7 The watchmen that went about the city found me,
pomegranate within thy locks. they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the
4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an walls took away my veil from me.
armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find
all shields of mighty men. my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are 9 ¶ What is thy beloved more than another beloved,
twins, which feed among the lilies. O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved
6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge
will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill us?
of frankincense. 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest
7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. among ten thousand.
8 ¶ Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are
me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, bushy, and black as a raven.
from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of
dens, from the mountains of the leopards. waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers:
thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
with one chain of thy neck. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his
10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets
thine ointments than all spices! of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent
11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: as the cedars.
honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether
of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O
12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a daughters of Jerusalem.
spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with CHAPTER 6
pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, W HITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest
among women? whither is thy beloved turned
with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with aside? that we may seek him with thee.
all the chief spices: 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the
15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather
streams from Lebanon. lilies.
16 ¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may feedeth among the lilies.
flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and 4 ¶ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely
eat his pleasant fruits. as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
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5 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have 10 ¶ I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that 11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field;
appear from Gilead. let us lodge in the villages.
6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if
the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear,
there is not one barren among them. and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give
7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thee my loves.
thy locks. 13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are
8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I
concubines, and virgins without number. have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
9 My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only
one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that CHAPTER 8
bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her;
yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised O THAT thou wert as my brother, that sucked
the breasts of my mother! when I should find
thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be
her.
10 ¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, despised.
fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s
army with banners? house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to
11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine 3 His left hand should be under my head, and his
flourished, and the pomegranates budded. right hand should embrace me.
12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the 4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir
chariots of Amminadib. not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,
we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the
Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth:
there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
CHAPTER 7 6 ¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon

H OW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is
prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire,
like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning which hath a most vehement flame.
workman. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the
2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not floods drown it: if a man would give all the
liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about substance of his house for love, it would utterly be
with lilies. contemned.
3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are 8 ¶ We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts:
twins. what shall we do for our sister in the day when she
4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the shall be spoken for?
fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of
thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with
toward Damascus. boards of cedar.
5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I
of thine head like purple; the king is held in the in his eyes as one that found favour.
galleries. 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let
6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit
delights! thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy 12 My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O
breasts to clusters of grapes. Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep
8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold the fruit thereof two hundred.
of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the
as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear
apples; it.
9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for 14 ¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a
my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
lips of those that are asleep to speak.

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CHAPTER 1 oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

T HE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they
Judah. shall be as wool.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good
LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up of the land:
children, and they have rebelled against me. 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath
crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not spoken it.
consider. 21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now
seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they murderers.
have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with
Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away water:
backward. 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of
5 ¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after
revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth
the whole heart faint. the cause of the widow come unto them.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the
is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine
putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
bound up, neither mollified with ointment. 25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and
presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou
strangers. shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a city.
vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her
besieged city. converts with righteousness.
9 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very 28 ¶ And the destruction of the transgressors and of
small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake
we should have been like unto Gomorrah. the LORD shall be consumed.
10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye
give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the
Gomorrah. gardens that ye have chosen.
11 To what purpose is the multitude of your 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as
sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the a garden that hath no water.
burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and 31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of
I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and
of he goats. none shall quench them.
12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath
required this at your hand, to tread my courts? CHAPTER 2
13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an
abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, T HE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw
concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
iniquity, even the solemn meeting. mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in
14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above
soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
to bear them. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the
mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his
prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
16 ¶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD
your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; from Jerusalem.
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the 4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall
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rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords 3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and
into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the
nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither eloquent orator.
shall they learn war any more. 4 And I will give children to be their princes, and
5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the babes shall rule over them.
light of the LORD. 5 And the people shall be oppressed, every one by
6 ¶ Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the another, and every one by his neighbour: the child
house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and
east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and the base against the honourable.
they please themselves in the children of strangers. 6 When a man shall take hold of his brother of the
7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be
there any end of their treasures; their land is also full thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: 7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an
8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing:
work of their own hands, that which their own make me not a ruler of the people.
fingers have made: 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen:
9 And the mean man boweth down, and the great because their tongue and their doings are against the
man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
10 ¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, 9 ¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness
for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom,
11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the rewarded evil unto themselves.
LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for
that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: the reward of his hands shall be given him.
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high 12 ¶ As for my people, children are their oppressors,
and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, and women rule over them. O my people, they
14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the
the hills that are lifted up, way of thy paths.
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every 13 The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to
fenced wall, judge the people.
16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the
pleasant pictures. ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in
and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and your houses.
the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces,
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and of hosts.
into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and 16 ¶ Moreover the LORD saith, Because the
for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with
terribly the earth. stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their
his idols of gold, which they made each one for feet:
himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the
tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and LORD will discover their secret parts.
for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of
terribly the earth. their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? 19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and
CHAPTER 3 the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
F OR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth 21 The rings, and nose jewels,
take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the 22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles,
stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
whole stay of water, 23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods,
2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the vails.
and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, 24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet
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smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression;
instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and for righteousness, but behold a cry.
burning instead of beauty. 8 ¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty field to field, till there be no place, that they may be
in the war. placed alone in the midst of the earth!
26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth
being desolate shall sit upon the ground. many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair,
without inhabitant.
CHAPTER 4 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,
A ND in that day seven women shall take hold of and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, 11 ¶ Woe unto them that rise up early in the
and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by morning, that they may follow strong drink; that
thy name, to take away our reproach. continue until night, till wine inflame them!
2 In that day shall the branch of the LORD be 12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe,
beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the
be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of
Israel. his hands.
3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in 13 ¶ Therefore my people are gone into captivity,
Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be because they have no knowledge: and their
called holy, even every one that is written among the honourable men are famished, and their multitude
living in Jerusalem: dried up with thirst.
4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened
the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the her mouth without measure: and their glory, and
blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the their multitude, and their pomp, and he that
spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
5 And the LORD will create upon every dwelling 15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and
place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of
cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a the lofty shall be humbled:
flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in
defence. judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in
6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the righteousness.
daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and
for a covert from storm and from rain. the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
CHAPTER 5 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of
OW will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
N beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his
hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may
thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and know it!
built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a 20 ¶ Woe unto them that call evil good, and good
winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring evil; that put darkness for light, and light for
forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of bitter!
Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes,
vineyard. and prudent in their own sight!
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine,
that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take
wild grapes? away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and
vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be
shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust:
and it shall be trodden down: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of
6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of
digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I Israel.
will also command the clouds that they rain no rain 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled
upon it. against his people, and he hath stretched forth his
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the
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hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the 12 And the LORD have removed men far away, and
midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 13 ¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return,
26 ¶ And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose
far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so
earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; CHAPTER 7
none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle
of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes
be broken:
A ND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son
of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that
Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem
their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
their wheels like a whirlwind: 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is
29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was
like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of
the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall the wood are moved with the wind.
deliver it. 3 Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to
30 And in that day they shall roar against them like meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the
the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway
behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is of the fuller’s field;
darkened in the heavens thereof. 4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear
not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these
CHAPTER 6 smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin

I N the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah,
his train filled the temple. have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six 6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us
wings; with twain he covered his face, and with make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the
twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, 7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand,
holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of neither shall it come to pass.
his glory. 8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five
him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a
5 ¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; people.
because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in 9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head
the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe,
have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. surely ye shall not be established.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a 10 ¶ Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz,
live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the saying,
tongs from off the altar: 11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either
7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this in the depth, or in the height above.
hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt
away, and thy sin purged. the LORD.
8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it
shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary
Here am I; send me. my God also?
9 ¶ And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and
perceive not. shall call his name Immanuel.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their 15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know
ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand 16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil,
with their heart, and convert, and be healed. and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and 17 ¶ The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy
the houses without man, and the land be utterly people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have
desolate, not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from
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Judah; even the king of Assyria. yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to
LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for
part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in God is with us.
the land of Assyria. 11 ¶ For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong
19 And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in
the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, the way of this people, saying,
and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom
20 In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye
that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by their fear, nor be afraid.
the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: 13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be
and it shall also consume the beard. your fear, and let him be your dread.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of
shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the
22 And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the
milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter inhabitants of Jerusalem.
and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall,
23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and disciples.
thorns. 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his
24 With arrows and with bows shall men come face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
thither; because all the land shall become briers and 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath
thorns. given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from
25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of 19 ¶ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto
briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards
forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek
unto their God? for the living to the dead?
CHAPTER 8 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not
M OREOVER the LORD said unto me, Take thee according to this word, it is because there is no light
a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen in them.
concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and
2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they
Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse
Jeberechiah. their king and their God, and look upward.
3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold
conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they
me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. shall be driven to darkness.
4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry,
My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus CHAPTER 9
and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before
the king of Assyria.
5 ¶ The LORD spake also unto me again, saying,
N EVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such
as was in her vexation, when at the first he
lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of
6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict
Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee
Remaliah’s son; of the nations.
7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a
them the waters of the river, strong and many, even great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow
the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall of death, upon them hath the light shined.
come up over all his channels, and go over all his 3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased
banks: the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in
8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the
and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the spoil.
stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of 4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and
thy land, O Immanuel. the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as
9 ¶ Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be in the day of Midian.
broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: 5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused
gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be
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with burning and fuel of fire. they have prescribed;
6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to
and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and take away the right from the poor of my people, that
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the
mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of fatherless!
Peace. 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in
7 Of the increase of his government and peace there the desolation which shall come from far? to whom
shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your
his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with glory?
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for 4 Without me they shall bow down under the
ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all
8 ¶ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is
lighted upon Israel. stretched out still.
9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and 5 ¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff
the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and in their hand is mine indignation.
stoutness of heart, 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and
10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with against the people of my wrath will I give him a
hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to
will change them into cedars. tread them down like the mire of the streets.
11 Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart
Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off
12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; nations not a few.
and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as
stretched out still. Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
13 ¶ For the people turneth not unto him that 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the
smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of idols, and whose graven images did excel them of
hosts. Jerusalem and of Samaria;
14 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her
and tail, branch and rush, in one day. idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the
the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount
16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the
and they that are led of them are destroyed. stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his
17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their high looks.
young men, neither shall have mercy on their 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have
fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I
and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For have removed the bounds of the people, and have
all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is robbed their treasures, and I have put down the
stretched out still. inhabitants like a valiant man:
18 ¶ For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of
devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left,
thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that
the lifting up of smoke. moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth
land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him
the fire: no man shall spare his brother. that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself
20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should
hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the 16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send
flesh of his own arm: among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he
21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
and they together shall be against Judah. For all this 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his
his anger is not turned away, but his hand is Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour
stretched out still. his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of
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W OE unto them that decree unrighteous be as when a standardbearer fainteth.
decrees, and that write grievousness which 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,
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that a child may write them. 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and
20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he
remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and
house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins,
Holy One of Israel, in truth. and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
Jacob, unto the mighty God. leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the the young lion and the fatling together; and a little
sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the child shall lead them.
consumption decreed shall overflow with 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young
righteousness. ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat
23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a straw like the ox.
consumption, even determined, in the midst of all 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the
the land. asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the
24 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O cockatrice’ den.
my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift mountain: for the earth shall be full of the
up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation 10 ¶ And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse,
shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it
26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he Lord shall set his hand again the second time to
lift it up after the manner of Egypt. recover the remnant of his people, which shall be
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from
burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from
and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of
destroyed because of the anointing. the sea.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and
Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken together the dispersed of Judah from the four
up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of corners of the earth.
Saul is fled. 13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall
to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim 14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
gather themselves to flee. Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall the east together: they shall lay their hand upon
shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. obey them.
33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the 15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of
bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he
be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. 16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of
his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it
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A
roots:
ND there shall come forth a rod out of the stem land of Egypt.
of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his
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2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of A ND in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will
praise thee: though thou wast angry with me,
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst
the fear of the LORD; me.
3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not
fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength
sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of and my song; he also is become my salvation.
his ears: 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the
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wells of salvation. which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they
4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call shall not delight in it.
upon his name, declare his doings among the 18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to
people, make mention that his name is exalted. pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the
5 Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent womb; their eye shall not spare children.
things: this is known in all the earth. 19 ¶ And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty
6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God
great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be
CHAPTER 13 dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall
T HE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the
Amoz did see. shepherds make their fold there.
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt 21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and
the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and
go into the gates of the nobles. owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also 22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their
called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant
that rejoice in my highness. palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days
4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as shall not be prolonged.
of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the
kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of CHAPTER 14
hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
5 They come from a far country, from the end of F OR the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will
yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land:
heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they
indignation, to destroy the whole land. shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
6 ¶ Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it 2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to
shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids:
heart shall melt: and they shall take them captives, whose captives
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman 3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD
that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy
their faces shall be as flames. fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both made to serve,
with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: 4 ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the
and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations ceased! the golden city ceased!
thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and
darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not the sceptre of the rulers.
cause her light to shine. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger,
wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the is persecuted, and none hindereth.
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break
haughtiness of the terrible. forth into singing.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of
even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth is come up against us.
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee
LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even
14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from
that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to their thrones all the kings of the nations.
his own people, and flee every one into his own land. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou
15 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; also become weak as we? art thou become like unto
and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by us?
the sword. 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the
16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee,
before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and and the worms cover thee.
their wives ravished. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son
17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
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ground, which didst weaken the nations! times.
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend 32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the poor of his people shall trust in it.
congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will CHAPTER 15
be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the T HE burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of
Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and
sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, brought to silence;
and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high
the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness,
destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the and every beard cut off.
house of his prisoners? 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with
18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their
glory, every one in his own house. streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice
abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed
are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be
to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under grievous unto him.
feet. 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the
because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it
people: the seed of evildoers shall never be up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a
renowned. cry of destruction.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity 6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the
of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no
land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. green thing.
22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of 7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and
hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to
remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. the brook of the willows.
23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and 8 For the cry is gone round about the borders of
pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the
destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. howling thereof unto Beer-elim.
24 ¶ The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as 9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I
I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that
purposed, so shall it stand: escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the
25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and land.
upon my mountains tread him under foot: then CHAPTER 16
shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden
depart from off their shoulders. S END ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from
Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the
26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the daughter of Zion.
whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out 2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of
upon all the nations. the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the
27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who fords of Arnon.
shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow
who shall turn it back? as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the
28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
29 ¶ Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a
rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the
serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the
fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. oppressors are consumed out of the land.
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the 5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and
needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of
with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting
31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, righteousness.
art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a 6 ¶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very
smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his
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wrath: but his lies shall not be so. have made, either the groves, or the images.
7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one 9 ¶ In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken
shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left
ye mourn; surely they are stricken. because of the children of Israel: and there shall be
8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of desolation.
Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy
the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of
Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
branches are stretched out, they are gone over the plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
sea. 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and
9 ¶ Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish:
the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and
O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy of desperate sorrow.
summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. 12 ¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which
10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the
plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the
singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders rushing of mighty waters!
shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many
their vintage shouting to cease. waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall
11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the
Moab, and mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing
12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that before the whirlwind.
Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come 14 And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the
to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. morning he is not. This is the portion of them that
13 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
concerning Moab since that time.
14 But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within CHAPTER 18
three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory
of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great W OE to the land shadowing with wings, which
is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and 2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in
feeble. vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye
swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to
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T HE burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the
taken away from being a city, and it shall be a rivers have spoiled!
ruinous heap. 3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the
2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the
flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
them afraid. 4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest,
3 The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear
kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat
they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, of harvest.
saith the LORD of hosts. 5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and
4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both
of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away
flesh shall wax lean. and cut down the branches.
5 And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth 6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the
the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the
shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of
Rephaim. the earth shall winter upon them.
6 ¶ Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the 7 ¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto
shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled,
top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the and from a people terrible from their beginning
outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under
God of Israel. foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place
7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
8 And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his CHAPTER 19
hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers
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and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto
presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall
midst of it. cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he
and they shall fight every one against his brother, shall deliver them.
and every one against his neighbour; city against 21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the
city, and kingdom against kingdom. Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall
3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow
thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and unto the LORD, and perform it.
they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and 22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite
to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD,
4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal
a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, them.
saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. 23 ¶ In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt
5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt,
shall be wasted and dried up. and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians
6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the shall serve with the Assyrians.
brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the 24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and
reeds and flags shall wither. with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying,
the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of
shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast
angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that CHAPTER 20
spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that
weave networks, shall be confounded.
I N the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when
Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought
against Ashdod, and took it;
10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, 2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son
all that make sluices and ponds for fish. of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off
11 ¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he
of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: did so, walking naked and barefoot.
how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, 3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath
the son of ancient kings? walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and
12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
them tell thee now, and let them know what the 4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians
LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and
13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks
of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia
14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in 6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day,
every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for
his vomit. help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and
15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which how shall we escape?
the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. CHAPTER 21
16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it
shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the T HE burden of the desert of the sea. As
whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it
hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; the
Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the
be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media;
LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
18 ¶ In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have
speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that
LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I
destruction. was dismayed at the seeing of it.
19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the
the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto
border thereof to the LORD. me.
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5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, 7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys
drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set
6 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a themselves in array at the gate.
watchman, let him declare what he seeth. 8 ¶ And he discovered the covering of Judah, and
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a thou didst look in that day to the armour of the
chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he house of the forest.
hearkened diligently with much heed: 9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David,
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually that they are many: and ye gathered together the
upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in waters of the lower pool.
my ward whole nights: 10 And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,
9 And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the
couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, wall.
Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images 11 Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for
of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto
which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of him that fashioned it long ago.
Israel, have I declared unto you. 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to
11 ¶ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to
Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, girding with sackcloth:
what of the night? 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and
12 The watchman said, The morning cometh, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us
also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
come. 14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of
13 ¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from
shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Dedanim. 15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over
water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with the house, and say,
their bread him that fled. 16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here,
15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he
sword, and from the bent bow, and from the that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that
grievousness of war. graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a 17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a
year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee.
glory of Kedar shall fail: 18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a
17 And the residue of the number of archers, the ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and
mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of
diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken thy lord’s house.
it. 19 And I will drive thee from thy station, and from
thy state shall he pull thee down.
CHAPTER 22 20 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
T HE burden of the valley of vision. What aileth call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the 21 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and
housetops? strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a thy government into his hand: and he shall be a
joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the
sword, nor dead in battle. house of Judah.
3 All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by 22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon
the archers: all that are found in thee are bound his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut;
together, which have fled from far. and he shall shut, and none shall open.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep 23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and
bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house.
spoiling of the daughter of my people. 24 And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels
and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to
valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of all the vessels of flagons.
crying to the mountains. 25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be
and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it
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shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor
laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that
CHAPTER 23 dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for
T HE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; durable clothing.
for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no
entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to CHAPTER 24
them.
2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the B EHOLD, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and
maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down,
merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
replenished. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the
3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with
of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so
nations. with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the
spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail giver of usury to him.
not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly
up young men, nor bring up virgins. spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world
sorely pained at the report of Tyre. languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of
6 Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the earth do languish.
the isle. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants
7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of thereof; because they have transgressed the laws,
ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting
sojourn. covenant.
8 Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and
crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the
traffickers are the honourable of the earth? inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men
9 The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the left.
pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the 7 The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all
honourable of the earth. the merryhearted do sigh.
10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that
Tarshish: there is no more strength. rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook 9 They shall not drink wine with a song; strong
the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds 10 The city of confusion is broken down: every
thereof. house is shut up, that no man may come in.
12 And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou 11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is
oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. 12 In the city is left desolation, and the gate is
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was smitten with destruction.
not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell 13 ¶ When thus it shall be in the midst of the land
in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an
raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the
ruin. vintage is done.
14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is 14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for
laid waste. the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from
15 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre the sea.
shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the 15 Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even
days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the
Tyre sing as an harlot. sea.
16 Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that 16 ¶ From the uttermost part of the earth have we
hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said,
songs, that thou mayest be remembered. My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the
17 ¶ And it shall come to pass after the end of treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the
seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O
with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of inhabitant of the earth.
the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from
18 And her merchandise and her hire shall be the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that
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cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken 12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall
in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground,
and the foundations of the earth do shake. even to the dust.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is
clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. CHAPTER 26
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,
and shall be removed like a cottage; and the I N that day shall this song be sung in the land of
Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God
transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it appoint for walls and bulwarks.
shall fall, and not rise again. 2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the keepeth the truth may enter in.
LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD
are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
prison, and after many days shall they be visited. 5 ¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high;
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even
ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his 6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the
ancients gloriously. poor, and the steps of the needy.
7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most
CHAPTER 25 upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we
praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name,
things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. and to the remembrance of thee.
2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea,
city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for
never be built. when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants
3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the of the world will learn righteousness.
city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he
4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty
the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of of the LORD.
the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. 11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not
5 Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy
the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall
of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be devour them.
brought low. 12 ¶ LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou
6 ¶ And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts also hast wrought all our works in us.
make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of 13 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have
wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make
wines on the lees well refined. mention of thy name.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are
the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou
spread over all nations. visited and destroyed them, and made all their
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord memory to perish.
GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the 15 Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou
the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
9 ¶ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they
God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon
this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be them.
glad and rejoice in his salvation. 17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her
rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain,
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not
of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have
hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride the inhabitants of the world fallen.
together with the spoils of their hands. 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead
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body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell CHAPTER 28
in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the
earth shall cast out the dead. W OE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of
Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading
20 ¶ Come, my people, enter thou into thy flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide them that are overcome with wine!
thyself as it were for a little moment, until the 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one,
indignation be overpast. which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: down to the earth with the hand.
the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim,
more cover her slain. shall be trodden under feet:
4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of
CHAPTER 27 the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the
I N that day the LORD with his sore and great and hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that
strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he
serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he eateth it up.
shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 5 ¶ In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the
wine. residue of his people,
3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: 6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in
lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. judgment, and for strength to them that turn the
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and battle to the gate.
thorns against me in battle? I would go through 7 ¶ But they also have erred through wine, and
them, I would burn them together. through strong drink are out of the way; the priest
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may and the prophet have erred through strong drink,
make peace with me; and he shall make peace with they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the
me. way through strong drink; they err in vision, they
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take stumble in judgment.
root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that
the world with fruit. there is no place clean.
7 ¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that 9 ¶ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom
smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are
of them that are slain by him? weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon
debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little,
of the east wind. and there a little:
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be 11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will
purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; he speak to this people.
when he maketh all the stones of the altar as 12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye
chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and may cause the weary to rest; and this is the
images shall not stand up. refreshing: yet they would not hear.
10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the 13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept
habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,
shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that
consume the branches thereof. they might go, and fall backward, and be broken,
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall and snared, and taken.
be broken off: the women come, and set them on 14 ¶ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye
fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore scornful men, that rule this people which is in
he that made them will not have mercy on them, and Jerusalem.
he that formed them will shew them no favour. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant
12 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when
LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall
unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge,
one by one, O ye children of Israel. and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the 16 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a
which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that
and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall believeth shall not make haste.
worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
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righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall
sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall be at an instant suddenly.
overflow the hiding place. 6 Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with
18 ¶ And your covenant with death shall be thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with
disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass 7 ¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight
through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream
for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day of a night vision.
and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to 8 It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth,
understand the report. and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul
20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and,
himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he
can wrap himself in it. is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the
21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, multitude of all the nations be, that fight against
he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he mount Zion.
may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass 9 ¶ Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry:
his act, his strange act. they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger,
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands but not with strong drink.
be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD 10 For the LORD hath poured out upon you the
of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the
whole earth. prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
23 ¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the
hear my speech. words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to
24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee:
open and break the clods of his ground? and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not
he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I
cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the am not learned.
appointed barley and the rie in their place? 13 ¶ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this
26 For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and people draw near me with their mouth, and with
doth teach him. their lips do honour me, but have removed their
27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught
instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about by the precept of men:
upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a
with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. marvellous work among this people, even a
28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of
threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of
nor bruise it with his horsemen. their prudent men shall be hid.
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their
which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the
working. dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth
us?
CHAPTER 29 16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall
W OE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work
dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall
sacrifices. the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had
2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness no understanding?
and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall
3 And I will camp against thee round about, and will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field
lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise shall be esteemed as a forest?
forts against thee. 18 ¶ And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of
4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of
out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD,
familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy
shall whisper out of the dust. One of Israel.
5 Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the
like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity
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are cut off: 14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the
21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not
a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting
aside the just for a thing of nought. of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed water withal out of the pit.
Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall 15 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of
not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in
pale. quietness and in confidence shall be your strength:
23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine and ye would not.
hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my 16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses;
name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the
fear the God of Israel. swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to 17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a
doctrine. beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an
ensign on an hill.
CHAPTER 30 18 ¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may
W OE to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be
that take counsel, but not of me; and that exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the
cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that
may add sin to sin: wait for him.
2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem:
asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious
strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear
Egypt! it, he will answer thee.
3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of
shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not
confusion. thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but
4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
came to Hanes. 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee,
5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to
profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
and also a reproach. 22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven
6 The burden of the beasts of the south: into the images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten
land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a
young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee
serpent, they will carry their riches upon the hence.
shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon 23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou
the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the
profit them. increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large
purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, pastures.
Their strength is to sit still. 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear
8 ¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath
it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
ever and ever: 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain,
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of
children that will not hear the law of the LORD: waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the towers fall.
prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the
unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that
cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and
12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, healeth the stroke of their wound.
Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression 27 ¶ Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far,
and perverseness, and stay thereon: burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue
ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose as a devouring fire:
breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. 28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall
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reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in
with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in Jerusalem.
the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy CHAPTER 32
solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one
goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the
LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
B EHOLD, a king shall reign in righteousness, and
princes shall rule in judgment.
2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the
30 And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of
heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in
with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame a weary land.
of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and
hailstones. the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand
Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall
32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall be ready to speak plainly.
pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor
with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will the churl said to be bountiful.
he fight with it. 6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter
is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of
thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty
LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. to fail.
7 The instruments also of the churl are evil: he
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W OE to them that go down to Egypt for help; lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, 8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by
because they are many; and in horsemen, because liberal things shall he stand.
they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy 9 ¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my
One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye
call back his words: but will arise against the house careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the
of the evildoers, and against the help of them that gathering shall not come.
work iniquity. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled,
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and
their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD gird sackcloth upon your loins.
shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall 12 They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant
fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they fields, for the fruitful vine.
all shall fail together. 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns
4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the
the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, joyous city:
when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the
him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and
himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a
hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for pasture of flocks;
the hill thereof. 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
5 As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful
Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and field be counted for a forest.
passing over he will preserve it. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and
6 ¶ Turn ye unto him from whom the children of righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Israel have deeply revolted. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance
of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own for ever.
hands have made unto you for a sin. 18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable
8 ¶ Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet
of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, resting places;
shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest;
and his young men shall be discomfited. and the city shall be low in a low place.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, 20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send
and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
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CHAPTER 33 tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of

W OE to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither
spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt 21 But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a
cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go
shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass
deal treacherously with thee. thereby.
2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our
thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
also in the time of trouble. 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well
3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail:
lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame
4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering take the prey.
of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts 24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the
shall he run upon them. people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their
5 The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he iniquity.
hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability CHAPTER 34
of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the
LORD is his treasure. C OME near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye
people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein;
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the the world, and all things that come forth of it.
ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath
he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to
cities, he regardeth no man. the slaughter.
9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink
ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a shall come up out of their carcases, and the
wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their mountains shall be melted with their blood.
fruits. 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and
10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and
exalted; now will I lift up myself. all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people
thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. of my curse, to judgment.
13 ¶ Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is
ye that are near, acknowledge my might. made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the
surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great
with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell slaughter in the land of Idumea.
with everlasting burnings? 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be
uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with
that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that fatness.
stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and 8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall 9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch,
be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land
his waters shall be sure. thereof shall become burning pitch.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke
shall behold the land that is very far off. thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through
scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that it for ever and ever.
counted the towers? 11 ¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he
deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and
stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. the stones of emptiness.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom,
eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be
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nothing. came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles took them.
and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from
an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with great army. And he stood by the conduit of the
the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field.
his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son,
find for herself a place of rest. which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe,
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall 4 ¶ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to
the vultures also be gathered, every one with her Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of
mate. Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou
16 ¶ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: trustest?
no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I
for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it have counsel and strength for war: now on whom
hath gathered them. dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on
hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his
it for ever, from generation to generation shall they hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all
dwell therein. that trust in him.
7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our
CHAPTER 35 God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars
T HE wilderness and the solitary place shall be Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to
glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
blossom as the rose. 8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two
joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set
unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they riders upon them.
shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of 9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one
our God. captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put
3 ¶ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
feeble knees. 10 And am I now come up without the LORD against
4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go
fear not: behold, your God will come with up against this land, and destroy it.
vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will 11 ¶ Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto
come and save you. Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak
ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the
6 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the people that are on the wall.
tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall 12 ¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to
waters break out, and streams in the desert. thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he
7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that
the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of they may eat their own dung, and drink their own
dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and piss with you?
rushes. 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud
8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the
shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive
wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall 15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall
redeemed shall walk there: not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and 16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king
come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present,
their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine,
sorrow and sighing shall flee away. and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one
CHAPTER 36 the waters of his own cistern;
OW it came to pass in the fourteenth year of 17 Until I come and take you away to a land like
N king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of
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bread and vineyards. have done to all lands by destroying them utterly;
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The and shalt thou be delivered?
LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them
nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and
of Assyria? Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? were in Telassar?
where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of
delivered Samaria out of my hand? Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,
20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, Hena, and Ivah?
that have delivered their land out of my hand, that 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand
the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went
21 But they held their peace, and answered him not up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before
a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, the LORD.
Answer him not. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
22 ¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest
over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou
the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast
their clothes rent, and told him the words of made heaven and earth.
Rabshakeh. 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine
eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of
CHAPTER 37 Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living
A ND it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard God.
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid
with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. waste all the nations, and their countries,
2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they
and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood
covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
son of Amoz. 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from
3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may
day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, 21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto
and there is not strength to bring forth. Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master king of Assyria:
hath sent to reproach the living God, and will 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken
reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the
that is left. daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed?
6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and
unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy
afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith One of Israel.
the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord,
me. and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides
hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars
will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will
8 ¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of enter into the height of his border, and the forest of
Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard his Carmel.
that he was departed from Lachish. 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole
9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the
Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. besieged places.
And when he heard it, he sent messengers to 26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it;
Hezekiah, saying, and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to
saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power,
into the hand of the king of Assyria. they were dismayed and confounded: they were as
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the
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grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
be grown up. 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD,
28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
coming in, and thy rage against me. 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz,
come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten
hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 9 ¶ The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he
30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
year such as groweth of itself; and the second year 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to
that which springeth of the same: and in the third the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of
year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat my years.
the fruit thereof. 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of the land of the living: I shall behold man no more
Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit with the inhabitants of the world.
upward: 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life:
and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day
the LORD of hosts shall do this. even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he
king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou
shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with make an end of me.
shields, nor cast a bank against it. 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did
34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward:
return, and shall not come into this city, saith the O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
LORD. 15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me,
35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years
sake, and for my servant David’s sake. in the bitterness of my soul.
36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these
smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me,
fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose and make me to live.
early in the morning, behold, they were all dead 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou
corpses. hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of
37 ¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy
went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. back.
38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not
house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot
Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and hope for thy truth.
they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar- 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do
haddon his son reigned in his stead. this day: the father to the children shall make known
thy truth.
CHAPTER 38 20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will
I N those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the
Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto days of our life in the house of the LORD.
him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs,
thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, recover.
and prayed unto the LORD, 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I
3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, shall go up to the house of the LORD?
how I have walked before thee in truth and with a
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thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah,
saying,
A T that time Merodach-baladan, the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a
present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had
5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the been sick, and was recovered.
God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them
have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days the house of his precious things, the silver, and the
fifteen years. gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and
6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand all the house of his armour, and all that was found in
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his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with
all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. young.
3 ¶ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king 12 ¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of
Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and
and from whence came they unto thee? And comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure,
Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in
unto me, even from Babylon. a balance?
4 Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? 13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or
And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house being his counseller hath taught him?
have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed
that I have not shewed them. him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and
5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way
LORD of hosts: of understanding?
6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and
house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold,
store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the
7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they
be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of 18 ¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what
the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said likeness will ye compare unto him?
moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the
days. goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth
silver chains.
CHAPTER 40 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no
C OMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh
God. unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto image, that shall not be moved.
her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it
iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the not been told you from the beginning? have ye not
LORD’s hand double for all her sins. understood from the foundations of the earth?
3 ¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,
Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that
desert a highway for our God. stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and
4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh
made straight, and the rough places plain: the judges of the earth as vanity.
5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all 24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not
flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the
hath spoken it. earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they
6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away
All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as as stubble.
the flower of the field: 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be
7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the equal? saith the Holy One.
spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath
is grass. created these things, that bringeth out their host by
8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the number: he calleth them all by names by the
word of our God shall stand for ever. greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power;
9 ¶ O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up not one faileth.
into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel,
good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is
be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold passed over from my God?
your God! 28 ¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the
hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there
reward is with him, and his work before him. is no searching of his understanding.
11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that
gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his have no might he increaseth strength.
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30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is
young men shall utterly fall: none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD
31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake
their strength; they shall mount up with wings as them.
eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in
shall walk, and not faint. the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a
pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
CHAPTER 41 19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah
K EEP silence before me, O islands; and let the tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the
people renew their strength: let them come near; desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree
then let them speak: let us come near together to together:
judgment. 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and
2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath
called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth
dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
3 He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall
way that he had not gone with his feet. happen: let them shew the former things, what they
4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the be, that we may consider them, and know the latter
generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the end of them; or declare us things for to come.
first, and with the last; I am he. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that
5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do
were afraid, drew near, and came. evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it
6 They helped every one his neighbour; and every together.
one said to his brother, Be of good courage. 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of
7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall
anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon
fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon
8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is
earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there
and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth
chosen thee, and not cast thee away. your words.
10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them:
dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good
yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the tidings.
right hand of my righteousness. 28 For I beheld, and there was no man; even among
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee them, and there was no counseller, that, when I
shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as asked of them, could answer a word.
nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, nothing: their molten images are wind and
even them that contended with thee: they that war confusion.
against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of
nought. CHAPTER 42
13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand,
saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. B EHOLD my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit
14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the
I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, Gentiles.
the Holy One of Israel. 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to
15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing be heard in the street.
instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the 3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking
mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth
hills as chaff. judgment unto truth.
16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry 4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set
them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his
and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in law.
the Holy One of Israel. 5 ¶ Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the
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heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the
forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have
that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither
to them that walk therein: were they obedient unto his law.
6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and 25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of
will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set
thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it
Gentiles; burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners
from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of CHAPTER 43
the prison house.
8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will B UT now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O
Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear
I not give to another, neither my praise to graven not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by
images. thy name; thou art mine.
9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be
new things do I declare: before they spring forth I with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not
tell you of them. overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire,
10 Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, kindle upon thee.
and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel,
thereof. thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up and Seba for thee.
their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast
the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore
the top of the mountains. will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed
his praise in the islands. from the east, and gather thee from the west;
13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south,
stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my
roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. daughters from the ends of the earth;
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I
still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a have created him for my glory, I have formed him;
travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. yea, I have made him.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up 8 ¶ Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and
all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and the deaf that have ears.
I will dry up the pools. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew people be assembled: who among them can declare
not; I will lead them in paths that they have not this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth
known: I will make darkness light before them, and their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let
crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them hear, and say, It is truth.
them, and not forsake them. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my
17 ¶ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and
ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the believe me, and understand that I am he: before me
molten images, Ye are our gods. there was no God formed, neither shall there be after
18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. me.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no
messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is saviour.
perfect, and blind as the LORD’s servant? 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have
20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; shewed, when there was no strange god among you:
opening the ears, but he heareth not. therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I
21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ am God.
sake; he will magnify the law, and make it 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none
honourable. that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and
22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are who shall let it?
all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in 14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy
prison houses: they are for a prey, and none One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon,
delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. and have brought down all their nobles, and the
23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
hearken and hear for the time to come? 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of
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Israel, your King. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and
16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient
sea, and a path in the mighty waters; people? and the things that are coming, and shall
17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the come, let them shew unto them.
army and the power; they shall lie down together, 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee
they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my
quenched as tow. witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no
18 ¶ Remember ye not the former things, neither God; I know not any.
consider the things of old. 9 ¶ They that make a graven image are all of them
19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit;
forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor
the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. know; that they may be ashamed.
20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven
dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the image that is profitable for nothing?
wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the
my people, my chosen. workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered
21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and
shew forth my praise. they shall be ashamed together.
22 ¶ But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but 12 The smith with the tongs both worketh in the
thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh
23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry,
burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is
thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an faint.
offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh
24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he
neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after
sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a
sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. man; that it may remain in the house.
25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy 14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the
transgressions for mine own sake, and will not cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for
remember thy sins. himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an
26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and
have transgressed against me. baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and
28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and
sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and falleth down thereto.
Israel to reproaches. 16 He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part
thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is
CHAPTER 44 satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I
Y ET now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, am warm, I have seen the fire:
whom I have chosen: 17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his
2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed graven image: he falleth down unto it, and
thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith,
O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I Deliver me; for thou art my god.
have chosen. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he
3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their
floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit hearts, that they cannot understand.
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there
offspring: knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned
4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread
willows by the water courses. upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and
5 One shall say, I am the LORD’s; and another shall eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an
call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned
himself by the name of Israel. him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is
6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his there not a lie in my right hand?
redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am 21 ¶ Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou
the last; and beside me there is no God. art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my
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servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest
22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What
me; for I have redeemed thee. begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou
23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: brought forth?
shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and
singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my
therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and sons, and concerning the work of my hands
glorified himself in Israel. command ye me.
24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it:
formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens,
maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens and all their host have I commanded.
alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; 13 I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will
25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he
maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward,
backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; saith the LORD of hosts.
26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, and 14 Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and
performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of
to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be
cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall
the decayed places thereof: come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they
27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely
thy rivers: God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.
28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God
perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, of Israel, the Saviour.
Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy 16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all
foundation shall be laid. of them: they shall go to confusion together that are
makers of idols.
CHAPTER 45 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an
T HUS saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue confounded world without end.
nations before him; and I will loose the loins of 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens;
kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and God himself that formed the earth and made it; he
the gates shall not be shut; hath established it, he created it not in vain, he
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there
straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and is none else.
cut in sunder the bars of iron: 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the
3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me
hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare
know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, things that are right.
am the God of Israel. 20 ¶ Assemble yourselves and come; draw near
4 For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they
I have even called thee by thy name: I have have no knowledge that set up the wood of their
surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
5 ¶ I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no 21 Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take
God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not counsel together: who hath declared this from
known me: ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have
6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a
and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
the LORD, and there is none else. 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of
8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,
skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue
and let them bring forth salvation, and let shall swear.
righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I
created it. righteousness and strength: even to him shall men
9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the come; and all that are incensed against him shall be
potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall ashamed.
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25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, be called, The lady of kingdoms.
and shall glory. 6 ¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted
mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand:
CHAPTER 46 thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient
B EL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your 7 ¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that
carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither
weary beast. didst remember the latter end of it.
2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to
not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine
captivity. heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as
3 ¶ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a
me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: moment in one day, the loss of children, and
4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their
hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for
even I will carry, and will deliver you. the great abundance of thine enchantments.
5 ¶ To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, 10 ¶ For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou
and compare me, that we may be like? hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy
6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said
the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
god: they fall down, yea, they worship. 11 ¶ Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt
7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall
and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off:
place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly,
him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his which thou shalt not know.
trouble. 12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the
8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast
again to mind, O ye transgressors. laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able
9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
and there is none else; I am God, and there is none 13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy
like me, counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee
ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, from these things that shall come upon thee.
My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn
11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man them; they shall not deliver themselves from the
that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm
have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have at, nor fire to sit before it.
purposed it, I will also do it. 15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou
12 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth:
from righteousness: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none
13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far shall save thee.
off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place
salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 47 H EAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called
by the name of Israel, and are come forth out
C OME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of
daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel,
no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
shalt no more be called tender and delicate. 2 For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay
2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of
locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass hosts is his name.
over the rivers. 3 I have declared the former things from the
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth,
shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they
meet thee as a man. came to pass.
4 As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, 4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy
the Holy One of Israel. neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee;
daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more
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before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou wicked.
shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my
graven image, and my molten image, hath CHAPTER 49
commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye L ISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people,
from far; The LORD hath called me from the
declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made
time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know mention of my name.
them. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword;
7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made
even before the day when thou heardest them not; me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel,
8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, in whom I will be glorified.
from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent
knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my
and wast called a transgressor from the womb. judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my
9 ¶ For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and God.
for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee 5 ¶ And now, saith the LORD that formed me from
not off. the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be
have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall
11 For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I be my strength.
do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I 6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest
will not give my glory unto another. be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to
12 ¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee
called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the salvation unto the end of the earth.
earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: 7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and
when I call unto them, they stand up together. his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him
14 All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers,
among them hath declared these things? The LORD Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship,
hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy
and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I
have brought him, and he shall make his way heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped
prosperous. thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a
16 ¶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to
spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and 9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to
his Spirit, hath sent me. them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They
17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in
One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth all high places.
thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the
thou shouldest go. heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on
18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my them shall lead them, even by the springs of water
commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, shall he guide them.
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the highways shall be exalted.
offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his 12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these
name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from the north and from the west; and these from
from before me. the land of Sinim.
20 ¶ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the 13 ¶ Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and
Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD
this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The hath comforted his people, and will have mercy
LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. upon his afflicted.
21 And they thirsted not when he led them through 14 But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and
the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the my Lord hath forgotten me.
rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she
gushed out. should not have compassion on the son of her
22 There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget
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thee. stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for
16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my thirst.
hands; thy walls are continually before me. 3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make
17 Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and sackcloth their covering.
they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. 4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the
18 ¶ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all learned, that I should know how to speak a word in
these gather themselves together, and come to thee. season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by
As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the
with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them learned.
on thee, as a bride doeth. 5 ¶ The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was
19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the not rebellious, neither turned away back.
land of thy destruction, shall even now be too 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to
narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face
swallowed thee up shall be far away. from shame and spitting.
20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou 7 ¶ For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I
hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like
place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
dwell. 8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with
21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let
begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, him come near to me.
and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that
and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a
alone; these, where had they been? garment; the moth shall eat them up.
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up 10 ¶ Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that
mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in
to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the
arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
shoulders. 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass
23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of
queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled.
thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in
dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the sorrow.
LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for
me. CHAPTER 51
24 ¶ Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the
lawful captive delivered? H EARKEN to me, ye that follow after
righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto
25 But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the
mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the pit whence ye are digged.
terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah
him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed
children. him, and increased him.
26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort
own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness
blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the
that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein,
the mighty One of Jacob. thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
4 ¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto
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T HUS saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the
mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? people.
or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone
you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles
yourselves, and for your transgressions is your shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they
mother put away. trust.
2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the
I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like
shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment,
power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner:
sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish but my salvation shall be for ever, and my
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righteousness shall not be abolished. taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even
7 ¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more
the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the drink it again:
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their 23 But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict
revilings. thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the
the worm shall eat them like wool: but my ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation
from generation to generation. CHAPTER 52
9 ¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the
LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the A WAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put
on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the
generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come
Rahab, and wounded the dragon? into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O
waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck,
of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? O captive daughter of Zion.
11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, 3 For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves
and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without
joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain money.
gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went
flee away. down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the
12 I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD,
shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made that my people is taken away for nought? they that
as grass; rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD;
13 And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations 6 Therefore my people shall know my name:
of the earth; and hast feared continually every day therefore they shall know in that day that I am he
because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were that doth speak: behold, it is I.
ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the 7 ¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
oppressor? of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God
bread should fail. reigneth!
15 But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the
whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to
16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I 9 ¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste
may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his
the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
17 ¶ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which 10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the
hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth
fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of shall see the salvation of our God.
trembling, and wrung them out. 11 ¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence,
18 There is none to guide her among all the sons touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of
whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she 12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by
hath brought up. flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God
19 These two things are come unto thee; who shall be of Israel will be your rereward.
sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the 13 ¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he
famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
thee? 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so
20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all marred more than any man, and his form more than
the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the the sons of men:
fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall
21 ¶ Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and shut their mouths at him: for that which had not
drunken, but not with wine: been told them shall they see; and that which they
22 Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that had not heard shall they consider.
pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have
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W HO hath believed our report? and to whom is 4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be
the arm of the LORD revealed? thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth,
and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form and shalt not remember the reproach of thy
nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is widowhood any more.
no beauty that we should desire him. 5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
were our faces from him; he was despised, and we 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken
esteemed him not. and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou
4 ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our wast refused, saith thy God.
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with
God, and afflicted. great mercies will I gather thee.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a
bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
healed. 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more
every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not
him the iniquity of us all. be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the removed; but my kindness shall not depart from
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and 11 ¶ O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not
who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair
out of the land of the living: for the transgression of colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
my people was he stricken. 12 And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant
the rich in his death; because he had done no stones.
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD;
10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath and great shall be the peace of thy children.
put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou
offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear:
his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
in his hand. 15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee
satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous shall fall for thy sake.
servant justify many; for he shall bear their 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the
iniquities. coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the instrument for his work; and I have created the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; waster to destroy.
because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and 17 ¶ No weapon that is formed against thee shall
he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee
the sin of many, and made intercession for the in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage
transgressors. of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness
is of me, saith the LORD.
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S ING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break

forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst
not travail with child: for more are the children of H
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O, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the
waters, and he that hath no money; come ye,
the desolate than the children of the married wife, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
saith the LORD. money and without price.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not
forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not?
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and
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your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant;
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and
4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt
people, a leader and commander to the people. offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house
not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto of prayer for all people.
thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy 8 The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of
One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside
6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye those that are gathered unto him.
upon him while he is near: 9 ¶ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the ye beasts in the forest.
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant,
unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. lying down, loving to slumber.
8 ¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have
are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. enough, and they are shepherds that cannot
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are understand: they all look to their own way, every one
my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts for his gain, from his quarter.
than your thoughts. 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the be as this day, and much more abundant.
earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: CHAPTER 57
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall T HE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to
heart: and merciful men are taken away, none
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper considering that the righteous is taken away from
in the thing whereto I sent it. the evil to come.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with 2 He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their
peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
before you into singing, and all the trees of the field 3 ¶ But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress,
shall clap their hands. the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the
tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed
everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. of falsehood,
5 Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green
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T HUS saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do clifts of the rocks?
justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my 6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy
righteousness to be revealed. portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast
2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a
man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing 7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy
any evil. bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
3 ¶ Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath 8 Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set
joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered
hath utterly separated me from his people: neither thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou
let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant
4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest
keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please it.
me, and take hold of my covenant; 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and
5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy
within my walls a place and a name better than of messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto
sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting hell.
name, that shall not be cut off. 10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet
6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found
to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not
the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth grieved.
the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared,
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that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that
nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
even of old, and thou fearest me not? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and
12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
for they shall not profit thee. 8 ¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
13 ¶ When thou criest, let thy companies deliver and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy
thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the
shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me LORD shall be thy rereward.
shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy 9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer;
mountain; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou
14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the
way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
my people. 10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and
15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
the high and holy place, with him also that is of a 11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones:
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a
16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be spring of water, whose waters fail not.
always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, 12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old
and the souls which I have made. waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of
17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, many generations; and thou shalt be called, The
and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell
went on frowardly in the way of his heart. in.
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead 13 ¶ If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath,
him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the
mourners. sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable;
19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways,
that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine
and I will heal him. own words:
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it 14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the
21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy
father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
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C RY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a

trumpet, and shew my people their
transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. B
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EHOLD, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that
it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my cannot hear:
ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook 2 But your iniquities have separated between you
not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the and your God, and your sins have hid his face from
ordinances of justice; they take delight in you, that he will not hear.
approaching to God. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your
3 ¶ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your
seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and tongue hath muttered perverseness.
thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of 4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth:
your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive
4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do 5 They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s
this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither
bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under shall they cover themselves with their works: their
him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is
to the LORD? in their hands.
6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of
and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
every yoke? 8 The way of peace they know not; and there is no
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judgment in their goings: they have made them gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy
crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be
know peace. nursed at thy side.
9 ¶ Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine
justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the
obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,
10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the 6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the
night; we are in desolate places as dead men. dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from
11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense;
we look for judgment, but there is none; for and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
salvation, but it is far off from us. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto
and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine
are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
13 In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves
departing away from our God, speaking oppression to their windows?
and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of
words of falsehood. Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver
14 And judgment is turned away backward, and and their gold with them, unto the name of the
justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel,
street, and equity cannot enter. because he hath glorified thee.
15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil 10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls,
maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my
displeased him that there was no judgment. wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had
16 ¶ And he saw that there was no man, and mercy on thee.
wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually;
arm brought salvation unto him; and his they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may
righteousness, it sustained him. bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that
17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and their kings may be brought.
an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on 12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve
the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly
with zeal as a cloke. wasted.
18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the
repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to
enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make
19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the the place of my feet glorious.
west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the come bending unto thee; and all they that despised
LORD shall lift up a standard against him. thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy
20 ¶ And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD,
unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
saith the LORD. 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so
21 As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith that no man went through thee, I will make thee an
the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and
of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know
out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer,
from henceforth and for ever. the mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will
CHAPTER 60 bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron:
A RISE, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors
of the LORD is risen upon thee. righteousness.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land,
gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou
upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither
to the brightness of thy rising. for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee:
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light,
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and thy God thy glory. the nations.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy
moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine CHAPTER 62
everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall
be ended. F OR Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the
21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the
inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and
22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new
one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
time. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of
the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy
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T HE Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither
the LORD hath anointed me to preach good shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land
the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that shall be married.
are bound; 5 ¶ For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth
the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
mourn; 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he
heaviness; that they might be called trees of make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the
might be glorified. arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy
4 ¶ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of
raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which
the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. thou hast laboured:
5 And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and
the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your praise the LORD; and they that have brought it
vinedressers. together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men 10 ¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye
shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway;
the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the
boast yourselves. people.
7 ¶ For your shame ye shall have double; and for 11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end
confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold,
therefore in their land they shall possess the double: thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him,
everlasting joy shall be unto them. and his work before him.
8 For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for 12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The
burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Sought out, A city not forsaken.
9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles,
and their offspring among the people: all that see CHAPTER 63
them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed
which the LORD hath blessed. W HO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in
10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his
joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to
garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the save.
robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh 2 Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy
himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
herself with her jewels. 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the people there was none with me: for I will tread them
garden causeth the things that are sown in it to in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and
spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments,
righteousness and praise to spring forth before all and I will stain all my raiment.
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the
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year of my redeemed is come. presence!
5 And I looked, and there was none to help; and I 3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked
wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed
mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my down at thy presence.
fury, it upheld me. 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not
6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger, heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye
and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for
down their strength to the earth. him that waiteth for him.
7 ¶ I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, 5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh
and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways:
LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those
toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed is continuance, and we shall be saved.
on them according to his mercies, and according to 6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade
8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken
that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. us away.
9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that
of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast
he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because
them all the days of old. of our iniquities.
10 ¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: 8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of
fought against them. thy hand.
11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and 9 ¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither
his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech
out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where thee, we are all thy people.
is he that put his holy Spirit within him? 10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a
12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to 11 Our holy and our beautiful house, where our
make himself an everlasting name? fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all
13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in our pleasant things are laid waste.
the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD?
14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy
people, to make thyself a glorious name. CHAPTER 65
15 ¶ Look down from heaven, and behold from the
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is I AM sought of them that asked not for me; I am
found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold
thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by
and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? my name.
16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was
thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy not good, after their own thoughts;
name is from everlasting. 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually
17 ¶ O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth
ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return incense upon altars of brick;
for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the
18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of
little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy abominable things is in their vessels;
sanctuary. 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me;
19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my
they were not called by thy name. nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
6 Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep
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O H that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that their bosom,

thou wouldest come down, that the mountains 7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers
might flow down at thy presence, together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense
2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the
the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine hills: therefore will I measure their former work into
adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy their bosom.
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8 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will
the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a hear.
blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and
that I may not destroy them all. the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor
of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell
there. CHAPTER 66
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the
valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, T HUS saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool: where is the house
that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my
for my people that have sought me.
11 ¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that rest?
forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all
that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this
that number. man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a
12 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I 3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that
called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he
hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s
that wherein I delighted not. blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their
servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my soul delighteth in their abominations.
servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring
my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: their fears upon them; because when I called, none
14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they
but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I
for vexation of spirit. delighted not.
15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my 5 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his
chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you
servants by another name: out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be
16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they
bless himself in the God of truth; and he that shall be ashamed.
sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the
because the former troubles are forgotten, and temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth
because they are hid from mine eyes. recompence to his enemies.
17 ¶ For, behold, I create new heavens and a new 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her
earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
come into mind. 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such
18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one
create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as
and her people a joy. Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth,
heard in her, nor the voice of crying. and shut the womb? saith thy God.
20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her,
nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that
child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner mourn for her:
being an hundred years old shall be accursed. 11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the
21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out,
and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
them. 12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles
shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be
tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her
long enjoy the work of their hands. knees.
23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for 13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I
trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
LORD, and their offspring with them. 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and
24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand
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of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and 20 And they shall bring all your brethren for an
his indignation toward his enemies. offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain
anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of
with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be the LORD.
many. 21 And I will also take of them for priests and for
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify Levites, saith the LORD.
themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which
midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD,
and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the so shall your seed and your name remain.
LORD. 23 And it shall come to pass, that from one new
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall moon to another, and from one sabbath to another,
come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the
they shall come, and see my glory. LORD.
19 And I will set a sign among them, and I will send 24 And they shall go forth, and look upon the
those that escape of them unto the nations, to carcases of the men that have transgressed against
Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their
and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring
my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall unto all flesh.
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JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 1 them.

T HE words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the 18 For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced
priests that were in Anathoth in the land of city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the
Benjamin: whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the
2 To whom the word of the LORD came in the days princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and
of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the against the people of the land.
thirteenth year of his reign. 19 And they shall fight against thee; but they shall
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the
Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh LORD, to deliver thee.
year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah,
unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the CHAPTER 2
fifth month.
4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, M OREOVER the word of the LORD came to me,
saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus
before thou camest forth out of the womb I saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy
sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou
the nations. wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: not sown.
for I am a child. 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the
7 ¶ But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall
for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob,
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to and all the families of the house of Israel:
deliver thee, saith the LORD. 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me,
my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
have put my words in thy mouth. 6 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through
over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits,
and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to through a land of drought, and of the shadow of
plant. death, through a land that no man passed through,
11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, and where no man dwelt?
saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat
rod of an almond tree. the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when
12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine
seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. heritage an abomination.
13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the 8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they
second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also
see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the transgressed against me, and the prophets
north. prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do
14 Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an not profit.
evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the 9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the
land. LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and
of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if
and they shall set every one his throne at the there be such a thing.
entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the 11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet
walls thereof round about, and against all the cities no gods? but my people have changed their glory for
of Judah. that which doth not profit.
16 And I will utter my judgments against them 12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be
touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and 13 For my people have committed two evils; they
worshipped the works of their own hands. have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and
17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can
speak unto them all that I command thee: be not hold no water.
dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before 14 ¶ Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why
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is he spoiled? darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we
15 The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, will come no more unto thee?
and they made his land waste: his cities are burned 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her
without inhabitant. attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without
16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have number.
broken the crown of thy head. 33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love?
17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy
thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led ways.
thee by the way? 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls
18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret
Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast search, but upon all these.
thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his
of the river? anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with
19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and 36 Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy
see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou
forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not wast ashamed of Assyria.
in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine
20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected
burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
transgress; when upon every high hill and under
every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. CHAPTER 3
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right
seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate T HEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go
from him, and become another man’s, shall he
return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly
plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many
thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.
me, saith the Lord GOD. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast
gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness;
what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms
traversing her ways; and with thy wickedness.
24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and
the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a
turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
themselves; in her month they shall find her. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My
25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy father, thou art the guide of my youth?
throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to
no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil
go. things as thou couldest.
26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the 6 ¶ The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah
house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding
princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high
27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a mountain and under every green tree, and there
stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have hath played the harlot.
turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in 7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn
the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save thou unto me. But she returned not. And her
us. treacherous sister Judah saw it.
28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby
let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her
trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her
thy gods, O Judah. treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and
29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have played the harlot also.
transgressed against me, saith the LORD. 9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her
30 In vain have I smitten your children; they whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed
received no correction: your own sword hath adultery with stones and with stocks.
devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah
31 ¶ O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but
Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of feignedly, saith the LORD.
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11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD
Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous our God.
Judah.
12 ¶ Go and proclaim these words toward the north, CHAPTER 4
and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the
LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon I F thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return
unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine
you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not
keep anger for ever. remove.
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in
transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations
scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they
tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the glory.
LORD. 3 ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow
I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a not among thorns.
city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away
Zion: the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth
heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because
understanding. of the evil of your doings.
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and
and increased in the land, in those days, saith the say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather
LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go
covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: into the defenced cities.
neither shall they remember it; neither shall they 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not:
visit it; neither shall that be done any more. for I will bring evil from the north, and a great
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne destruction.
of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered 7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the
unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone
neither shall they walk any more after the forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and
imagination of their evil heart. thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with 8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl:
the house of Israel, and they shall come together out for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back
of the land of the north to the land that I have given from us.
for an inheritance unto your fathers. 9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the
19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the
children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heart of the princes; and the priests shall be
heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast
from me. greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying,
20 ¶ Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth
her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, unto the soul.
O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the
and supplications of the children of Israel: for they wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to
have perverted their way, and they have forgotten fan, nor to cleanse,
the LORD their God. 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for 13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
thou art the LORD our God. chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness,
LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our thoughts lodge within thee?
fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, 15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth
their sons and their daughters. affliction from mount Ephraim.
25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion 16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish
covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far
God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto country, and give out their voice against the cities of
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Judah. 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round swear falsely.
about; because she hath been rebellious against me, 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou
saith the LORD. hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these hast consumed them, but they have refused to
things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is receive correction: they have made their faces harder
bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. than a rock; they have refused to return.
19 ¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are
heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor
my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the the judgment of their God.
sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the unto them; for they have known the way of the
whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have
and my curtains in a moment. altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the 6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them,
sound of the trumpet? and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out
me; they are sottish children, and they have none thence shall be torn in pieces: because their
understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do transgressions are many, and their backslidings are
good they have no knowledge. increased.
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, 7 ¶ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children
and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then
and all the hills moved lightly. committed adultery, and assembled themselves by
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the troops in the harlots’ houses.
birds of the heavens were fled. 8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken 9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD:
down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as
anger. this?
27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall 10 ¶ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make
be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. not a full end: take away her battlements; for they
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens are not the LORD’s.
above be black: because I have spoken it, I have 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the
back from it. LORD.
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the 12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he;
horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see
and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be sword nor famine:
forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though 14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts,
thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my
thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and
thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, it shall devour them.
they will seek thy life. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation,
and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou
child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, 16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all
Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of mighty men.
murderers. 17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy
bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat:
CHAPTER 5 they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they
R UN ye to and fro through the streets of shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst,
the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if with the sword.
there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh 18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will
the truth; and I will pardon it. not make a full end with you.
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19 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her
Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things palaces.
unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye 6 ¶ For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye
have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this
land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in
yours. the midst of her.
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it 7 As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth
in Judah, saying, out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which 8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul
have ears, and hear not: depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land
22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not not inhabited.
tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand 9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall
for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn
cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they 10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that
roar, yet can they not pass over it? they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised,
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the
heart; they are revolted and gone. LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear in it.
the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am
and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the
appointed weeks of the harvest. children abroad, and upon the assembly of young
25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, men together: for even the husband with the wife
and your sins have withholden good things from shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
you. 12 And their houses shall be turned unto others,
26 For among my people are found wicked men: with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith
they catch men. the LORD.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of 13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest
deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen of them every one is given to covetousness; and from
rich. the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass falsely.
the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of
cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there
right of the needy do they not judge. is no peace.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
this? neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall
30 ¶ A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in among them that fall: at the time that I visit them
the land; they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests 16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and
bear rule by their means; and my people love to have see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way,
it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
CHAPTER 6 17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to
O YE children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not
flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the hearken.
trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth- 18 ¶ Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O
haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and congregation, what is among them.
great destruction. 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they
and delicate woman. have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law,
3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto but rejected it.
her; they shall pitch their tents against her round 20 To what purpose cometh there to me incense
about; they shall feed every one in his place. from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country?
4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your
at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for sacrifices sweet unto me.
the shadows of the evening are stretched out. 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay
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stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers delivered to do all these abominations?
and the sons together shall fall upon them; the 11 Is this house, which is called by my name,
neighbour and his friend shall perish. become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh have seen it, saith the LORD.
from the north country, and a great nation shall be 12 But go ye now unto my place which was in
raised from the sides of the earth. Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see
23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are what I did to it for the wickedness of my people
cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the Israel.
sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men 13 And now, because ye have done all these works,
for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early
24 We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but
feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of ye answered not;
a woman in travail. 14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which is
25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the
for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I
26 ¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with have done to Shiloh.
sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee 15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast
mourning, as for an only son, most bitter out all your brethren, even the whole seed of
lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come Ephraim.
upon us. 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither
27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make
my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with 17 ¶ Seest thou not what they do in the cities of
slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
corrupters. 18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle
29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make
the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink
are not plucked away. offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me
30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the to anger.
LORD hath rejected them. 19 Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do
they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their
CHAPTER 7 own faces?
T HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine
saying, anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this
2 Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the
proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground;
the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
to worship the LORD. 21 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and
Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause eat flesh.
you to dwell in this place. 22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor
4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of commanded them in the day that I brought them
the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings
the LORD, are these. or sacrifices:
5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your 23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey
doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my
man and his neighbour; people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this 24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear,
place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of
7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the their evil heart, and went backward, and not
land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. forward.
8 ¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of
profit. the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk early and sending them:
after other gods whom ye know not; 26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined
10 And come and stand before me in this house, their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse
which is called by my name, and say, We are than their fathers.
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27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto What have I done? every one turned to his course, as
them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt the horse rusheth into the battle.
also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her
28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and
that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, the swallow observe the time of their coming; but
nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
off from their mouth. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the
29 ¶ Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the
and take up a lamentation on high places; for the pen of the scribes is in vain.
LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and
his wrath. taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD;
30 For the children of Judah have done evil in my and what wisdom is in them?
sight, saith the LORD: they have set their 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and
abominations in the house which is called by my their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every
name, to pollute it. one from the least even unto the greatest is given to
31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest
which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn every one dealeth falsely.
their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of
commanded them not, neither came it into my my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there
heart. is no peace.
32 ¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed
LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall
slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be among them that fall: in the time of their visitation
no place. they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
33 And the carcases of this people shall be meat for 13 ¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD:
the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the
earth; and none shall fray them away. fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I
34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, have given them shall pass away from them.
and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let
and the voice of gladness, the voice of the us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent
bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence,
shall be desolate. and given us water of gall to drink, because we have
sinned against the LORD.
CHAPTER 8 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a
A T that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out time of health, and behold trouble!
the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan:
of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the the whole land trembled at the sound of the
bones of the prophets, and the bones of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and
inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city,
2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the and those that dwell therein.
moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have 17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices,
loved, and whom they have served, and after whom among you, which will not be charmed, and they
they have walked, and whom they have sought, and shall bite you, saith the LORD.
whom they have worshipped: they shall not be 18 ¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow,
gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon my heart is faint in me.
the face of the earth. 19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is
residue of them that remain of this evil family, which not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why
remain in all the places whither I have driven them, have they provoked me to anger with their graven
saith the LORD of hosts. images, and with strange vanities?
4 ¶ Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we
the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn are not saved.
away, and not return? 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on
by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they me.
refuse to return. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician
6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: there? why then is not the health of the daughter of
no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, my people recovered?
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CHAPTER 9 call for the mourning women, that they may come;

O H that my head were waters, and mine eyes a and send for cunning women, that they may come:
fountain of tears, that I might weep day and 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing
night for the slain of the daughter of my people! for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and
2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of our eyelids gush out with waters.
wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How
from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because
treacherous men. we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings
3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: have cast us out.
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and
for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach
me, saith the LORD. your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust lamentation.
ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly 21 For death is come up into our windows, and is
supplant, and every neighbour will walk with entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from
slanders. without, and the young men from the streets.
5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and 22 Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of
will not speak the truth: they have taught their men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as
tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to the handful after the harvestman, and none shall
commit iniquity. gather them.
6 Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through 23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory
deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in
7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
the daughter of my people? understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and
deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I
his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. delight, saith the LORD.
9 ¶ Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the 25 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I
LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation will punish all them which are circumcised with the
as this? uncircumcised;
10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and 26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of
wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost
lamentation, because they are burned up, so that corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these
none can pass through them; neither can men hear nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of
the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
and the beast are fled; they are gone.
11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of CHAPTER 10
dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant. H EAR ye the word which the LORD speaketh
unto you, O house of Israel:
12 ¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;
spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land for the heathen are dismayed at them.
perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one
none passeth through? cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands
13 And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken of the workman, with the axe.
my law which I set before them, and have not 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten
obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
14 But have walked after the imagination of their 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not:
own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers they must needs be borne, because they cannot go.
taught them: Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil,
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God neither also is it in them to do good.
of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD;
with wormwood, and give them water of gall to thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
drink. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to
16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the
neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms,
send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. there is none like unto thee.
17 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the
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stock is a doctrine of vanities. CHAPTER 11
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish,
and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, T HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto
their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, Jerusalem;
and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God
tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the
his indignation. words of this covenant,
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I
not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from
perish from the earth, and from under these the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do
heavens. them, according to all which I command you: so
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
established the world by his wisdom, and hath 5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn
stretched out the heavens by his discretion. unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with
13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I,
waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to and said, So be it, O LORD.
ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
of his treasures. Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every covenant, and do them.
founder is confounded by the graven image: for his 7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the
molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt,
them. even unto this day, rising early and protesting,
15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the saying, Obey my voice.
time of their visitation they shall perish. 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but
16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the walked every one in the imagination of their evil
former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words
inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. of this covenant, which I commanded them to do;
17 ¶ Gather up thy wares out of the land, O but they did them not.
inhabitant of the fortress. 9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found
18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants
the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will of Jerusalem.
distress them, that they may find it so. 10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their
19 ¶ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and
but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. they went after other gods to serve them: the house
20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my
broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they covenant which I made with their fathers.
are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any 11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will
more, and to set up my curtains. bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to
21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not
sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, hearken unto them.
and all their flocks shall be scattered. 12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of
22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they
commotion out of the north country, to make the offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in
cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. the time of their trouble.
23 ¶ O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in 13 For according to the number of thy cities were thy
himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the
steps. streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that
24 O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto
thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Baal.
25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know 14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear
name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured them in the time that they cry unto me for their
him, and consumed him, and have made his trouble.
habitation desolate. 15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house,
seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and
the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest
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evil, then thou rejoicest. they have called a multitude after thee: believe them
16 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great 7 ¶ I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine
tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul
branches of it are broken. into the hand of her enemies.
17 For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath 8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it
pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they 9 Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the
have done against themselves to provoke me to birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble
anger in offering incense unto Baal. all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
18 ¶ And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, 10 Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they
and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. have trodden my portion under foot, they have
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it
devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate,
with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the because no man layeth it to heart.
land of the living, that his name may be no more 12 The spoilers are come upon all high places
remembered. through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD
20 But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, shall devour from the one end of the land even to the
that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.
vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my 13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they
cause. have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of
Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the fierce anger of the LORD.
the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our 14 ¶ Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil
hand: neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will
will punish them: the young men shall die by the pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the
sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by house of Judah from among them.
famine: 15 And it shall come to pass, after that I have
23 And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will plucked them out I will return, and have compassion
bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year on them, and will bring them again, every man to his
of their visitation. heritage, and every man to his land.
16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently
CHAPTER 12 learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name,
R IGHTEOUS art thou, O LORD, when I plead The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear
with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my
judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked people.
prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very 17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up
treacherously? and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.
2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root:
they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near CHAPTER 13
in their mouth, and far from their reins.
3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, T HUS saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a
linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it
and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like not in water.
sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the
day of slaughter. LORD, and put it on my loins.
4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the
every field wither, for the wickedness of them that second time, saying,
dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the 4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon
birds; because they said, He shall not see our last thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it
end. there in a hole of the rock.
5 ¶ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have 5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD
wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with commanded me.
horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou 6 And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD
trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the
the swelling of Jordan? girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, there.
even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, 7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took
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the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard
behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for his spots? then may ye also do good, that are
nothing. accustomed to do evil.
8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that
9 Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. 25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from
10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me,
which walk in the imagination of their heart, and and trusted in falsehood.
walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship 26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face,
them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for that thy shame may appear.
nothing. 27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings,
11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine
have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto
Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean?
that they might be unto me for a people, and for a when shall it once be?
name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they
would not hear. CHAPTER 14
12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this
word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every T HE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah
concerning the dearth.
bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish;
unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every they are black unto the ground; and the cry of
bottle shall be filled with wine? Jerusalem is gone up.
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the
LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this waters: they came to the pits, and found no water;
land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, they returned with their vessels empty; they were
and the priests, and the prophets, and all the ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain
14 And I will dash them one against another, even in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they
the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I covered their heads.
will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy 5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook
them. it, because there was no grass.
15 ¶ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places,
LORD hath spoken. they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause fail, because there was no grass.
darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the 7 ¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us,
dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings
it into the shadow of death, and make it gross are many; we have sinned against thee.
darkness. 8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the
secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to
sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s tarry for a night?
flock is carried away captive. 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art
yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name;
come down, even the crown of your glory. leave us not.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus
shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive have they loved to wander, they have not refrained
all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them;
20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their
from the north: where is the flock that was given sins.
thee, thy beautiful flock? 11 Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this
21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for people for their good.
thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and
over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will
travail? not accept them: but I will consume them by the
22 ¶ And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
these things upon me? For the greatness of thine 13 ¶ Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the
iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword,
bare. neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you
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assured peace in this place. kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son
14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in
prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither Jerusalem.
have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: 5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or
they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask
and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. how thou doest?
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art
prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand
not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with
this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets repenting.
be consumed. 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the
16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy
cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the my people, since they return not from their ways.
famine and the sword; and they shall have none to 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand
bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor of the seas: I have brought upon them against the
their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I
upon them. have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors
17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; upon the city.
Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, 9 She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath
and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was
people is broken with a great breach, with a very yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded:
grievous blow. and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword
18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain before their enemies, saith the LORD.
with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then 10 ¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne
behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the me a man of strife and a man of contention to the
prophet and the priest go about into a land that they whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men
know not. have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth
19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul curse me.
lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is 11 The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy
no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee
no good; and for the time of healing, and behold well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
trouble! 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the
the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in
against thee. all thy borders.
21 Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not 14 And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies
disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is
not thy covenant with us. kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles 15 ¶ O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit
that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not
art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I
wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. have suffered rebuke.
16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and
CHAPTER 15 thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine
T HEN said the LORD unto me, Though Moses heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of
and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could hosts.
not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, 17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor
and let them go forth. rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou
2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, hast filled me with indignation.
Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, 18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound
Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be
and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are 19 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return,
for the captivity, to the captivity. then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand
3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the before me: and if thou take forth the precious from
LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return
the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, unto thee; but return not thou unto them.
to devour and destroy. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced
4 And I will cause them to be removed into all brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but
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they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee 14 ¶ Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the
to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth,
21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the that brought up the children of Israel out of the land
wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the of Egypt;
terrible. 15 But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the
children of Israel from the land of the north, and
CHAPTER 16 from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I
T HE word of the LORD came also unto me, will bring them again into their land that I gave unto
saying, their fathers.
2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou 16 ¶ Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the
have sons or daughters in this place. LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send
3 For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from
concerning the daughters that are born in this place, every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the
and concerning their mothers that bare them, and holes of the rocks.
concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are
4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid
lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall from mine eyes.
be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall 18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and
be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their their sin double; because they have defiled my land,
carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of
for the beasts of the earth. their detestable and abominable things.
5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house 19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my
of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall
them: for I have taken away my peace from this come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall
people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity,
mercies. and things wherein there is no profit.
6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: 20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are
they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for no gods?
them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald 21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to
for them: know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my
7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in might; and they shall know that my name is The
mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither LORD.
shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink
for their father or for their mother. CHAPTER 17
8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting,
to sit with them to eat and to drink. T HE sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron,
and with the point of a diamond: it is graven
9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of
Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your your altars;
eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the 2 Whilst their children remember their altars and
voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
the voice of the bride. 3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy
10 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy
this people all these words, and they shall say unto high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from
great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee
is our sin that we have committed against the LORD to serve thine enemies in the land which thou
our God? knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine
11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your anger, which shall burn for ever.
fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that
walked after other gods, and have served them, and trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and
have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
have not kept my law; 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and
12 And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit
behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land
his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: and not inhabited.
13 Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and
land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; whose hope the LORD is.
and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and
where I will not shew you favour. that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall
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not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land
green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the
neither shall cease from yielding fruit. mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt
9 ¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and
desperately wicked: who can know it? incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the
10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even house of the LORD.
to give every man according to his ways, and 27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the
according to the fruit of his doings. sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then
not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall
leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be
shall be a fool. quenched.
12 ¶ A glorious high throne from the beginning is
the place of our sanctuary. CHAPTER 18
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee
shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall T HE word which came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying,
be written in the earth, because they have forsaken 2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there
the LORD, the fountain of living waters. I will cause thee to hear my words.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and,
and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
15 ¶ Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of 4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in
the LORD? let it come now. the hand of the potter: so he made it again another
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of 6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this
my lips was right before thee. potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of
day of evil. Israel.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation,
let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull
let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of down, and to destroy it;
evil, and destroy them with double destruction. 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced,
19 ¶ Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I
the gate of the children of the people, whereby the thought to do unto them.
kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a
out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the plant it;
LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice,
inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I
21 Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, would benefit them.
and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it 11 ¶ Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah,
in by the gates of Jerusalem; and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus
22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and
on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but devise a device against you: return ye now every one
hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your from his evil way, and make your ways and your
fathers. doings good.
23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk
but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, after our own devices, and we will every one do the
nor receive instruction. imagination of his evil heart.
24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken 13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now
unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the
through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; 14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which
25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold
kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, flowing waters that come from another place be
riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their forsaken?
princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of 15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have
Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them
26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to
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walk in paths, in a way not cast up; 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall
hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands
astonished, and wag his head. of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for
enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, the beasts of the earth.
in the day of their calamity. 8 And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing;
18 ¶ Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished
against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons
from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat
the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and
words. straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that
19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the seek their lives, shall straiten them.
voice of them that contend with me. 10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of
20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have the men that go with thee,
digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood 11 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of
before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city,
thy wrath from them. as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be
21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, made whole again: and they shall bury them in
and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and 12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and
be widows; and let their men be put to death; let to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as
their young men be slain by the sword in battle. Tophet:
22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of
shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of
have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs
feet. they have burned incense unto all the host of
23 Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto
me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot other gods.
out their sin from thy sight, but let them be 14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the
overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the
time of thine anger. court of the LORD’s house; and said to all the people,
15 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
CHAPTER 19 Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her
T HUS saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it,
earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the because they have hardened their necks, that they
people, and of the ancients of the priests; might not hear my words.
2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom,
which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim CHAPTER 20
there the words that I shall tell thee,
3 And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of N OW Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who
was also chief governor in the house of the
Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put
evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, him in the stocks that were in the high gate of
his ears shall tingle. Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur
this place, and have burned incense in it unto other brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said
gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy
known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
place with the blood of innocents; 4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a
5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall
burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes
Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand
came it into my mind: of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them
6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the
that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor sword.
The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of 5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city,
slaughter. and all the labours thereof, and all the precious
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things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against
Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according
which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from
them to Babylon. us.
6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house 3 ¶ Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say
shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to to Zedekiah:
Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will
buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands,
hast prophesied lies. wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and
7 ¶ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without
deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of
prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh this city.
me. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an
8 For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in
spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both
9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
speak any more in his name. But his word was in 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver
mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the
and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not people, and such as are left in this city from the
stay. pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine,
10 ¶ For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my and into the hand of their enemies, and into the
familiars watched for my halting, saying, hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite
Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare
against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: 8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith
therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life,
shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for and the way of death.
they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword,
shall never be forgotten. and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that
12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege
and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a
vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my prey.
cause. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil,
13 Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given
hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
evildoers. burn it with fire.
14 ¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not 11 ¶ And touching the house of the king of Judah,
the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my 12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute
father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is
making him very glad. spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury
16 And let that man be as the cities which the LORD go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it,
overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the because of the evil of your doings.
cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the
17 Because he slew me not from the womb; or that valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which
my mother might have been my grave, and her say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall
womb to be always great with me. enter into our habitations?
18 Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see 14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of
labour and sorrow, that my days should be your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire
consumed with shame? in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things
round about it.
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T HE word which came unto Jeremiah from the

LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him
Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son T
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HUS saith the LORD; Go down to the house of
the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 2 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of
2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou,
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and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by 20 ¶ Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice
these gates: in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy
3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and lovers are destroyed.
righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou
hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner
violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. 22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy
4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou
in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in
he, and his servants, and his people. the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs
5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become 24 As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son
a desolation. of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my
6 For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of 25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that
Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face
and cities which are not inhabited. thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar
7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy 26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare
choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. thee, into another country, where ye were not born;
8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they and there shall ye die.
shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore 27 But to the land whereunto they desire to return,
hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? thither shall they not return.
9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a
the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast
other gods, and served them. out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which
10 ¶ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: they know not?
but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
return no more, nor see his native country. 30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless,
11 For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man
of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of
Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; David, and ruling any more in Judah.
He shall not return thither any more:
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him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13 ¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by
unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that LORD.
W OE be unto the pastors that destroy and
scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the

useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against
giveth him not for his work; the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered
14 That saith, I will build me a wide house and large my flock, and driven them away, and have not
chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of
cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. your doings, saith the LORD.
15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all
cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do countries whither I have driven them, and will bring
judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then and increase.
it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith 4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall
the LORD. feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be
17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and LORD.
for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 5 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment
not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah and justice in the earth.
sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall
or, Ah his glory! dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD,
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that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which should have turned them from their evil way, and
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of from the evil of their doings.
Egypt; 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a
8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which God afar off?
led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall
country, and from all countries whither I had driven not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and
them; and they shall dwell in their own land. earth? saith the LORD.
9 ¶ Mine heart within me is broken because of the 25 I have heard what the prophets said, that
prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I
man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, have dreamed.
because of the LORD, and because of the words of his 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets
holiness. that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the
10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of deceit of their own heart;
swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of 27 Which think to cause my people to forget my
the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, name by their dreams which they tell every man to
and their force is not right. his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my
11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in name for Baal.
my house have I found their wickedness, saith the 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a
LORD. dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my
12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith
slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven the LORD.
on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, 29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and
even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; 30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,
they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from
to err. his neighbour.
14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an 31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the
horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that 32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false
none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause
them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness;
as Gomorrah. yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts they shall not profit this people at all, saith the
concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them LORD.
with wormwood, and make them drink the water of 33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a
gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of
profaneness gone forth into all the land. the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What
16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: 34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the
they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will
heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. even punish that man and his house.
17 They say still unto them that despise me, The 35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and
LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say every one to his brother, What hath the LORD
unto every one that walketh after the imagination of answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 36 And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no
18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for
and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the
marked his word, and heard it? LORD of hosts our God.
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the
fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD
grievously upon the head of the wicked. spoken?
20 The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he 38 But since ye say, The burden of the LORD;
have executed, and till he have performed the therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this
thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto
consider it perfectly. you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have LORD;
not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave
caused my people to hear my words, then they you and your fathers, and cast you out of my
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presence: three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath
40 And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising
you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
forgotten. 4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants
the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye
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T HE LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets 5 They said, Turn ye again now every one from his
of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell
after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to
carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim your fathers for ever and ever:
king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the 6 And go not after other gods to serve them, and to
carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the
brought them to Babylon. works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.
2 One basket had very good figs, even like the figs 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the
that are first ripe: and the other basket had very LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the
naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so works of your hands to your own hurt.
bad. 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because
3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, ye have not heard my words,
Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the
and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king
so evil. of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against
4 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and
saying, against all these nations round about, and will
5 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these utterly destroy them, and make them an
good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual
carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out desolations.
of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of
good. mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of
will bring them again to this land: and I will build the millstones, and the light of the candle.
them, and not pull them down; and I will plant 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an
them, and not pluck them up. astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I of Babylon seventy years.
am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will 12 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when seventy years
be their God: for they shall return unto me with are accomplished, that I will punish the king of
their whole heart. Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their
8 ¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will
are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give make it perpetual desolations.
Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words
residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and which I have pronounced against it, even all that is
them that dwell in the land of Egypt: written in this book, which Jeremiah hath
9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the prophesied against all the nations.
kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach 14 For many nations and great kings shall serve
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places themselves of them also: and I will recompense them
whither I shall drive them. according to their deeds, and according to the works
10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the of their own hands.
pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from 15 ¶ For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me;
off the land that I gave unto them and to their Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause
fathers. all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
CHAPTER 25 16 And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad,
HE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all because of the sword that I will send among them.
T the people of Judah in the fourth year of 17 Then took I the cup at the LORD’s hand, and
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD
the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; had sent me:
2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the
people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them
Jerusalem, saying, a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a
3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of curse; as it is this day;
Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his
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princes, and all his people; for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.
20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down
the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, 38 He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their
and the remnant of Ashdod, land is desolate because of the fierceness of the
21 Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of
Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond CHAPTER 26
the sea,
23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the
utmost corners,
I N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the
LORD, saying,
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of 2 Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the
the mingled people that dwell in the desert, LORD’s house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of which come to worship in the LORD’s house, all the
Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, words that I command thee to speak unto them;
26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one diminish not a word:
with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, 3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man
which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil,
Sheshach shall drink after them. which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil
27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith of their doings.
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and 4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my
because of the sword which I will send among you. law, which I have set before you,
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at 5 To hearken to the words of my servants the
thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
drink. 6 Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
called by my name, and should ye be utterly 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people
unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of
call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, the LORD.
saith the LORD of hosts. 8 ¶ Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these an end of speaking all that the LORD had
words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from commanded him to speak unto all the people, that
on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; the priests and the prophets and all the people took
he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the
the inhabitants of the earth. LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And
for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the
will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are house of the LORD.
wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 10 ¶ When the princes of Judah heard these things,
32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go then they came up from the king’s house unto the
forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. new gate of the LORD’s house.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day 11 Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the
from one end of the earth even unto the other end of princes and to all the people, saying, This man is
the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this
gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the city, as ye have heard with your ears.
ground. 12 ¶ Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to
34 ¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy
yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for against this house and against this city all the words
the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions that ye have heard.
are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant 13 Therefore now amend your ways and your
vessel. doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God;
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath
the principal of the flock to escape. pronounced against you.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me
howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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15 But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it
death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon seemed meet unto me.
yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand
inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant;
me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. and the beasts of the field have I given him also to
16 ¶ Then said the princes and all the people unto serve him.
the priests and to the prophets; This man is not 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and
worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name his son’s son, until the very time of his land come:
of the LORD our God. and then many nations and great kings shall serve
17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and themselves of him.
spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and
18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of kingdom which will not serve the same
Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will
of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion not put their neck under the yoke of the king of
shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD,
become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the with the sword, and with the famine, and with the
high places of a forest. pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to
him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your
besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto
the evil which he had pronounced against them? you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. 10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you
20 And there was also a man that prophesied in the far from your land; and that I should drive you out,
name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of and ye should perish.
Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the
against this land according to all the words of yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those
Jeremiah: will I let remain still in their own land, saith the
21 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king 12 ¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah
sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard according to all these words, saying, Bring your
it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, serve him and his people, and live.
namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the
men with him into Egypt. sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the
23 And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not
brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him serve the king of Babylon?
with the sword, and cast his dead body into the 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the
graves of the common people. prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not
24 Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie
Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not unto you.
give him into the hand of the people to put him to 15 For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they
death. prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you
out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets
CHAPTER 27 that prophesy unto you.
I N the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son 16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this people,
of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the
Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, words of your prophets that prophesy unto you,
2 Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house shall
yokes, and put them upon thy neck, now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they
3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the prophesy a lie unto you.
king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, 17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king of
and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid
by the hand of the messengers which come to waste?
Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the
4 And command them to say unto their masters, LORD be with them, let them now make intercession
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in
shall ye say unto your masters; the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king
5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
are upon the ground, by my great power and by my 19 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the
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pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the from the neck of all nations within the space of two
bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
remain in this city, 12 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had
not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet
of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Jeremiah, saying,
Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the
21 Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but
Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of 14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Judah and of Jerusalem; Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all
22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar
they be until the day that I visit them, saith the king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have
LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to given him the beasts of the field also.
this place. 15 ¶ Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah
the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath
CHAPTER 28 not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in
A ND it came to pass the same year, in the a lie.
beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast
Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou
that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against
was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the the LORD.
LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in
people, saying, the seventh month.
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of CHAPTER 29
Babylon.
3 Within two full years will I bring again into this N OW these are the words of the letter that
Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto
place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, that the residue of the elders which were carried away
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and
this place, and carried them to Babylon: to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried
4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives 2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and
of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed
5 ¶ Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the from Jerusalem;)
prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and 3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and
in the presence of all the people that stood in the Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king
house of the LORD, of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king
6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD of Babylon) saying,
do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast 4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD’s unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have
house, and all that is carried away captive, from caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto
Babylon into this place. Babylon;
7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak 5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant
in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
8 The prophets that have been before me and before 6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and
thee of old prophesied both against many countries, take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to
and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters;
of pestilence. that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have
word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall caused you to be carried away captives, and pray
the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye
him. have peace.
10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from 8 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it. Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that
11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken
people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I
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have not sent them, saith the LORD. 25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of
10 ¶ For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy
years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and
and perform my good word toward you, in causing to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to
you to return to this place. all the priests, saying,
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, 26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of
saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the
give you an expected end. house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and
12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put
pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. him in prison, and in the stocks.
13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall 27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved
search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a
14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I prophet to you?
will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you 28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying,
from all the nations, and from all the places whither This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in
I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
you again into the place whence I caused you to be 29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the
carried away captive. ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
15 ¶ Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us 30 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto
up prophets in Babylon; Jeremiah, saying,
16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that 31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus
sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the
people that dwelleth in this city, and of your Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied
brethren that are not gone forth with you into unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to
captivity; trust in a lie:
17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will
upon them the sword, the famine, and the punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he
pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that shall not have a man to dwell among this people;
cannot be eaten, they are so evil. neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my
18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught
the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver rebellion against the LORD.
them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth,
to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, CHAPTER 30
and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have
driven them: THE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying,
19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying,
saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee
servants the prophets, rising up early and sending in a book.
them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. 3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
20 ¶ Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye bring again the captivity of my people Israel and
of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to
Babylon: return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and
21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of they shall possess it.
Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of 4 ¶ And these are the words that the LORD spake
Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of 5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay trembling, of fear, and not of peace.
them before your eyes; 6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail
22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the with child? wherefore do I see every man with his
captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all
LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom faces are turned into paleness?
the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is
23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be
and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ saved out of it.
wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD
which I have not commanded them; even I know, of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck,
and am a witness, saith the LORD. and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no
24 ¶ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the more serve themselves of him:
Nehelamite, saying, 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David
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their king, whom I will raise up unto them. consider it.
10 ¶ Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob,
saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, CHAPTER 31
I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land
of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be
in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him my people.
A T the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be

afraid. 2 Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of
11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel,
though I make a full end of all nations whither I when I went to cause him to rest.
have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of 3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
leave thee altogether unpunished. therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O
and thy wound is grievous. virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy
13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that
be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. make merry.
14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of
not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them
enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the as common things.
multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were 6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon
increased. the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go
15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because 7 For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for
thy sins were increased, I have done these things Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations:
unto thee. publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy
16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be people, the remnant of Israel.
devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and
shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give with them the blind and the lame, the woman with
for a prey. child and her that travaileth with child together: a
17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal great company shall return thither.
thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they 9 They shall come with weeping, and with
called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to
no man seeketh after. walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
18 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to
the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon 10 ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and
her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that
manner thereof. scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a
19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and shepherd doth his flock.
the voice of them that make merry: and I will 11 For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and
multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also ransomed him from the hand of him that was
glorify them, and they shall not be small. stronger than he.
20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their 12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height
congregation shall be established before me, and I of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of
will punish all that oppress them. the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and
21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their
governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not
I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach sorrow any more at all.
unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to 13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both
approach unto me? saith the LORD. young men and old together: for I will turn their
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and
God. make them rejoice from their sorrow.
23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth 14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests with
with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my
pain upon the head of the wicked. goodness, saith the LORD.
24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, 15 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in
until he have done it, and until he have performed Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel
the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall weeping for her children refused to be comforted for
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her children, because they were not. to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my
16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from covenant they brake, although I was an husband
weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work unto them, saith the LORD:
shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make
come again from the land of the enemy. with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the
17 And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and
that thy children shall come again to their own write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and
border. they shall be my people.
18 ¶ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself 34 And they shall teach no more every man his
thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least
and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD:
19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember
after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I their sin no more.
was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did 35 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a
bear the reproach of my youth. light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea
since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is
him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I his name:
will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from
thine heart toward the highway, even the way which being a nation before me for ever.
thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn 37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be
again to these thy cities. measured, and the foundations of the earth searched
22 ¶ How long wilt thou go about, O thou out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel
backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a 38 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the
man. city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of
23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah 39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over
and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass
their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of about to Goath.
justice, and mountain of holiness. 40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of
24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of
cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the
go forth with flocks. east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
replenished every sorrowful soul.
26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep CHAPTER 32
was sweet unto me.
27 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I T HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD
in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah,
will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. 2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged
28 And it shall come to pass, that like as I have Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in
watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, the court of the prison, which was in the king of
and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so Judah’s house.
will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up,
the LORD. saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say,
29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into
have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
set on edge. 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of
30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be
man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
on edge. shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes
31 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I shall behold his eyes;
will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there
and with the house of Judah: shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?
their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand 6 ¶ And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came
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unto me, saying, with milk and honey;
7 Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle 23 And they came in, and possessed it; but they
shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they
is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to have done nothing of all that thou commandedst
buy it. them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to
8 So Hanameel mine uncle’s son came to me in the come upon them:
court of the prison according to the word of the 24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city
LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the
that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword,
Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what
the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou
knew that this was the word of the LORD. seest it.
9 And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s 25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy
son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the
money, even seventeen shekels of silver. city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
10 And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and 26 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto
took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the Jeremiah, saying,
balances. 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is
11 So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that there any thing too hard for me?
which was sealed according to the law and custom, 28 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give
and that which was open: this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the
12 And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he
Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in shall take it:
the sight of Hanameel mine uncle’s son, and in the 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city,
presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with
the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered
of the prison. incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings
13 ¶ And I charged Baruch before them, saying, unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.
14 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; 30 For the children of Israel and the children of
Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, Judah have only done evil before me from their
both which is sealed, and this evidence which is youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked
open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the
may continue many days. LORD.
15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of 31 For this city hath been to me as a provocation of
Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be mine anger and of my fury from the day that they
possessed again in this land. built it even unto this day; that I should remove it
16 ¶ Now when I had delivered the evidence of the from before my face,
purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed 32 Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and
unto the LORD, saying, of the children of Judah, which they have done to
17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes,
and the earth by thy great power and stretched out their priests, and their prophets, and the men of
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
18 Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, 33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not
and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the the face: though I taught them, rising up early and
bosom of their children after them: the Great, the teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to
Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, receive instruction.
19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine 34 But they set their abominations in the house,
eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: which is called by my name, to defile it.
to give every one according to his ways, and 35 And they built the high places of Baal, which are
according to the fruit of his doings: in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their
20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of sons and their daughters to pass through the fire
Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither
other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; came it into my mind, that they should do this
21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and 36 ¶ And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the
with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It
and with great terror; shall be delivered into the hand of the king of
22 And hast given them this land, which thou didst Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing pestilence;
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37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, 9 ¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and
whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in an honour before all the nations of the earth, which
my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they
again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all
safely: the prosperity that I procure unto it.
38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their 10 Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard
God: in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without
39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah,
they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate,
of their children after them: without man, and without inhabitant, and without
40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with beast,
them, that I will not turn away from them, to do 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the
them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,
they shall not depart from me. the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of
41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth
and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of
whole heart and with my whole soul. praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to
42 For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith
this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon the LORD.
them all the good that I have promised them. 12 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place,
43 And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye which is desolate without man and without beast,
say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of
into the hand of the Chaldeans. shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
44 Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe 13 In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the
evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of
land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in
and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under
mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to 14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
return, saith the LORD. perform that good thing which I have promised
unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
CHAPTER 33 15 ¶ In those days, and at that time, will I cause the
M OREOVER the word of the LORD came unto Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and
Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the
shut up in the court of the prison, saying, land.
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem
that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest 17 ¶ For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want
not. a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, 18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man
concerning the houses of this city, and concerning before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle
the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
down by the mounts, and by the sword; 19 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah,
5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to saying,
fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have 20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant
slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that
wickedness I have hid my face from this city. there should not be day and night in their season;
6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with
cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance David my servant, that he should not have a son to
of peace and truth. reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the
7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the priests, my ministers.
captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered,
at the first. neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I
8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, multiply the seed of David my servant, and the
whereby they have sinned against me; and I will Levites that minister unto me.
pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have 23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to
sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against Jeremiah, saying,
me. 24 Considerest thou not what this people have
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spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD free, to return, and brought them into subjection for
hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they servants and for handmaids.
have despised my people, that they should be no 12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to
more a nation before them. Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with 13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a
day and night, and if I have not appointed the covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought
ordinances of heaven and earth; them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house
26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David of bondmen, saying,
my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to 14 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his
be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee;
for I will cause their captivity to return, and have and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let
mercy on them. him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened
not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
CHAPTER 34 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in
T HE word which came unto Jeremiah from the my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his
LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me
and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of in the house which is called by my name:
his dominion, and all the people, fought against 16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused
Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, every man his servant, and every man his handmaid,
2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to
speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto
saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the you for servants and for handmaids.
hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not
with fire: hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every
3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour:
shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD,
and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine;
Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to and I will make you to be removed into all the
mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. kingdoms of the earth.
4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my
Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not covenant, which have not performed the words of
die by the sword: the covenant which they had made before me, when
5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the
of thy fathers, the former kings which were before parts thereof,
thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of
lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the
the word, saith the LORD. people of the land, which passed between the parts
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words of the calf;
unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 20 I will even give them into the hand of their
7 When the king of Babylon’s army fought against enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their
Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the
were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. 21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I
8 ¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from give into the hand of their enemies, and into the
the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand
covenant with all the people which were at of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up
Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; from you.
9 That every man should let his manservant, and 22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and
every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight
Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will
of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. make the cities of Judah a desolation without an
10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, inhabitant.
which had entered into the covenant, heard that
every one should let his manservant, and every one CHAPTER 35
his maidservant, go free, that none should serve
themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and
let them go.
T HE word which came unto Jeremiah from the
LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah, saying,
11 But afterward they turned, and caused the 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak
servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go unto them, and bring them into the house of the
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LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and
to drink. upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that
3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son I have pronounced against them: because I have
of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I
and the whole house of the Rechabites; have called unto them, but they have not answered.
4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, 18 ¶ And Jeremiah said unto the house of the
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of
of the princes, which was above the chamber of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and
Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: done according unto all that he hath commanded
5 And I set before the sons of the house of the you:
Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
unto them, Drink ye wine. of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a
6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab man to stand before me for ever.
the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying,
Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for CHAPTER 36
ever:
7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor A ND it came to pass in the fourth year of
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that
plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD,
shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the saying,
land where ye be strangers. 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the
8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel,
of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from
to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah,
sons, nor our daughters; even unto this day.
9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the
we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may
10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and return every man from his evil way; that I may
done according to all that Jonadab our father forgive their iniquity and their sin.
commanded us. 4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah:
11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all
Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto
and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the him, upon a roll of a book.
Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am
we dwell at Jerusalem. shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
12 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou
Jeremiah, saying, hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD
13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon
Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the
Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
to my words? saith the LORD. 7 It may be they will present their supplication
14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he before the LORD, and will return every one from his
commanded his sons not to drink wine, are evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the
performed; for unto this day they drink none, but LORD hath pronounced against this people.
obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding 8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all
I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading
but ye hearkened not unto me. in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD’s
15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the house.
prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim
Return ye now every man from his evil way, and the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month,
amend your doings, and go not after other gods to that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the
serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came
have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber
have performed the commandment of their father, of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the
which he commanded them; but this people hath higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the
not hearkened unto me: LORD’s house, in the ears of all the people.
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the 11 ¶ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son
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of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words after that the king had burned the roll, and the
of the LORD, words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of
12 Then he went down into the king’s house, into Jeremiah, saying,
the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the
there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son former words that were in the first roll, which
of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son 29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah,
of Hananiah, and all the princes. Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll,
13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The
that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this
ears of the people. land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and
14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of beast?
Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, 30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king
unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne
wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the
come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
his hand, and came unto them. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his
15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon
it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have
words, they were afraid both one and other, and said pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these 32 ¶ Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to
words. Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of
didst thou write all these words at his mouth? the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all in the fire: and there were added besides unto them
these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote many like words.
them with ink in the book.
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thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye
be. A ND king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned
instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom
20 ¶ And they went in to the king into the court, but Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the
they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the land of Judah.
scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD,
took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of
of all the princes which stood beside the king. Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning unto the LORD our God for us.
before him. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the
23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read people: for they had not put him into prison.
three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and 5 Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt:
cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem
the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the heard tidings of them, they departed from
hearth. Jerusalem.
24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, 6 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto the
neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all prophet Jeremiah, saying,
these words. 7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall
25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to
had made intercession to the king that he would not inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is
burn the roll: but he would not hear them. come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into
26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of their own land.
8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight
Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the 9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves,
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us:
them. for they shall not depart.
27 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the
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Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained 3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given
but wounded men among them, yet should they rise into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which
up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. shall take it.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, that when the army of the 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We
Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus
Pharaoh’s army, he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that
12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go remain in this city, and the hands of all the people,
into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in speaking such words unto them: for this man
in the midst of the people. seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your
captain of the ward was there, whose name was hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing
Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; against you.
and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the
fallest away to the Chaldeans. dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that
14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to was in the court of the prison: and they let down
the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was
Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
princes. 7 ¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of
15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard
and smote him, and put him in prison in the house that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king
of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;
prison. 8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house,
16 ¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and spake to the king, saying,
and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all
there many days; that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom
17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die
and the king asked him secretly in his house, and for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no
said, Is there any word from the LORD? And more bread in the city.
Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the
delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the
What have I offended against thee, or against thy dungeon, before he die.
servants, or against this people, that ye have put me 11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and
in prison? went into the house of the king under the treasury,
19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags,
unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not and let them down by cords into the dungeon to
come against you, nor against this land? Jeremiah.
20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the 12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto
king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten
before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the rags under thine armholes under the cords. And
house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. Jeremiah did so.
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took
should commit Jeremiah into the court of the him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained
prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of in the court of the prison.
bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in 14 ¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah
the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in
court of the prison. the house of the LORD: and the king said unto
Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from
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T HEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it
Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and
Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto
the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the me?
people, saying, 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto
2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I
pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy
shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and life.
shall live. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the
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LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer,
wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the
princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall king of Babylon.
not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and 4 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king
thine house: of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they
18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the
Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two
the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their 5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and
hand. overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when
19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am they had taken him, they brought him up to
afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the
lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
me. 6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of
20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of
Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound
soul shall live. him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that 8 ¶ And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and
the LORD hath shewed me: the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down
22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the the walls of Jerusalem.
king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard
king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of
say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed the people that remained in the city, and those that
against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people
are turned away back. that remained.
23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy 10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left of
children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the
out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at
the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to the same time.
be burned with fire. 11 ¶ Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave
24 ¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the
know of these words, and thou shalt not die. captain of the guard, saying,
25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no
thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto
Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the thee.
king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent,
death; also what the king said unto thee: and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer,
26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon’s princes;
supplication before the king, that he would not 14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the
cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. court of the prison, and committed him unto
27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that
asked him: and he told them according to all these he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the
words that the king had commanded. So they left off people.
speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 15 ¶ Now the word of the LORD came unto
28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the
the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there prison, saying,
when Jerusalem was taken. 16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,
saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
CHAPTER 39 Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city
I N the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the for evil, and not for good; and they shall be
tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of accomplished in that day before thee.
Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD:
besieged it. and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men
2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth of whom thou art afraid.
month, the ninth day of the month, the city was 18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not
broken up. fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto
3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the
and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, LORD.
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CHAPTER 40 them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of

T HE word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, Shaphan;

after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard 12 Even all the Jews returned out of all places
had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him whither they were driven, and came to the land of
being bound in chains among all that were carried Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine
away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were and summer fruits very much.
carried away captive unto Babylon. 13 ¶ Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and the captains of the forces that were in the fields,
said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced came to Gedaliah to Mizpah,
this evil upon this place. 14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know
3 Now the LORD hath brought it, and done that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent
according as he hath said: because ye have sinned Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But
against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
therefore this thing is come upon you. 15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to
4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I
chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of
unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore
I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the
the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and remnant in Judah perish?
convenient for thee to go, thither go. 16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto
5 Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this
back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.
Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made
governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with CHAPTER 41
him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth
convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the N OW it came to pass in the seventh month, that
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of
guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the
go. king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah
6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat
Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the bread together in Mizpah.
people that were left in the land. 2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the
7 ¶ Now when all the captains of the forces which ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the
were in the fields, even they and their men, heard son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword,
that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made
of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed governor over the land.
unto him men, and women, and children, and of the 3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him,
poor of the land, of them that were not carried away even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans
captive to Babylon; that were found there, and the men of war.
8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even 4 And it came to pass the second day after he had
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it,
Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from
Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men,
and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent,
their men. and having cut themselves, with offerings and
9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of
Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, the LORD.
Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, 6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from
and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went:
with you. and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto
10 As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah to serve them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, 7 And it was so, when they came into the midst of
gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew
them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and
have taken. the men that were with him.
11 Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and 8 But ten men were found among them that said
among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in
in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of
had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among
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their brethren. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have
9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your
bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of God according to your words; and it shall come to
Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer
fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing
Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. back from you.
10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true
of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s and faithful witness between us, if we do not even
daughters, and all the people that remained in according to all things for the which the LORD thy
Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the God shall send thee to us.
guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we
them away captive, and departed to go over to the send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey
Ammonites. the voice of the LORD our God.
11 ¶ But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 7 ¶ And it came to pass after ten days, that the word
the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had 8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all
done, the captains of the forces which were with him, and
12 Then they took all the men, and went to fight all the people from the least even to the greatest,
with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him 9 And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God
by the great waters that are in Gibeon. of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your
13 Now it came to pass, that when all the people supplication before him;
which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of 10 If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build
Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you,
with him, then they were glad. and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that
14 So all the people that Ishmael had carried away I have done unto you.
captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and 11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye
went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I
15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his
Johanan with eight men, and went to the hand.
Ammonites. 12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may
16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to
captains of the forces that were with him, all the your own land.
remnant of the people whom he had recovered from 13 ¶ But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land,
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even 14 Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt,
mighty men of war, and the women, and the where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the
children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we
again from Gibeon: dwell:
17 And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of 15 And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye
Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the
into Egypt, God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into
18 Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had 16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which
slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of
Babylon made governor in the land. Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall
follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye
CHAPTER 42 shall die.
T HEN all the captains of the forces, and Johanan 17 So shall it be with all the men that set their faces
the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by
Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and
unto the greatest, came near, none of them shall remain or escape from the evil
2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we that I will bring upon them.
beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before 18 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of
thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured
for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my
many, as thine eyes do behold us:) fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter
3 That the LORD thy God may shew us the way into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an
wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye
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shall see this place no more. Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and
19 ¶ The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are
remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know for the sword to the sword.
certainly that I have admonished you this day. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods
20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them
me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us away captives: and he shall array himself with the
unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment;
the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and and he shall go forth from thence in peace.
we will do it. 13 He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh,
21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the
have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto
you. CHAPTER 44
22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by
the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in T HE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all
the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which
dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph,
the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
and in the country of Pathros, saying,
CHAPTER 43 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye

A ND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had have seen all the evil that I have brought upon
made an end of speaking unto all the people all Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and,
the words of the LORD their God, for which the behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man
LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these dwelleth therein,
words, 3 Because of their wickedness which they have
2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and committed to provoke me to anger, in that they
Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom
saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.
LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the
Egypt to sojourn there: prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh,
3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on do not this abominable thing that I hate.
against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the 5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to
Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto
carry us away captives into Babylon. other gods.
4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains 6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured
of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in
of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and
5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains desolate, as at this day.
of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that 7 Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of
were returned from all nations, whither they had hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this
been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man
6 Even men, and women, and children, and the and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to
king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar- leave you none to remain;
adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah 8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works
the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in
the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that
7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for they ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a
obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they curse and a reproach among all the nations of the
even to Tahpanhes. earth?
8 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah 9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers,
in Tahpanhes, saying, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the
9 Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness,
the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of and the wickedness of your wives, which they have
Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of
men of Judah; Jerusalem?
10 And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, 10 They are not humbled even unto this day, neither
the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, statutes, that I set before you and before your
and will set his throne upon these stones that I have fathers.
hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. 11 ¶ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God
11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for
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evil, and to cut off all Judah. 24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and
12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all
set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the 25 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,
land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with
sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying,
least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the We will surely perform our vows that we have
famine: and they shall be an execration, and an vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and
astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely
13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of accomplish your vows, and surely perform your
Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, vows.
by the famine, and by the pestilence: 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah
14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name
escape or remain, that they should return into the shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of
land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD
return to dwell there: for none shall return but such liveth.
as shall escape. 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not
15 ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wives for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the
had burned incense unto other gods, and all the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and
women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the by the famine, until there be an end of them.
people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, 28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall
answered Jeremiah, saying, return out of the land of Egypt into the land of
16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone
the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know
thee. whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.
17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth 29 ¶ And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the
forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings may know that my words shall surely stand against
unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our you for evil:
kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in 30 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaoh-
the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies,
victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave
18 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of
of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and
we have wanted all things, and have been consumed that sought his life.
by the sword and by the famine.
19 And when we burned incense to the queen of CHAPTER 45
heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her,
did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out T HE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto
Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written
these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in
drink offerings unto her, without our men?
20 ¶ Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king
men, and to the women, and to all the people which of Judah, saying,
had given him that answer, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee,
21 The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, O Baruch;
and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath
your kings, and your princes, and the people of the added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing,
land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it and I find no rest.
not into his mind? 4 ¶ Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith
22 So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break
the evil of your doings, and because of the down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up,
abominations which ye have committed; therefore is even this whole land.
your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them
curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith
23 Because ye have burned incense, and because ye the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey
have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed in all places whither thou goest.
the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in CHAPTER 46
his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil
is happened unto you, as at this day.
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2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste
king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in and desolate without an inhabitant.
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction
smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of cometh; it cometh out of the north.
Josiah king of Judah. 21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like
3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are
battle. fled away together: they did not stand, because the
4 Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and day of their calamity was come upon them, and the
stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, time of their visitation.
and put on the brigandines. 22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they
5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned shall march with an army, and come against her with
away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, axes, as hewers of wood.
and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was 23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD,
round about, saith the LORD. though it cannot be searched; because they are more
6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north 24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she
by the river Euphrates. shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the
7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose north.
waters are moved as the rivers? 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith;
8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and
moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings;
will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:
inhabitants thereof. 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those
9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let that seek their lives, and into the hand of
the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand
Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as
handle and bend the bow. in the days of old, saith the LORD.
10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day 27 ¶ But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be
of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee
adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their
be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and
Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
country by the river Euphrates. 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the
11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of
daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will
medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in
12 The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath
stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen CHAPTER 47
both together.
13 ¶ The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the T HE word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the
prophet against the Philistines, before that
prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon Pharaoh smote Gaza.
should come and smite the land of Egypt. 2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of
14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and
publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the
fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall
round about thee. cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
15 Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his
not, because the LORD did drive them. strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at
16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look
and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own back to their children for feebleness of hands;
people, and to the land of our nativity, from the 4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the
oppressing sword. Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon
17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil
noise; he hath passed the time appointed. the Philistines, the remnant of the country of
18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD Caphtor.
of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, 5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off
and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou
19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish cut thyself?
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6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere that know his name, say, How is the strong staff
thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, broken, and the beautiful rod!
and be still. 18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler
a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy
there hath he appointed it. thy strong holds.
19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and
CHAPTER 48 espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and
A GAINST Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the say, What is done?
God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: 20 Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl
Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
confounded and dismayed. 21 And judgment is come upon the plain country;
2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon
they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut Mephaath,
it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut 22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon
down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. Beth-diblathaim,
3 A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling 23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and
and great destruction. upon Beth-meon,
4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry 24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon
to be heard. all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
5 For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is
shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the broken, saith the LORD.
enemies have heard a cry of destruction. 26 ¶ Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself
6 Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his
wilderness. vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
7 ¶ For because thou hast trusted in thy works and 27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he
in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him,
Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests thou skippedst for joy.
and his princes together. 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and
8 And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh
city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. 29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is
9 Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy,
away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
any to dwell therein. 30 I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not
10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD be so; his lies shall not so effect it.
deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his 31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out
sword from blood. for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of
11 ¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he Kir-heres.
hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied 32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the
from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea,
captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is
his scent is not changed. fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 33 And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful
that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused
him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread
break their bottles. with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and
house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from
confidence. Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years
14 ¶ How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
the war? 35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the
15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him
and his chosen young men are gone down to the that burneth incense to his gods.
slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of 36 Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like
hosts. pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the
16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his men of Kir-heres: because the riches that he hath
affliction hasteth fast. gotten are perished.
17 All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye 37 For every head shall be bald, and every beard
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clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and 6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of
upon the loins sackcloth. the children of Ammon, saith the LORD.
38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the 7 ¶ Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts;
housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished
have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
pleasure, saith the LORD. 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of
39 They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon
how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall him, the time that I will visit him.
Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them 9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not
about him. leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they
40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an will destroy till they have enough.
eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. 10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his
41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are secret places, and he shall not be able to hide
surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his
that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her neighbours, and he is not.
pangs. 11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them
42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. 12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose
43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly
thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go
44 He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but
and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in thou shalt surely drink of it.
the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, 13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that
the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a
45 They that fled stood under the shadow of waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be
Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come perpetual wastes.
forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of 14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an
Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather
crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the
46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of battle.
Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, 15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen,
and thy daughters captives. and despised among men.
47 ¶ Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in 16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride
the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of
judgment of Moab. the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though
thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I
CHAPTER 49 will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
C ONCERNING the Ammonites, thus saith the 17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that
LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all
then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people the plagues thereof.
dwell in his cities? 18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah
2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no
that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man
Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate dwell in it.
heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the
then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the
heirs, saith the LORD. strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from
3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint
daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint
lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their me the time? and who is that shepherd that will
king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his stand before me?
princes together. 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he
valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman:
treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out:
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord surely he shall make their habitations desolate with
GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and them.
ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and 21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the
none shall gather up him that wandereth. cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
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22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and 39 ¶ But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I
spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the
the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart LORD.
of a woman in her pangs.
23 ¶ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, CHAPTER 50
and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are
fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be T HE word that the LORD spake against Babylon
and against the land of the Chaldeans by
Jeremiah the prophet.
quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to 2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set
flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say,
sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her
joy! images are broken in pieces.
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, 3 For out of the north there cometh up a nation
and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, against her, which shall make her land desolate, and
saith the LORD of hosts. none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, shall depart, both man and beast.
and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 4 ¶ In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD,
28 ¶ Concerning Kedar, and concerning the the children of Israel shall come, they and the
kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of children of Judah together, going and weeping: they
Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves
they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be
their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry forgotten.
unto them, Fear is on every side. 6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds
30 ¶ Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye have caused them to go astray, they have turned
inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for them away on the mountains: they have gone from
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel mountain to hill, they have forgotten their
against you, and hath conceived a purpose against restingplace.
you. 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that adversaries said, We offend not, because they have
dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice,
neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the 8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth
multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he
into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; goats before the flocks.
and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, 9 ¶ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against
saith the LORD. Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a country: and they shall set themselves in array
desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, against her; from thence she shall be taken: their
nor any son of man dwell in it. arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall
34 ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah return in vain.
the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break 11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye
the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them 12 Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that
toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost
whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their desert.
enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be
will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one
the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss
have consumed them: at all her plagues.
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy 14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon round
from thence the king and the princes, saith the about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare
LORD. no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
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15 Shout against her round about: she hath given her 31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud,
hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the
thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: time that I will visit thee.
take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto 32 And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and
her. none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that cities, and it shall devour all round about him.
handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of 33 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of
the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed
people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. together: and all that took them captives held them
17 ¶ Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven fast; they refused to let them go.
him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured 34 Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his
him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he
hath broken his bones. may give rest to the land, and disquiet the
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God inhabitants of Babylon.
of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon 35 ¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD,
and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her
19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and princes, and upon her wise men.
he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a
shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, dismayed.
the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their
shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in
not be found: for I will pardon them whom I the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a
reserve. sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be
21 ¶ Go up against the land of Merathaim, even robbed.
against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be
waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they
and do according to all that I have commanded thee. are mad upon their idols.
22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of great 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the
destruction. wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more
asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from
desolation among the nations! generation to generation.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the
taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no
found, and also caught, because thou hast striven man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell
against the LORD. therein.
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a
brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from
this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land the coasts of the earth.
of the Chaldeans. 42 They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar
her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every
her utterly: let nothing of her be left. one put in array, like a man to the battle, against
27 Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the thee, O daughter of Babylon.
slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the report of
time of their visitation. them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold
28 The voice of them that flee and escape out of the of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the
the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong:
29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye but I will make them suddenly run away from her:
that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over
none thereof escape: recompense her according to her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the
her work; according to all that she hath done, do time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before
unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, me?
against the Holy One of Israel. 45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that
30 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes,
and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, that he hath purposed against the land of the
saith the LORD. Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw
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them out: surely he shall make their habitation stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
desolate with them. 16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of
46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to
moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh
lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out
CHAPTER 51 of his treasures.
T HUS saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up 17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every
against Babylon, and against them that dwell in founder is confounded by the graven image: for his
the midst of them that rise up against me, a molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in
destroying wind; them.
2 And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan 18 They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of
her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of their visitation they shall perish.
trouble they shall be against her round about. 19 The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the
3 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his
bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy 20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for
ye utterly all her host. with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with
4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and
streets. his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the
5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his chariot and his rider;
God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and
filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and
6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young
man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is man and the maid;
the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd
unto her a recompence. and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the
7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’s husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee
hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the
mad. inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have
8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be 25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying
healed. mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the
9 We would have healed Babylon, but she is not earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee,
healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make
own country: for her judgment reacheth unto thee a burnt mountain.
heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. 26 And they shall not take of thee a stone for a
10 The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt
come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.
LORD our God. 27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet
11 Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the among the nations, prepare the nations against her,
LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat,
Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against
it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the her; cause the horses to come up as the rough
vengeance of his temple. caterpillers.
12 Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of
make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers
prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
devised and done that which he spake against the 29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every
inhabitants of Babylon. purpose of the LORD shall be performed against
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation
abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the without an inhabitant.
measure of thy covetousness. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to
14 The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, fight, they have remained in their holds: their might
Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; hath failed; they became as women: they have
and they shall lift up a shout against thee. burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
15 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath 31 One post shall run to meet another, and one
established the world by his wisdom, and hath messenger to meet another, to shew the king of
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Babylon that his city is taken at one end, 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand
32 And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let
they have burned with fire, and the men of war are Jerusalem come into your mind.
affrighted. 51 We are confounded, because we have heard
33 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for
Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD’s
threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little house.
while, and the time of her harvest shall come. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the
34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven
devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me images: and through all her land the wounded shall
an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a groan.
dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he 53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven,
hath cast me out. and though she should fortify the height of her
35 The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her,
Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my saith the LORD.
blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall 54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great
Jerusalem say. destruction from the land of the Chaldeans:
36 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will 55 Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and
plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves
will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is
37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace uttered:
for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, 56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon
without an inhabitant. Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of
38 They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell their bows is broken: for the LORD God of
as lions’ whelps. recompences shall surely requite.
39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will 57 And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise
make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty
a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not
40 I will bring them down like lambs to the wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of
slaughter, like rams with he goats. hosts.
41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of 58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of
the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates
an astonishment among the nations! shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour
42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be
with the multitude of the waves thereof. weary.
43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a 59 ¶ The word which Jeremiah the prophet
wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of
doth any son of man pass thereby. Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of
44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign.
forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
up: and the nations shall not flow together any more 60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that
unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. should come upon Babylon, even all these words that
45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and are written against Babylon.
deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of 61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest
the LORD. to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these
46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the words;
rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour 62 Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken
shall both come one year, and after that in another against this place, to cut it off, that none shall
year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall
ruler against ruler. be desolate for ever.
47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do 63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of
judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it,
her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
shall fall in the midst of her. 64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and
48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her:
therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of
come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. Jeremiah.
49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall,
so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.
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CHAPTER 52 17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of

Z EDEKIAH was one and twenty years old when the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was
he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and
Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the
2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the
LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they
3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass away.
in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out 19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls,
from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the
king of Babylon. spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold,
4 ¶ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, and that which was of silver in silver, took the
in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, captain of the guard away.
that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and 20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls
all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against that were under the bases, which king Solomon had
it, and built forts against it round about. made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of vessels was without weight.
king Zedekiah. 21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar
6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did
month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there compass it; and the thickness thereof was four
was no bread for the people of the land. fingers: it was hollow.
7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of 22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the
war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network
the way of the gate between the two walls, which was and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about,
by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by all of brass. The second pillar also and the
the city round about:) and they went by the way of pomegranates were like unto these.
the plain. 23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a
8 ¶ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the side; and all the pomegranates upon the network
king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; were an hundred round about.
and all his army was scattered from him. 24 ¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and
the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; the three keepers of the door:
where he gave judgment upon him. 25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of the charge of the men of war; and seven men of
Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes them that were near the king’s person, which were
of Judah in Riblah. found in the city; and the principal scribe of the
11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the host, who mustered the people of the land; and
king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried threescore men of the people of the land, that were
him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of found in the midst of the city.
his death. 26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took
12 ¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to
month, which was the nineteenth year of Riblah.
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar- 27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put
adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus
Babylon, into Jerusalem, Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the 28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried
king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all away captive: in the seventh year three thousand
the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: Jews and three and twenty:
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with 29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he
the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred
Jerusalem round about. thirty and two persons:
15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard 30 In the three and twentieth year of
carried away captive certain of the poor of the Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the
people, and the residue of the people that remained guard carried away captive of the Jews seven
in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were
king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. four thousand and six hundred.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left 31 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth
certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in
for husbandmen. the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of
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the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in 33 And changed his prison garments: and he did
the first year of his reign lifted up the head of continually eat bread before him all the days of his
Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out life.
of prison, 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given
32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until
above the throne of the kings that were with him in the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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OF JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 1 hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my

H OW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord
people! how is she become as a widow! she that hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am
was great among the nations, and princess among not able to rise up.
the provinces, how is she become tributary! 15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty
2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly
her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath
comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a
with her, they are become her enemies. winepress.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, 16 For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye
and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among runneth down with water, because the comforter
the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors that should relieve my soul is far from me: my
overtook her between the straits. children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come 17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none
to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded
priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be
bitterness. round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; woman among them.
for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of 18 ¶ The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled
her transgressions: her children are gone into against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all
captivity before the enemy. people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is young men are gone into captivity.
departed: her princes are become like harts that find 19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my
no pasture, and they are gone without strength priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city,
before the pursuer. while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction 20 Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels
and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I
had in the days of old, when her people fell into the have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword
hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the bereaveth, at home there is as death.
adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. 21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to
8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my
removed: all that honoured her despise her, because trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou
they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they
turneth backward. shall be like unto me.
9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do
her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my
she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart
for the enemy hath magnified himself. is faint.
10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all
her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the CHAPTER 2
heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou
didst command that they should not enter into thy
congregation.
H OW hath the Lord covered the daughter of
Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down
from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and
11 All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have remembered not his footstool in the day of his
given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the anger!
soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of
vile. Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in
12 ¶ Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah;
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath
which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of
13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from
it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a
my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me flaming fire, which devoureth round about.
desolate and faint all the day. 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with
14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were
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pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not
of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice
5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine
Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath adversaries.
destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the 18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the
daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day
6 And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of
if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of thine eye cease.
the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn 19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the
feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath watches pour out thine heart like water before the
despised in the indignation of his anger the king and face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the
the priest. life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in
7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred the top of every street.
his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the 20 ¶ Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou
enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and
noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a children of a span long? shall the priest and the
solemn feast. prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
8 The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the
daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by
hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine
therefore he made the rampart and the wall to anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
lament; they languished together. 22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors
9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger
destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her none escaped nor remained: those that I have
princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy
her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. consumed.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the
ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust CHAPTER 3
upon their heads; they have girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their
heads to the ground.
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod
of his wrath.
2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but
11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are not into light.
troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand
destruction of the daughter of my people; because against me all the day.
the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath
the city. broken my bones.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me
wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the with gall and travail.
streets of the city, when their soul was poured out 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead
into their mothers’ bosom. of old.
13 What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he
thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? hath made my chain heavy.
what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my
virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like prayer.
the sea: who can heal thee? 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he
14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things hath made my paths crooked.
for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a
to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee lion in secret places.
false burdens and causes of banishment. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in
15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss pieces: he hath made me desolate.
and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for
saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of the arrow.
beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter
16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth into my reins.
against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, 14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song
We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day all the day.
that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made
17 The LORD hath done that which he had devised; me drunken with wormwood.
he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones,
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he hath covered me with ashes. against us.
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and
peace: I forgat prosperity. destruction.
18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for
from the LORD: the destruction of the daughter of my people.
19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not,
wormwood and the gall. without any intermission,
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from
humbled in me. heaven.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the
22 ¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not daughters of my city.
consumed, because his compassions fail not. 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without
23 They are new every morning: great is thy cause.
faithfulness. 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast
24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore a stone upon me.
will I hope in him. 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to cut off.
the soul that seeketh him. 55 ¶ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low
26 It is good that a man should both hope and dungeon.
quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his my breathing, at my cry.
youth. 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon
28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
hath borne it upon him. 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul;
29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there thou hast redeemed my life.
may be hope. 59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou
30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is my cause.
filled full with reproach. 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: imaginations against me.
32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all
compassion according to the multitude of his their imaginations against me;
mercies. 62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and
33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the their device against me all the day.
children of men. 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I
34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the am their musick.
earth, 64 ¶ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of according to the work of their hands.
the most High, 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under
approveth not. the heavens of the LORD.
37 ¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass,
when the Lord commandeth it not? CHAPTER 4
38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth
not evil and good? H OW is the gold become dim! how is the most
fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for are poured out in the top of every street.
the punishment of his sins? 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine
40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the
the LORD. work of the hands of the potter!
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they
in the heavens. give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the
hast not pardoned. wilderness.
43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the
thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask
44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
prayer should not pass through. 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace
in the midst of the people. dunghills.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouths 6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter
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of my people is greater than the punishment of the 22 ¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is
sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more
and no hands stayed on her. carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine
7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy
whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body sins.
than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not CHAPTER 5
known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their
bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. R EMEMBER, O LORD, what is come upon us:
consider, and behold our reproach.
9 They that be slain with the sword are better than 2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses
they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, to aliens.
stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. 3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as
10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their widows.
own children: they were their meat in the 4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood
destruction of the daughter of my people. is sold unto us.
11 The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath 5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and
poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire have no rest.
in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations 6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to
thereof. the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of 7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have
the world, would not have believed that the borne their iniquities.
adversary and the enemy should have entered into 8 Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth
the gates of Jerusalem. deliver us out of their hand.
13 ¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities 9 We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because
of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in of the sword of the wilderness.
the midst of her, 10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the
14 They have wandered as blind men in the streets, terrible famine.
they have polluted themselves with blood, so that 11 They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids
men could not touch their garments. in the cities of Judah.
15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of
depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and elders were not honoured.
wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall 13 They took the young men to grind, and the
no more sojourn there. children fell under the wood.
16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young
no more regard them: they respected not the persons men from their musick.
of the priests, they favoured not the elders. 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned
17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: into mourning.
in our watching we have watched for a nation that 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us,
could not save us. that we have sinned!
18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes
streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our are dim.
end is come. 18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is
19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne
laid wait for us in the wilderness. from generation to generation.
20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and
LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, forsake us so long time?
Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be
21 ¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that turned; renew our days as of old.
dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass 22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very
through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt wroth against us.
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EZEKIEL
CHAPTER 1 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they

N OW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round
fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I about them four.
was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels
the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. went by them: and when the living creatures were
2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went,
3 The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were
the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the
Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the living creature was in the wheels.
LORD was there upon him. 21 When those went, these went; and when those
4 ¶ And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up
of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against
and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the
thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of wheels.
the fire. 22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads
5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible
four living creatures. And this was their appearance; crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
they had the likeness of a man. 23 And under the firmament were their wings
6 And every one had four faces, and every one had straight, the one toward the other: every one had
four wings. two, which covered on this side, and every one had
7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their
sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of
8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an
on their four sides; and they four had their faces and host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that
9 Their wings were joined one to another; they was over their heads, when they stood, and had let
turned not when they went; they went every one down their wings.
straight forward. 26 ¶ And above the firmament that was over their
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance
face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the
side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man
side; they four also had the face of an eagle. above upon it.
11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the
stretched upward; two wings of every one were appearance of fire round about within it, from the
joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. appearance of his loins even upward, and from the
12 And they went every one straight forward: appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it
whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness
turned not when they went. round about.
13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud
appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the
the appearance of lamps: it went up and down brightness round about. This was the appearance of
among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
and out of the fire went forth lightning. saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one
14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the that spake.
appearance of a flash of lightning.
15 ¶ Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one CHAPTER 2
wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his
four faces. A ND he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon
thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was 2 And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto
like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that
likeness: and their appearance and their work was as spake unto me.
it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to
17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath
and they turned not when they went. rebelled against me: they and their fathers have
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transgressed against me, even unto this very day. children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell
4 For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will
do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto hear, or whether they will forbear.
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. 12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind
5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the
will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet glory of the LORD from his place.
shall know that there hath been a prophet among 13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the living
them. creatures that touched one another, and the noise of
6 ¶ And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great
neither be afraid of their words, though briers and rushing.
thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among 14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and
scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the
dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
house. 15 ¶ Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-
7 And thou shalt speak my words unto them, abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat
whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: where they sat, and remained there astonished
for they are most rebellious. among them seven days.
8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; 16 And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that
Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto
9 ¶ And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my
unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; mouth, and give them warning from me.
10 And he spread it before me; and it was written 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely
within and without: and there was written therein die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest
lamentations, and mourning, and woe. to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his
life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity;
CHAPTER 3 but his blood will I require at thine hand.
M OREOVER he said unto me, Son of man, eat 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not
that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he
unto the house of Israel. shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat soul.
that roll. 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a
to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because
thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his
honey for sweetness. sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall
4 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee not be remembered; but his blood will I require at
unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words thine hand.
unto them. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that
5 For thou art not sent to a people of a strange the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall
speech and of an hard language, but to the house of surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast
Israel; delivered thy soul.
6 Not to many people of a strange speech and of an 22 ¶ And the hand of the LORD was there upon me;
hard language, whose words thou canst not and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain,
understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they and I will there talk with thee.
would have hearkened unto thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and,
7 But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the
for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell
of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. on my face.
8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon
faces, and thy forehead strong against their my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go,
foreheads. shut thyself within thine house.
9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy 25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put
forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and
looks, though they be a rebellious house. thou shalt not go out among them:
10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my 26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of
words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not
heart, and hear with thine ears. be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious
11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the house.
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27 But when I speak with thee, I will open thy dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy
mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the bread therewith.
Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I
forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they
house. shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they
shall drink water by measure, and with
CHAPTER 4 astonishment:
T HOU also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it 17 That they may want bread and water, and be
before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even astonied one with another, and consume away for
Jerusalem: their iniquity.
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it,
and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against CHAPTER 5
it, and set battering rams against it round about.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set A ND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife,
take thee a barber’s rasor, and cause it to pass
it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee
thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the 2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst
house of Israel. of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled:
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it
iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the
the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
thou shalt bear their iniquity. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their bind them in thy skirts.
iniquity, according to the number of the days, three 4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the
hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for
iniquity of the house of Israel. thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again Israel.
on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of 5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I
the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee have set it in the midst of the nations and countries
each day for a year. that are round about her.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege 6 And she hath changed my judgments into
of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes
thou shalt prophesy against it. more than the countries that are round about her:
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou for they have refused my judgments and my statutes,
shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till they have not walked in them.
thou hast ended the days of thy siege. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye
9 ¶ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and multiplied more than the nations that are round
beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put about you, and have not walked in my statutes,
them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the number of the days that thou shalt according to the judgments of the nations that are
lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days round about you;
shalt thou eat thereof. 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the
weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
thou eat it. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done,
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth and whereunto I will not do any more the like,
part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. because of all thine abominations.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the
shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers;
their sight. and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole
13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely,
whither I will drive them. because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy
14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath detestable things, and with all thine abominations,
not been polluted: for from my youth up even till therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine
now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable 12 ¶ A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence,
flesh into my mouth. and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round
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about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will 11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine
cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all
comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the
fury in them. pestilence.
14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach 12 He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he
among the nations that are round about thee, in the that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that
sight of all that pass by. remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine:
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
instruction and an astonishment unto the nations 13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when
that are round about thee, when I shall execute their slain men shall be among their idols round
judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the
furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. tops of the mountains, and under every green tree,
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of and under every thick oak, the place where they did
famine, which shall be for their destruction, and offer sweet savour to all their idols.
which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase 14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and
the famine upon you, and will break your staff of make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the
bread: wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood
shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword CHAPTER 7
upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
CHAPTER 6
M OREOVER the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD

A ND the word of the LORD came unto me, unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come
saying, upon the four corners of the land.
2 Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of 3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send
Israel, and prophesy against them, mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according
3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine
the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the abominations.
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the 4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I
valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee,
you, and I will destroy your high places. and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee:
4 And your altars shall be desolate, and your images and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil,
before your idols. behold, is come.
5 And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of 6 An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for
Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones thee; behold, it is come.
round about your altars. 7 The morning is come unto thee, O thou that
6 In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of
waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the
altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your mountains.
idols may be broken and cease, and your images may 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee,
be cut down, and your works may be abolished. and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will
7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye judge thee according to thy ways, and will
shall know that I am the LORD. recompense thee for all thine abominations.
8 ¶ Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some 9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have
that shall escape the sword among the nations, when pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways
ye shall be scattered through the countries. and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee;
9 And they that escape of you shall remember me and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
among the nations whither they shall be carried 10 Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is
captives, because I am broken with their whorish gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath
heart, which hath departed from me, and with their budded.
eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness:
shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude,
committed in all their abominations. nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for
10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that them.
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12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not CHAPTER 8
the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is
upon all the multitude thereof. A ND it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth
month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me,
sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall 2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance
not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in of fire: from the appearance of his loins even
the iniquity of his life. downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as
14 They have blown the trumpet, even to make all the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.
ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is 3 And he put forth the form of an hand, and took
upon all the multitude thereof. me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me
15 The sword is without, and the pestilence and the up between the earth and the heaven, and brought
famine within: he that is in the field shall die with me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of
the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where
pestilence shall devour him. was the seat of the image of jealousy, which
16 ¶ But they that escape of them shall escape, and provoketh to jealousy.
shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was
all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be 5 ¶ Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine
weak as water. eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up
18 They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold
horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all northward at the gate of the altar this image of
faces, and baldness upon all their heads. jealousy in the entry.
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their 6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest
gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold thou what they do? even the great abominations that
shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go
wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again,
neither fill their bowels: because it is the and thou shalt see greater abominations.
stumblingblock of their iniquity. 7 ¶ And he brought me to the door of the court; and
20 ¶ As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
majesty: but they made the images of their 8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the
abominations and of their detestable things therein: wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a
therefore have I set it far from them. door.
21 And I will give it into the hands of the strangers 9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the
for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; wicked abominations that they do here.
and they shall pollute it. 10 So I went in and saw; and behold every form of
22 My face will I turn also from them, and they shall creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the
pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall
into it, and defile it. round about.
23 ¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody 11 And there stood before them seventy men of the
crimes, and the city is full of violence. ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of
24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every
and they shall possess their houses: I will also make man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of
the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy incense went up.
places shall be defiled. 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou
25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in
and there shall be none. the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery?
26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath
shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision forsaken the earth.
of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the 13 ¶ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and
priest, and counsel from the ancients. thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be 14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the
clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people LORD’s house which was toward the north; and,
of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
after their way, and according to their deserts will I 15 ¶ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O
judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see
greater abominations than these.
16 And he brought me into the inner court of the
LORD’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple
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of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were way upon their head.
about five and twenty men, with their backs toward 11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which
the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter,
east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
17 ¶ Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O
son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah CHAPTER 10
that they commit the abominations which they
commit here? for they have filled the land with T HEN I looked, and, behold, in the firmament
that was above the head of the cherubims there
violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as
and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall 2 And he spake unto the man clothed with linen,
not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the
cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from
them. between the cherubims, and scatter them over the
city. And he went in in my sight.
CHAPTER 9 3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the

H E cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled
saying, Cause them that have charge over the the inner court.
city to draw near, even every man with his 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the
destroying weapon in his hand. cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house;
2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the and the house was filled with the cloud, and the
higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every court was full of the brightness of the LORD’s glory.
man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man 5 And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard
among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty
inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood God when he speaketh.
beside the brasen altar. 6 And it came to pass, that when he had commanded
3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from
from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the between the wheels, from between the cherubims;
threshold of the house. And he called to the man then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn 7 And one cherub stretched forth his hand from
by his side; between the cherubims unto the fire that was
4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it
midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, into the hands of him that was clothed with linen:
and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that who took it, and went out.
sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be 8 ¶ And there appeared in the cherubims the form of
done in the midst thereof. a man’s hand under their wings.
5 ¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye 9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the
after him through the city, and smite: let not your cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another
eye spare, neither have ye pity: wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the
6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone.
children, and women: but come not near any man 10 And as for their appearances, they four had one
upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a
Then they began at the ancient men which were wheel.
before the house. 11 When they went, they went upon their four sides;
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill they turned not as they went, but to the place
the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went whither the head looked they followed it; they
forth, and slew in the city. turned not as they went.
8 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were slaying 12 And their whole body, and their backs, and their
them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of
cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury 13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my
upon Jerusalem? hearing, O wheel.
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was
Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face
full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the
they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
LORD seeth not. 15 And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their 16 And when the cherubims went, the wheels went
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by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge
wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels you in the border of Israel:
also turned not from beside them. 12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have
17 When they stood, these stood; and when they not walked in my statutes, neither executed my
were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the judgments, but have done after the manners of the
spirit of the living creature was in them. heathen that are round about you.
18 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the 13 ¶ And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that
threshold of the house, and stood over the Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down
cherubims. upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said,
19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the
mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they remnant of Israel?
went out, the wheels also were beside them, and 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me,
every one stood at the door of the east gate of the saying,
LORD’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was 15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the
over them above. men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel
20 This is the living creature that I saw under the wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of
God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD:
they were the cherubims. unto us is this land given in possession.
21 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one 16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man Although I have cast them far off among the
was under their wings. heathen, and although I have scattered them among
22 And the likeness of their faces was the same faces the countries, yet will I be to them as a little
which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.
and themselves: they went every one straight 17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will
forward. even gather you from the people, and assemble you
out of the countries where ye have been scattered,
CHAPTER 11 and I will give you the land of Israel.
M OREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and 18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take
brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s away all the detestable things thereof and all the
house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the abominations thereof from thence.
door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom 19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a
I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart
of Benaiah, princes of the people. out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of
2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the flesh:
men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in 20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep
this city: mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my
3 Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this people, and I will be their God.
city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. 21 But as for them whose heart walketh after the
4 ¶ Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O heart of their detestable things and their
son of man. abominations, I will recompense their way upon
5 And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said their own heads, saith the Lord GOD.
unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye 22 ¶ Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and
said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of
come into your mind, every one of them. Israel was over them above.
6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye 23 And the glory of the LORD went up from the
have filled the streets thereof with the slain. midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain which is on the east side of the city.
whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the 24 ¶ Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought
flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to
forth out of the midst of it. them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen
8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword went up from me.
upon you, saith the Lord GOD. 25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the
9 And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and things that the LORD had shewed me.
deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will
execute judgments among you. CHAPTER 12
10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the
border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the
LORD.
T HE word of the LORD also came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a
11 This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not;
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they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a carefulness, and drink their water with
rebellious house. astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all
3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for that is therein, because of the violence of all them
removing, and remove by day in their sight; and that dwell therein.
thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in 20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid
their sight: it may be they will consider, though they waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall
be a rebellious house. know that I am the LORD.
4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in 21 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me,
their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go saying,
forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in
captivity. the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged,
5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry and every vision faileth?
out thereby. 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no
and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them,
face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
for a sign unto the house of Israel. 24 For there shall be no more any vain vision nor
7 And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth flattering divination within the house of Israel.
my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that
I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more
it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will
shoulder in their sight. I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord
8 ¶ And in the morning came the word of the LORD GOD.
unto me, saying, 26 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the 27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel
rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to
10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far
This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and off.
all the house of Israel that are among them. 28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord
11 Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged
be done unto them: they shall remove and go into any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be
captivity. done, saith the Lord GOD.
12 And the prince that is among them shall bear
upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: CHAPTER 13
they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby:
he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground
with his eyes.
A ND the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of
13 My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that
be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word
Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he of the LORD;
not see it, though he shall die there. 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish
14 And I will scatter toward every wind all that are prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen
about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will nothing!
draw out the sword after them. 4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the
15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I deserts.
shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse 5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made
them in the countries. up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the
16 But I will leave a few men of them from the battle in the day of the LORD.
sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; 6 They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying,
that they may declare all their abominations among The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them:
the heathen whither they come; and they shall know and they have made others to hope that they would
that I am the LORD. confirm the word.
17 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not
saying, spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD
18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and saith it; albeit I have not spoken?
drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye
19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold,
the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with 9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see
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vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the not return from his wicked way, by promising him
assembly of my people, neither shall they be written life:
in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall 23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine
they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your
that I am the Lord GOD. hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
10 ¶ Because, even because they have seduced my
people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and CHAPTER 14
one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with
untempered morter: T HEN came certain of the elders of Israel unto
me, and sat before me.
11 Say unto them which daub it with untempered 2 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in
shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their
stormy wind shall rend it. iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at
12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said all by them?
unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them,
daubed it? Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and
rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his
shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will
great hailstones in my fury to consume it. answer him that cometh according to the multitude
14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed of his idols;
with untempered morter, and bring it down to the 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their own
ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be heart, because they are all estranged from me
discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be through their idols.
consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know 6 ¶ Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith
that I am the LORD. the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from
15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, your idols; and turn away your faces from all your
and upon them that have daubed it with abominations.
untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the
is no more, neither they that daubed it; stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth
16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his
concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity
peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire
GOD. of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him
17 ¶ Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against by myself:
the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of 8 And I will set my face against that man, and will
their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know
women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make that I am the LORD.
kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath
souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that
ye save the souls alive that come unto you? prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him,
19 And will ye pollute me among my people for and will destroy him from the midst of my people
handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the Israel.
souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive 10 And they shall bear the punishment of their
that should not live, by your lying to my people that iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be
hear your lies? even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto
20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am him;
against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the 11 That the house of Israel may go no more astray
souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from from me, neither be polluted any more with all their
your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls transgressions; but that they may be my people, and
that ye hunt to make them fly. I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my 12 ¶ The word of the LORD came again to me,
people out of your hand, and they shall be no more saying,
in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I 13 Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by
am the LORD. trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine
22 Because with lies ye have made the heart of the hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread
righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut
strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should off man and beast from it:
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14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, Jerusalem.
were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by 7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go
their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. out from one fire, and another fire shall devour
15 ¶ If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I
land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no set my face against them.
man may pass through because of the beasts: 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they
16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.
the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor
daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land CHAPTER 16
shall be desolate.
17 ¶ Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, A GAIN the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her
and beast from it: abominations,
18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem;
the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan;
daughters, but they only shall be delivered thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an
themselves. Hittite.
19 ¶ Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour 4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born
out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in
and beast: water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor
20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I swaddled at all.
live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee,
son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast
souls by their righteousness. out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in
21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more the day that thou wast born.
when I send my four sore judgments upon 6 ¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee
Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when
noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee
man and beast? when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
22 ¶ Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that 7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the
shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and
behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are
see their way and their doings: and ye shall be fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou
comforted concerning the evil that I have brought wast naked and bare.
upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have 8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee,
brought upon it. behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread
23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see their my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I
ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with
not done without cause all that I have done in it, thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
saith the Lord GOD. 9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly
washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed
CHAPTER 15 thee with oil.

A ND the word of the LORD came unto me, 10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod
saying, thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about with
2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any fine linen, and I covered thee with silk.
tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the 11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put
forest? bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or 12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in
will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire 13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and
devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered
burned. Is it meet for any work? work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil:
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst
work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any prosper into a kingdom.
work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is 14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen
burned? for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my
6 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the
tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given Lord GOD.
to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of 15 ¶ But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and
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playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and thou scornest hire;
pouredst out thy fornications on every one that 32 But as a wife that committeth adultery, which
passed by; his it was. taketh strangers instead of her husband!
16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and 33 They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy
deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may
playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.
not come, neither shall it be so. 34 And the contrary is in thee from other women in
17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to
and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a
to thyself images of men, and didst commit reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore
whoredom with them, thou art contrary.
18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and 35 ¶ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the
coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine LORD:
incense before them. 36 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness
19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered
oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all
set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of
saith the Lord GOD. thy children, which thou didst give unto them;
20 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with
daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that
these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I
Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, will even gather them round about against thee, and
21 That thou hast slain my children, and delivered will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they
them to cause them to pass through the fire for may see all thy nakedness.
them? 38 And I will judge thee, as women that break
22 And in all thine abominations and thy wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give
whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thee blood in fury and jealousy.
thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast 39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they
polluted in thy blood. shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall
23 And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also
woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;) of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and
24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent leave thee naked and bare.
place, and hast made thee an high place in every 40 They shall also bring up a company against thee,
street. and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee
25 Thou hast built thy high place at every head of through with their swords.
the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, 41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and
and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many
and multiplied thy whoredoms. women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing
26 Thou hast also committed fornication with the the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and
increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be
27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand quiet, and will be no more angry.
over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, 43 Because thou hast not remembered the days of
and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things;
thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way
ashamed of thy lewd way. upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt
28 Thou hast played the whore also with the not commit this lewdness above all thine
Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou abominations.
hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest 44 ¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use
not be satisfied. this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so
29 Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in is her daughter.
the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast 45 Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her
not satisfied herewith. husband and her children; and thou art the sister of
30 How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their
seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an children: your mother was an Hittite, and your
imperious whorish woman; father an Amorite.
31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the 46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her
head of every way, and makest thine high place in daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy
every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is
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Sodom and her daughters. and never open thy mouth any more because of thy
47 Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that
done after their abominations: but, as if that were a thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they
in all thy ways. CHAPTER 17
48 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister
hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast
done, thou and thy daughters.
A ND the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable
49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, unto the house of Israel;
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle
was in her and in her daughters, neither did she with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which
strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took
50 And they were haughty, and committed the highest branch of the cedar:
abomination before me: therefore I took them away 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and
as I saw good. carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of
51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; merchants.
but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it
than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set
abominations which thou hast done. it as a willow tree.
52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low
thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the
committed more abominable than they: they are roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine,
more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified 7 There was also another great eagle with great wings
thy sisters. and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend
53 When I shall bring again their captivity, the her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches
captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of
captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I her plantation.
bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it
of them: might bring forth branches, and that it might bear
54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it
that thou art a comfort unto them. prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and
55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither
return to their former estate, and Samaria and her in all the leaves of her spring, even without great
daughters shall return to their former estate, then power or many people to pluck it up by the roots
thou and thy daughters shall return to your former thereof.
estate. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall
56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it?
mouth in the day of thy pride, it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and saying,
all that are round about her, the daughters of the 12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not
Philistines, which despise thee round about. what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king
58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the
abominations, saith the LORD. king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them
59 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with with him to Babylon;
thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath 13 And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a
in breaking the covenant. covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him:
60 ¶ Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish 14 That the kingdom might be base, that it might
unto thee an everlasting covenant. not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant
61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be it might stand.
ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine 15 But he rebelled against him in sending his
elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him
thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he
62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the
thou shalt know that I am the LORD: covenant, and be delivered?
63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, 16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place
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where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither
oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his
with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment
17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and between man and man,
great company make for him in the war, by casting 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my
up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely
persons: live, saith the Lord GOD.
18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the 10 ¶ If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of
covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these
done all these things, he shall not escape. things,
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, 11 And that doeth not any of those duties, but even
surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his
covenant that he hath broken, even it will I neighbour’s wife,
recompense upon his own head. 12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled
20 And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath
be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed
Babylon, and will plead with him there for his abomination,
trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken
21 And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath
the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his
toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD blood shall be upon him.
have spoken it. 14 ¶ Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his
22 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the father’s sins which he hath done, and considereth,
highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will and doeth not such like,
crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither
one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of
eminent: Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour’s wife,
23 In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant 16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden
it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath
be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the
every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof naked with a garment,
shall they dwell. 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that
24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed
LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall
the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely
made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have live.
spoken and have done it. 18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed,
spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is
CHAPTER 18 not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in
T HE word of the LORD came unto me again, his iniquity.
saying, 19 ¶ Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the
2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that
the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my
grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
3 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have 20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall
occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the
4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness
so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that of the righteous shall be upon him, and the
sinneth, it shall die. wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
5 ¶ But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful 21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he
and right, hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do
6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he
hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of shall not die.
Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, 22 All his transgressions that he hath committed,
neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his
7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should
hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should
the naked with a garment; return from his ways, and live?
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24 ¶ But when the righteous turneth away from his 9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into
according to all the abominations that the wicked holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon
man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that the mountains of Israel.
he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass 10 ¶ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted
that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches
sinned, in them shall he die. by reason of many waters.
25 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. 11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them
Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the
are not your ways unequal? thick branches, and she appeared in her height with
26 When a righteous man turneth away from his the multitude of her branches.
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast
them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the
his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth fire consumed them.
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul 13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry
alive. and thirsty ground.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from 14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches,
all his transgressions that he hath committed, he which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no
shall surely live, he shall not die. strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a
29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways
equal? are not your ways unequal? CHAPTER 20
30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel,
every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. A ND it came to pass in the seventh year, in the
fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the
transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. LORD, and sat before me.
31 ¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, 2 Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new 3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say
heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to
of Israel? inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will
32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that not be inquired of by you.
dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, 4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge
and live ye. them? cause them to know the abominations of their
fathers:
CHAPTER 19 5 ¶ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In

M OREOVER take thou up a lamentation for the the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand
princes of Israel, unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made
2 And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when
down among lions, she nourished her whelps among I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the
young lions. LORD your God;
3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a 6 In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to
young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that
devoured men. I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey,
4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in which is the glory of all lands:
their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the 7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the
land of Egypt. abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves
5 Now when she saw that she had waited, and her with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not
and made him a young lion. hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away
6 And he went up and down among the lions, he the abominations of their eyes, neither did they
became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out
and devoured men. my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against
7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the 9 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should
fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. not be polluted before the heathen, among whom
8 Then the nations set against him on every side they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto
from the provinces, and spread their net over him: them, in bringing them forth out of the land of
he was taken in their pit. Egypt.
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10 ¶ Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the 27 ¶ Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of
land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD;
11 And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that
my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live they have committed a trespass against me.
in them. 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for
12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them,
sign between me and them, that they might know then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees,
that I am the LORD that sanctify them. and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they
13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the presented the provocation of their offering: there
wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they also they made their sweet savour, and poured out
despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall there their drink offerings.
even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly 29 Then I said unto them, What is the high place
polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called
them in the wilderness, to consume them. Bamah unto this day.
14 But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should 30 Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus
not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the
brought them out. manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the after their abominations?
wilderness, that I would not bring them into the 31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your
land which I had given them, flowing with milk and sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves
honey, which is the glory of all lands; with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be
16 Because they despised my judgments, and walked inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith
not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
their heart went after their idols. 32 And that which cometh into your mind shall not
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the
destroying them, neither did I make an end of them families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
in the wilderness. 33 ¶ As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a
18 But I said unto their children in the wilderness, mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with
Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither fury poured out, will I rule over you:
observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will
their idols: gather you out of the countries wherein ye are
19 I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched
keep my judgments, and do them; out arm, and with fury poured out.
20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the
between me and you, that ye may know that I am the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
LORD your God. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the
21 Notwithstanding the children rebelled against wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with
me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my you, saith the Lord GOD.
judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall 37 And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I
even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to 38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels,
accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. and them that transgress against me: I will bring
22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought them forth out of the country where they sojourn,
for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and
the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought ye shall know that I am the LORD.
them forth. 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord
23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and
wilderness, that I would scatter them among the hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but
heathen, and disperse them through the countries; pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts,
24 Because they had not executed my judgments, and with your idols.
but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my 40 For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of
sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers’ the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall
idols. all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not me: there will I accept them, and there will I require
good, and judgments whereby they should not live; your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations,
26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that with all your holy things.
they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth 41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I
the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the bring you out from the people, and gather you out
end that they might know that I am the LORD. of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and
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I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the
42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also
shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the furbished:
country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is
to your fathers. furbished that it may glitter: should we then make
43 And there shall ye remember your ways, and all mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every
your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye tree.
shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may
evils that ye have committed. be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is
44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
have wrought with you for my name’s sake, not 12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my
according to your wicked ways, nor according to people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel:
your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my
Lord GOD. people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
45 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, 13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword
saying, contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the
46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and Lord GOD.
drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy 14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite
against the forest of the south field; thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword
of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will of the great men that are slain, which entereth into
kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green their privy chambers.
tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their
shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be
to the north shall be burned therein. multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for
48 And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have the slaughter.
kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 16 Go thee one way or other, either on the right
49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
he not speak parables? 17 I will also smite mine hands together, and I will
cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
CHAPTER 21 18 ¶ The word of the LORD came unto me again,
A ND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
saying, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and that the sword of the king of Babylon may come:
drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy both twain shall come forth out of one land: and
against the land of Israel, choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way
3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; to the city.
Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to
sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in
the righteous and the wicked. Jerusalem the defenced.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of
righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword the way, at the head of the two ways, to use
go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted
south to the north: with images, he looked in the liver.
5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have 22 At his right hand was the divination for
drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in
return any more. the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to
6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a
of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their mount, and to build a fort.
eyes. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in
7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he
Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may
the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall be taken.
melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye
shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that
behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith your transgressions are discovered, so that in all
the Lord GOD. your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that
8 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with
saying, the hand.
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25 ¶ And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was
whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, set apart for pollution.
26 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, 11 And one hath committed abomination with his
and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his
exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall his sister, his father’s daughter.
be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou
give it him. hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily
28 ¶ And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast
saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
concerning their reproach; even say thou, The 13 ¶ Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at
sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy
furbished, to consume because of the glittering: blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they 14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be
divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the
of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is LORD have spoken it, and will do it.
come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and
30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy
judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in filthiness out of thee.
the land of thy nativity. 16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I
I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and am the LORD.
deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful 17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
to destroy. 18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead,
be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of
remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. silver.
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye
CHAPTER 22 are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather
M OREOVER the word of the LORD came unto you into the midst of Jerusalem.
me, saying, 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and
2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow
judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in
her abominations. mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there,
3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city and melt you.
sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may 21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the
come, and maketh idols against herself to defile fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst
herself. thereof.
4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast 22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so
shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall
thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon
draw near, and art come even unto thy years: you.
therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the 23 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me,
heathen, and a mocking to all countries. saying,
5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, 24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that
shall mock thee, which art infamous and much is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of
vexed. indignation.
6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst
thee to their power to shed blood. thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they
7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure
the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with and precious things; they have made her many
the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless widows in the midst thereof.
and the widow. 26 Her priests have violated my law, and have
8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned mine holy things: they have put no
profaned my sabbaths. difference between the holy and profane, neither
9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and have they shewed difference between the unclean and
in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths,
thee they commit lewdness. and I am profaned among them.
10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves
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ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable
souls, to get dishonest gain. young men.
28 And her prophets have daubed them with 13 Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took
untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies both one way,
unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when 14 And that she increased her whoredoms: for when
the LORD hath not spoken. she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images
29 The people of the land have used oppression, and of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion,
exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in
needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to
wrongfully. look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of
30 And I sought for a man among them, that should Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me 16 And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she
for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them
none. into Chaldea.
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation 17 And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of
upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and
my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon she was polluted with them, and her mind was
their heads, saith the Lord GOD. alienated from them.
18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and
CHAPTER 23 discovered her nakedness: then my mind was
T HE word of the LORD came again unto me, alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated
saying, from her sister.
2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters 19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to
of one mother: remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she
3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
committed whoredoms in their youth: there were 20 For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh
their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the
of their virginity. issue of horses.
4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and 21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness
Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians
bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; for the paps of thy youth.
Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. 22 ¶ Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord
5 And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee,
and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring
neighbours, them against thee on every side;
6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, 23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod,
all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them:
upon horses. all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers,
7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon
with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, horses.
and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols 24 And they shall come against thee with chariots,
she defiled herself. wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people,
8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought from which shall set against thee buckler and shield and
Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they helmet round about: and I will set judgment before
bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their them, and they shall judge thee according to their
whoredom upon her. judgments.
9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of 25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they
her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away
whom she doted. thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by
10 These discovered her nakedness: they took her the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy
sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the
and she became famous among women; for they had fire.
executed judgment upon her. 26 They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and
11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was take away thy fair jewels.
more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in 27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee,
her whoredoms more than her sister in her and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt:
whoredoms. so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them,
12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, nor remember Egypt any more.
captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, 28 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
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deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto
into the hand of them from whom thy mind is Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
alienated: 45 ¶ And the righteous men, they shall judge them
29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall after the manner of adulteresses, and after the
take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked manner of women that shed blood; because they are
and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy 46 For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a
whoredoms. company upon them, and will give them to be
30 I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast removed and spoiled.
gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou 47 And the company shall stone them with stones,
art polluted with their idols. and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay
31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; their sons and their daughters, and burn up their
therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. houses with fire.
32 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy 48 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the
sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to land, that all women may be taught not to do after
scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. your lewdness.
33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and 49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon
sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye
desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou
shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine CHAPTER 24
own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord
GOD. A GAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in
the tenth day of the month, the word of the
35 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou LORD came unto me, saying,
hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of
therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy this same day: the king of Babylon set himself
whoredoms. against Jerusalem this same day.
36 ¶ The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, 3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and
wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a
unto them their abominations; pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:
37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good
in their hands, and with their idols have they piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the
committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, choice bones.
whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the
the fire, to devour them. bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them
38 Moreover this they have done unto me: they have seethe the bones of it therein.
defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have 6 ¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the
profaned my sabbaths. bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and
39 For when they had slain their children to their whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece
idols, then they came the same day into my by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon
in the midst of mine house. the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground,
40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to to cover it with dust;
come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; 8 That it might cause fury to come up to take
and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a
thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with rock, that it should not be covered.
ornaments, 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the
41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh,
incense and mine oil. and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with 11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the
her: and with the men of the common sort were brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the
brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of
bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns it may be consumed.
upon their heads. 12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great
43 Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in
Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she the fire.
with them? 13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have
44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt
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not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was
have caused my fury to rest upon thee. desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they
14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, went into captivity;
and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I 4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of
spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, the east for a possession, and they shall set their
and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee:
saith the Lord GOD. they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
15 ¶ Also the word of the LORD came unto me, 5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and
saying, the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye
16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the shall know that I am the LORD.
desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt 6 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast
thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and
down. rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, of Israel;
bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand
shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the
not the bread of men. heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and
18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will
even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the
commanded. LORD.
19 ¶ And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell 8 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab
us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like
20 Then I answered them, The word of the LORD unto all the heathen;
came unto me, saying, 9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab
21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the from the cities, from his cities which are on his
Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth,
excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,
and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and 10 Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites,
your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the and will give them in possession, that the
sword. Ammonites may not be remembered among the
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover nations.
your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and
23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your they shall know that I am the LORD.
shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; 12 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom
but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking
mourn one toward another. vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged
24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all himself upon them;
that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also
ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off
25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate
when I take from them their strength, the joy of from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the
their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that sword.
whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the
daughters, hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom
26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto according to mine anger and according to my fury;
thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord
27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him GOD.
which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no 15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the
more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken
they shall know that I am the LORD. vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for
the old hatred;
CHAPTER 25 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
T HE word of the LORD came again unto me, stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I
saying, will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant
2 Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, of the sea coast.
and prophesy against them; 17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them
3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am
the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was
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CHAPTER 26 themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the

A ND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be
first day of the month, that the word of the astonished at thee.
LORD came unto me, saying, 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and
2 Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast
Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city,
the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be which wast strong in the sea, she and her
replenished, now she is laid waste: inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that
3 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am haunt it!
against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations 18 Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall;
to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at
to come up. thy departure.
4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and 19 For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make
break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not
from her, and make her like the top of a rock. inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee,
5 It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the and great waters shall cover thee;
midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord 20 When I shall bring thee down with them that
GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and
6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places
slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit,
LORD. that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in
7 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring the land of the living;
upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king 21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no
of kings, from the north, with horses, and with more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou
chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.
much people.
8 He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the CHAPTER 27
field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a
mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against T HE word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for
thee.
9 And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, Tyrus;
and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the
10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people
dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus,
noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men 4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy
enter into a city wherein is made a breach. builders have perfected thy beauty.
11 With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down 5 They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of
all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make
and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the masts for thee.
ground. 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars;
12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and the company of the Ashurites have made thy
make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and 7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was
they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue
in the midst of the water. and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which
13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; covered thee.
and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy
14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee,
shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be were thy pilots.
built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith 9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof
the Lord GOD. were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with
15 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the their mariners were in thee to occupy thy
isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the merchandise.
wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the 10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in
midst of thee? thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield
16 Then all the princes of the sea shall come down and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.
from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put 11 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy
off their broidered garments: they shall clothe walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy
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towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the
round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. ashes:
12 Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the 31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for
multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall
and lead, they traded in thy fairs. weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy wailing.
merchants: they traded the persons of men and 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a
vessels of brass in thy market. lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying,
14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the
with horses and horsemen and mules. midst of the sea?
15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many 33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou
isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of
brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy
16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the merchandise.
multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas
in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all
work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy 35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished
merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall
Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. be troubled in their countenance.
18 Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of 36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at
the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any
riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. more.
19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in
thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in CHAPTER 28
thy market.
20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for T HE word of the LORD came again unto me,
saying,
2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus
chariots.
21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up,
occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of
these were they thy merchants. God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of
thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief God:
of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no
23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of secret that they can hide from thee:
Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding
24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold
blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of and silver into thy treasures:
rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou
among thy merchandise. increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up
25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy because of thy riches:
market: and thou wast replenished, and made very 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou
glorious in the midst of the seas. hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
26 ¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: 7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee,
the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their
seas. swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they
27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy shall defile thy brightness.
mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the 8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou
occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the
war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is midst of the seas.
in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am
seas in the day of thy ruin. God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the
28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of hand of him that slayeth thee.
thy pilots. 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by
29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the
the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their Lord GOD.
ships, they shall stand upon the land; 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against saying,
thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust 12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king
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of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord with confidence, when I have executed judgments
GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and upon all those that despise them round about them;
perfect in beauty. and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every
precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, CHAPTER 29
and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper,
the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and I N the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth
day of the month, the word of the LORD came
gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy unto me, saying,
pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast 2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of
created. Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I Egypt:
have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain 3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I
of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great
of the stones of fire. dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it
thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. for myself.
16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have 4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause
filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I
sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and
mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness,
17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon
thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together,
brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts
thee before kings, that they may behold thee. of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I
multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed
traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the to the house of Israel.
midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring 7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou
thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when
that behold thee. they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all
19 All they that know thee among the people shall be their loins to be at a stand.
astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never 8 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will
shalt thou be any more. bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast
20 ¶ Again the word of the LORD came unto me, out of thee.
saying, 9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste;
21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he
prophesy against it, hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.
22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am 10 Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against
against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly
midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even
LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, unto the border of Ethiopia.
and shall be sanctified in her. 11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of
23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be
her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the inhabited forty years.
midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; 12 And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the
and they shall know that I am the LORD. midst of the countries that are desolate, and her
24 ¶ And there shall be no more a pricking brier cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be
unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians
that are round about them, that despised them; and among the nations, and will disperse them through
they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. the countries.
25 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have 13 ¶ Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty
gathered the house of Israel from the people among years will I gather the Egyptians from the people
whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in whither they were scattered:
them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they 14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and
dwell in their land that I have given to my servant will cause them to return into the land of Pathros,
Jacob. into the land of their habitation; and they shall be
26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build there a base kingdom.
houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell 15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither
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shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of
will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
the nations. 11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the
16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and
house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill
remembrance, when they shall look after them: but the land with the slain.
they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 12 And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land
17 ¶ And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land
year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the
caused his army to serve a great service against idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of
Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the
shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of
army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served Egypt.
against it: 14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire
19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of 15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of
Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great
for his army. pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour have distresses daily.
wherewith he served against it, because they wrought 17 The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall
for me, saith the Lord GOD. by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
21 ¶ In that day will I cause the horn of the house of 18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened,
Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the
of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a
know that I am the LORD. cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into
captivity.
CHAPTER 30 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they
T HE word of the LORD came again unto me, shall know that I am the LORD.
saying, 20 ¶ And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the
2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the
GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is 21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh
near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be
heathen. healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to
4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great hold the sword.
pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in 22 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am
Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his
her foundations shall be broken down. arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I
5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.
people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in 23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the
league, shall fall with them by the sword. nations, and will disperse them through the
6 Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt countries.
shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come 24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of
down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will
the sword, saith the Lord GOD. break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him
7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of the with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in 25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of
the midst of the cities that are wasted. Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down;
8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall
have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon,
be destroyed. and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
9 In that day shall messengers go forth from me in 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the
ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and nations, and disperse them among the countries;
great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Egypt: for, lo, it cometh.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the
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A ND it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees
third month, in the first day of the month, that of the field fainted for him.
the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his
2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that
and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the
greatness? choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water,
3 ¶ Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, 17 They also went down into hell with him unto
and of an high stature; and his top was among the them that be slain with the sword; and they that were
thick boughs. his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of
4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up the heathen.
on high with her rivers running round about his 18 ¶ To whom art thou thus like in glory and in
plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be
of the field. brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether
5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the
of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword.
branches became long because of the multitude of This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord
waters, when he shot forth. GOD.
6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his
boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of CHAPTER 32
the field bring forth their young, and under his
shadow dwelt all great nations. A ND it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the
twelfth month, in the first day of the month,
7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
his branches: for his root was by great waters. 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a
him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in
chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and
in the garden of God was like unto him in his troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their
beauty. rivers.
9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his 3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread
branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in out my net over thee with a company of many
the garden of God, envied him. people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
10 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because 4 Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee
thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls
up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the
lifted up in his height; beasts of the whole earth with thee.
11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of 5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and
the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal fill the valleys with thy height.
with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 6 I will also water with thy blood the land wherein
12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the
cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains rivers shall be full of thee.
and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his 7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the
boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover
all the people of the earth are gone down from his the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give
shadow, and have left him. her light.
13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven 8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark
remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the
his branches: Lord GOD.
14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters 9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I
exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into
their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees the countries which thou hast not known.
stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they 10 Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and
are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I
the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall
them that go down to the pit. tremble at every moment, every man for his own life,
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he in the day of thy fall.
went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I 11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the
covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods king of Babylon shall come upon thee.
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12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid
multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of their swords under their heads, but their iniquities
them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all shall be upon their bones, though they were the
the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
13 I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the
beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain
trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts with the sword.
trouble them. 29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes,
14 Then will I make their waters deep, and cause which with their might are laid by them that were
their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. slain by the sword: they shall lie with the
15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the
the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was pit.
full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, 30 There be the princes of the north, all of them, and
then shall they know that I am the LORD. all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the
16 This is the lamentation wherewith they shall slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their
lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be
her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them
all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. that go down to the pit.
17 ¶ It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted
fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army
LORD came unto me, saying, slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.
18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and 32 For I have caused my terror in the land of the
cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the
famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, uncircumcised with them that are slain with the
with them that go down into the pit. sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the
19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be Lord GOD.
thou laid with the uncircumcised.
20 They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain CHAPTER 33
by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her
and all her multitudes. A GAIN the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him 2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people,
out of the midst of hell with them that help him: and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a
they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by land, if the people of the land take a man of their
the sword. coasts, and set him for their watchman:
22 Asshur is there and all her company: his graves 3 If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he
are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: blow the trumpet, and warn the people;
23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and 4 Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet,
her company is round about her grave: all of them and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take
slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
land of the living. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not
24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that
her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow
parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if
land of the living; yet have they borne their shame the sword come, and take any person from among
with them that go down to the pit. them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood
25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain will I require at the watchman’s hand.
with all her multitude: her graves are round about 7 ¶ So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a
him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou
though their terror was caused in the land of the shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them
living, yet have they borne their shame with them from me.
that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou
them that be slain. shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the
26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in
her graves are round about him: all of them his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine
uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they hand.
caused their terror in the land of the living. 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to
27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall
fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
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10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes
house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye
transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine possess the land?
away in them, how should we then live? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination,
11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I and ye defile every one his neighbour’s wife: and
have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that shall ye possess the land?
the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord
ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall
of Israel? fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that
of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the
shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: pestilence.
as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall 28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and the
thereby in the day that he turneth from his pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains
wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass
for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. through.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall 29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I
surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and have laid the land most desolate because of all their
commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be abominations which they have committed.
remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath 30 ¶ Also, thou son of man, the children of thy
committed, he shall die for it. people still are talking against thee by the walls and
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another,
surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you,
is lawful and right; and hear what is the word that cometh forth from
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he the LORD.
had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without 31 And they come unto thee as the people cometh,
committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear
die. thy words, but they will not do them: for with their
16 None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth
mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is after their covetousness.
lawful and right; he shall surely live. 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song
17 ¶ Yet the children of thy people say, The way of of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well
the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they
not equal. do them not.
18 When the righteous turneth from his 33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,)
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall then shall they know that a prophet hath been
even die thereby. among them.
19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and
do that which is lawful and right, he shall live CHAPTER 34
thereby.
20 ¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O A ND the word of the LORD came unto me,
saying,
ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of
ways. Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the
21 ¶ And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the
captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should
month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem not the shepherds feed the flocks?
came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye
22 Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had 4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither
opened my mouth, until he came to me in the have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye
morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no bound up that which was broken, neither have ye
more dumb. brought again that which was driven away, neither
23 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, have ye sought that which was lost; but with force
saying, and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
24 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the 5 And they were scattered, because there is no
land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of
he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is the field, when they were scattered.
given us for inheritance. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains,
25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered
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upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and
seek after them. cattle.
7 ¶ Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he
LORD; shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed
8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my them, and he shall be their shepherd.
flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant
every beast of the field, because there was no David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken
shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my it.
flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace,
my flock; and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land:
9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and
LORD; sleep in the woods.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against 26 And I will make them and the places round about
the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to
hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the come down in his season; there shall be showers of
flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves blessing.
any more; for I will deliver my flock from their 27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and
mouth, that they may not be meat for them. the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be
11 ¶ For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, safe in their land, and shall know that I am the
will both search my sheep, and seek them out. LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke,
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that and delivered them out of the hand of those that
he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I served themselves of them.
seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all 28 And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen,
places where they have been scattered in the cloudy neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but
and dark day. they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them
13 And I will bring them out from the people, and afraid.
gather them from the countries, and will bring them 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of renown,
to their own land, and feed them upon the and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in
mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any
inhabited places of the country. more.
14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the 30 Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God
high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there am with them, and that they, even the house of
shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
they feed upon the mountains of Israel. 31 And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are
15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
down, saith the Lord GOD.
16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again CHAPTER 35
that which was driven away, and will bind up that
which was broken, and will strengthen that which M OREOVER the word of the LORD came unto
me, saying,
was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and
will feed them with judgment. prophesy against it,
17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch
between the rams and the he goats. out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee
18 Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten most desolate.
up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with 4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be
your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast
residue with your feet? shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of
19 And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time
trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye that their iniquity had an end:
have fouled with your feet. 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will
20 ¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue
Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall
between the lean cattle. pursue thee.
21 Because ye have thrust with side and with 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and
shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your cut off from it him that passeth out and him that
horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; returneth.
22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no 8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in
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thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up
they fall that are slain with the sword. mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you,
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy they shall bear their shame.
cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am 8 ¶ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot
the LORD. forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my
10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
these two countries shall be mine, and we will 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you,
possess it; whereas the LORD was there: and ye shall be tilled and sown:
11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house
even do according to thine anger, and according to of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be
thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:
against them; and I will make myself known among 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and
them, when I have judged thee. they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle
12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and you after your old estates, and will do better unto
that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I
hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, am the LORD.
They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou
me, and have multiplied your words against me: I shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more
have heard them. henceforth bereave them of men.
14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto
rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast
15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the bereaved thy nations;
house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more,
unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord
all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I GOD.
am the LORD. 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame
of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the
CHAPTER 36 reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou
A LSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord
mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of GOD.
Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 16 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath saying,
said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places 17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in
are ours in possession: their own land, they defiled it by their own way and
3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord by their doings: their way was before me as the
GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and uncleanness of a removed woman.
swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the
possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye blood that they had shed upon the land, and for
are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
of the people: 19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and
4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of they were dispersed through the countries:
the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the according to their way and according to their doings
mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the I judged them.
valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither
are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to they went, they profaned my holy name, when they
the residue of the heathen that are round about; said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and
5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the are gone forth out of his land.
fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue 21 ¶ But I had pity for mine holy name, which the
of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have house of Israel had profaned among the heathen,
appointed my land into their possession with the joy whither they went.
of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith
for a prey. the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house
6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye
and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was
Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my profaned among the heathen, which ye have
fury, because ye have borne the shame of the profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall
heathen: know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when
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I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. lo, they were very dry.
24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones
gather you out of all countries, and will bring you live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
into your own land. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these
25 ¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the
ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from word of the LORD.
all your idols, will I cleanse you. 5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones;
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye
will I put within you: and I will take away the stony shall live:
heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
of flesh. flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put
27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know
you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my that I am the LORD.
judgments, and do them. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I
28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking,
fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
God. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh
29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: came up upon them, and the skin covered them
and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and above: but there was no breath in them.
lay no famine upon you. 9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind,
30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus
increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O
reproach of famine among the heathen. breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may
31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and live.
your doings that were not good, and shall lothe 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the
yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up
for your abominations. upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, 11 ¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones
be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our
for your own ways, O house of Israel. bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off
33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall for our parts.
have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also 12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus
cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will
be builded. open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. 13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I
35 And they shall say, This land that was desolate is have opened your graves, O my people, and brought
become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and you up out of your graves,
desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are 14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live,
inhabited. and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye
36 Then the heathen that are left round about you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed
shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, it, saith the LORD.
and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have 15 ¶ The word of the LORD came again unto me,
spoken it, and I will do it. saying,
37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be 16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of
will increase them with men like a flock. Israel his companions: then take another stick, and
38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and
solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with for all the house of Israel his companions:
flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and
LORD. they shall become one in thine hand.
18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak
CHAPTER 37 unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou
T HE hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried meanest by these?
me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me 19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
down in the midst of the valley which was full of I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of
bones, Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and
behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine
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hand. and be thou a guard unto them.
20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in 8 ¶ After many days thou shalt be visited: in the
thine hand before their eyes. latter years thou shalt come into the land that is
21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of
Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among many people, against the mountains of Israel, which
the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of
them on every side, and bring them into their own the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
land: 9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou
22 And I will make them one nation in the land shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all
upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be thy bands, and many people with thee.
king to them all: and they shall be no more two 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to
nations, neither shall they be divided into two pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy
kingdoms any more at all: mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more 11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of
with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest,
with any of their transgressions: but I will save them that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls,
out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have and having neither bars nor gates,
sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine
people, and I will be their God. hand upon the desolate places that are now
24 And David my servant shall be king over them; inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out
and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods,
walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and that dwell in the midst of the land.
do them. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of
25 And they shall dwell in the land that I have given Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say
unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou
dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away
their children, and their children’s children for ever: silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take
and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. a great spoil?
26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with 14 ¶ Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto
them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my
and I will place them, and multiply them, and will people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know
set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. it?
27 My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will 15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the
be their God, and they shall be my people. north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of
28 And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do them riding upon horses, a great company, and a
sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the mighty army:
midst of them for evermore. 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of
Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the
CHAPTER 38 latter days, and I will bring thee against my land,
A ND the word of the LORD came unto me, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be
saying, sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of 17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I
Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets
prophesy against him, of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am that I would bring thee against them?
against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when
Tubal: Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, 19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath
horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a
sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers great shaking in the land of Israel;
and shields, all of them handling swords: 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping
with shield and helmet: things that creep upon the earth, and all the men
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my
of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down,
people with thee. and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, to the ground.
and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, 21 And I will call for a sword against him
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throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: employment, passing through the land to bury with
every man’s sword shall be against his brother. the passengers those that remain upon the face of
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months
with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his shall they search.
bands, and upon the many people that are with him, 15 And the passengers that pass through the land,
an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a
brimstone. sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; of Hamon-gog.
and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and 16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah.
they shall know that I am the LORD. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
17 ¶ And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD;
CHAPTER 39 Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast
T HEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather
Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do
I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the
Meshech and Tubal: mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth blood.
part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the
north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs,
of Israel: and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and Bashan.
will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have
and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I sacrificed for you.
will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, 20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and
and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war,
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have saith the Lord GOD.
spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. 21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and
6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have
that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
that I am the LORD. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst LORD their God from that day and forward.
of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute 23 ¶ And the heathen shall know that the house of
my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because
that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face
8 ¶ Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord from them, and gave them into the hand of their
GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go 24 According to their uncleanness and according to
forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid
both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the my face from them.
arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I
shall burn them with fire seven years: bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous
neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall for my holy name;
burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil 26 After that they have borne their shame, and all
those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against
them, saith the Lord GOD. me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none
11 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will made them afraid.
give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the 27 When I have brought them again from the
valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it people, and gathered them out of their enemies’
shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of
they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall many nations;
call it The valley of Hamon-gog. 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be God, which caused them to be led into captivity
burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; their own land, and have left none of them any more
and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall there.
be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them:
14 And they shall sever out men of continual for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of
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Israel, saith the Lord GOD. 16 And there were narrow windows to the little
chambers, and to their posts within the gate round
CHAPTER 40 about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were
I N the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in round about inward: and upon each post were palm
the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the trees.
month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was 17 Then brought he me into the outward court, and,
smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for
was upon me, and brought me thither. the court round about: thirty chambers were upon
2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land the pavement.
of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over
which was as the frame of a city on the south. against the length of the gates was the lower
3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was pavement.
a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of 19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront
brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner
reed; and he stood in the gate. court without, an hundred cubits eastward and
4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold northward.
with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set 20 ¶ And the gate of the outward court that looked
thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the toward the north, he measured the length thereof,
intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou and the breadth thereof.
brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the 21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this
house of Israel. side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and
5 And behold a wall on the outside of the house the arches thereof were after the measure of the first
round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the
reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth five and twenty cubits.
breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their
one reed; and the height, one reed. palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that
6 ¶ Then came he unto the gate which looketh looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by
toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
measured the threshold of the gate, which was one 23 And the gate of the inner court was over against
reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and
was one reed broad. he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
7 And every little chamber was one reed long, and 24 ¶ After that he brought me toward the south, and
one reed broad; and between the little chambers behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the
were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to
porch of the gate within was one reed. these measures.
8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one 25 And there were windows in it and in the arches
reed. thereof round about, like those windows: the length
9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty
cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the cubits.
porch of the gate was inward. 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the
10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were arches thereof were before them: and it had palm
three on this side, and three on that side; they three trees, one on this side, and another on that side,
were of one measure: and the posts had one measure upon the posts thereof.
on this side and on that side. 27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the
11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the
gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen south an hundred cubits.
cubits. 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the
12 The space also before the little chambers was one south gate: and he measured the south gate
cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on according to these measures;
that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on 29 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts
this side, and six cubits on that side. thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these
13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one measures: and there were windows in it and in the
little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long,
was five and twenty cubits, door against door. and five and twenty cubits broad.
14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, even 30 And the arches round about were five and twenty
unto the post of the court round about the gate. cubits long, and five cubits broad.
15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance 31 And the arches thereof were toward the utter
unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof:
cubits. and the going up to it had eight steps.
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32 ¶ And he brought me into the inner court toward the altar that was before the house.
the east: and he measured the gate according to these 48 ¶ And he brought me to the porch of the house,
measures. and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on
33 And the little chambers thereof, and the posts this side, and five cubits on that side: and the
thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and
these measures: and there were windows therein and three cubits on that side.
in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and
long, and five and twenty cubits broad. the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the
34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward steps whereby they went up to it: and there were
court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on
on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it that side.
had eight steps.
35 ¶ And he brought me to the north gate, and CHAPTER 41
measured it according to these measures;
36 The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and A FTERWARD he brought me to the temple, and
measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one
the arches thereof, and the windows to it round side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which
about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth was the breadth of the tabernacle.
five and twenty cubits. 2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and
37 And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side,
and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this and five cubits on the other side: and he measured
side, and on that side: and the going up to it had the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth,
eight steps. twenty cubits.
38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by 3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of
the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and
offering. the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
39 ¶ And in the porch of the gate were two tables on 4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits;
this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple:
the burnt offering and the sin offering and the and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.
trespass offering. 5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits;
40 And at the side without, as one goeth up to the and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits,
entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the round about the house on every side.
other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were 6 And the side chambers were three, one over
two tables. another, and thirty in order; and they entered into
41 Four tables were on this side, and four tables on the wall which was of the house for the side
that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, chambers round about, that they might have hold,
whereupon they slew their sacrifices. but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
42 And the four tables were of hewn stone for the 7 And there was an enlarging, and a winding about
burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a still upward to the side chambers: for the winding
cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: about of the house went still upward round about
whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith the house: therefore the breadth of the house was
they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. still upward, and so increased from the lowest
43 And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened chamber to the highest by the midst.
round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of 8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the
the offering. foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of
44 ¶ And without the inner gate were the chambers six great cubits.
of the singers in the inner court, which was at the 9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side
side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward chamber without, was five cubits: and that which
the south: one at the side of the east gate having the was left was the place of the side chambers that were
prospect toward the north. within.
45 And he said unto me, This chamber, whose 10 And between the chambers was the wideness of
prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
keepers of the charge of the house. 11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward
46 And the chamber whose prospect is toward the the place that was left, one door toward the north,
north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of and another door toward the south: and the breadth
the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister 12 Now the building that was before the separate
unto him. place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits
47 So he measured the court, an hundred cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits
long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and thick round about, and the length thereof ninety
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cubits. 3 Over against the twenty cubits which were for the
13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits inner court, and over against the pavement which
long; and the separate place, and the building, with was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in
the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; three stories.
14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of 4 And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits
the separate place toward the east, an hundred breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors
cubits. toward the north.
15 And he measured the length of the building over 5 Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the
against the separate place which was behind it, and galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and
the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other than the middlemost of the building.
side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and 6 For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as
the porches of the court; the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was
16 The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost
galleries round about on their three stories, over from the ground.
against the door, cieled with wood round about, and 7 And the wall that was without over against the
from the ground up to the windows, and the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of
windows were covered; the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
17 To that above the door, even unto the inner 8 For the length of the chambers that were in the
house, and without, and by all the wall round about utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the
within and without, by measure. temple were an hundred cubits.
18 And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, 9 And from under these chambers was the entry on
so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter
cherub; and every cherub had two faces; court.
19 So that the face of a man was toward the palm 10 The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of
tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion the court toward the east, over against the separate
toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made place, and over against the building.
through all the house round about. 11 And the way before them was like the appearance
20 From the ground unto above the door were of the chambers which were toward the north, as
cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of long as they, and as broad as they: and all their
the temple. goings out were both according to their fashions,
21 The posts of the temple were squared, and the and according to their doors.
face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the 12 And according to the doors of the chambers that
appearance of the other. were toward the south was a door in the head of the
22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the
length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, east, as one entereth into them.
and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of 13 ¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and
wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is the south chambers, which are before the separate
before the LORD. place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy
24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and
leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the
for the other door. trespass offering; for the place is holy.
25 And there were made on them, on the doors of 14 When the priests enter therein, then shall they
the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but
made upon the walls; and there were thick planks there they shall lay their garments wherein they
upon the face of the porch without. minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other
26 And there were narrow windows and palm trees garments, and shall approach to those things which
on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of are for the people.
the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, 15 Now when he had made an end of measuring the
and thick planks. inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate
whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it
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T HEN he brought me forth into the utter court, 16 He measured the east side with the measuring
the way toward the north: and he brought me reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed
into the chamber that was over against the separate round about.
place, and which was before the building toward the 17 He measured the north side, five hundred reeds,
north. with the measuring reed round about.
2 Before the length of an hundred cubits was the 18 He measured the south side, five hundred reeds,
north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. with the measuring reed.
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19 ¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof
five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. round about shall be a span: and this shall be the
20 He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall higher place of the altar.
round about, five hundred reeds long, and five 14 And from the bottom upon the ground even to
hundred broad, to make a separation between the the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth
sanctuary and the profane place. one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the
greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one
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A FTERWARD he brought me to the gate, even 15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar
the gate that looketh toward the east: and upward shall be four horns.
2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came 16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve
from the way of the east: and his voice was like a broad, square in the four squares thereof.
noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his 17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and
glory. fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the
3 And it was according to the appearance of the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom
vision which I saw, even according to the vision that thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall
I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the look toward the east.
visions were like the vision that I saw by the river 18 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the
Chebar; and I fell upon my face. Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in
4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt
the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
east. 19 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that
5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to
inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young
the house. bullock for a sin offering.
6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of the 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put
house; and the man stood by me. it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of
7 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus
my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
where I will dwell in the midst of the children of 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin
Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place
Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by of the house, without the sanctuary.
their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of
their high places. the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they
8 In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the
and their post by my posts, and the wall between me bullock.
and them, they have even defiled my holy name by 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou
their abominations that they have committed: shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a
wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. ram out of the flock without blemish.
9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the 24 And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and
carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall
in the midst of them for ever. offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
10 ¶ Thou son of man, shew the house to the house 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for
of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young
iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
11 And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, 26 Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it;
shew them the form of the house, and the fashion and they shall consecrate themselves.
thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings 27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that
in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall
ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your
the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord
may keep the whole form thereof, and all the GOD.
ordinances thereof, and do them.
12 This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the CHAPTER 44
mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall
be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. T HEN he brought me back the way of the gate of
the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the
13 ¶ And these are the measures of the altar after the east; and it was shut.
cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; 2 Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be
even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter
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in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath blood, saith the Lord GOD:
entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. 16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall
3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to come near to my table, to minister unto me, and
eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way they shall keep my charge.
of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way 17 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that when they enter
of the same. in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be
4 ¶ Then brought he me the way of the north gate clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come
before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the
glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I inner court, and within.
fell upon my face. 18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads,
5 And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they
well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth
ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the sweat.
ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws 19 And when they go forth into the utter court, even
thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, into the utter court to the people, they shall put off
with every going forth of the sanctuary. their garments wherein they ministered, and lay
6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on
house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house other garments; and they shall not sanctify the
of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, people with their garments.
7 In that ye have brought into my sanctuary 20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer
strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their
uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to heads.
pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, 21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they
the fat and the blood, and they have broken my enter into the inner court.
covenant because of all your abominations. 22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow,
8 And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens
things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that
sanctuary for yourselves. had a priest before.
9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, 23 And they shall teach my people the difference
uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, between the holy and profane, and cause them to
shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is discern between the unclean and the clean.
among the children of Israel. 24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment;
10 And the Levites that are gone away far from me, and they shall judge it according to my judgments:
when Israel went astray, which went astray away and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all
from me after their idols; they shall even bear their mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
iniquity. 25 And they shall come at no dead person to defile
11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son,
having charge at the gates of the house, and or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath
ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt had no husband, they may defile themselves.
offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they 26 And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto
shall stand before them to minister unto them. him seven days.
12 Because they ministered unto them before their 27 And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary,
idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he
iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD.
them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their 28 And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am
iniquity. their inheritance: and ye shall give them no
13 And they shall not come near unto me, to do the possession in Israel: I am their possession.
office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of 29 They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin
my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall offering, and the trespass offering; and every
bear their shame, and their abominations which they dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
have committed. 30 And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and
14 But I will make them keepers of the charge of the every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations,
house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall shall be the priest’s: ye shall also give unto the priest
be done therein. the first of your dough, that he may cause the
15 ¶ But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, blessing to rest in thine house.
that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the 31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead
children of Israel went astray from me, they shall of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall
stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the
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CHAPTER 45 which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an

M OREOVER, when ye shall divide by lot the homer:

land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation 15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of two
unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat
length shall be the length of five and twenty offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace
thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the
thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof Lord GOD.
round about. 16 All the people of the land shall give this oblation
2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five for the prince in Israel.
hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, 17 And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt
square round about; and fifty cubits round about for offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in
the suburbs thereof. the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the
3 And of this measure shalt thou measure the length sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he
of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering,
thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to
most holy place. make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
4 The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests 18 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in
the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young
near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:
place for their houses, and an holy place for the 19 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin
sanctuary. offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and
5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and
the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.
the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the
possession for twenty chambers. month for every one that erreth, and for him that is
6 ¶ And ye shall appoint the possession of the city simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand 21 In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the
long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven
shall be for the whole house of Israel. days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
7 ¶ And a portion shall be for the prince on the one 22 And upon that day shall the prince prepare for
side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy himself and for all the people of the land a bullock
portion, and of the possession of the city, before the for a sin offering.
oblation of the holy portion, and before the 23 And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a
possession of the city, from the west side westward, burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven
and from the east side eastward: and the length shall rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid
be over against one of the portions, from the west of the goats daily for a sin offering.
border unto the east border. 24 And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah
8 In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of
princes shall no more oppress my people; and the oil for an ephah.
rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel 25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the
according to their tribes. month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven
9 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O days, according to the sin offering, according to the
princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and burnt offering, and according to the meat offering,
execute judgment and justice, take away your and according to the oil.
exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and CHAPTER 46
a just bath.
11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, T HUS saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner
court that looketh toward the east shall be shut
that the bath may contain the tenth part of an the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be
homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be
the measure thereof shall be after the homer. opened.
12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch
shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of
be your maneh. the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt
13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth offering and his peace offerings, and he shall
part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go
give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the
14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, evening.
ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the
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door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s
and in the new moons. inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of
4 And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer their possession; but he shall give his sons
unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs inheritance out of his own possession: that my
without blemish, and a ram without blemish. people be not scattered every man from his
5 And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, possession.
and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be 19 ¶ After he brought me through the entry, which
able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of
6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young the priests, which looked toward the north: and,
bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
they shall be without blemish. 20 Then said he unto me, This is the place where the
7 And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin
a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs offering, where they shall bake the meat offering;
according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of that they bear them not out into the utter court, to
oil to an ephah. sanctify the people.
8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by 21 Then he brought me forth into the utter court,
the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go and caused me to pass by the four corners of the
forth by the way thereof. court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there
9 ¶ But when the people of the land shall come was a court.
before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that 22 In the four corners of the court there were courts
entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these
shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that four corners were of one measure.
entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth 23 And there was a row of building round about in
by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by them, round about them four, and it was made with
the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go boiling places under the rows round about.
forth over against it. 24 Then said he unto me, These are the places of
10 And the prince in the midst of them, when they them that boil, where the ministers of the house
go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
forth.
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offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah
to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and
an hin of oil to an ephah.
A FTERWARD he brought me again unto the
door of the house; and, behold, waters issued
out from under the threshold of the house eastward:
12 Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary for the forefront of the house stood toward the east,
burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto and the waters came down from under from the
the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his 2 Then brought he me out of the way of the gate
burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on northward, and led me about the way without unto
the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and,
going forth one shall shut the gate. behold, there ran out waters on the right side.
13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand
LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits,
thou shalt prepare it every morning. and he brought me through the waters; the waters
14 And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it were to the ancles.
every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine through the waters; the waters were to the knees.
flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual Again he measured a thousand, and brought me
ordinance unto the LORD. through; the waters were to the loins.
15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a
offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual river that I could not pass over: for the waters were
burnt offering. risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be
16 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a passed over.
gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof 6 ¶ And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen
shall be his sons’; it shall be their possession by this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return
inheritance. to the brink of the river.
17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of
servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; the river were very many trees on the one side and
after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance on the other.
shall be his sons’ for them. 8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
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toward the east country, and go down into the tribes of Israel.
desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the
into the sea, the waters shall be healed. stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his
9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing that inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall
come, shall live: and there shall be a very great CHAPTER 48
multitude of fish, because these waters shall come
thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall N OW these are the names of the tribes. From the
north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as
one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of
live whither the river cometh.
10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for
stand upon it from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim; these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan.
they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto
shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the the west side, a portion for Asher.
great sea, exceeding many. 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side
11 But the miry places thereof and the marishes even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali.
thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side
12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side
whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim.
thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side
according to his months, because their waters they even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side
shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the 8 ¶ And by the border of Judah, from the east side
border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye
to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in
portions. breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from
14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary
concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it shall be in the midst of it.
unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you 9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall
for inheritance. be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten
15 And this shall be the border of the land toward thousand in breadth.
the north side, from the great sea, the way of 10 And for them, even for the priests, shall be this
Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty
16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the thousand in length, and toward the west ten
border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten
Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and
17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazar-enan, twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the
the border of Damascus, and the north northward, LORD shall be in the midst thereof.
and the border of Hamath. And this is the north 11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the
side. sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which
18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, went not astray when the children of Israel went
and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the astray, as the Levites went astray.
land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the 12 And this oblation of the land that is offered shall
east sea. And this is the east side. be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the
19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even Levites.
to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the 13 And over against the border of the priests the
great sea. And this is the south side southward. Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length,
20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be
border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten
the west side. thousand.
21 So shall ye divide this land unto you according to 14 And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor
the tribes of Israel. alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto
22 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it the LORD.
by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the 15 ¶ And the five thousand, that are left in the
strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget breadth over against the five and twenty thousand,
children among you: and they shall be unto you as shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and
born in the country among the children of Israel; for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst
they shall have inheritance with you among the thereof.
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16 And these shall be the measures thereof; the north 23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side
side four thousand and five hundred, and the south unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east 24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the east
side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion.
side four thousand and five hundred. 25 And by the border of Simeon, from the east side
17 And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the unto the west side, Issachar a portion.
north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south 26 And by the border of Issachar, from the east side
two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two unto the west side, Zebulun a portion.
hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred 27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side
and fifty. unto the west side, Gad a portion.
18 And the residue in length over against the 28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side
oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand southward, the border shall be even from Tamar
eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river
over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the toward the great sea.
increase thereof shall be for food unto them that 29 This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto
serve the city. the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their
19 And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all portions, saith the Lord GOD.
the tribes of Israel. 30 ¶ And these are the goings out of the city on the
20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand north side, four thousand and five hundred
by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy measures.
oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. 31 And the gates of the city shall be after the names
21 ¶ And the residue shall be for the prince, on the of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one
one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi.
of the possession of the city, over against the five and 32 And at the east side four thousand and five
twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph,
border, and westward over against the five and one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan.
twenty thousand toward the west border, over 33 And at the south side four thousand and five
against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of
holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.
in the midst thereof. 34 At the west side four thousand and five hundred,
22 Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of
from the possession of the city, being in the midst of Asher, one gate of Naphtali.
that which is the prince’s, between the border of 35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures:
Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the and the name of the city from that day shall be, The
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CHAPTER 1
I N the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of
Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into
his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of
God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the
house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the
treasure house of his god.
3 ¶ And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of
his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the
children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the
princes;
4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well
favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in
knowledge, and understanding science, and such as
had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and
whom they might teach the learning and the tongue
of the Chaldeans.
5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of
the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so
nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof
they might stand before the king.
6 Now among these were of the children of Judah,
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names:
for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar;
and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of
Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abed-nego.
8 ¶ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would
not defile himself with the portion of the king’s
meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore
he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he
might not defile himself.
9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and
tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I
fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your
meat and your drink: for why should he see your
faces worse liking than the children which are of
your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head
to the king.
11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of
the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah,
12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and
let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before
thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of
the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest,
deal with thy servants.
14 So he consented to them in this matter, and
proved them ten days.
15 And at the end of ten days their countenances
appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the
children which did eat the portion of the king’s
meat.
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16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat,
and the wine that they should drink; and gave them
pulse.
17 ¶ As for these four children, God gave them
knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and
Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
18 Now at the end of the days that the king had said
he should bring them in, then the prince of the
eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
19 And the king communed with them; and among
them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before
the king.
20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding,
that the king inquired of them, he found them ten
times better than all the magicians and astrologers
that were in all his realm.
21 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of
king Cyrus.
CHAPTER 2
A ND in the second year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed
dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his
sleep brake from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians,
and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the
Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they
came and stood before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a
dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the
dream.
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O
king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and
we will shew the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The
thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known
unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof,
ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be
made a dunghill.
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation
thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and
great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the
interpretation thereof.
7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his
servants the dream, and we will shew the
interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty
that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing
is gone from me.
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream,
there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared
lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the
time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I
shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation
thereof.
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said, There is not a man upon the earth that can the interpretation thereof?
shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any said, The secret which the king hath demanded
magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians,
11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
there is none other that can shew it before the king, 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth
except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. secrets, and maketh known to the king
12 For this cause the king was angry and very Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy
furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are
of Babylon. these;
13 And the decree went forth that the wise men 29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy
should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass
fellows to be slain. hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh
14 ¶ Then Daniel answered with counsel and known to thee what shall come to pass.
wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for
which was gone forth to slay the wise men of any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for
Babylon: their sakes that shall make known the interpretation
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s to the king, and that thou mightest know the
captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? thoughts of thy heart.
Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 31 ¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image.
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that This great image, whose brightness was excellent,
he would give him time, and that he would shew the stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
king the interpretation. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and
17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his 33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of
companions: clay.
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his hands, which smote the image upon his feet that
fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
men of Babylon. 35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver,
19 ¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became
night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of wind carried them away, that no place was found for
God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: them: and the stone that smote the image became a
21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth 36 ¶ This is the dream; and we will tell the
wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that interpretation thereof before the king.
know understanding: 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and
knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light strength, and glory.
dwelleth with him. 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the
23 I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath
fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler
hast made known unto me now what we desired of over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom
king’s matter. inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass,
24 ¶ Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom which shall bear rule over all the earth.
the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron:
Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth
not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it
king, and I will shew unto the king the break in pieces and bruise.
interpretation. 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be
haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with
king the interpretation. miry clay.
26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and
name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong,
known unto me the dream which I have seen, and and partly broken.
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43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut,
clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the
men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even nations, and the languages, fell down and
as iron is not mixed with clay. worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of the king had set up.
heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be 8 ¶ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came
destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other near, and accused the Jews.
people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar,
these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. O king, live for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man
out of the mountain without hands, and that it that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of
and the gold; the great God hath made known to the musick, shall fall down and worship the golden
king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the image:
dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,
46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his that he should be cast into the midst of a burning
face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that fiery furnace.
they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over
him. the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach,
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have
truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor
Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
couldest reveal this secret. 13 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury
48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
whole province of Babylon, and chief of the 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it
governors over all the wise men of Babylon. true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not
49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs which I have set up?
of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the
of the king. sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery,
and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down
CHAPTER 3 and worship the image which I have made; well: but
N EBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an image if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into
of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that
and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not
together the princes, the governors, and the captains, careful to answer thee in this matter.
the judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will
to the dedication of the image which deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we
3 Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden
judges, the treasurers, the counsellers, the sheriffs, image which thou hast set up.
and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered 19 ¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the
together unto the dedication of the image that form of his visage was changed against Shadrach,
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and
before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. commanded that they should heat the furnace one
4 Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
commanded, O people, nations, and languages, 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that
5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden furnace.
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their
6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and
the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
fiery furnace. 22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was
7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of
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the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream
Meshach, and Abed-nego. before them; but they did not make known unto me
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and the interpretation thereof.
Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the 8 ¶ But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose
burning fiery furnace. name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and
rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his before him I told the dream, saying,
counsellers, Did not we cast three men bound into 9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I
the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and
the king, True, O king. no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, dream that I have seen, and the interpretation
walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no thereof.
hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of 10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I
God. saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and
26 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth the height thereof was great.
of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, 11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the height
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to
the most high God, come forth, and come hither. the end of all the earth:
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came 12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof
forth of the midst of the fire. much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the
king’s counsellers, being gathered together, saw these heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was
men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor fed of it.
was an hair of their head singed, neither were their 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed,
coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down
them. from heaven;
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be 14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the
the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves,
hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from
trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, under it, and the fowls from his branches:
and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve 15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the
nor worship any god, except their own God. earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the
nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts
against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- in the grass of the earth:
nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be 16 Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a
made a dunghill: because there is no other God that beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times
can deliver after this sort. pass over him.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and
Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the
intent that the living may know that the most High
CHAPTER 4 ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
N EBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto all people, whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest
nations, and languages, that dwell in all the of men.
earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen.
2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation
that the high God hath wrought toward me. thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my
3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his kingdom are not able to make known unto me the
wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the
and his dominion is from generation to generation. holy gods is in thee.
4 ¶ I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and 19 ¶ Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was
flourishing in my palace: astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled
5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not
thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble
troubled me. thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the
6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise dream be to them that hate thee, and the
men of Babylon before me, that they might make interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
known unto me the interpretation of the dream. 20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was
7 Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and
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the sight thereof to all the earth; most High, and I praised and honoured him that
21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting
much, and in it was meat for all; under which the dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to
beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches generation:
the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as
22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the
strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the
heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him,
23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy What doest thou?
one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me;
tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and
roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron brightness returned unto me; and my counsellers
and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it and my lords sought unto me; and I was established
be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added
with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over unto me.
him; 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and
24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the honour the King of heaven, all whose works are
decree of the most High, which is come upon my truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in
lord the king: pride he is able to abase.
25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and CHAPTER 5
they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they
shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven B
times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the thousand.
ELSHAZZAR the king made a great feast to a
thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the

most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded
it to whomsoever he will. to bring the golden and silver vessels which his
26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple
of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his
thee, after that thou shalt have known that the princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink
heavens do rule. therein.
27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were
unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, taken out of the temple of the house of God which
and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his
it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
28 ¶ All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and
29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s
30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon
Babylon, that I have built for the house of the the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the
kingdom by the might of my power, and for the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
honour of my majesty? 6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his
31 While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins
a voice from heaven, saying, O king were loosed, and his knees smote one against
Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom another.
is departed from thee. 7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers,
32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king
dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon,
shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the
shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet,
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be
whomsoever he will. the third ruler in the kingdom.
33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon 8 Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they
Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and could not read the writing, nor make known to the
did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the king the interpretation thereof.
dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his
feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. countenance was changed in him, and his lords were
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar astonied.
lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine 10 ¶ Now the queen, by reason of the words of the
understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and
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the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of
not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his
countenance be changed: house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy
11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in
spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and
light and understanding and wisdom, like the gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not,
wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy
king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not
father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, glorified:
Chaldeans, and soothsayers; 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and
12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, this writing was written.
and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and 25 ¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE,
shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
were found in the same Daniel, whom the king 26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE;
named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
will shew the interpretation. 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art
13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And found wanting.
the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the
Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Medes and Persians.
Judah, whom the king my father brought out of 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed
Jewry? Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his
14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the neck, and made a proclamation concerning him,
gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
excellent wisdom is found in thee. 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the
15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been Chaldeans slain.
brought in before me, that they should read this 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being
writing, and make known unto me the about threescore and two years old.
interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the
interpretation of the thing: CHAPTER 6
16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make
interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou I T pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an
hundred and twenty princes, which should be
canst read the writing, and make known to me the over the whole kingdom;
interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel
scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and was first: that the princes might give accounts unto
shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. them, and the king should have no damage.
17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the
Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit
another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, was in him; and the king thought to set him over the
and make known to him the interpretation. whole realm.
18 O thou king, the most high God gave 4 ¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to find
Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom;
and glory, and honour: but they could find none occasion nor fault;
19 And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any
nations, and languages, trembled and feared before error or fault found in him.
him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any
he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against
whom he would he put down. him concerning the law of his God.
20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled
hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly together to the king, and said thus unto him, King
throne, and they took his glory from him: Darius, live for ever.
21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors,
heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains,
with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like have consulted together to establish a royal statute,
oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask
till he knew that the most high God ruled in the a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of
kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
whomsoever he will. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the
22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not writing, that it be not changed, according to the law
humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the believed in his God.
decree. 24 ¶ And the king commanded, and they brought
10 ¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast
signed, he went into his house; and his windows them into the den of lions, them, their children, and
being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them,
kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did at the bottom of the den.
aforetime. 25 ¶ Then king Darius wrote unto all people,
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth;
praying and making supplication before his God. Peace be multiplied unto you.
12 Then they came near, and spake before the king 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my
concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of
decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever,
God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,
shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
and said, The thing is true, according to the law of 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs
the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath
13 Then answered they and said before the king, delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius,
of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three
times a day. CHAPTER 7
14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on I N the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon
Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon
Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum
down of the sun to deliver him. of the matters.
15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night,
said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove
Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute upon the great sea.
which the king establisheth may be changed. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea,
16 Then the king commanded, and they brought diverse one from another.
Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I
king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was
thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the
17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his 5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear,
own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three
purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and
18 ¶ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
night fasting: neither were instruments of musick 6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard,
brought before him: and his sleep went from him. which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl;
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, the beast had also four heads; and dominion was
and went in haste unto the den of lions. given to it.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a
lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong
and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured
God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with
able to deliver thee from the lions? the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts
21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for that were before it; and it had ten horns.
ever. 8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the among them another little horn, before whom there
lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:
forasmuch as before him innocency was found in and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of
me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no man, and a mouth speaking great things.
hurt. 9 ¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as
commanded that they should take Daniel up out of snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his
the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as
no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he burning fire.
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10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it
him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and unto the end.
ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the
the judgment was set, and the books were opened. greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven,
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great shall be given to the people of the saints of the most
words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
the burning flame. 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my
their dominion taken away: yet their lives were countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in
prolonged for a season and time. my heart.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like
the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and CHAPTER 8
came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him
near before him. I N the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a
vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel,
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and 2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I
languages, should serve him: his dominion is an saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I
and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. was by the river of Ulai.
15 ¶ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold,
my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. there stood before the river a ram which had two
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and horns: and the two horns were high; but one was
asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
made me know the interpretation of the things. 4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward,
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before
which shall arise out of the earth. him, neither was there any that could deliver out of
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the his hand; but he did according to his will, and
kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for became great.
ever and ever. 5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, from the west on the face of the whole earth, and
which was diverse from all the others, exceeding touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable
dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of horn between his eyes.
brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which
the residue with his feet; I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of him in the fury of his power.
the other which came up, and before whom three 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he
fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth was moved with choler against him, and smote the
that spake very great things, whose look was more ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no
stout than his fellows. power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the him down to the ground, and stamped upon him:
saints, and prevailed against them; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment his hand.
was given to the saints of the most High; and the 8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when
time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth came up four notable ones toward the four winds of
kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all heaven.
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn,
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after 10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven;
them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to
shall subdue three kings. the ground, and stamped upon them.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most 11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of
High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken
and think to change times and laws: and they shall away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
be given into his hand until a time and times and the 12 And an host was given him against the daily
dividing of time. sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take the truth to the ground; and it practised, and
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prospered. books the number of the years, whereof the word of
13 ¶ Then I heard one saint speaking, and another the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he
saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of
long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, Jerusalem.
and the transgression of desolation, to give both the 3 ¶ And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by
sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth,
14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and and ashes:
three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be 4 And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made
cleansed. my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and
15 ¶ And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to
seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, them that love him, and to them that keep his
behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a commandments;
man. 5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and
16 And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by
Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man departing from thy precepts and from thy
to understand the vision. judgments:
17 So he came near where I stood: and when he 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the
came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our
unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the
of the end shall be the vision. land.
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep 7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but
sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men
me, and set me upright. of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off,
shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the through all the countries whither thou hast driven
time appointed the end shall be. them, because of their trespass that they have
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are trespassed against thee.
the kings of Media and Persia. 8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we
great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. have sinned against thee.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and
for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
nation, but not in his power. 10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us
transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce by his servants the prophets.
countenance, and understanding dark sentences, 11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by
shall stand up. departing, that they might not obey thy voice;
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath
own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and that is written in the law of Moses the servant of
shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the God, because we have sinned against him.
mighty and the holy people. 12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to against us, and against our judges that judged us, by
prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole
his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon
also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he Jerusalem.
shall be broken without hand. 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before
which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the the LORD our God, that we might turn from our
vision; for it shall be for many days. iniquities, and understand thy truth.
27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; 14 Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil,
afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is
I was astonished at the vision, but none understood righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we
it. obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy
CHAPTER 9 people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty
I N the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we
the seed of the Medes, which was made king over have sinned, we have done wickedly.
the realm of the Chaldeans; 16 ¶ O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I
2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned
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away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time
because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our appointed was long: and he understood the thing,
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a and had understanding of the vision.
reproach to all that are about us. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full
17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy weeks.
servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor
shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all,
Lord’s sake. till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first
eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which month, as I was by the side of the great river, which
is called by thy name: for we do not present our is Hiddekel;
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, 5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold
but for thy great mercies. a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for 6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the
thy city and thy people are called by thy name. appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of
20 ¶ And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, polished brass, and the voice of his words like the
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my voice of a multitude.
God for the holy mountain of my God; 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that
21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking
man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me 8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great
about the time of the evening oblation. vision, and there remained no strength in me: for
22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and my comeliness was turned in me into corruption,
said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee and I retained no strength.
skill and understanding. 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I
23 At the beginning of thy supplications the heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep
commandment came forth, and I am come to shew sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore 10 ¶ And, behold, an hand touched me, which set
understand the matter, and consider the vision. me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people 11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, beloved, understand the words that I speak unto
and to make an end of sins, and to make thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent.
reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood
everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision trembling.
and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. 12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the the first day that thou didst set thine heart to
going forth of the commandment to restore and to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God,
build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia
street shall be built again, and the wall, even in withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael,
troublous times. one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah remained there with the kings of Persia.
be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the
sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, vision is for many days.
and unto the end of the war desolations are 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I
determined. set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for 16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of
one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and
the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O
overspreading of abominations he shall make it my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon
desolate, even until the consummation, and that me, and I have retained no strength.
determined shall be poured upon the desolate. 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with
this my lord? for as for me, straightway there
CHAPTER 10 remained no strength in me, neither is there breath
I N the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing left in me.
was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called 18 Then there came again and touched me one like
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the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his
19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many
be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, 13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall
Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. set forth a multitude greater than the former, and
20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come shall certainly come after certain years with a great
unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the army and with much riches.
prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the 14 And in those times there shall many stand up
prince of Grecia shall come. against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy
21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision;
scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth but they shall fall.
with me in these things, but Michael your prince. 15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a
mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms
CHAPTER 11 of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen
A LSO I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even people, neither shall there be any strength to
I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. withstand.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there 16 But he that cometh against him shall do
shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the according to his own will, and none shall stand
fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land,
strength through his riches he shall stir up all against which by his hand shall be consumed.
the realm of Grecia. 17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him;
with great dominion, and do according to his will. thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on
broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds his side, neither be for him.
of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and
his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall
be plucked up, even for others beside those. cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without
5 ¶ And the king of the south shall be strong, and his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, 19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his
and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be
dominion. found.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves 20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes
together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he
come to the king of the north to make an agreement: shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to
shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, whom they shall not give the honour of the
and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain
he that strengthened her in these times. the kingdom by flatteries.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up 22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be
in his estate, which shall come with an army, and overflown from before him, and shall be broken;
shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, yea, also the prince of the covenant.
and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: 23 And after the league made with him he shall work
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become
with their princes, and with their precious vessels of strong with a small people.
silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years 24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest
than the king of the north. places of the province; and he shall do that which his
9 So the king of the south shall come into his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he
kingdom, and shall return into his own land. shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against
assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall the strong holds, even for a time.
certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: 25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage
then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his against the king of the south with a great army; and
fortress. the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not
choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall
great multitude; but the multitude shall be given destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many
into his hand. shall fall down slain.
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27 And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do the chief of the children of Ammon.
mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it 42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
appointed. 43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold
28 Then shall he return into his land with great and of silver, and over all the precious things of
riches; and his heart shall be against the holy Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at
covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his his steps.
own land. 44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with
toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away
as the latter. many.
30 ¶ For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet
indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
he shall even return, and have intelligence with them
that forsake the holy covenant. CHAPTER 12
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall
pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away A ND at that time shall Michael stand up, the
great prince which standeth for the children of
the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such
abomination that maketh desolate. as never was since there was a nation even to that
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant same time: and at that time thy people shall be
shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do delivered, every one that shall be found written in
know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. the book.
33 And they that understand among the people shall 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the
instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some
by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. to shame and everlasting contempt.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen 3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness
with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with of the firmament; and they that turn many to
flatteries. righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal
try them, and to purge, and to make them white, the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run
even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
time appointed. 5 ¶ Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and other two, the one on this side of the bank of the
he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above river, and the other on that side of the bank of the
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against river.
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the 6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which
indignation be accomplished: for that that is was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be
determined shall be done. to the end of these wonders?
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was
the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall upon the waters of the river, when he held up his
magnify himself above all. right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time,
forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he times, and an half; and when he shall have
honour with gold, and silver, and with precious accomplished to scatter the power of the holy
stones, and pleasant things. people, all these things shall be finished.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a 8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O
strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are
over many, and shall divide the land for gain. closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and
south push at him: and the king of the north shall tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of
come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall
and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he understand.
shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and 11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be
pass over. taken away, and the abomination that maketh
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two
many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall hundred and ninety days.
escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the
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thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
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CHAPTER 1
T HE word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the
son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham,
Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea.
And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a
wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for
the land hath committed great whoredom, departing
from the LORD.
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of
Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name
Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the
blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will
cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will
break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6 ¶ And she conceived again, and bare a daughter.
And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah:
for I will no more have mercy upon the house of
Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah,
and will save them by the LORD their God, and will
not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle,
by horses, nor by horsemen.
8 ¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she
conceived, and bare a son.
9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are
not my people, and I will not be your God.
10 ¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured
nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the
place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the
sons of the living God.
11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children
of Israel be gathered together, and appoint
themselves one head, and they shall come up out of
the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
CHAPTER 2
S AY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your
sisters, Ru-hamah.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my
wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put
away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her
adulteries from between her breasts;
3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that
she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set
her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for
they be the children of whoredoms.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that
conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I
will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and
my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my
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6 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with
thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her
paths.
7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall
not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall
not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return
to my first husband; for then was it better with me
than now.
8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and
wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold,
which they prepared for Baal.
9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in
the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof,
and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover
her nakedness.
10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight
of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine
hand.
11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast
days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her
solemn feasts.
12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees,
whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my
lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim,
wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked
herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she
went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
14 ¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring
her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto
her.
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence,
and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she
shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in
the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that
thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more
Baali.
17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of
her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered
by their name.
18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them
with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of
heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground:
and I will break the bow and the sword and the
battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie
down safely.
19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I
will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in
judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness:
and thou shalt know the LORD.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear,
saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they
shall hear the earth;
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22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the
23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will heart.
have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their
and I will say to them which were not my people, staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of
Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have
God. gone a whoring from under their God.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,
CHAPTER 3 and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and
T HEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is
woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, good: therefore your daughters shall commit
according to the love of the LORD toward the whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love 14 I will not punish your daughters when they
flagons of wine. commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they
2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, commit adultery: for themselves are separated with
and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the
barley: people that doth not understand shall fall.
3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many 15 ¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not
days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither
not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now
without a king, and without a prince, and without a the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
sacrifice, and without an image, and without an 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
ephod, and without teraphim: 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed
5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do
seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and love, Give ye.
shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and
days. they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5
H EAR the word of the LORD, ye children of
Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the H EAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house
of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king;
inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter,
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood though I have been a rebuker of them all.
toucheth blood. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the Israel is defiled.
field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of 4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their
the sea also shall be taken away. God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy them, and they have not known the LORD.
people are as they that strive with the priest. 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face:
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their
prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
will destroy thy mother. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds
6 ¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also hath withdrawn himself from them.
reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD:
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also for they have begotten strange children: now shall a
forget thy children. month devour them with their portions.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in
therefore will I change their glory into shame. Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their Benjamin.
heart on their iniquity. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke:
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I among the tribes of Israel have I made known that
will punish them for their ways, and reward them which shall surely be.
their doings. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon
commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because
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them like water. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath
because he willingly walked after the commandment. kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and 5 In the day of our king the princes have made him
to the house of Judah as rottenness. sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw with scorners.
his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven,
sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the
cure you of your wound. night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured
young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none
and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue among them that calleth unto me.
him. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the
15 ¶ I will go and return to my place, till they people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he
affliction they will seek me early. knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there
upon him, yet he knoweth not.
CHAPTER 6 10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and
C OME, and let us return unto the LORD: for he they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek
hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, him for all this.
and he will bind us up. 11 ¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart:
2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 12 When they shall go, I will spread my net upon
3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the
LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation
and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter hath heard.
and former rain unto the earth. 13 Woe unto them! for they have fled from me:
4 ¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, destruction unto them! because they have
what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a transgressed against me: though I have redeemed
morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I 14 And they have not cried unto me with their heart,
have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy when they howled upon their beds: they assemble
judgments are as the light that goeth forth. themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the me.
knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 15 Though I have bound and strengthened their
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
there have they dealt treacherously against me. 16 They return, but not to the most High: they are
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the
polluted with blood. sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the derision in the land of Egypt.
company of priests murder in the way by consent:
for they commit lewdness. CHAPTER 8
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of
Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is
defiled.
S ET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an
eagle against the house of the LORD, because they
have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, against my law.
when I returned the captivity of my people. 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy
CHAPTER 7 shall pursue him.
W HEN I would have healed Israel, then the 4 They have set up kings, but not by me: they have
iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and
wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; their gold have they made them idols, that they may
and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers be cut off.
spoileth without. 5 ¶ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine
2 And they consider not in their hearts that I anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere
remember all their wickedness: now their own they attain to innocency?
doings have beset them about; they are before my 6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it;
face. therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall
3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, be broken in pieces.
and the princes with their lies.
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7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap were according as they loved.
the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a
meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from
up. the conception.
8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I
the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea,
9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by woe also to them when I depart from them!
himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant
10 Yea, though they have hired among the nations, place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to
now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little the murderer.
for the burden of the king of princes. 14 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give
11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
altars shall be unto him to sin. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated
12 I have written to him the great things of my law, them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive
but they were counted as a strange thing. them out of mine house, I will love them no more:
13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine all their princes are revolters.
offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they
not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet
their sins: they shall return to Egypt. will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not
temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers
I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour among the nations.
the palaces thereof.
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EJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: I SRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit
unto himself: according to the multitude of his
for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the
thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found
and the new wine shall fail in her. faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil
3 They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but their images.
Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat 3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because
unclean things in Assyria. we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do
4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, to us?
neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in
sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as
mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for hemlock in the furrows of the field.
their bread for their soul shall not come into the 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of
house of the LORD. the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall
5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced
of the feast of the LORD? on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed
6 For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt from it.
shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the 6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to
pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel
them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
7 The days of visitation are come, the days of 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon
recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the the water.
prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the 8 The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall
multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up
8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains,
the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
hatred in the house of his God. 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah:
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the
days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their children of iniquity did not overtake them.
iniquity, he will visit their sins. 10 It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and
10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw the people shall be gathered against them, when they
your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated 11 And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and
themselves unto that shame; and their abominations loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon
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her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. 2 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and
12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to
mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to his doings will he recompense him.
seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness 3 ¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and
upon you. by his strength he had power with God:
13 Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed:
iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found
didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
men. 5 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his
14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, memorial.
and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and
spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
was dashed in pieces upon her children. 7 ¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his
15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of your hand: he loveth to oppress.
great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have
Israel utterly be cut off. found me out substance: in all my labours they shall
find none iniquity in me that were sin.
CHAPTER 11 9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of
W HEN Israel was a child, then I loved him, and Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in
called my son out of Egypt. the days of the solemn feast.
2 As they called them, so they went from them: they 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have
sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the
graven images. ministry of the prophets.
3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity:
arms; but they knew not that I healed them. they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke 12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and
on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
5 ¶ He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but 13 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of
the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
to return. 14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly:
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his
consume his branches, and devour them, because of reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
their own counsels.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: CHAPTER 13
though they called them to the most High, none at
all would exalt him. W
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I Baal, he died.
HEN Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted
himself in Israel; but when he offended in

deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made
how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned them molten images of their silver, and idols
within me, my repentings are kindled together. according to their own understanding, all of it the
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men
will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, that sacrifice kiss the calves.
and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and
I will not enter into the city. as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is
10 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as
lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall the smoke out of the chimney.
tremble from the west. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt,
11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no
dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them saviour beside me.
in their houses, saith the LORD. 5 ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of
12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the great drought.
house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they
God, and is faithful with the saints. were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore
have they forgotten me.
CHAPTER 12 7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a
E PHRAIM feedeth on wind, and followeth after leopard by the way will I observe them:
the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her
desolation; and they do make a covenant with the
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whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and women with child shall be ripped up.
there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast
shall tear them. CHAPTER 14
9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is
thine help. O ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God; for
thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say
thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us
saidst, Give me a king and princes? graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him 3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon
away in my wrath. horses: neither will we say any more to the work of
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless
hid. findeth mercy.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come 4 ¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them
upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
stay long in the place of the breaking forth of 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the
children. lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be
will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return;
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine:
15 ¶ Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall 8 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more
come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am
become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things?
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the
rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but
their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their the transgressors shall fall therein.

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CHAPTER 1
T HE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son
of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye
inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days,
or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell
their children, and their children another
generation.
4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the
locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath
the cankerworm eaten; and that which the
cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye
drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is
cut off from your mouth.
6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and
without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7 He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig
tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the
branches thereof are made white.
8 ¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the
husband of her youth.
9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off
from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s
ministers, mourn.
10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the
corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil
languisheth.
11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye
vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley;
because the harvest of the field is perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth;
the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the
apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered:
because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye
ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth,
ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and
the drink offering is withholden from the house of
your God.
14 ¶ Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather
the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the
house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the
LORD,
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at
hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it
come.
16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy
and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners
are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the
corn is withered.
18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the
flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath
devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the
flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the
rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath
devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
CHAPTER 2
B LOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an
alarm in my holy mountain: let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the
LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of
clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread
upon the mountains: a great people and a strong;
there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any
more after it, even to the years of many generations.
3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a
flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden
before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness;
yea, and nothing shall escape them.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of
horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains
shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that
devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle
array.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained:
all faces shall gather blackness.
7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb
the wall like men of war; and they shall march every
one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk
every one in his path: and when they fall upon the
sword, they shall not be wounded.
9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run
upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses;
they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens
shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark,
and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his
army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that
executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great
and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12 ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and
with weeping, and with mourning:
13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and
turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and
repenteth him of the evil.
14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and
leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and
a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
15 ¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a
solemn assembly:
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16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and those as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the
that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of LORD shall call.
his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep CHAPTER 3
between the porch and the altar, and let them say,
Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine F OR, behold, in those days, and in that time,
when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah
heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule and Jerusalem,
over them: wherefore should they say among the 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them
people, Where is their God? down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead
18 ¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and with them there for my people and for my heritage
pity his people. Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations,
19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his and parted my land.
people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and 3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have
oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine,
more make you a reproach among the heathen: that they might drink.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and
army, and will drive him into a land barren and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render
desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly
hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink and speedily will I return your recompence upon
shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, your own head;
because he hath done great things. 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and
21 ¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant
LORD will do great things. things:
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the 6 The children also of Judah and the children of
pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye
beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield might remove them far from their border.
their strength. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in ye have sold them, and will return your recompence
the LORD your God: for he hath given you the upon your own head:
former rain moderately, and he will cause to come 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into
down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell
rain in the first month. them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats hath spoken it.
shall overflow with wine and oil. 9 ¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war
hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and draw near; let them come up:
the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among 10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your
you. pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and strong.
praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath 11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen,
dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall and gather yourselves together round about: thither
never be ashamed. cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, 12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the
and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all
and my people shall never be ashamed. the heathen round about.
28 ¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come,
pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow;
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall for their wickedness is great.
dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of
handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. decision.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the
the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. stars shall withdraw their shining.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter
moon into blood, before the great and the terrible his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the
day of the LORD come. earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God
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dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a
Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass desolate wilderness, for the violence against the
through her any more. children of Judah, because they have shed innocent
18 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the blood in their land.
mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem
shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall from generation to generation.
flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not
the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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CHAPTER 1
T HE words of Amos, who was among the
herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning
Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the
days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two
years before the earthquake.
2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and
utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations
of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel
shall wither.
3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they have threshed
Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off
the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that
holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the
people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith
the LORD.
6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they carried away
captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to
Edom:
7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which
shall devour the palaces thereof:
8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and
him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I
will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant
of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they delivered up the
whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the
brotherly covenant:
10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which
shall devour the palaces thereof.
11 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he did pursue his
brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and
his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath
for ever:
12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall
devour the palaces of Bozrah.
13 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn
away the punishment thereof; because they have
ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they
might enlarge their border:
14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and
it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in
the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the
whirlwind:
15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his
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CHAPTER 2
T HUS saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of
the king of Edom into lime:
2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall
devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die
with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of
the trumpet:
3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof,
and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith
the LORD.
4 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they have despised the
law of the LORD, and have not kept his
commandments, and their lies caused them to err,
after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall
devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 ¶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of
Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the
punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous
for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of
the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a
man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to
profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to
pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the
condemned in the house of their god.
9 ¶ Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose
height was like the height of the cedars, and he was
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from
above, and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years through the wilderness, to
possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of
your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O
ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and
commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is
pressed that is full of sheaves.
14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither
shall the mighty deliver himself:
15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and
he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself:
neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
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CHAPTER 3 the palace, saith the LORD.

H EAR this word that the LORD hath spoken 4 ¶ Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal
against you, O children of Israel, against the multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices
whole family which I brought up from the land of every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Egypt, saying, 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this
earth: therefore I will punish you for all your liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord
iniquities. GOD.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 6 ¶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet
prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
taken nothing? 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you,
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no when there were yet three months to the harvest: and
gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to
earth, and have taken nothing at all? rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon,
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to
the LORD hath not done it? drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. 9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees
GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm
9 ¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me,
palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble saith the LORD.
yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the
behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with
the oppressed in the midst thereof. the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I
10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, have made the stink of your camps to come up unto
who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me,
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary saith the LORD.
there shall be even round about the land; and he shall 11 I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew
bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand
shall be spoiled. plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned
12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out unto me, saith the LORD.
of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and
ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy
dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in God, O Israel.
Damascus in a couch. 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is
the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The
of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth- LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall
to the ground. CHAPTER 5
15 And I will smite the winter house with the
summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, H EAR ye this word which I take up against you,
even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
and the great houses shall have an end, saith the 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise:
LORD. she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise
her up.
CHAPTER 4 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went

H EAR this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that
the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to
poor, which crush the needy, which say to their the house of Israel.
masters, Bring, and let us drink. 4 ¶ For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel,
2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
the days shall come upon you, that he will take you 5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and
away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into
3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out
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like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and 27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity
there be none to quench it in Beth-el. beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave The God of hosts.
off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, CHAPTER 6
and turneth the shadow of death into the morning,
and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for W OE to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust
in the mountain of Samaria, which are named
the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel
the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: came!
9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go
so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or
abhor him that speaketh uprightly. their border greater than your border?
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat
poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye of violence to come near;
have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves
dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the
but ye shall not drink wine of them. flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to
your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a themselves instruments of musick, like David;
bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves
their right. with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that the affliction of Joseph.
time; for it is an evil time. 7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so that go captive, and the banquet of them that
the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye stretched themselves shall be removed.
have spoken. 8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of
judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver
of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. up the city with all that is therein.
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men
saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they in one house, that they shall die.
shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall 10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that
call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the
skilful of lamentation to wailing. house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of
17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say,
pass through thee, saith the LORD. No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to not make mention of the name of the LORD.
what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will
darkness, and not light. smite the great house with breaches, and the little
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met house with clefts.
him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on 12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow
the wall, and a serpent bit him. there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say,
21 ¶ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
smell in your solemn assemblies. 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation,
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts;
meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I and they shall afflict you from the entering in of
regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; CHAPTER 7
for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and
righteousness as a mighty stream.
T HUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and,
behold, he formed grasshoppers in the
beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s
in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? mowings.
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an
and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O
ye made to yourselves. Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall
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Jacob arise? for he is small. 4 ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even
3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith to make the poor of the land to fail,
the LORD. 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we
4 ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth
behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great,
it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. and falsifying the balances by deceit?
5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy
whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the
6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, wheat?
saith the Lord GOD. 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob,
7 ¶ Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood Surely I will never forget any of their works.
upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one
in his hand. mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and
thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
people Israel: I will not again pass by them any Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at
more: noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all
the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up
rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every
10 ¶ Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only
Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
conspired against thee in the midst of the house of 11 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that
Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of
11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the
sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out words of the LORD:
of their own land. 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from
12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro
flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
bread, and prophesy there: 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men
13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it faint for thirst.
is the king’s chapel, and it is the king’s court. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,
14 ¶ Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-
was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up
was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: again.
15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock,
and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my CHAPTER 9
people Israel.
16 ¶ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he
said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts
Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them;
not thy word against the house of Isaac. and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that
an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand
by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence
Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. will I bring them down:
3 And though they hide themselves in the top of
CHAPTER 8 Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and

T HUS hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of
behold a basket of summer fruit. the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A shall bite them:
basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto 4 And though they go into captivity before their
me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it
not again pass by them any more. shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in for evil, and not for good.
that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many 5 And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the
dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall
with silence. mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and
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shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 11 ¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of
6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and David that is fallen, and close up the breaches
hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build
for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon it as in the days of old:
the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and
7 Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, of all the heathen, which are called by my name,
O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I saith the LORD that doeth this.
brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the 13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the
Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader
8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains
sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people
house of Jacob, saith the LORD. of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and
Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens,
sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. and eat the fruit of them.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they
sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I
prevent us. have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

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T HE vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD
concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour
from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among
the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her
in battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the
heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 ¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou
that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose
habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall
bring me down to the ground?
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though
thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring
thee down, saith the LORD.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how
art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they
had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee,
would they not leave some grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are
his hidden things sought up!
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee
even to the border: the men that were at peace with
thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee;
they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee:
there is none understanding in him.
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy
the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of
the mount of Esau?
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed,
to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may
be cut off by slaughter.
10 ¶ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob
shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for
ever.
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in
the day that the strangers carried away captive his
forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast
lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of
thy brother in the day that he became a stranger;
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neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of Judah in the day of their destruction;
neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the
day of distress.
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of
my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou
shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the
day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their
substance in the day of their calamity;
14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the
crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;
neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress.
15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the
heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto
thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so
shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall
drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall
be as though they had not been.
17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and
there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall
possess their possessions.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the
house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for
stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour
them; and there shall not be any remaining of the
house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of
Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they
shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of
Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of
Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto
Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is
in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to
judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be
the LORD’s.
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CHAPTER 1
N OW the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
son of Amittai, saying,
2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and
he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare
thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
4 ¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea,
and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that
the ship was like to be broken.
5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every
man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were
in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But
Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and
he lay, and was fast asleep.
6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him,
What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy
God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we
perish not.
7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and
let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause
this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell
upon Jonah.
8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for
whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine
occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy
country? and of what people art thou?
9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear
the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the
sea and the dry land.
10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said
unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men
knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD,
because he had told them.
11 ¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do
unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the
sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me
forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you:
for I know that for my sake this great tempest is
upon you.
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to
the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought,
and was tempestuous against them.
14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said,
We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us
not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it
pleased thee.
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into
the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and
offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17 ¶ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to
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swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
CHAPTER 2
T HEN Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out
of the fish’s belly,
2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto
the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell
cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst
of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all
thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will
look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:
the depth closed me round about, the weeds were
wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the
earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast
thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD
my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered
the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into
thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own
mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the LORD.
10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it
vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
CHAPTER 3
A ND the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach
unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according
to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an
exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s
journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and
Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 ¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from
him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published
through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his
nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor
flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink
water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth,
and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every
one from his evil way, and from the violence that is
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in their hands. 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow
away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah
10 ¶ And God saw their works, that they turned was exceeding glad of the gourd.
from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose
that he had said that he would do unto them; and he the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
did it not. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that
God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun
CHAPTER 4 beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and
B UT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me
very angry. to die than to live.
2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be
thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be
in my country? Therefore I fled before unto angry, even unto death.
Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither
and repentest thee of the evil. madest it grow; which came up in a night, and
3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my perished in a night:
life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city,
4 ¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons
5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east that cannot discern between their right hand and
side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat their left hand; and also much cattle?
under it in the shadow, till he might see what would
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CHAPTER 1
T HE word of the LORD that came to Micah the
Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning
Samaria and Jerusalem.
2 Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that
therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against
you, the Lord from his holy temple.
3 For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his
place, and will come down, and tread upon the high
places of the earth.
4 And the mountains shall be molten under him,
and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire,
and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
5 For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for
the sins of the house of Israel. What is the
transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what
are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
6 Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the
field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour
down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will
discover the foundations thereof.
7 And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten
to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned
with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay
desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot,
and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped
and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons,
and mourning as the owls.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto
Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even
to Jerusalem.
10 ¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in
the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having
thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not
forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall receive
of you his standing.
12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for
good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the
gate of Jerusalem.
13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to
the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the
daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel
were found in thee.
14 Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-
gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings
of Israel.
15 Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of
Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of
Israel.
16 Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate
children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they
are gone into captivity from thee.
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W OE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil
upon their beds! when the morning is light,
they practise it, because it is in the power of their
hand.
2 And they covet fields, and take them by violence;
and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a
man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this
family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not
remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for
this time is evil.
4 ¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against
you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say,
We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion
of my people: how hath he removed it from me!
turning away he hath divided our fields.
5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a
cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy:
they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not
take shame.
7 ¶ O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the
spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings?
do not my words do good to him that walketh
uprightly?
8 Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye
pull off the robe with the garment from them that
pass by securely as men averse from war.
9 The women of my people have ye cast out from
their pleasant houses; from their children have ye
taken away my glory for ever.
10 Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest:
because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with
a sore destruction.
11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do
lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of
strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this
people.
12 ¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will
surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them
together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the
midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by
reason of the multitude of men.
13 The breaker is come up before them: they have
broken up, and have passed through the gate, and
are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before
them, and the LORD on the head of them.
CHAPTER 3
A ND I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob,
and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for
you to know judgment?
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck
off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off
their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their
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skin from off them; and they break their bones, and our God for ever and ever.
chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh 6 In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that
within the caldron. halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and
4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not her that I have afflicted;
hear them: he will even hide his face from them at 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her
that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD
their doings. shall reign over them in mount Zion from
5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets henceforth, even for ever.
that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, 8 ¶ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold
and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come,
mouths, they even prepare war against him. even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to
6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not the daughter of Jerusalem.
have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king
shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the in thee? is thy counseller perished? for pangs have
prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. taken thee as a woman in travail.
7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners 10 Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter
confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou
there is no answer of God. go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the
8 ¶ But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt
LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee
unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. from the hand of thine enemies.
9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of 11 ¶ Now also many nations are gathered against
Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look
judgment, and pervert all equity. upon Zion.
10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem 12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD,
with iniquity. neither understand they his counsel: for he shall
11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will
thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs
LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people:
can come upon us. and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and
12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the
mountain of the house as the high places of the CHAPTER 5
forest.
CHAPTER 4
N OW gather thyself in troops, O daughter of
troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall
smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

B UT in the last days it shall come to pass, that the 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be
mountain of the house of the LORD shall be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee
established in the top of the mountains, and it shall shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in
be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old,
it. from everlasting.
2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the
house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his remnant of his brethren shall return unto the
ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall children of Israel.
go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from 4 ¶ And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the
Jerusalem. LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his
3 ¶ And he shall judge among many people, and God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great
rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat unto the ends of the earth.
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into 5 And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian
pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in
against nation, neither shall they learn war any our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven
more. shepherds, and eight principal men.
4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and 6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the
under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances
for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian,
5 For all people will walk every one in the name of when he cometh into our land, and when he
his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD treadeth within our borders.
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7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is
many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers abominable?
upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances,
waiteth for the sons of men. and with the bag of deceitful weights?
8 ¶ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and
Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their
among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, 13 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting
both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
can deliver. 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy
9 Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou
adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou
of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee
11 And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
down all thy strong holds: 16 ¶ For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the
12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their
and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and
13 Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall
standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou bear the reproach of my people.
shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
14 And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of CHAPTER 7
thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury
upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
W OE is me! for I am as when they have gathered
the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of
the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired
the firstripe fruit.
CHAPTER 6 2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and

H EAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait
contend thou before the mountains, and let the for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a
hills hear thy voice. net.
2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, 3 ¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,
and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward;
hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous
with Israel. desire: so they wrap it up.
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and 4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is
wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their
redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I perplexity.
sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that
Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor lieth in thy bosom.
answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may 6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter
know the righteousness of the LORD. riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law
6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the
bow myself before the high God? shall I come before men of his own house.
him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my 8 ¶ Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I
firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD
for the sin of my soul? shall be a light unto me.
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I
what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, have sinned against him, until he plead my cause,
and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth
God? to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
9 The LORD’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man 10 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and
of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is
who hath appointed it. the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now
10 ¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
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11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that their might: they shall lay their hand upon their
day shall the decree be far removed. mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
12 In that day also he shall come even to thee from 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall
Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they
fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear
from mountain to mountain. because of thee.
13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth
because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the
their doings. remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger
14 ¶ Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon
midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast
as in the days of old. all their sins into the depths of the sea.
15 According to the days of thy coming out of the 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the
land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our
things. fathers from the days of old.
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CHAPTER 1
T HE burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision
of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD
revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take
vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath
for his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and
will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his
way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the
clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth
up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel,
and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt,
and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the
world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who
can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is
poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down
by him.
7 The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of
trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an
utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall
pursue his enemies.
9 What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will
make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the
second time.
10 For while they be folden together as thorns, and
while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be
devoured as stubble fully dry.
11 There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil
against the LORD, a wicked counseller.
12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and
likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when
he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I
will afflict thee no more.
13 For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and
will burst thy bonds in sunder.
14 And the LORD hath given a commandment
concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown:
out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven
image and the molten image: I will make thy grave;
for thou art vile.
15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O
Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for
the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is
utterly cut off.
CHAPTER 2
H E that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy
face: keep the munition, watch the way, make
thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
2 For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of
Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers
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have emptied them out, and marred their vine
branches.
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the
valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with
flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and
the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall
justle one against another in the broad ways: they
shall seem like torches, they shall run like the
lightnings.
5 He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in
their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof,
and the defence shall be prepared.
6 The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the
palace shall be dissolved.
7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be
brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the
voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they
shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none
shall look back.
9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold:
for there is none end of the store and glory out of all
the pleasant furniture.
10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart
melteth, and the knees smite together, and much
pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather
blackness.
11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the
feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even
the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none
made them afraid?
12 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps,
and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes
with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts,
and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the
sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off
thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy
messengers shall no more be heard.
CHAPTER 3
W OE to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and
robbery; the prey departeth not;
2 The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of
the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the
jumping chariots.
3 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and
the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain,
and a great number of carcases; and there is none
end of their corpses; they stumble upon their
corpses:
4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the
wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that
selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families
through her witchcrafts.
5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts;
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and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will 13 Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are
shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open
thy shame. unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
6 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and 14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong
make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make
7 And it shall come to pass, that all they that look strong the brickkiln.
upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is 15 There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall
laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm:
comforters for thee? make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself
8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate many as the locusts.
among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, 16 Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the
whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and flieth
the sea? away.
9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was 17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains
infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges
10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee
her young children also were dashed in pieces at the away, and their place is not known where they are.
top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy
honourable men, and all her great men were bound nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered
in chains. upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
11 Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, 19 There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is
thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the
12 All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy
firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall wickedness passed continually?
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CHAPTER 1
T HE burden which Habakkuk the prophet did
see.
2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not
hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou
wilt not save!
3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to
behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are
before me: and there are that raise up strife and
contention.
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth
never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about
the righteous; therefore wrong judgment
proceedeth.
5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and
wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your
days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth
of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not
theirs.
7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and
their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and
are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their
horsemen shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the
eagle that hasteth to eat.
9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall
sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the
captivity as the sand.
10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes
shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every
strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass
over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his
god.
12 ¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God,
mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast
ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God,
thou hast established them for correction.
13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and
canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou
upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy
tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is
more righteous than he?
14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the
creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15 They take up all of them with the angle, they
catch them in their net, and gather them in their
drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn
incense unto their drag; because by them their
portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not
spare continually to slay the nations?
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I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the
tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto
me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the
vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may
run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at
the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,
wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not
tarry.
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in
him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5 ¶ Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a
proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth
his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be
satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and
heapeth unto him all people:
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him,
and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to
him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?
and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee,
and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for
booties unto them?
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the
remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of
men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the
city, and of all that dwell therein.
9 ¶ Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he
may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by
cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy
soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 ¶ Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood,
and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the
people shall labour in the very fire, and the people
shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of
the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15 ¶ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,
that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him
drunken also, that thou mayest look on their
nakedness!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou
also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of
the LORD’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and
shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and
the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because
of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of
the city, and of all that dwell therein.
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18 ¶ What profiteth the graven image that the maker oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst
thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a cleave the earth with rivers.
teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the
therein, to make dumb idols? overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation:
over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the
in the midst of it. shining of thy glittering spear.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the 12 Thou didst march through the land in
earth keep silence before him. indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy
CHAPTER 3 people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou
A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet upon woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked,
Shigionoth. by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O 14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head
LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to
the midst of the years make known; in wrath scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor
remember mercy. secretly.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from 15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine
mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, horses, through the heap of great waters.
and the earth was full of his praise. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my
coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in
his power. the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals people, he will invade them with his troops.
went forth at his feet. 17 ¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither
6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall
drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall
mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in
bow: his ways are everlasting. the stalls:
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God
curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. of my salvation.
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make
thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk
the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my
thy chariots of salvation? stringed instruments.
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CHAPTER 1
T HE word of the LORD which came unto
Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah,
the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days
of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land,
saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the
fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the
stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off
man from off the land, saith the LORD.
4 I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and
upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut
off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the
name of the Chemarims with the priests;
5 And them that worship the host of heaven upon
the housetops; and them that worship and that
swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
6 And them that are turned back from the LORD;
and those that have not sought the LORD, nor
inquired for him.
7 Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD:
for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath
prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
8 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD’s
sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the
king’s children, and all such as are clothed with
strange apparel.
9 In the same day also will I punish all those that
leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’
houses with violence and deceit.
10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the
fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a
great crashing from the hills.
11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the
merchant people are cut down; all they that bear
silver are cut off.
12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will
search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men
that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart,
The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and
their houses a desolation: they shall also build
houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant
vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and
hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the
LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and
distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of
darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness,
16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the
fenced cities, and against the high towers.
17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall
walk like blind men, because they have sinned
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against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured
out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to
deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the
whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his
jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of
all them that dwell in the land.
CHAPTER 2
G ATHER yourselves together, yea, gather
together, O nation not desired;
2 Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as
the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come
upon you, before the day of the LORD’s anger come
upon you.
3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the
LORD’s anger.
4 ¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a
desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon
day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the
nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is
against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I
will even destroy thee, that there shall be no
inhabitant.
6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages
for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house
of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of
Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the
LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their
captivity.
8 ¶ I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the
revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they
have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border.
9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the
God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and
the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the
breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual
desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil
them, and the remnant of my people shall possess
them.
10 This shall they have for their pride, because they
have reproached and magnified themselves against
the people of the LORD of hosts.
11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will
famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall
worship him, every one from his place, even all the
isles of the heathen.
12 ¶ Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my
sword.
13 And he will stretch out his hand against the
north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a
desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
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14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all serve him with one consent.
the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and 10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my
the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall
voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in bring mine offering.
the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. 11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy
15 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me:
said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee
how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no
lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
and wag his hand. 12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted
and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of
CHAPTER 3 the LORD.
W OE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor
oppressing city! speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found
2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and
correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew none shall make them afraid.
not near to her God. 14 ¶ Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of
are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the Jerusalem.
morrow. 15 The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he
4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even
her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see
done violence to the law. evil any more.
5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not 16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou
do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust 17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty;
knoweth no shame. he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will
6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their 18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the
cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the
there is none inhabitant. reproach of it was a burden.
7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive 19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her
howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and that was driven out; and I will get them praise and
corrupted all their doings. fame in every land where they have been put to
8 ¶ Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until shame.
the day that I rise up to the prey: for my 20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the
determination is to gather the nations, that I may time that I gather you: for I will make you a name
assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine and a praise among all people of the earth, when I
indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the
shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. LORD.
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language,
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CHAPTER 1
I N the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the month, came the
word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest,
saying,
2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This
people say, The time is not come, the time that the
LORD’s house should be built.
3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the
prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled
houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts;
Consider your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but
ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled
with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm;
and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it
into a bag with holes.
7 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your
ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build
the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be
glorified, saith the LORD.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and
when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why?
saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that
is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from
dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and
upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon
the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that
which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men,
and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the
hands.
12 ¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all
the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the
LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the
prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and
the people did fear before the LORD.
13 Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the
LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with
you, saith the LORD.
14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit
of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and
the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they
came and did work in the house of the LORD of
hosts, their God,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month,
in the second year of Darius the king.
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N the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day
of the month, came the word of the LORD by the
prophet Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the
people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her
first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in
your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD;
and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high
priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith
the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the
LORD of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you
when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth
among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a
little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the
earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all
nations shall come: and I will fill this house with
glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the
LORD of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than
of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this
place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth
month, in the second year of Darius, came the word
of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests
concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment,
and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or
wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the
priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead
body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the
priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this
people, and so is this nation before me, saith the
LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that
which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and
upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone
in the temple of the LORD:
16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap
of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one
came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out
of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and
with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye
turned not to me, saith the LORD.
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18 Consider now from this day and upward, from will shake the heavens and the earth;
the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms,
from the day that the foundation of the LORD’s and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of
temple was laid, consider it. the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, those that ride in them; and the horses and their
and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive riders shall come down, every one by the sword of
tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I his brother.
bless you. 23 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take
20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,
Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I
saying, have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I

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CHAPTER 1
I N the eighth month, in the second year of Darius,
came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the
son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet,
saying,
2 The LORD hath been sore displeased with your
fathers.
3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of
hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of
hosts.
4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former
prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from
your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken
unto me, saith the LORD.
5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do
they live for ever?
6 But my words and my statutes, which I
commanded my servants the prophets, did they not
take hold of your fathers? and they returned and
said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto
us, according to our ways, and according to our
doings, so hath he dealt with us.
7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh
month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year
of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the
prophet, saying,
8 I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a
red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that
were in the bottom; and behind him were there red
horses, speckled, and white.
9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the
angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew
thee what these be.
10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees
answered and said, These are they whom the LORD
hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that
stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have
walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all
the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said,
O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy
on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against
which thou hast had indignation these threescore
and ten years?
13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with
me with good words and comfortable words.
14 So the angel that communed with me said unto
me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I
am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great
jealousy.
15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen
that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and
they helped forward the affliction.
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16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to
Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it,
saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched
forth upon Jerusalem.
17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My
cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad;
and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet
choose Jerusalem.
18 ¶ Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold
four horns.
19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me,
What be these? And he answered me, These are the
horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and
Jerusalem.
20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters.
21 Then said I, What come these to do? And he
spake, saying, These are the horns which have
scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head:
but these are come to fray them, to cast out the
horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over
the land of Judah to scatter it.
CHAPTER 2
I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and
behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto
me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth
thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went
forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man,
saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns
without walls for the multitude of men and cattle
therein:
5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire
round about, and will be the glory in the midst of
her.
6 ¶ Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the
north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad
as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the
daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory
hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his
eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them,
and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye
shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
10 ¶ Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I
come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the
LORD.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in
that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in
the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the
LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in
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the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith
raised up out of his holy habitation. the LORD of hosts.
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before
CHAPTER 3 Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall
A ND he shewed me Joshua the high priest bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings,
standing before the angel of the LORD, and crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. 8 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me,
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke saying,
thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation
Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou
out of the fire? shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and you.
stood before the angel. 10 For who hath despised the day of small things?
4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in
before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are
from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through
caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will the whole earth.
clothe thee with change of raiment. 11 ¶ Then answered I, and said unto him, What are
5 And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. these two olive trees upon the right side of the
So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood 12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What
by. be these two olive branches which through the two
6 And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
saying, 13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou 14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones,
shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
courts, and I will give thee places to walk among
these that stand by. CHAPTER 5
8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy
fellows that sit before thee: for they are men T HEN I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and
looked, and behold a flying roll.
wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I
servant the BRANCH. answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is
9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth
engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one
and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according
day. to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as
10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call on that side according to it.
every man his neighbour under the vine and under 4 I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it
the fig tree. shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the
house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and
CHAPTER 4 it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall
A ND the angel that talked with me came again, consume it with the timber thereof and the stones
and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of thereof.
his sleep, 5 ¶ Then the angel that talked with me went forth,
2 And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see
have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, what is this that goeth forth.
with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps 6 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an
thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is
are upon the top thereof: their resemblance through all the earth.
3 And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of 7 And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead:
the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the
4 So I answered and spake to the angel that talked ephah.
with me, saying, What are these, my lord? 8 And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into
5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of
said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And lead upon the mouth thereof.
I said, No, my lord. 9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and,
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This
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behold, there came out two women, and the wind the LORD your God.
was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings
of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the CHAPTER 7
earth and the heaven.
10 Then said I to the angel that talked with me,
Whither do these bear the ephah?
A ND it came to pass in the fourth year of king
Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto
Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even
11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the in Chisleu;
land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set 2 When they had sent unto the house of God
there upon her own base. Sherezer and Regem-melech, and their men, to pray
before the LORD,
CHAPTER 6 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the

A ND I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets,
looked, and, behold, there came four chariots saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating
out from between two mountains; and the myself, as I have done these so many years?
mountains were mountains of brass. 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto
2 In the first chariot were red horses; and in the me, saying,
second chariot black horses; 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the
3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the
fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years,
4 Then I answered and said unto the angel that did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
talked with me, What are these, my lord? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did
5 And the angel answered and said unto me, These not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?
are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth 7 Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath
from standing before the Lord of all the earth. cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was
6 The black horses which are therein go forth into inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof
the north country; and the white go forth after them; round about her, when men inhabited the south and
and the grisled go forth toward the south country. the plain?
7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they 8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah,
might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, saying,
Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So 9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute
they walked to and fro through the earth. true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions
8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, every man to his brother:
saying, Behold, these that go toward the north 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless,
country have quieted my spirit in the north country. the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you
9 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the
Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should
Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into not hear.
the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone,
11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and lest they should hear the law, and the words which
set them upon the head of Joshua the son of the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the
Josedech, the high priest; former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from
12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the the LORD of hosts.
LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name 13 Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and
is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not
place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all
he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was
his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: desolate after them, that no man passed through nor
and the counsel of peace shall be between them returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
both.
14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to CHAPTER 8
Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of
Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the
LORD.
A GAIN the word of the LORD of hosts came to
me, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for
15 And they that are far off shall come and build in Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her
the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the with great fury.
LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and
come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem
shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of
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the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the
men and old women dwell in the streets of LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come
for very age. to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and before the LORD.
girls playing in the streets thereof. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it
6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of
the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of
should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with
LORD of hosts. you: for we have heard that God is with you.
7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save
my people from the east country, and from the west CHAPTER 9
country;
8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the T HE burden of the word of the LORD in the land
of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest
midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of
I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. Israel, shall be toward the LORD.
9 ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be 2 And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and
strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the Zidon, though it be very wise.
mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that 3 And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and
the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the
laid, that the temple might be built. mire of the streets.
10 For before these days there was no hire for man, 4 Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will
nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to smite her power in the sea; and she shall be
him that went out or came in because of the devoured with fire.
affliction: for I set all men every one against his 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it,
neighbour. and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her
11 But now I will not be unto the residue of this expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall
people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be
12 For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall inhabited.
give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut
and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause off the pride of the Philistines.
the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth,
13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse and his abominations from between his teeth: but he
among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he
Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a
fear not, but let your hands be strong. Jebusite.
14 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to 8 And I will encamp about mine house because of
punish you, when your fathers provoked me to the army, because of him that passeth by, and
wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: because of him that returneth: and no oppressor
15 So again have I thought in these days to do well shall pass through them any more: for now have I
unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye seen with mine eyes.
not. 9 ¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O
16 ¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh
every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and
judgment of truth and peace in your gates: riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an
17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts ass.
against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all 10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and
these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall
18 ¶ And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the
me, saying, heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to
19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I
the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is
house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; no water.
therefore love the truth and peace. 12 ¶ Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of
20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to hope: even to day do I declare that I will render
pass, that there shall come people, and the double unto thee;
inhabitants of many cities: 13 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow
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with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, place shall not be found for them.
against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the 11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction,
sword of a mighty man. and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps
14 And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria
arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall
GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with depart away.
whirlwinds of the south. 12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they
15 The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they
shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and CHAPTER 11
they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of
the altar. O PEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may
devour thy cedars.
16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that 2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the
day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for
stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his the forest of the vintage is come down.
land. 3 ¶ There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds;
17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of
his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
and new wine the maids. 4 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the
slaughter;
CHAPTER 10 5 Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves

A SK ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the
rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity
give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the them not.
field. 6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land,
2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every
have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they one into his neighbour’s hand, and into the hand of
comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of
flock, they were troubled, because there was no their hand I will not deliver them.
shepherd. 7 And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O
3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the
I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and
visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made I fed the flock.
them as his goodly horse in the battle. 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and
4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred
nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every me.
oppressor together. 9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let
5 ¶ And they shall be as mighty men, which tread it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off;
down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with 10 ¶ And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it
them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. asunder, that I might break my covenant which I
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will had made with all the people.
save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again 11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of
to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the
shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am word of the LORD.
the LORD their God, and will hear them. 12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me
7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my
and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, price thirty pieces of silver.
their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart 13 And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the
shall rejoice in the LORD. potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them.
8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them
redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have to the potter in the house of the LORD.
increased. 14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands,
9 And I will sow them among the people: and they that I might break the brotherhood between Judah
shall remember me in far countries; and they shall and Israel.
live with their children, and turn again. 15 ¶ And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will 16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land,
bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither
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shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and
broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall their wives apart;
eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. 13 The family of the house of Levi apart, and their
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their
the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right wives apart;
eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye 14 All the families that remain, every family apart,
shall be utterly darkened. and their wives apart.
CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13

T HE burden of the word of the LORD for Israel,

saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the
heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and
formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling
unto all the people round about, when they shall be
in the siege both against Judah and against
Jerusalem.
3 ¶ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a
burdensome stone for all people: all that burden
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all
the people of the earth be gathered together against
it.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse
with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and
I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and
will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart,
The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in
the LORD of hosts their God.
6 ¶ In that day will I make the governors of Judah
like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a
torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the
people round about, on the right hand and on the
left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her
own place, even in Jerusalem.
7 The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first,
that the glory of the house of David and the glory of
the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify
themselves against Judah.
8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants
of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at
that day shall be as David; and the house of David
shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before
them.
9 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will
seek to destroy all the nations that come against
Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace
and of supplications: and they shall look upon me
whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for
him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be
in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses
his firstborn.
11 In that day shall there be a great mourning in
Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the
valley of Megiddon.
12 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the
family of the house of David apart, and their wives
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house of David and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
2 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the
LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the
idols out of the land, and they shall no more be
remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and
the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
3 And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet
prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat
him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou
speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father
and his mother that begat him shall thrust him
through when he prophesieth.
4 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the
prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision,
when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a
rough garment to deceive:
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an
husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from
my youth.
6 And one shall say unto him, What are these
wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those
with which I was wounded in the house of my
friends.
7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and
against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of
hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little
ones.
8 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith
the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die;
but the third shall be left therein.
9 And I will bring the third part through the fire,
and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try
them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and
I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they
shall say, The LORD is my God.
CHAPTER 14
B EHOLD, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy
spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to
rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the
people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against
those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the
mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the
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east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great
midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and
and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his
mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the
it toward the south. hand of his neighbour.
5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the
the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: wealth of all the heathen round about shall be
yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and great abundance.
the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with 15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the
thee. mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the
6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
shall not be clear, nor dark: 16 ¶ And it shall come to pass, that every one that is
7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem
LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, shall even go up from year to year to worship the
that at evening time it shall be light. King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of
8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall tabernacles.
go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the 17 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all
former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship
in summer and in winter shall it be. the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be
9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in no rain.
that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. 18 And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come
10 All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague,
to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that
up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the
and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s punishment of all nations that come not up to keep
winepresses. the feast of tabernacles.
11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no 20 ¶ In that day shall there be upon the bells of the
more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots
inhabited. in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the
12 ¶ And this shall be the plague wherewith the altar.
LORD will smite all the people that have fought 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be
against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that
while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe
consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall therein: and in that day there shall be no more the
consume away in their mouth. Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

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CHAPTER 1
T HE burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by
Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say,
Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s
brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his
heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we
will return and build the desolate places; thus saith
the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw
down; and they shall call them, The border of
wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD
hath indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD
will be magnified from the border of Israel.
6 ¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his
master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour?
and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD
of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name.
And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye
say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say,
The table of the LORD is contemptible.
8 And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil?
and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it
now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee,
or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.
9 And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be
gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will
he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts.
10 Who is there even among you that would shut the
doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine
altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the
LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at
your hand.
11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the
going down of the same my name shall be great
among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall
be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for
my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the
LORD of hosts.
12 ¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table
of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even
his meat, is contemptible.
13 Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye
have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye
brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the
sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this
of your hand? saith the LORD.
14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock
a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a
corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD
of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the
heathen.
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A ND now, O ye priests, this commandment is for
you.
2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart,
to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts,
I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse
your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already,
because ye do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung
upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn
feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
4 And ye shall know that I have sent this
commandment unto you, that my covenant might
be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I
gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared
me, and was afraid before my name.
6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity
was not found in his lips: he walked with me in
peace and equity, and did turn many away from
iniquity.
7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and
they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the
messenger of the LORD of hosts.
8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused
many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the
covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and
base before all the people, according as ye have not
kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God
created us? why do we deal treacherously every man
against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our
fathers?
11 ¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an
abomination is committed in Israel and in
Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of
the LORD which he loved, and hath married the
daughter of a strange god.
12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the
master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of
Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the
LORD of hosts.
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of
the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying
out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any
more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 ¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath
been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth,
against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is
she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue
of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek
a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and
let none deal treacherously against the wife of his
youth.
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16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes,
hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground;
his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time
heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
17 ¶ Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet 12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall
ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the 13 ¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith
LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much
God of judgment? against thee?
14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what
CHAPTER 3 profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that
B EHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall we have walked mournfully before the LORD of
prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom hosts?
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that
messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God
behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. are even delivered.
2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and 16 ¶ Then they that feared the LORD spake often one
who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it,
refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: and a book of remembrance was written before him
3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: for them that feared the LORD, and that thought
and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them upon his name.
as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD 17 And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts,
an offering in righteousness. in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will
4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be spare them, as a man spareth his own son that
pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as serveth him.
in former years. 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the
5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth
will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and God and him that serveth him not.
against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and
against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, CHAPTER 4
the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the
stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the
LORD of hosts.
F OR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as
an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do
wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh
6 For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it
of Jacob are not consumed. shall leave them neither root nor branch.
7 ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone 2 ¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of
away from mine ordinances, and have not kept righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye
them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall 3 And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall
we return? be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I
8 ¶ Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and 4 ¶ Remember ye the law of Moses my servant,
offerings. which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
even this whole nation. 5 ¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that the coming of the great and dreadful day of the
there may be meat in mine house, and prove me LORD:
now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the
open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out children, and the heart of the children to their
a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
receive it.

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NEW TESTAMENT
OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR

JESUS CHRIST
TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK:
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED,
BY HIS MAJESTY’S SPECIAL COMMAND

Appointed to be read in Churches

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ST MATTHEW
CHAPTER 1 saying,

T HE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall
son of David, the son of Abraham. bring forth a son, and they shall call his name
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the
3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto
Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; him his wife:
4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her
Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz
begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; CHAPTER 2
6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king
begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; N OW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of
Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold,
7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?
8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to
and Joram begat Ozias; worship him.
9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he
Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and
Amon; and Amon begat Josias; scribes of the people together, he demanded of them
11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, where Christ should be born.
about the time they were carried away to Babylon: 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa:
12 And after they were brought to Babylon, for thus it is written by the prophet,
Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not
Zorobabel; the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee
13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people
Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; Israel.
14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise
and Achim begat Eliud; men, inquired of them diligently what time the star
15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat appeared.
Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of search diligently for the young child; and when ye
whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. have found him, bring me word again, that I may
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are come and worship him also.
fourteen generations; and from David until the 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and,
carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before
and from the carrying away into Babylon unto them, till it came and stood over where the young
Christ are fourteen generations. child was.
18 ¶ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with
When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, exceeding great joy.
before they came together, she was found with child 11 ¶ And when they were come into the house, they
of the Holy Ghost. saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and down, and worshipped him: and when they had
not willing to make her a publick example, was opened their treasures, they presented unto him
minded to put her away privily. gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, should not return to Herod, they departed into their
saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take own country another way.
unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel
in her is of the Holy Ghost. of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and
call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee
from their sins. word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy
22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled him.
which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his
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mother by night, and departed into Egypt: good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance:
might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,
the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall
son. baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
16 ¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner;
forth, and slew all the children that were in but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two 13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto
years old and under, according to the time which he John, to be baptized of him.
had diligently inquired of the wise men. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be
17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Jeremy the prophet, saying, 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be
18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all
and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping righteousness. Then he suffered him.
for her children, and would not be comforted, 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up
because they are not. straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens
19 ¶ But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my
mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
dead which sought the young child’s life.
21 And he arose, and took the young child and his CHAPTER 4
mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in T HEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty
to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God nights, he was afterward an hungred.
in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If
23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: thou be the Son of God, command that these stones
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the be made bread.
prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word that
CHAPTER 3 proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

I N those days came John the Baptist, preaching in 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city,
the wilderness of Judæa, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
is at hand. cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands
Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his foot against a stone.
paths straight. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt
4 And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, not tempt the Lord thy God.
and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding
was locusts and wild honey. high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, of the world, and the glory of them;
and all the region round about Jordan, 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
their sins. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:
7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, God, and him only shalt thou serve.
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels
from the wrath to come? came and ministered unto him.
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 12 ¶ Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God 13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in
is able of these stones to raise up children unto Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the
Abraham. borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth Esaias the prophet, saying,
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15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of heaven.
Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and
Galilee of the Gentiles; persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against
16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; you falsely, for my sake.
and to them which sat in the region and shadow of 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your
death light is sprung up. reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the
17 ¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to prophets which were before you.
say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 13 ¶ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have
18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is
two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and
brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were to be trodden under foot of men.
fishers. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will an hill cannot be hid.
make you fishers of men. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a
20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto
him. all that are in the house.
21 And going on from thence, he saw other two 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may
brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his see your good works, and glorify your Father which
brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, is in heaven.
mending their nets; and he called them. 17 ¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or
22 And they immediately left the ship and their the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
father, and followed him. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from
their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the the law, till all be fulfilled.
kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
manner of disease among the people. commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but
brought unto him all sick people that were taken whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
with divers diseases and torments, and those which called great in the kingdom of heaven.
were possessed with devils, and those which were 20 For I say unto you, That except your
lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the
them. scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into
25 And there followed him great multitudes of the kingdom of heaven.
people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from 21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill
Jordan. shall be in danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with
CHAPTER 5 his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the
A ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother,
mountain: and when he was set, his disciples Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but
came unto him: whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, hell fire.
saying, 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
kingdom of heaven. against thee;
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy
comforted. way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the come and offer thy gift.
earth. 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after art in the way with him; lest at any time the
righteousness: for they shall be filled. adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into
mercy. prison.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means
God. come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be farthing.
called the children of God. 27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a
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woman to lust after her hath committed adultery of your Father which is in heaven.
with her already in his heart. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have
of thy members should perish, and not that thy glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their
whole body should be cast into hell. reward.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one know what thy right hand doeth:
of thy members should perish, and not that thy 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father
whole body should be cast into hell. which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his openly.
wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 5 ¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the
away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that
causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They
marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. have their reward.
33 ¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy
but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by in secret shall reward thee openly.
heaven; for it is God’s throne: 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard
Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. for their much speaking.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father
thou canst not make one hair white or black. knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, him.
nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father
evil. which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as
an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: it is in heaven.
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
to him the other also. debtors.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go and the glory, for ever. Amen.
with him twain. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that heavenly Father will also forgive you:
would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither
43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt will your Father forgive your trespasses.
love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure
them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
persecute you; 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head,
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which and wash thy face;
is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which
on the unjust. seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward 19 ¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,
have ye? do not even the publicans the same? where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye thieves break through and steal:
more than others? do not even the publicans so? 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
is in heaven is perfect. where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart
CHAPTER 6 be also.
T AKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, 22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine
to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
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23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
be darkness, how great is that darkness! opened.
24 ¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask
will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will bread, will he give him a stone?
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
serve God and mammon. 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for unto your children, how much more shall your
your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; Father which is in heaven give good things to them
nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not that ask him?
the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your this is the law and the prophets.
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much 13 ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
better than they? and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction,
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one and many there be which go in thereat:
cubit unto his stature? 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, 15 ¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
neither do they spin: sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all wolves.
his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
faith? 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is
we be clothed? hewn down, and cast into the fire.
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need 21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
of all these things. shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
righteousness; and all these things shall be added 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have
unto you. we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. wonderful works?
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew
you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
CHAPTER 7 24 ¶ Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of
J UDGE not, that ye be not judged. mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be man, which built his house upon a rock:
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and
measured to you again. the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy not: for it was founded upon a rock.
brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine,
thine own eye? and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull man, which built his house upon the sand:
out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and
in thine own eye? the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell:
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of and great was the fall of it.
thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
6 ¶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and
neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they not as the scribes.
trample them under their feet, and turn again and
rend you. CHAPTER 8
7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall
find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: W HEN he was come down from the mountain,
great multitudes followed him.
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2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped disciples followed him.
him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the
clean. sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the
3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, waves: but he was asleep.
saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him,
leprosy was cleansed. saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye
but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds
the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony and the sea; and there was a great calm.
unto them. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of
5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey
there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, him!
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of 28 ¶ And when he was come to the other side into
the palsy, grievously tormented. the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs,
him. exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that
8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not way.
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have
speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou
9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers come hither to torment us before the time?
under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd
and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my of many swine feeding.
servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us
10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were
found so great faith, no, not in Israel. come out, they went into the herd of swine: and,
11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down
the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the city, and told every thing, and what was
into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and befallen to the possessed of the devils.
gnashing of teeth. 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him
and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. that he would depart out of their coasts.
And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
14 ¶ And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he CHAPTER 9
saw his wife’s mother laid, and sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her:
and she arose, and ministered unto them.
A ND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and
came into his own city.
2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of
16 ¶ When the even was come, they brought unto the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith
him many that were possessed with devils: and he said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer;
cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that thy sins be forgiven thee.
were sick: 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by themselves, This man blasphemeth.
Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore
infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. think ye evil in your hearts?
18 ¶ Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
him, he gave commandment to depart unto the thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
other side. 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath
19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the
Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, thine house.
and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of 7 And he arose, and departed to his house.
man hath not where to lay his head. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled,
21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, and glorified God, which had given such power unto
suffer me first to go and bury my father. men.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the 9 ¶ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a
dead bury their dead. man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of
23 ¶ And when he was entered into a ship, his custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he
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arose, and followed him. your faith be it unto you.
10 ¶ And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly
house, behold, many publicans and sinners came charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
and sat down with him and his disciples. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his his fame in all that country.
disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans 32 ¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a
and sinners? dumb man possessed with a devil.
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, 33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake:
They that be whole need not a physician, but they and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so
that are sick. seen in Israel.
13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils
have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to through the prince of the devils.
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages,
14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness
disciples fast not? and every disease among the people.
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the 36 ¶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved
bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with compassion on them, because they fainted, and
with them? but the days will come, when the were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly
they fast. is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh will send forth labourers into his harvest.
from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: CHAPTER 10
else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and
the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new
bottles, and both are preserved.
A ND when he had called unto him his twelve
disciples, he gave them power against unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of
18 ¶ While he spake these things unto them, behold, sickness and all manner of disease.
there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these;
saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his brother;
disciples. 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew
20 ¶ And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with the publican; James the son of Alphæus, and
an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and Lebbæus, whose surname was Thaddæus;
touched the hem of his garment: 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his betrayed him.
garment, I shall be whole. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles,
her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
hath made thee whole. And the woman was made 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of
whole from that hour. Israel.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of
saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, heaven is at hand.
24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast
dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your
and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. purses,
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats,
land. neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is
27 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind worthy of his meat.
men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter,
David, have mercy on us. inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind thence.
men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come
Lord. upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to to you.
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14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear father, and the daughter against her mother, and the
your words, when ye depart out of that house or daughter in law against her mother in law.
city, shake off the dust of your feet. 36 And a man’s foes shall be they of his own
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable household.
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is
judgment, than for that city. not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or
16 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth
harmless as doves. after me, is not worthy of me.
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that
the councils, and they will scourge you in their loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
synagogues; 40 ¶ He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a
the Gentiles. prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that
19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous
how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
in that same hour what ye shall speak. 42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name
Father which speaketh in you. of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise
21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to lose his reward.
death, and the father the child: and the children shall
rise up against their parents, and cause them to be CHAPTER 11
put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s A ND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an
end of commanding his twelve disciples, he
sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. departed thence to teach and to preach in their
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye cities.
into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works
have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
be come. 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come,
24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the or do we look for another?
servant above his lord. 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew
25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his John again those things which ye do hear and see:
master, and the servant as his lord. If they have 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk,
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead
more shall they call them of his household? are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached
26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing to them.
covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended
shall not be known. in me.
27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: 7 ¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the
and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into
housetops. the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in
not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are
able to destroy both soul and body in hell. in kings’ houses.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I
of them shall not fall on the ground without your say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Father. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I
30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. send my messenger before thy face, which shall
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than prepare thy way before thee.
many sparrows. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before of women there hath not risen a greater than John
men, him will I confess also before my Father which the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the
is in heaven. kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now
will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: violent take it by force.
I came not to send peace, but a sword. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his John.
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14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for David did, when he was an hungred, and they that
to come. were with him;
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat
16 ¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat,
like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling neither for them which were with him, but only for
unto their fellows, the priests?
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the
not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the
not lamented. sabbath, and are blameless?
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater
they say, He hath a devil. than the temple.
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have
they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have
winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But condemned the guiltless.
wisdom is justified of her children. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath
20 ¶ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein day.
most of his mighty works were done, because they 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into
repented not: their synagogue:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, 10 ¶ And, behold, there was a man which had his
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it
in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and accuse him.
ashes. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall
Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto it, and lift it out?
heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep?
mighty works, which have been done in thee, had Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
been done in Sodom, it would have remained until 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine
this day. hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable whole, like as the other.
for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than 14 ¶ Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council
for thee. against him, how they might destroy him.
25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and
thou hast hid these things from the wise and he healed them all;
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 16 And charged them that they should not make
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy him known:
sight. 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: Esaias the prophet, saying,
and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to
28 ¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy the Gentiles.
laden, and I will give you rest. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I hear his voice in the streets.
am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking
unto your souls. flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
CHAPTER 12 22 ¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with
A T that time Jesus went on the sabbath day a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him,
through the corn; and his disciples were an insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and
hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to saw.
eat. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not
2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, this the son of David?
Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This
do upon the sabbath day. fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what prince of the devils.
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25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth
them, Every kingdom divided against itself is none.
brought to desolation; and every city or house 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from
divided against itself shall not stand: whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against it empty, swept, and garnished.
himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do other spirits more wicked than himself, and they
your children cast them out? therefore they shall be enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that
your judges. man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then unto this wicked generation.
the kingdom of God is come unto you. 46 ¶ While he yet talked to the people, behold, his
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to
house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the speak with him.
strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with
gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. thee.
31 ¶ Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him,
and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be 49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his
forgiven unto men. disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my
32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son brethren!
of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and
forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the sister, and mother.
world to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or CHAPTER 13
else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for
the tree is known by his fruit. T HE same day went Jesus out of the house, and
sat by the sea side.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto
speak good things? for out of the abundance of the him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the
heart the mouth speaketh. whole multitude stood on the shore.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables,
bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not
of judgment. much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by they had no deepness of earth:
thy words thou shalt be condemned. 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and
38 ¶ Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees because they had no root, they withered away.
answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns
thee. sprung up, and choked them:
39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and 8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth
adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the thirtyfold.
prophet Jonas: 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why
the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three speakest thou unto them in parables?
days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with given unto you to know the mysteries of the
this generation, and shall condemn it: because they kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he
greater than Jonas is here. shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not,
42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
judgment with this generation, and shall condemn 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because
it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,
to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a neither do they understand.
greater than Solomon is here. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias,
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
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understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not 33 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The
perceive: kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a
15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have the whole was leavened.
closed; lest at any time they should see with their 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in
eyes, and hear with their ears, and should parables; and without a parable spake he not unto
understand with their heart, and should be them:
converted, and I should heal them. 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I
ears, for they hear. will utter things which have been kept secret from
17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets the foundation of the world.
and righteous men have desired to see those things 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went
which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear into the house: and his disciples came unto him,
those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the
18 ¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. field.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked the good seed is the Son of man;
one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the
heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. children of the kingdom; but the tares are the
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, children of the wicked one;
the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the
joy receiveth it; harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a the angels.
while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in
because of the word, by and by he is offended. the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and
that heareth the word; and the care of this world, they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that
and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and offend, and them which do iniquity;
he becometh unfruitful. 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in
which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear,
hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. let him hear.
24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath
sowed good seed in his field: found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
tares among the wheat, and went his way. 45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price,
27 So the servants of the householder came and said went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy 47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net,
field? from whence then hath it tares? that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. kind:
The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and
go and gather them up? sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, cast the bad away.
ye root up also the wheat with them. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among
the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather the just,
ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there
to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is
is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and like unto a man that is an householder, which
becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
and lodge in the branches thereof. 53 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had
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finished these parables, he departed thence. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
54 And when he was come into his own country, he 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on
taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two
were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and
this wisdom, and these mighty works? brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the
55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother disciples to the multitude.
called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they
Simon, and Judas? took up of the fragments that remained twelve
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence baskets full.
then hath this man all these things? 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand
57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said men, beside women and children.
unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in 22 ¶ And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples
his own country, and in his own house. to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the
58 And he did not many mighty works there because other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
of their unbelief. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he
went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when
CHAPTER 14 the evening was come, he was there alone.
A T that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea,
fame of Jesus, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
2 And said unto his servants, This is John the 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went
Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore unto them, walking on the sea.
mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the
3 ¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they
him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his cried out for fear.
brother Philip’s wife. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
have her. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be
5 And when he would have put him to death, he thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
feared the multitude, because they counted him as a 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come
prophet. down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go
6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter to Jesus.
of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord,
whatsoever she would ask. save me.
8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand,
said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind
commanded it to be given her. ceased.
10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 33 Then they that were in the ship came and
11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son
to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. of God.
12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, 34 ¶ And when they were gone over, they came into
and buried it, and went and told Jesus. the land of Gennesaret.
13 ¶ When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge
ship into a desert place apart: and when the people of him, they sent out into all that country round
had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
the cities. 36 And besought him that they might only touch the
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, hem of his garment: and as many as touched were
and was moved with compassion toward them, and made perfectly whole.
he healed their sick.
15 ¶ And when it was evening, his disciples came to CHAPTER 15
him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is
now past; send the multitude away, that they may go
into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
T HEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which
were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat
give ye them to eat. bread.
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye
loaves, and two fishes. also transgress the commandment of God by your
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tradition? 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O
let him die the death. woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from
mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be that very hour.
profited by me; 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh
6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a
be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of mountain, and sat down there.
God of none effect by your tradition. 30 And great multitudes came unto him, having
7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, with them those that were lame, blind, dumb,
saying, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when
heart is far from me. they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be
9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and
doctrines the commandments of men. they glorified the God of Israel.
10 ¶ And he called the multitude, and said unto 32 ¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and
them, Hear, and understand: said, I have compassion on the multitude, because
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a they continue with me now three days, and have
man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
defileth a man. fasting, lest they faint in the way.
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, 33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should
Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so
they heard this saying? great a multitude?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves
heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ground.
the ditch. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his
unto us this parable. disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without 37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they
understanding? took up of the broken meat that was left seven
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever baskets full.
entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men,
cast out into the draught? beside women and children.
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth 39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship,
come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. and came into the coasts of Magdala.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false CHAPTER 16
witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat T HE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and
tempting desired him that he would shew them
a sign from heaven.
with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21 ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is
coasts of Tyre and Sidon. evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the red.
same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy 3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day:
on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye
grievously vexed with a devil. can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern
23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples the signs of the times?
came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a
she crieth after us. sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the
24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and
the lost sheep of the house of Israel. departed.
25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, 5 And when his disciples were come to the other
Lord, help me. side, they had forgotten to take bread.
26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take 6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and
the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the
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Sadducees. 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his
7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is Father with his angels; and then he shall reward
because we have taken no bread. every man according to his works.
8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O 28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing
ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the
because ye have brought no bread? Son of man coming in his kingdom.
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the
five loaves of the five thousand, and how many CHAPTER 17
baskets ye took up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand,
and how many baskets ye took up?
A ND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and
John his brother, and bringeth them up into an
high mountain apart,
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it 2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did
not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the
of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? light.
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not 3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and
beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of Elias talking with him.
the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it
13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make
Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
men say that I the Son of man am? Moses, and one for Elias.
14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud
Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the
the prophets. cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? I am well pleased; hear ye him.
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their
Christ, the Son of the living God. face, and were sore afraid.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise,
art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath and be not afraid.
not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in 8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw
heaven. no man, save Jesus only.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus
upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man,
of hell shall not prevail against it. until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom 10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say
of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth the scribes that Elias must first come?
shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. truly shall first come, and restore all things.
20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell 12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already,
no man that he was Jesus the Christ. and they knew him not, but have done unto him
21 ¶ From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of
his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, man suffer of them.
and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto
and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the them of John the Baptist.
third day. 14 ¶ And when they were come to the multitude,
22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to
saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be him, and saying,
unto thee. 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick,
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire,
behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for and oft into the water.
thou savourest not the things that be of God, but 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they
those that be of men. could not cure him.
24 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take perverse generation, how long shall I be with you?
up his cross, and follow me. how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out
whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said,
whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a Why could not we cast him out?
man give in exchange for his soul? 20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your
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unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels
a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this do always behold the face of my Father which is in
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it heaven.
shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto 11 For the Son of man is come to save that which
you. was lost.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer 12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep,
and fasting. and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave
22 ¶ And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains,
them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the and seeketh that which is gone astray?
hands of men: 13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you,
23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety
be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. and nine which went not astray.
24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is
that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Doth not your master pay tribute? 15 ¶ Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him
house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take brother.
custom or tribute? of their own children, or of 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee
strangers? one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith witnesses every word may be established.
unto him, Then are the children free. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let
thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever
that take, and give unto them for me and thee. ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall
CHAPTER 18 agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall
A T the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is
saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of in heaven.
heaven? 20 For where two or three are gathered together in
2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set my name, there am I in the midst of them.
him in the midst of them, 21 ¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive
converted, and become as little children, ye shall not him? till seven times?
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of 23 ¶ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened
heaven. unto a certain king, which would take account of his
5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my servants.
name receiveth me. 24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand
which believe in me, it were better for him that a talents.
millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord
were drowned in the depth of the sea. commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and
7 ¶ Woe unto the world because of offences! for it children, and all that he had, and payment to be
must needs be that offences come; but woe to that made.
man by whom the offence cometh! 26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will
them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for pay thee all.
thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than 27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with
having two hands or two feet to be cast into compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the
everlasting fire. debt.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of
it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred
with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by
into hell fire. the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and
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besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
will pay thee all. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid
30 And he would not: but went and cast him into them not, to come unto me: for of such is the
prison, till he should pay the debt. kingdom of heaven.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed
they were very sorry, and came and told unto their thence.
lord all that was done. 16 ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him,
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may
unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all have eternal life?
that debt, because thou desiredst me: 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou
thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery,
him. Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto witness,
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his 19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou
brother their trespasses. shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things
CHAPTER 19 have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
A ND it came to pass, that when Jesus had 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go
finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and
and came into the coasts of Judæa beyond Jordan; thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed follow me.
them there. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he
3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to 23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say
put away his wife for every cause? unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the
4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not kingdom of heaven.
read, that he which made them at the beginning 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel
made them male and female, to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich
5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father man to enter into the kingdom of God.
and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly
twain shall be one flesh? amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With
What therefore God hath joined together, let not men this is impossible; but with God all things are
man put asunder. possible.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then 27 ¶ Then answered Peter and said unto him,
command to give a writing of divorcement, and to Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee;
put her away? what shall we have therefore?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration
but from the beginning it was not so. when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging
wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry the twelve tribes of Israel.
another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or
her which is put away doth commit adultery. brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
10 ¶ His disciples say unto him, If the case of the children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive
man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive 30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last
this saying, save they to whom it is given. shall be first.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born
from their mother’s womb: and there are some CHAPTER 20
eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and
there be eunuchs, which have made themselves F OR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man
that is an householder, which went out early in
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
able to receive it, let him receive it. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a
13 ¶ Then were there brought unto him little penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
children, that he should put his hands on them, and 3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw
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others standing idle in the marketplace, my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with
went their way. indignation against the two brethren.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye
and did likewise. know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise
6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and dominion over them, and they that are great exercise
found others standing idle, and saith unto them, authority upon them.
Why stand ye here all the day idle? 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever
7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. will be great among you, let him be your minister;
He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him
and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. be your servant:
8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be
saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life
them their hire, beginning from the last unto the a ransom for many.
first. 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great
9 And when they came that were hired about the multitude followed him.
eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 30 ¶ And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way
10 But when the first came, they supposed that they side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out,
should have received more; and they likewise saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of
received every man a penny. David.
11 And when they had received it, they murmured 31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they
against the goodman of the house, should hold their peace: but they cried the more,
12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of
and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have David.
borne the burden and heat of the day. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said,
13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I What will ye that I shall do unto you?
do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be
penny? opened.
14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched
this last, even as unto thee. their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight,
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine and they followed him.
own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for CHAPTER 21
many be called, but few chosen.
17 ¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the A ND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and
were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of
twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
them, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a
man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say,
death, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, send them.
and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which
he shall rise again. was spoken by the prophet, saying,
20 ¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King
children with her sons, worshipping him, and cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass,
desiring a certain thing of him. and a colt the foal of an ass.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus
unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the commanded them,
one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them
thy kingdom. their clothes, and they set him thereon.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments
ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall in the way; others cut down branches from the trees,
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I and strawed them in the way.
am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of
my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the
baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the repented, and went.
city was moved, saying, Who is this? 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise.
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
of Nazareth of Galilee. 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them,
out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the
overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
seats of them that sold doves, 32 For John came unto you in the way of
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the
be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when
den of thieves. ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the believe him.
temple; and he healed them. 33 ¶ Hear another parable: There was a certain
15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged
wonderful things that he did, and the children crying it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and
in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and
David; they were sore displeased, went into a far country:
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent
And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, his servants to the husbandmen, that they might
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast receive the fruits of it.
perfected praise? 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat
17 ¶ And he left them, and went out of the city into one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Bethany; and he lodged there. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first:
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, and they did unto them likewise.
he hungered. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying,
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to They will reverence my son.
it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said
said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill
for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the
saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! vineyard, and slew him.
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh,
unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall what will he do unto those husbandmen?
not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy
if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto
and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, in their seasons.
believing, ye shall receive. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the
chief priests and the elders of the people came unto same is become the head of the corner: this is the
him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
doest thou these things? and who gave thee this 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God
authority? shall be taken from you, and given to a nation
24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also bringing forth the fruits thereof.
will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be
wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from him to powder.
heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had
themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of
will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? them.
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they
all hold John as a prophet. feared the multitude, because they took him for a
27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot prophet.
tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by
what authority I do these things. CHAPTER 22
28 ¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons;
and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to
day in my vineyard.
A ND Jesus answered and spake unto them again
by parables, and said,
2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king,
29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he which made a marriage for his son,
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3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and,
bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the
them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my seventh.
dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all 27 And last of all the woman died also.
things are ready: come unto the marriage. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she
5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one be of the seven? for they all had her.
to his farm, another to his merchandise: 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
them spitefully, and slew them. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor
7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in
he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those heaven.
murderers, and burned up their city. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have
8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God,
ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. saying,
9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac,
ye shall find, bid to the marriage. and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the
10 So those servants went out into the highways, and dead, but of the living.
gathered together all as many as they found, both 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were
bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with astonished at his doctrine.
guests. 34 ¶ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had
11 ¶ And when the king came in to see the guests, he put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered
saw there a man which had not on a wedding together.
garment: 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him
12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou a question, tempting him, and saying,
in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the
speechless. law?
13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy
and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of with all thy mind.
teeth. 38 This is the first and great commandment.
14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how neighbour as thyself.
they might entangle him in his talk. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with and the prophets.
the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou 41 ¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together,
art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, Jesus asked them,
neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?
not the person of men. They say unto him, The Son of David.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in
to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? spirit call him Lord, saying,
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my
Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought 45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
unto him a penny. 46 And no man was able to answer him a word,
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and neither durst any man from that day forth ask him
superscription? any more questions.
21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto
them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which CHAPTER 23
are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, T HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his
disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’
and left him, and went their way.
23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadducees, seat:
which say that there is no resurrection, and asked 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that
him, observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having they say, and do not.
no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be
raise up seed unto his brother. borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they
25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the themselves will not move them with one of their
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fingers. within the cup and platter, that the outside of them
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: may be clean also.
they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
borders of their garments, for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead
chief seats in the synagogues, men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto
men, Rabbi, Rabbi. men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
even Christ; and all ye are brethren. because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
one is your Father, which is in heaven. 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers,
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your we would not have been partakers with them in the
Master, even Christ. blood of the prophets.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that
servant. ye are the children of them which killed the
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; prophets.
and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
13 ¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye
hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven escape the damnation of hell?
against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither 34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets,
suffer ye them that are entering to go in. and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in
for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence your synagogues, and persecute them from city to
make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the city:
greater damnation. 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,
and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
child of hell than yourselves. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, upon this generation.
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the
but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,
he is a debtor! how often would I have gathered thy children
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under
gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? her wings, and ye would not!
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me
upon it, he is guilty. henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, in the name of the Lord.
or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, CHAPTER 24
sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by
it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
A ND Jesus went out, and departed from the
temple: and his disciples came to him for to
shew him the buildings of the temple.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these
the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! here one stone upon another, that shall not be
for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and thrown down.
have omitted the weightier matters of the law, 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the
judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us,
done, and not to leave the other undone. when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
swallow a camel. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! heed that no man deceive you.
for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
platter, but within they are full of extortion and Christ; and shall deceive many.
excess. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is that ye be not troubled: for all these things must
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come to pass, but the end is not yet. in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in
against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for other.
my name’s sake. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye
betray one another, and shall hate one another. know that summer is nigh:
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,
deceive many. know that it is near, even at the doors.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not
many shall wax cold. pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words
shall be saved. shall not pass away.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 36 ¶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no,
in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
then shall the end come. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of coming of the Son of man be.
desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they
in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
understand:) marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the
16 Then let them which be in Judæa flee into the ark,
mountains: 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took
17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of
to take any thing out of his house: man be.
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be
to take his clothes. taken, and the other left.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one
them that give suck in those days! shall be taken, and the other left.
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, 42 ¶ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour
neither on the sabbath day: your Lord doth come.
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house
not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, had known in what watch the thief would come, he
nor ever shall be. would have watched, and would not have suffered
22 And except those days should be shortened, there his house to be broken up.
should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as
those days shall be shortened. ye think not the Son of man cometh.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his
Christ, or there; believe it not. lord hath made ruler over his household, to give
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false them meat in due season?
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive cometh shall find so doing.
the very elect. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him
25 Behold, I have told you before. ruler over all his goods.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart,
is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the My lord delayeth his coming;
secret chambers; believe it not. 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and eat and drink with the drunken;
shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when
of the Son of man be. he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not
28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the aware of,
eagles be gathered together. 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his
29 ¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping
shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not and gnashing of teeth.
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man
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CHAPTER 25 24 Then he which had received the one talent came

T HEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
went forth to meet the bridegroom. gathering where thou hast not strawed:
2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in
3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
no oil with them: 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou
4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap
lamps. where I sowed not, and gather where I have not
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered strawed:
and slept. 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money
6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should
bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. have received mine own with usury.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it
lamps. unto him which hath ten talents.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and
oil; for our lamps are gone out. he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not
9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be shall be taken away even that which he hath.
not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer
that sell, and buy for yourselves. darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom teeth.
came; and they that were ready went in with him to 31 ¶ When the Son of man shall come in his glory,
the marriage: and the door was shut. and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit
11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, upon the throne of his glory:
Lord, Lord, open to us. 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I he shall separate them one from another, as a
know you not. shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but
the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. the goats on the left.
14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right
into a far country, who called his own servants, and hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
delivered unto them his goods. kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, the world:
and to another one; to every man according to his 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
several ability; and straightway took his journey. thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and
16 Then he that had received the five talents went ye took me in:
and traded with the same, and made them other five 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye
talents. visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
17 And likewise he that had received two, he also 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying,
gained other two. Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or
18 But he that had received one went and digged in thirsty, and gave thee drink?
the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or
19 After a long time the lord of those servants naked, and clothed thee?
cometh, and reckoneth with them. 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came
20 And so he that had received five talents came and unto thee?
brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them,
deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it
gained beside them five talents more. unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and done it unto me.
faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
thou into the joy of thy lord. prepared for the devil and his angels:
22 He also that had received two talents came and 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I
said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked,
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few visited me not.
things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord,
thou into the joy of thy lord. when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a
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stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you,
minister unto thee? that one of you shall betray me.
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
least of these, ye did it not to me. 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his
46 And these shall go away into everlasting hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but
woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is
CHAPTER 26 betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had
A ND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all not been born.
these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and
2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast
passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be said.
crucified. 26 ¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and
3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples,
scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it
4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
subtilty, and kill him. 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which
5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an is shed for many for the remission of sins.
uproar among the people. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of
6 ¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it
Simon the leper, new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster 30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out
box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his into the mount of Olives.
head, as he sat at meat. 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be
8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, offended because of me this night: for it is written, I
saying, To what purpose is this waste? will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock
9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, shall be scattered abroad.
and given to the poor. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you
10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, into Galilee.
Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all
good work upon me. men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye never be offended.
have not always. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
body, she did it for my burial. thrice.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with
shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all
this, that this woman hath done, be told for a the disciples.
memorial of her. 36 ¶ Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place
14 ¶ Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit
went unto the chief priests, ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of
will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
with him for thirty pieces of silver. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch
betray him. with me.
17 ¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face,
bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let
Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but
passover? as thou wilt.
18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth
say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye
will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. not watch with me one hour?
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
them; and they made ready the passover. temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh
20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with is weak.
the twelve. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed,
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saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away witness against thee?
from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the
their eyes were heavy. living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the
44 And he left them, and went away again, and Christ, the Son of God.
prayed the third time, saying the same words. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless
45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in
hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the clouds of heaven.
the hands of sinners. 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we
doth betray me. of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his
47 ¶ And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the blasphemy.
twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with 66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is
swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders guilty of death.
of the people. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him;
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he
hold him fast. that smote thee?
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, 69 ¶ Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a
master; and kissed him. damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art Jesus of Galilee.
thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not
Jesus, and took him. what thou sayest.
51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus 71 And when he was gone out into the porch,
stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and another maid saw him, and said unto them that were
struck a servant of the high priest’s, and smote off there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
his ear. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword the man.
into his place: for all they that take the sword shall 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood
perish with the sword. by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
Father, and he shall presently give me more than 74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I
twelve legions of angels? know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which
thus it must be? said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny
55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and
staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in CHAPTER 27
the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the W HEN the morning was come, all the chief
priests and elders of the people took counsel
prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples against Jesus to put him to death:
forsook him, and fled. 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away,
57 ¶ And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes 3 ¶ Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he
and the elders were assembled. saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and
58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the priests and elders,
servants, to see the end. 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the
59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us?
council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put see thou to that.
him to death; 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple,
60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses and departed, and went and hanged himself.
came, yet found they none. At the last came two false 6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and
witnesses, said, It is not lawful for to put them into the
61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
temple of God, and to build it in three days. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the
62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these 8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood,
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unto this day. mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and
Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty smote him on the head.
pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, 31 And after that they had mocked him, they took
whom they of the children of Israel did value; the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on
10 And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord him, and led him away to crucify him.
appointed me. 32 And as they came out, they found a man of
11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear
governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the his cross.
Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. 33 And when they were come unto a place called
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,
elders, he answered nothing. 34 ¶ They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not
many things they witness against thee? drink.
14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch 35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments,
that the governor marvelled greatly. casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was
15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments
release unto the people a prisoner, whom they among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
would. 36 And sitting down they watched him there;
16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called 37 And set up over his head his accusation written,
Barabbas. THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
17 Therefore when they were gathered together, 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him,
Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release one on the right hand, and another on the left.
unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? 39 ¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging
18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. their heads,
19 ¶ When he was set down on the judgment seat, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and
his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the
do with that just man: for I have suffered many Son of God, come down from the cross.
things this day in a dream because of him. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with
20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the the scribes and elders, said,
multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be
destroy Jesus. the King of Israel, let him now come down from the
21 The governor answered and said unto them, cross, and we will believe him.
Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he
They said, Barabbas. will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him,
Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, cast the same in his teeth.
Let him be crucified. 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over
23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he all the land unto the ninth hour.
done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
be crucified. voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to
24 ¶ When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard
and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye 48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a
to it. spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a
25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood reed, and gave him to drink.
be on us, and on our children. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will
26 ¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and come to save him.
when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be 50 ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud
crucified. voice, yielded up the ghost.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in
the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did
band of soldiers. quake, and the rocks rent;
28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of
robe. the saints which slept arose,
29 ¶ And when they had platted a crown of thorns, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection,
they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right and went into the holy city, and appeared unto
hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and many.
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54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and
him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those became as dead men.
things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women,
Truly this was the Son of God. Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was
55 And many women were there beholding afar off, crucified.
which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see
him: the place where the Lord lay.
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is
the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before
Zebedee’s children. you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man told you.
of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with
Jesus’ disciple: fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. word.
Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples, behold,
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell
hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall
the door of the sepulchre, and departed. they see me.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other 11 ¶ Now when they were going, behold, some of the
Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief
62 ¶ Now the next day, that followed the day of the priests all the things that were done.
preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came 12 And when they were assembled with the elders,
together unto Pilate, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, the soldiers,
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise 13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and
again. stole him away while we slept.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made 14 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will
sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by persuade him, and secure you.
night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, 15 So they took the money, and did as they were
He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be taught: and this saying is commonly reported among
worse than the first. the Jews until this day.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your 16 ¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into
way, make it as sure as ye can. Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, them.
sealing the stone, and setting a watch. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him:
but some doubted.
CHAPTER 28 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All
I N the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
toward the first day of the week, came Mary 19 ¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the of the Holy Ghost:
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I
and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway,
upon it. even unto the end of the world. Amen.
3 His countenance was like lightning, and his
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CHAPTER 1 and taught.

T HE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he
Son of God; taught them as one that had authority, and not as
2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my the scribes.
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an
way before thee. unclean spirit; and he cried out,
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with
ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to
4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. of God.
5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace,
and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him and come out of him.
in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and
6 And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.
a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
locusts and wild honey; questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is
7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority
than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they
worthy to stoop down and unloose. do obey him.
8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad
baptize you with the Holy Ghost. throughout all the region round about Galilee.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the
from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon
in Jordan. and Andrew, with James and John.
10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he 30 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and
saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove anon they tell him of her.
descending upon him: 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted
11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying, her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well ministered unto them.
pleased. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought
12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the unto him all that were diseased, and them that were
wilderness. possessed with devils.
13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers
the angels ministered unto him. diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not
14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came the devils to speak, because they knew him.
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while
God, before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the place, and there prayed.
kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe 36 And Simon and they that were with him followed
the gospel. after him.
16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw 37 And when they had found him, they said unto
Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the him, All men seek for thee.
sea: for they were fishers. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next
17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore
I will make you to become fishers of men. came I forth.
18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout
followed him. all Galilee, and cast out devils.
19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him,
saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If
who also were in the ship mending their nets. thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
20 And straightway he called them: and they left 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his
their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will;
servants, and went after him. be thou clean.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the
on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
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43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat
him away; with publicans and sinners, they said unto his
44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with
man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and publicans and sinners?
offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They
commanded, for a testimony unto them. that are whole have no need of the physician, but
45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous,
and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus but sinners to repentance.
could no more openly enter into the city, but was 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees
without in desert places: and they came to him from used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why
every quarter. do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but
thy disciples fast not?
CHAPTER 2 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
A ND again he entered into Capernaum, after bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with
some days; and it was noised that he was in the them? as long as they have the bridegroom with
house. them, they cannot fast.
2 And straightway many were gathered together, 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom
insomuch that there was no room to receive them, shall be taken away from them, and then shall they
no, not so much as about the door: and he preached fast in those days.
the word unto them. 21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an
3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the old garment: else the new piece that filled it up
palsy, which was borne of four. taketh away from the old, and the rent is made
4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for worse.
the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles:
when they had broken it up, they let down the bed else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the
wherein the sick of the palsy lay. wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of new wine must be put into new bottles.
the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 23 And it came to pass, that he went through the
6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples
and reasoning in their hearts, began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do
can forgive sins but God only? they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what
that they so reasoned within themselves, he said David did, when he had need, and was an hungred,
unto them, Why reason ye these things in your he, and they that were with him?
hearts? 26 How he went into the house of God in the days of
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and
up thy bed, and walk? gave also to them which were with him?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made
power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick for man, and not man for the sabbath:
of the palsy,) 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go sabbath.
thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and CHAPTER 3
went forth before them all; insomuch that they were
all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw
it on this fashion.
A ND he entered again into the synagogue; and
there was a man there which had a withered
hand.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him
the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
them. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of hand, Stand forth.
Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on
unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill?
him. But they held their peace.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in 5 And when he had looked round about on them
his house, many publicans and sinners sat also with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their
together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine
many, and they followed him. hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was
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restored whole as the other. Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took eternal damnation:
counsel with the Herodians against him, how they 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
might destroy him. 31 ¶ There came then his brethren and his mother,
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said
him, and from Judæa, unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and from without seek for thee.
beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my
great multitude, when they had heard what great mother, or my brethren?
things he did, came unto him. 34 And he looked round about on them which sat
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship about him, and said, Behold my mother and my
should wait on him because of the multitude, lest brethren!
they should throng him. 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same
10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had
plagues. CHAPTER 4
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell
down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the
Son of God.
A ND he began again to teach by the sea side: and
there was gathered unto him a great multitude,
so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and
12 And he straitly charged them that they should not the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
make him known. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth said unto them in his doctrine,
unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the
him, and that he might send them forth to preach, way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured
15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast it up.
out devils: 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because
17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the it had no depth of earth:
brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and
which is, The sons of thunder: because it had no root, it withered away.
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew
Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon the Canaanite, 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and that sprang up and increased; and brought forth,
they went into an house. some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear,
they could not so much as eat bread. let him hear.
21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him
lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. with the twelve asked of him the parable.
22 ¶ And the scribes which came down from 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to
Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto
prince of the devils casteth he out devils. them that are without, all these things are done in
23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them parables:
in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and
24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at
kingdom cannot stand. any time they should be converted, and their sins
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house should be forgiven them.
cannot stand. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable?
26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be and how then will ye know all parables?
divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 14 ¶ The sower soweth the word.
27 No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and 15 And these are they by the way side, where the
spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan
man; and then he will spoil his house. cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven was sown in their hearts.
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on
soever they shall blaspheme: stony ground; who, when they have heard the word,
29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy immediately receive it with gladness;
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17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him,
but for a time: afterward, when affliction or Master, carest thou not that we perish?
persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said
they are offended. unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased,
18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; and there was a great calm.
such as hear the word, 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful?
19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness how is it that ye have no faith?
of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to
choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. another, What manner of man is this, that even the
20 And these are they which are sown on good wind and the sea obey him?
ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and
bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and CHAPTER 5
some an hundred.
21 ¶ And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to A ND they came over unto the other side of the
sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be 2 And when he was come out of the ship,
set on a candlestick? immediately there met him out of the tombs a man
22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be with an unclean spirit,
manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no
that it should come abroad. man could bind him, no, not with chains:
23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters
24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: and chains, and the chains had been plucked
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces:
you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. neither could any man tame him.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he 5 And always, night and day, he was in the
that hath not, from him shall be taken even that mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting
which he hath. himself with stones.
26 ¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and
man should cast seed into the ground; worshipped him,
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I
seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high
how. God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first not.
the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou
ear. unclean spirit.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he
he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are
30 ¶ And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the many.
kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we 10 And he besought him much that he would not
compare it? send them away out of the country.
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is 11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a
sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in great herd of swine feeding.
the earth: 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh into the swine, that we may enter into them.
greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the
branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine:
under the shadow of it. and the herd ran violently down a steep place into
33 And with many such parables spake he the word the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were
unto them, as they were able to hear it. choked in the sea.
34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: 14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the
and when they were alone, he expounded all things city, and in the country. And they went out to see
to his disciples. what it was that was done.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was
saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting,
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were
took him even as he was in the ship. And there were afraid.
also with him other little ships. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the him that was possessed with the devil, and also
waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. concerning the swine.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep 17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their
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coasts. synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that
18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had wept and wailed greatly.
been possessed with the devil prayed him that he 39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them,
might be with him. Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto dead, but sleepeth.
him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how 40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had
great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother
had compassion on thee. of the damsel, and them that were with him, and
20 And he departed, and began to publish in entereth in where the damsel was lying.
Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: 41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said
and all men did marvel. unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted,
21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
unto the other side, much people gathered unto 42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked;
him: and he was nigh unto the sea. for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of astonished with a great astonishment.
the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw 43 And he charged them straitly that no man should
him, he fell at his feet, know it; and commanded that something should be
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little given her to eat.
daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee,
come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be CHAPTER 6
healed; and she shall live.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people
followed him, and thronged him.
A ND he went out from thence, and came into his
own country; and his disciples follow him.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to
25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were
blood twelve years, astonished, saying, From whence hath this man
26 And had suffered many things of many these things? and what wisdom is this which is given
physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought
nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, by his hands?
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the
behind, and touched his garment. brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon?
28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall and are not his sisters here with us? And they were
be whole. offended at him.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was 4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without
dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed honour, but in his own country, and among his own
of that plague. kin, and in his own house.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that 5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that
virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed
press, and said, Who touched my clothes? them.
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the 6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he
multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who went round about the villages, teaching.
touched me? 7 ¶ And he called unto him the twelve, and began to
32 And he looked round about to see her that had send them forth by two and two; and gave them
done this thing. power over unclean spirits;
33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing 8 And commanded them that they should take
what was done in her, came and fell down before nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip,
him, and told him all the truth. no bread, no money in their purse:
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath 9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two
made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy coats.
plague. 10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye
35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from
the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy that place.
daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any 11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear
further? you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say
he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and
afraid, only believe. Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save 12 And they went out, and preached that men
Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. should repent.
38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the 13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with
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oil many that were sick, and healed them. 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people,
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was and was moved with compassion toward them,
spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist because they were as sheep not having a shepherd:
was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works and he began to teach them many things.
do shew forth themselves in him. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and
it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. now the time is far passed:
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, 36 Send them away, that they may go into the
whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. country round about, and into the villages, and buy
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ 37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to
sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two
her. hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for 38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?
thee to have thy brother’s wife. go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, two fishes.
and would have killed him; but she could not: 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a companies upon the green grass.
just man and an holy, and observed him; and when 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by
he heard him, he did many things, and heard him fifties.
gladly. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the
21 And when a convenient day was come, that two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and
Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set
high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; before them; and the two fishes divided he among
22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias them all.
came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them 42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the
of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. fragments, and of the fishes.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five
ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my thousand men.
kingdom. 45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to
24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, get into the ship, and to go to the other side before
What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
Baptist. 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed
25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the into a mountain to pray.
king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by 47 And when even was come, the ship was in the
and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind
oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch
he would not reject her. of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, sea, and would have passed by them.
and commanded his head to be brought: and he 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea,
went and beheaded him in the prison, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And
the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. immediately he talked with them, and saith unto
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in
unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
had done, and what they had taught. 52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves:
31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart for their heart was hardened.
into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were 53 And when they had passed over, they came into
many coming and going, and they had no leisure so the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
much as to eat. 54 And when they were come out of the ship,
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship straightway they knew him,
privately. 55 And ran through that whole region round about,
33 And the people saw them departing, and many and began to carry about in beds those that were
knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and sick, where they heard he was.
outwent them, and came together unto him. 56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or
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cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, whatsoever thing from without entereth into the
and besought him that they might touch if it were man, it cannot defile him;
but the border of his garment: and as many as 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the
touched him were made whole. belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all
meats?
CHAPTER 7 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man,
T HEN came together unto him the Pharisees, and that defileth the man.
certain of the scribes, which came from 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed
Jerusalem. evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit,
with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
they found fault. foolishness:
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile
wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the man.
the elders. 24 ¶ And from thence he arose, and went into the
4 And when they come from the market, except they borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an
wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, house, and would have no man know it: but he
which they have received to hold, as the washing of could not be hid.
cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. 25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at
walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of his feet:
the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by
6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias nation; and she besought him that he would cast
prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This forth the devil out of her daughter.
people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart 27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be
is far from me. filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread,
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for and to cast it unto the dogs.
doctrines the commandments of men. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord:
8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s
hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and crumbs.
cups: and many other such like things ye do. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way;
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own 30 And when she was come to her house, she found
tradition. the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy bed.
mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let 31 ¶ And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre
him die the death: and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by 32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech
be free. him to put his hand upon him.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and
father or his mother; put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched
13 Making the word of God of none effect through his tongue;
your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many 34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith
such like things do ye. unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
14 ¶ And when he had called all the people unto him, 35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the
he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
you, and understand: 36 And he charged them that they should tell no
15 There is nothing from without a man, that man: but the more he charged them, so much the
entering into him can defile him: but the things more a great deal they published it;
which come out of him, those are they that defile the 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He
man. hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to
16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. hear, and the dumb to speak.
17 And when he was entered into the house from the
people, his disciples asked him concerning the CHAPTER 8
parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without I N those days the multitude being very great, and
having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples
understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that unto him, and saith unto them,
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2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he
have now been with me three days, and have nothing saw ought.
to eat: 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees,
3 And if I send them away fasting to their own walking.
houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them 25 After that he put his hands again upon his eyes,
came from far. and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw
4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can every man clearly.
a man satisfy these men with bread here in the 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying,
wilderness? Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? town.
And they said, Seven. 27 ¶ And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the
6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked
ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say
thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set that I am?
before them; and they did set them before the people. 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some
7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
and commanded to set them also before them. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou
of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. art the Christ.
9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: 30 And he charged them that they should tell no
and he sent them away. man of him.
10 ¶ And straightway he entered into a ship with his 31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man
disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. must suffer many things, and be rejected of the
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be
question with him, seeking of him a sign from killed, and after three days rise again.
heaven, tempting him. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why him, and began to rebuke him.
doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say 33 But when he had turned about and looked on his
unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind
generation. me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be
13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again of God, but the things that be of men.
departed to the other side. 34 ¶ And when he had called the people unto him
14 ¶ Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, with his disciples also, he said unto them,
neither had they in the ship with them more than Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself,
one loaf. and take up his cross, and follow me.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but
of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the
Herod. gospel’s, the same shall save it.
16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
because we have no bread. whole world, and lose his own soul?
17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and
yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet of my words in this adulterous and sinful
hardened? generation; of him also shall the Son of man be
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father
not? and do ye not remember? with the holy angels.
19 When I brake the five loaves among five
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took CHAPTER 9
ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how A ND he said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
That there be some of them that stand here,
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the
said, Seven. kingdom of God come with power.
21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not 2 ¶ And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter,
understand? and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an
22 ¶ And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was
blind man unto him, and besought him to touch transfigured before them.
him. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white
23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
him out of the town; and when he had spit on his 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses:
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and they were talking with Jesus. unbelief.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running
good for us to be here: and let us make three together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him,
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out
one for Elias. of him, and enter no more into him.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore 26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came
afraid. out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that
7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: many said, He is dead.
and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him
beloved Son: hear him. up; and he arose.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, 28 And when he was come into the house, his
they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast
themselves. him out?
9 And as they came down from the mountain, he 29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth
charged them that they should tell no man what by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen 30 ¶ And they departed thence, and passed through
from the dead. Galilee; and he would not that any man should
10 And they kept that saying with themselves, know it.
questioning one with another what the rising from 31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them,
the dead should mean. The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men,
11 ¶ And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he
that Elias must first come? shall rise the third day.
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily 32 But they understood not that saying, and were
cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is afraid to ask him.
written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many 33 ¶ And he came to Capernaum: and being in the
things, and be set at nought. house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and among yourselves by the way?
they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it 34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had
is written of him. disputed among themselves, who should be the
14 ¶ And when he came to his disciples, he saw a greatest.
great multitude about them, and the scribes 35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith
questioning with them. unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same
15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld shall be last of all, and servant of all.
him, were greatly amazed, and running to him 36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of
saluted him. them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he
16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with said unto them,
them? 37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive
Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
hath a dumb spirit; 38 ¶ And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth
and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not
pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they us.
should cast him out; and they could not. 39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can
generation, how long shall I be with you? how long lightly speak evil of me.
shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he 41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to
saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ,
on the ground, and wallowed foaming. verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since 42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little
this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were
into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do cast into the sea.
any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. 43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two
things are possible to him that believeth. hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, quenched:
and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine 44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
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quenched. upon them, and blessed them.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better 17 ¶ And when he was gone forth into the way, there
for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked
to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit
quenched: eternal life?
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me
quenched. good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is 19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not
better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not
with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father
hell fire: and mother.
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all
quenched. these have I observed from my youth.
49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said
sacrifice shall be salted with salt. unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell
50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou
wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the
and have peace one with another. cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away
CHAPTER 10 grieved: for he had great possessions.
A ND he arose from thence, and cometh into the 23 ¶ And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto
coasts of Judæa by the farther side of Jordan: his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches
and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was enter into the kingdom of God!
wont, he taught them again. 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words.
2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches
him. to enter into the kingdom of God!
3 And he answered and said unto them, What did 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
Moses command you? needle, than for a rich man to enter into the
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of kingdom of God.
divorcement, and to put her away. 26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the among themselves, Who then can be saved?
hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made is impossible, but not with God: for with God all
them male and female. things are possible.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and 28 ¶ Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have
mother, and cleave to his wife; left all, and have followed thee.
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are 29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto
no more twain, but one flesh. you, There is no man that hath left house, or
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or
man put asunder. children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of 30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this
the same matter. time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers,
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in
away his wife, and marry another, committeth the world to come eternal life.
adultery against her. 31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and first.
be married to another, she committeth adultery. 32 ¶ And they were in the way going up to
13 ¶ And they brought young children to him, that Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they
he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid.
those that brought them. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, what things should happen unto him,
and said unto them, Suffer the little children to 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the
come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests,
the kingdom of God. and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him,
not enter therein. and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the
16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands third day he shall rise again.
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35 ¶ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat;
unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou loose him, and bring him.
shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. 3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say
36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway
should do for you? he will send him hither.
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may 4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied
sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left by the door without in a place where two ways met;
hand, in thy glory. and they loose him.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye 5 And certain of them that stood there said unto
ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had
39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said commanded: and they let them go.
unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their
drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized garments on him; and he sat upon him.
withal shall ye be baptized: 8 And many spread their garments in the way: and
40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed
is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for them in the way.
whom it is prepared. 9 And they that went before, and they that followed,
41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in
displeased with James and John. the name of the Lord:
42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that
them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and highest.
their great ones exercise authority upon them. 11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the
43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever temple: and when he had looked round about upon
will be great among you, shall be your minister: all things, and now the eventide was come, he went
44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall out unto Bethany with the twelve.
be servant of all. 12 ¶ And on the morrow, when they were come
45 For even the Son of man came not to be from Bethany, he was hungry:
ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he
a ransom for many. came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and
46 ¶ And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for
Jericho with his disciples and a great number of the time of figs was not yet.
people, blind Bartimæus, the son of Timæus, sat by 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat
the highway side begging. fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, heard it.
he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of 15 ¶ And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went
David, have mercy on me. into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold
48 And many charged him that he should hold his and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables
peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that
of David, have mercy on me. sold doves;
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry
called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, any vessel through the temple.
Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not
50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came written, My house shall be called of all nations the
to Jesus. house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of
51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thieves.
thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said 18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and
unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. sought how they might destroy him: for they feared
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith him, because all the people was astonished at his
hath made thee whole. And immediately he received doctrine.
his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. 19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 ¶ And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw
CHAPTER 11 the fig tree dried up from the roots.
A ND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto
Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst
he sendeth forth two of his disciples, is withered away.
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith
over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, in God.
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23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall out of the vineyard.
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do?
thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will
heart, but shall believe that those things which he give the vineyard unto others.
saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he 10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone
saith. which the builders rejected is become the head of the
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye corner:
desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, 11 This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in
and ye shall have them. our eyes?
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared
ought against any: that your Father also which is in the people: for they knew that he had spoken the
heaven may forgive you your trespasses. parable against them: and they left him, and went
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father their way.
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. 13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees
27 ¶ And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
was walking in the temple, there come to him the 14 And when they were come, they say unto him,
chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for
28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou no man: for thou regardest not the person of men,
these things? and who gave thee this authority to do but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to
these things? give tribute to Cæsar, or not?
29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he,
also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why
will tell you by what authority I do these things. tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them,
men? answer me. Whose is this image and superscription? And they
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we said unto him, Cæsar’s.
shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to
not believe him? Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
people: for all men counted John, that he was a 18 ¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say
prophet indeed. there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother
cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no
Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these children, that his brother should take his wife, and
things. raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took
CHAPTER 12 a wife, and dying left no seed.
A ND he began to speak unto them by parables. A 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he
certain man planted a vineyard, and set an any seed: and the third likewise.
hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all
and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and the woman died also.
went into a far country. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise,
2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had
servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen her to wife.
of the fruit of the vineyard. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not
3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures,
away empty. neither the power of God?
4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they
at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as
head, and sent him away shamefully handled. the angels which are in heaven.
5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye
and many others; beating some, and killing some. not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God
6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham,
sent him also last unto them, saying, They will and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
reverence my son. 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, living: ye therefore do greatly err.
This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the 28 ¶ And one of the scribes came, and having heard
inheritance shall be ours. them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had
8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him answered them well, asked him, Which is the first
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commandment of all? 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the against the temple, Peter and James and John and
commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our Andrew asked him privately,
God is one Lord: 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed
and with all thy strength: this is the first lest any man deceive you:
commandment. 6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am
31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt Christ; and shall deceive many.
love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other 7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of
commandment greater than these. wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou be; but the end shall not be yet.
hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom
none other but he: against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in
33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all divers places, and there shall be famines and
the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is 9 ¶ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver
more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and
he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask 10 And the gospel must first be published among all
him any question. nations.
35 ¶ And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up,
the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak,
Son of David? neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be
36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye
LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death,
37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and and the father the son; and children shall rise up
whence is he then his son? And the common people against their parents, and shall cause them to be put
heard him gladly. to death.
38 ¶ And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s
of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same
love salutations in the marketplaces, shall be saved.
39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the 14 ¶ But when ye shall see the abomination of
uppermost rooms at feasts: desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth
make long prayers: these shall receive greater understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to
damnation. the mountains:
41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and 15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: into the house, neither enter therein, to take any
and many that were rich cast in much. thing out of his house:
42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she 16 And let him that is in the field not turn back
threw in two mites, which make a farthing. again for to take up his garment.
43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith 17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor that give suck in those days!
widow hath cast more in, than all they which have 18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
cast into the treasury: 19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was
44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she not from the beginning of the creation which God
of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her created unto this time, neither shall be.
living. 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those
days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s
CHAPTER 13 sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the
A ND as he went out of the temple, one of his days.
disciples saith unto him, Master, see what 21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
manner of stones and what buildings are here! Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou 22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and
these great buildings? there shall not be left one shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were
stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. possible, even the elect.
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23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye
things. have not always.
24 ¶ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun 8 She hath done what she could: she is come
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
light, 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers shall be preached throughout the whole world, this
that are in heaven shall be shaken. also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a
26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in memorial of her.
the clouds with great power and glory. 10 ¶ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto
27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
together his elect from the four winds, from the 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and
uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of promised to give him money. And he sought how he
heaven. might conveniently betray him.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her 12 ¶ And the first day of unleavened bread, when
branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him,
know that summer is near: Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these mayest eat the passover?
things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and
doors. saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow
not pass, till all these things be done. him.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the
shall not pass away. goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is
32 ¶ But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with
no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the my disciples?
Son, but the Father. 15 And he will shew you a large upper room
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
when the time is. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far city, and found as he had said unto them: and they
journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his made ready the passover.
servants, and to every man his work, and 17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
commanded the porter to watch. 18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall
master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, betray me.
or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of
the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
CHAPTER 14 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of
A FTER two days was the feast of the passover, and him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man
of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never
the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, been born.
and put him to death. 22 ¶ And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said,
uproar of the people. Take, eat: this is my body.
3 ¶ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given
leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the
precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on new testament, which is shed for many.
his head. 25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the
4 And there were some that had indignation within fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in
themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the the kingdom of God.
ointment made? 26 ¶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went
5 For it might have been sold for more than three out into the mount of Olives.
hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. 27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be
And they murmured against her. offended because of me this night: for it is written, I
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
she hath wrought a good work on me. scattered.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and 28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into
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Galilee. having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and
29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be the young men laid hold on him:
offended, yet will not I. 52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them
30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, naked.
That this day, even in this night, before the cock 53 ¶ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and
crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. with him were assembled all the chief priests and the
31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die elders and the scribes.
with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the
also said they all. palace of the high priest: and he sat with the
32 And they came to a place which was named servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought
while I shall pray. for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and
33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and found none.
John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their
heavy; witness agreed not together.
34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness
sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. against him, saying,
35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the 58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that
ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour is made with hands, and within three days I will
might pass from him. build another made without hands.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible 59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and
not what I will, but what thou wilt. asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is
37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and it which these witness against thee?
saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing.
thou watch one hour? Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him,
38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of
39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming
the same words. in the clouds of heaven.
40 And when he returned, he found them asleep 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith,
again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they What need we any further witnesses?
what to answer him. 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And
41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his
the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him,
into the hands of sinners. Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at palms of their hands.
hand. 66 ¶ And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there
43 ¶ And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she
multitude with swords and staves, from the chief looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with
priests and the scribes and the elders. Jesus of Nazareth.
44 And he that betrayed him had given them a 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into
he; take him, and lead him away safely. the porch; and the cock crew.
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway 69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to
to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. them that stood by, This is one of them.
46 ¶ And they laid their hands on him, and took 70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that
him. stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of
47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and them: for thou art a Galilæan, and thy speech
smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. agreeth thereto.
48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I
come out, as against a thief, with swords and with know not this man of whom ye speak.
staves to take me? 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter
49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him,
ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
50 And they all forsook him, and fled. thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
51 And there followed him a certain young man,
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A ND straightway in the morning the chief priests 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
held a consultation with the elders and scribes 26 And the superscription of his accusation was
and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on
2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the his right hand, and the other on his left.
Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And
it. he was numbered with the transgressors.
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging
but he answered nothing. their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the
4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest temple, and buildest it in three days,
thou nothing? behold how many things they witness 30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
against thee. 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate among themselves with the scribes, He saved others;
marvelled. himself he cannot save.
6 Now at that feast he released unto them one 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from
prisoner, whomsoever they desired. the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that
7 And there was one named Barabbas, which lay were crucified with him reviled him.
bound with them that had made insurrection with 33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was
him, who had committed murder in the darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
insurrection. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is,
him to do as he had ever done unto them. being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou
9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I forsaken me?
release unto you the King of the Jews? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they
10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
him for envy. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar,
11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying,
should rather release Barabbas unto them. Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take
12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, him down.
What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up
call the King of the Jews? the ghost.
13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath the top to the bottom.
he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, 39 ¶ And when the centurion, which stood over
Crucify him. against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up
15 ¶ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, God.
when he had scourged him, to be crucified. 40 There were also women looking on afar off:
16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a 41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,
crown of thorns, and put it about his head, and ministered unto him;) and many other women
18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! which came up with him unto Jerusalem.
19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and 42 ¶ And now when the even was come, because it
did spit upon him, and bowing their knees was the preparation, that is, the day before the
worshipped him. sabbath,
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off 43 Joseph of Arimathæa, an honourable counseller,
the purple from him, and put his own clothes on which also waited for the kingdom of God, came,
him, and led him out to crucify him. and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body
21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who of Jesus.
passed by, coming out of the country, the father of 44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and
Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. calling unto him the centurion, he asked him
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, whether he had been any while dead.
which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave
23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with the body to Joseph.
myrrh: but he received it not. 46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down,
24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a
garments, casting lots upon them, what every man sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a
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stone unto the door of the sepulchre. of whom he had cast seven devils.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of 10 And she went and told them that had been with
Joses beheld where he was laid. him, as they mourned and wept.
11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive,
CHAPTER 16 and had been seen of her, believed not.
A ND when the sabbath was past, Mary 12 ¶ After that he appeared in another form unto
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and two of them, as they walked, and went into the
Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might country.
come and anoint him. 13 And they went and told it unto the residue:
2 And very early in the morning the first day of the neither believed they them.
week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of 14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they
the sun. sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief
3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us and hardness of heart, because they believed not
away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? them which had seen him after he was risen.
4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
rolled away: for it was very great. and preach the gospel to every creature.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white but he that believeth not shall be damned.
garment; and they were affrighted. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In
6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak
Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he with new tongues;
is not here: behold the place where they laid him. 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay
goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
as he said unto you. 19 ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them,
8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right
sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: hand of God.
neither said they any thing to any man; for they were 20 And they went forth, and preached every where,
afraid. the Lord working with them, and confirming the
9 ¶ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of word with signs following. Amen.
the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out

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F ORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set speak, until the day that these things shall be
forth in order a declaration of those things which performed, because thou believest not my words,
are most surely believed among us, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and
the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
the word; 22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in
understanding of all things from the very first, to the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and
write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, remained speechless.
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those 23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of
things, wherein thou hast been instructed. his ministration were accomplished, he departed to
5¶
T HERE was in the days of Herod, the king of his own house.
Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of 24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived,
the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters and hid herself five months, saying,
of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days
6 And they were both righteous before God, walking wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach
in all the commandments and ordinances of the among men.
Lord blameless. 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
barren, and they both were now well stricken in 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
years. Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name
8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the was Mary.
priest’s office before God in the order of his course, 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail,
9 According to the custom of the priest’s office, his thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
lot was to burn incense when he went into the blessed art thou among women.
temple of the Lord. 29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his
10 And the whole multitude of the people were saying, and cast in her mind what manner of
praying without at the time of incense. salutation this should be.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for
Lord standing on the right side of the altar of thou hast found favour with God.
incense. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
and fear fell upon him. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him
for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall the throne of his father David:
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
shall rejoice at his birth. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be,
15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and seeing I know not a man?
shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The
shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of
mother’s womb. the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also
16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be
to the Lord their God. called the Son of God.
17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and 36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also
power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth
children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the month with her, who was called barren.
just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord;
I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel
stricken in years. departed from her.
19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the
Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and
tidings. saluted Elisabeth.
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41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard And the hand of the Lord was with him.
the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy
and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the visited and redeemed his people,
fruit of thy womb. 69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in
43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my the house of his servant David;
Lord should come to me? 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation which have been since the world began:
sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb 71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and
for joy. from the hand of all that hate us;
45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
a performance of those things which were told her and to remember his holy covenant;
from the Lord. 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we being
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his him without fear,
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the
generations shall call me blessed. days of our life.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the
things; and holy is his name. Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from to prepare his ways;
generation to generation. 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath the remission of their sins,
scattered the proud in the imagination of their 78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby
hearts. the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in
and exalted them of low degree. the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and of peace.
the rich he hath sent empty away. 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing
remembrance of his mercy; unto Israel.
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to
his seed for ever. CHAPTER 2
56 And Mary abode with her about three months,
and returned to her own house. A ND it came to pass in those days, that there
went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all
57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be the world should be taxed.
delivered; and she brought forth a son. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was
58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how governor of Syria.)
the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own
rejoiced with her. city.
59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the
came to circumcise the child; and they called him city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David,
Zacharias, after the name of his father. which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the
60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he house and lineage of David:)
shall be called John. 5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being
61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy great with child.
kindred that is called by this name. 6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days
62 And they made signs to his father, how he would were accomplished that she should be delivered.
have him called. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and
63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a
saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. manger; because there was no room for them in the
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his inn.
tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. 8 And there were in the same country shepherds
65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock
them: and all these sayings were noised abroad by night.
throughout all the hill country of Judæa. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
66 And all they that heard them laid them up in their and the glory of the Lord shone round about them:
hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! and they were sore afraid.
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10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which people;
shall be to all people. 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David thy people Israel.
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those
12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the things which were spoken of him.
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary
manger. his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which
multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and shall be spoken against;
saying, 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be
good will toward men. revealed.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away 36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of
another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and a great age, and had lived with an husband seven
see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord years from her virginity;
hath made known unto us. 37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and four
16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and years, which departed not from the temple, but
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
17 And when they had seen it, they made known 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks
abroad the saying which was told them concerning likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them
this child. that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
18 And all they that heard it wondered at those 39 And when they had performed all things
things which were told them by the shepherds. according to the law of the Lord, they returned into
19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
them in her heart. 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon
praising God for all the things that they had heard him.
and seen, as it was told unto them. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at
21 And when eight days were accomplished for the the feast of the passover.
circumcising of the child, his name was called 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up
JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
was conceived in the womb. 43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they
22 And when the days of her purification according returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem;
to the law of Moses were accomplished, they and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the 44 But they, supposing him to have been in the
Lord; company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him
23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the 45 And when they found him not, they turned back
Lord;) again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is 46 And it came to pass, that after three days they
said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the
two young pigeons. doctors, both hearing them, and asking them
25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, questions.
whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just 47 And all that heard him were astonished at his
and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and understanding and answers.
the Holy Ghost was upon him. 48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and
26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus
that he should not see death, before he had seen the dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought
Lord’s Christ. thee sorrowing.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and 49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought
when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s
for him after the custom of the law, business?
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed 50 And they understood not the saying which he
God, and said, spake unto them.
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in 51 And he went down with them, and came to
peace, according to thy word: Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
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52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire
in favour with God and man. unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation
CHAPTER 3 preached he unto the people.
N OW in the fifteenth year of the reign of 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him
Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the
of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and evils which Herod had done,
his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in
region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of prison.
Abilene, 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying,
word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the heaven was opened,
the wilderness. 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, like a dove upon him, and a voice came from
preaching the baptism of repentance for the heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in
remission of sins; thee I am well pleased.
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years
the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph,
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his which was the son of Heli,
paths straight. 24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the
and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made 25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the
smooth; son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to 26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of
be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was
warned you to flee from the wrath to come? the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, 27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son
and begin not to say within yourselves, We have of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was
Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
is able of these stones to raise up children unto 28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of
Abraham. Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth 29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the
10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
do then? 30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was
unto him, Master, what shall we do? the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that 32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of
which is appointed you. Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto 33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the
them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was
falsely; and be content with your wages. the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all 34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of
men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the
the Christ, or not; son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed 35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of
baptize you with water; but one mightier than I Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the
cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost 36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son
and with fire: of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was
17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his 37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the
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son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to
the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them
38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this
of God. scripture fulfilled in your ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the
CHAPTER 4 gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.
A ND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the 23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto
wilderness, me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever
2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in
days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, thy country.
he afterward hungered. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of accepted in his own country.
God, command this stone that it be made bread. 25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut
man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word up three years and six months, when great famine
of God. was throughout all the land;
5 And the devil, taking him up into an high 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto
mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a
world in a moment of time. widow.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of
give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed,
unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. saving Naaman the Syrian.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be 28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard
thine. these things, were filled with wrath,
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee 29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and
behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
serve. 30 But he passing through the midst of them went
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on his way,
a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou 31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee,
be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: and taught them on the sabbath days.
10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his
over thee, to keep thee: word was with power.
11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at 33 ¶ And in the synagogue there was a man, which
any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a
12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, loud voice,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with
13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to
he departed from him for a season. destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One
14 ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit of God.
into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him 35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace,
through all the region round about. and come out of him. And when the devil had
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and
of all. hurt him not.
16 ¶ And he came to Nazareth, where he had been 36 And they were all amazed, and spake among
brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with
synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to authority and power he commandeth the unclean
read. spirits, and they come out.
17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, the country round about.
he found the place where it was written, 38 ¶ And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was
hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; taken with a great fever; and they besought him for
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach her.
deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight 39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever;
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, and it left her: and immediately she arose and
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ministered unto them.
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40 ¶ Now when the sun was setting, all they that had shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing,
any sick with divers diseases brought them unto according as Moses commanded, for a testimony
him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, unto them.
and healed them. 15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad
41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, of him: and great multitudes came together to hear,
and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they 16 ¶ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness,
knew that he was Christ. and prayed.
42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was
desert place: and the people sought him, and came teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of
unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart the law sitting by, which were come out of every
from them. town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the
43 And he said unto them, I must preach the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am 18 ¶ And, behold, men brought in a bed a man
I sent. which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means
44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And when they could not find by what way they
CHAPTER 5 might bring him in because of the multitude, they
A ND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed went upon the housetop, and let him down through
upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
the lake of Gennesaret, 20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him,
2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing 21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to
their nets. reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh
3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he
little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the answering said unto them, What reason ye in your
people out of the ship. hearts?
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven
Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
nets for a draught. 24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath
5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the
have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up
nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. thy couch, and go into thine house.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great 25 And immediately he rose up before them, and
multitude of fishes: and their net brake. took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which own house, glorifying God.
were in the other ship, that they should come and 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God,
help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen
so that they began to sink. strange things to day.
8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ 27 ¶ And after these things he went forth, and saw a
knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of
man, O Lord. custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, 28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: 29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own
10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of house: and there was a great company of publicans
Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And and of others that sat down with them.
Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth 30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against
thou shalt catch men. his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with
11 And when they had brought their ships to land, publicans and sinners?
they forsook all, and followed him. 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that
12 ¶ And it came to pass, when he was in a certain are whole need not a physician; but they that are
city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus sick.
fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. repentance.
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, 33 ¶ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples
saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise
leprosy departed from him. the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and 34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children
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of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and
with them? Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and
35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom Bartholomew,
shall be taken away from them, and then shall they 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus,
fast in those days. and Simon called Zelotes,
36 ¶ And he spake also a parable unto them; No man 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas
putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the 17 ¶ And he came down with them, and stood in the
piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great
the old. multitude of people out of all Judæa and Jerusalem,
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which
else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
spilled, and the bottles shall perish. 18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits:
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and and they were healed.
both are preserved. 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him:
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. 20 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and
said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of
CHAPTER 6 God.
A ND it came to pass on the second sabbath after 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be
the first, that he went through the corn fields; filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall
and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did laugh.
eat, rubbing them in their hands. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and
2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why when they shall separate you from their company,
do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as
days? evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for,
so much as this, what David did, when himself was behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like
an hungred, and they which were with him; manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
4 How he went into the house of God, and did take 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have
and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that received your consolation.
were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.
the priests alone? Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn
5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is and weep.
Lord also of the sabbath. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of
6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there 27 ¶ But I say unto you which hear, Love your
was a man whose right hand was withered. enemies, do good to them which hate you,
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them
whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they which despitefully use you.
might find an accusation against him. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek
8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy
which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him
9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do
to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? ye also to them likewise.
10 And looking round about upon them all, he said 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank
unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
and his hand was restored whole as the other. 33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you,
11 And they were filled with madness; and what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the
communed one with another what they might do to same.
Jesus. 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to
out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night sinners, to receive as much again.
in prayer to God. 35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,
13 ¶ And when it was day, he called unto him his hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be
disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for
named apostles; he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
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36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he
merciful. should do this:
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a
not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye synagogue.
shall be forgiven: 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now
38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to
measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I
running over, shall men give into your bosom. For am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my
with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be roof:
measured to you again. 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant
lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? shall be healed.
40 The disciple is not above his master: but every 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having
one that is perfect shall be as his master. under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to
brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
thine own eye? 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at
42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, him, and turned him about, and said unto the
let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not
thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house,
of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to found the servant whole that had been sick.
pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye. 11 ¶ And it came to pass the day after, that he went
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples
neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. went with him, and much people.
44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,
thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only
bush gather they grapes. son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart people of the city was with her.
bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion
out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that
his mouth speaketh. bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say
46 ¶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the unto thee, Arise.
things which I say? 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my And he delivered him to his mother.
sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified
is like: God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged us; and, That God hath visited his people.
deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when 17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout
the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon all Judæa, and throughout all the region round
that house, and could not shake it: for it was about.
founded upon a rock. 18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man things.
that without a foundation built an house upon the 19 ¶ And John calling unto him two of his disciples
earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should
and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house come? or look we for another?
was great. 20 When the men were come unto him, they said,
John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou
CHAPTER 7 he that should come? or look we for another?
N OW when he had ended all his sayings in the 21 And in that same hour he cured many of their
audience of the people, he entered into infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto
Capernaum. many that were blind he gave sight.
2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your
unto him, was sick, and ready to die. way, and tell John what things ye have seen and
3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the
elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are
come and heal his servant. raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be
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offended in me. forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them
24 ¶ And when the messengers of John were will love him most?
departed, he began to speak unto the people 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to
concerning John, What went ye out into the whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou
wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? hast rightly judged.
25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in 44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto
soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine
apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts. house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she
26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with
say unto you, and much more than a prophet. the hairs of her head.
27 This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send 45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the
my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
thy way before thee. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this
28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
women there is not a greater prophet than John the 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are
Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to
greater than he. whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
29 And all the people that heard him, and the 48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
publicans, justified God, being baptized with the 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say
baptism of John. within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel also?
of God against themselves, being not baptized of 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved
him. thee; go in peace.
31 ¶ And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken
the men of this generation? and to what are they CHAPTER 8
like?
32 They are like unto children sitting in the A ND it came to pass afterward, that he went
throughout every city and village, preaching and
marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and
We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; the twelve were with him,
we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. 2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out
nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. of whom went seven devils,
34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward,
ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered
a friend of publicans and sinners! unto him of their substance.
35 But wisdom is justified of all her children. 4 ¶ And when much people were gathered together,
36 ¶ And one of the Pharisees desired him that he and were come to him out of every city, he spake by
would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s a parable:
house, and sat down to meat. 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed,
37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down,
sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the and the fowls of the air devoured it.
Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was
ointment, sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked
38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and moisture.
began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns
with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and sprang up with it, and choked it.
anointed them with the ointment. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and
39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said
saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let
he were a prophet, would have known who and what him hear.
manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she 9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might
is a sinner. this parable be?
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I 10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the
have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in
Master, say on. parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing
41 There was a certain creditor which had two they might not understand.
debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of
other fifty. God.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then
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cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of him: and he was kept bound with chains and in
their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of
13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, the devil into the wilderness.)
receive the word with joy; and these have no root, 30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name?
which for a while believe, and in time of temptation And he said, Legion: because many devils were
fall away. entered into him.
14 And that which fell among thorns are they, 31 And they besought him that he would not
which, when they have heard, go forth, and are command them to go out into the deep.
choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this 32 And there was there an herd of many swine
life, and bring no fruit to perfection. feeding on the mountain: and they besought him
15 But that on the good ground are they, which in that he would suffer them to enter into them. And
an honest and good heart, having heard the word, he suffered them.
keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered
16 ¶ No man, when he hath lighted a candle, into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a
covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; steep place into the lake, and were choked.
but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter 34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they
in may see the light. fled, and went and told it in the city and in the
17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made country.
manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and
known and come abroad. came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the
18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus,
hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth 36 They also which saw it told them by what means
to have. he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
19 ¶ Then came to him his mother and his brethren, 37 ¶ Then the whole multitude of the country of the
and could not come at him for the press. Gadarenes round about besought him to depart
20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy from them; for they were taken with great fear: and
mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to he went up into the ship, and returned back again.
see thee. 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were
21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother departed besought him that he might be with him:
and my brethren are these which hear the word of but Jesus sent him away, saying,
God, and do it. 39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great
22 ¶ Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he things God hath done unto thee. And he went his
went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto way, and published throughout the whole city how
them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. great things Jesus had done unto him.
And they launched forth. 40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came returned, the people gladly received him: for they
down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were were all waiting for him.
filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 41 ¶ And, behold, there came a man named Jairus,
24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell
Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him that he would
rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and come into his house:
they ceased, and there was a calm. 42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years
25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people
they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, thronged him.
What manner of man is this! for he commandeth 43 ¶ And a woman having an issue of blood twelve
even the winds and water, and they obey him. years, which had spent all her living upon
26 ¶ And they arrived at the country of the physicians, neither could be healed of any,
Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his
27 And when he went forth to land, there met him garment: and immediately her issue of blood
out of the city a certain man, which had devils long stanched.
time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all
house, but in the tombs. denied, Peter and they that were with him said,
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee,
before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I and sayest thou, Who touched me?
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I
beseech thee, torment me not. perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid,
come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught she came trembling, and falling down before him,
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she declared unto him before all the people for what away, that they may go into the towns and country
cause she had touched him, and how she was healed round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are
immediately. here in a desert place.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good 13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And
comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in they said, We have no more but five loaves and two
peace. fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this
49 ¶ While he yet spake, there cometh one from the people.
ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy 14 For they were about five thousand men. And he
daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in
50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, a company.
Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. 15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no 16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes,
man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and
the father and the mother of the maiden. brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the
52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep multitude.
not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there
53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was taken up of fragments that remained to them
was dead. twelve baskets.
54 And he put them all out, and took her by the 18 ¶ And it came to pass, as he was alone praying,
hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. his disciples were with him: and he asked them,
55 And her spirit came again, and she arose saying, Whom say the people that I am?
straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some
56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old
them that they should tell no man what was done. prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
CHAPTER 9 Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
T HEN he called his twelve disciples together, and 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded
gave them power and authority over all devils, them to tell no man that thing;
and to cure diseases. 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things,
2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and
and to heal the sick. scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your 23 ¶ And he said to them all, If any man will come
journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross
neither money; neither have two coats apiece. daily, and follow me.
4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
and thence depart. whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same
5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go shall save it.
out of that city, shake off the very dust from your 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the
feet for a testimony against them. whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
6 And they departed, and went through the towns, 26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my
preaching the gospel, and healing every where. words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed,
7 ¶ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was when he shall come in his own glory, and in his
done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it Father’s, and of the holy angels.
was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; 27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing
8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the
others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. kingdom of God.
9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is 28 ¶ And it came to pass about an eight days after
this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and
see him. went up into a mountain to pray.
10 ¶ And the apostles, when they were returned, told 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance
him all that they had done. And he took them, and was altered, and his raiment was white and
went aside privately into a desert place belonging to glistering.
the city called Bethsaida. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men,
11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: which were Moses and Elias:
and he received them, and spake unto them of the 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease
kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
healing. 32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy
12 And when the day began to wear away, then came with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his
the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude glory, and the two men that stood with him.
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33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be 54 And when his disciples James and John saw this,
here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to
and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing come down from heaven, and consume them, even
what he said. as Elias did?
34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye
overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
into the cloud. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s
35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, lives, but to save them. And they went to another
This is my beloved Son: hear him. village.
36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found 57 ¶ And it came to pass, that, as they went in the
alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow
those days any of those things which they had seen. thee whithersoever thou goest.
37 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the next day, when 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and
they were come down from the hill, much people birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath
met him. not where to lay his head.
38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he
saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
for he is mine only child. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead:
39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee;
and bruising him hardly departeth from him. but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at
40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and home at my house.
they could not. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his
41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the
perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, kingdom of God.
and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him CHAPTER 10
down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean
spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again
to his father.
A FTER these things the Lord appointed other
seventy also, and sent them two and two before
his face into every city and place, whither he himself
43 ¶ And they were all amazed at the mighty power would come.
of God. But while they wondered every one at all 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is
things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the
44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth
Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. labourers into his harvest.
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was 3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs
hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they among wolves.
feared to ask him of that saying. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and
46 ¶ Then there arose a reasoning among them, salute no man by the way.
which of them should be greatest. 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,
47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, Peace be to this house.
took a child, and set him by him, 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall
48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall 7 And in the same house remain, eating and
receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is
least among you all, the same shall be great. worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
49 ¶ And John answered and said, Master, we saw 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive
one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad you, eat such things as are set before you:
him, because he followeth not with us. 9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto
50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
that is not against us is for us. 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they
51 ¶ And it came to pass, when the time was come receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of
that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his the same, and say,
face to go to Jerusalem, 11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on
52 And sent messengers before his face: and they us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be
went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come
make ready for him. nigh unto you.
53 And they did not receive him, because his face 12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable
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in that day for Sodom, than for that city. other side.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, 32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place,
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in came and looked on him, and passed by on the other
Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they side.
had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
and ashes. where he was: and when he saw him, he had
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon compassion on him,
at the judgment, than for you. 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds,
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own
heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of
16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that him.
despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth 35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took
me despiseth him that sent me. out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said
17 ¶ And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
name. 36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
lightning fall from heaven. 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the 38 ¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he
enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. entered into a certain village: and a certain woman
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the named Martha received him into her house.
spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at
because your names are written in heaven. Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
21 ¶ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving,
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care
thou hast hid these things from the wise and that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her
prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even therefore that she help me.
so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha,
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many
no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and things:
who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen
Son will reveal him. that good part, which shall not be taken away from
23 ¶ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said her.
privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things
that ye see: CHAPTER 11
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have A ND it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a
certain place, when he ceased, one of his
not seen them; and to hear those things which ye disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as
hear, and have not heard them. John also taught his disciples.
25 ¶ And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and 2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our
tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
inherit eternal life? Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? so in earth.
how readest thou? 3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into
with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy temptation; but deliver us from evil.
neighbour as thyself. 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say
this do, and thou shalt live. unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me,
And who is my neighbour? and I have nothing to set before him?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among me not: the door is now shut, and my children are
thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest him, because he is his friend, yet because of his
that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the importunity he will rise and give him as many as he
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needeth. together, he began to say, This is an evil generation:
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it,
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
unto you. 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be 31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the
opened. judgment with the men of this generation, and
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts
father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,
will he for a fish give him a serpent? behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a 32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment
scorpion? with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a
unto your children: how much more shall your greater than Jonas is here.
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask 33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it
him? in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a
14 ¶ And he was casting out a devil, and it was candlestick, that they which come in may see the
dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone light.
out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. 34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light;
through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of
16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign darkness.
from heaven. 35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, be not darkness.
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to 36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having
desolation; and a house divided against a house no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when
falleth. the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall 37 ¶ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought
his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down
devils through Beelzebub. to meat.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that
your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your he had not first washed before dinner.
judges. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees
20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no make clean the outside of the cup and the platter;
doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. but your inward part is full of ravening and
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his wickedness.
goods are in peace: 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is
22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon without make that which is within also?
him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have;
armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint
gathereth not with me scattereth. and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over
24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to
walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding have done, and not to leave the other undone.
none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the
came out. uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in
25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and the markets.
garnished. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men
spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, that walk over them are not aware of them.
and dwell there: and the last state of that man is 45 ¶ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said
worse than the first. unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us
27 ¶ And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a also.
certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye
and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye
thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear fingers.
the word of God, and keep it. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the
29 ¶ And when the people were gathered thick prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same
your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye hour what ye ought to say.
build their sepulchres. 13 ¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master,
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance
send them prophets and apostles, and some of them with me.
they shall slay and persecute: 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a
50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was judge or a divider over you?
shed from the foundation of the world, may be 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of
required of this generation; covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The
temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of ground of a certain rich man brought forth
this generation. plentifully:
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What
the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow
and them that were entering in ye hindered. my fruits?
53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all
and to provoke him to speak of many things: my fruits and my goods.
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat,
him. drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy
CHAPTER 12 soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
I N the mean time, when there were gathered things be, which thou hast provided?
together an innumerable multitude of people, 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is
insomuch that they trode one upon another, he not rich toward God.
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye 22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say
of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness than raiment.
shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor
spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and
the housetops. God feedeth them: how much more are ye better
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of than the fowls?
them that kill the body, and after that have no more 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to
that they can do. his stature one cubit?
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is
him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast least, why take ye thought for the rest?
into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not,
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon
not one of them is forgotten before God? in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in
numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how
than many sparrows. much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
before men, him shall the Son of man also confess drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
before the angels of God: 30 For all these things do the nations of the world
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have
before the angels of God. need of these things.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the 31 ¶ But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all
Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him these things shall be added unto you.
that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good
be forgiven. pleasure to give you the kingdom.
11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide
and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the
thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth,
ye shall say: neither moth corrupteth.
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34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart mother in law against her daughter in law, and the
be also. daughter in law against her mother in law.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights 54 ¶ And he said also to the people, When ye see a
burning; cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for cometh a shower; and so it is.
their lord, when he will return from the wedding; 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say,
that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
unto him immediately. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern
he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, this time?
that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit 57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not
down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. what is right?
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or 58 ¶ When thou goest with thine adversary to the
come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that
are those servants. thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer,
had known what hour the thief would come, he and the officer cast thee into prison.
would have watched, and not have suffered his 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou
house to be broken through. hast paid the very last mite.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man
cometh at an hour when ye think not. CHAPTER 13
41 ¶ Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou
this parable unto us, or even to all? T HERE were present at that season some that told
him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and mingled with their sacrifices.
wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye
his household, to give them their portion of meat in that these Galilæans were sinners above all the
due season? Galilæans, because they suffered such things?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
cometh shall find so doing. likewise perish.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him 4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in
ruler over all that he hath. Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and likewise perish.
to be drunken; 6 ¶ He spake also this parable; A certain man had a
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and
he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is sought fruit thereon, and found none.
not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard,
appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this
47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth
prepared not himself, neither did according to his it the ground?
will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that
For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be thou shalt cut it down.
much required: and to whom men have committed 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on
much, of him they will ask the more. the sabbath.
49 ¶ I am come to send fire on the earth; and what 11 ¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a
will I, if it be already kindled? spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine
earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: infirmity.
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one 13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately
house divided, three against two, and two against she was made straight, and glorified God.
three. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the
the son against the father; the mother against the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six
daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the days in which men ought to work: in them therefore
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come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the
15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee;
hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath how often would I have gathered thy children
loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her
away to watering? wings, and ye would not!
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the
eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that
sabbath day? cometh in the name of the Lord.
17 And when he had said these things, all his
adversaries were ashamed: and all the people CHAPTER 14
rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by
him. A ND it came to pass, as he went into the house of
one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the
18 ¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God sabbath day, that they watched him.
like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man which had the dropsy.
took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and
waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath
the branches of it. day?
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and
kingdom of God? healed him, and let him go;
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall
three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not
22 And he went through the cities and villages, straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 6 And they could not answer him again to these
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that things.
be saved? And he said unto them, 7 ¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were
24 ¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I bidden, when he marked how they chose out the
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be chief rooms; saying unto them,
able. 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, not down in the highest room; lest a more
and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to
Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with
unto you, I know you not whence ye are: shame to take the lowest room.
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he
streets. may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at
whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of meat with thee.
iniquity. 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased;
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, 12 ¶ Then said he also to him that bade him, When
and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy
you yourselves thrust out. friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor
29 And they shall come from the east, and from the thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and
west, and from the north, and from the south, and a recompence be made thee.
shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the
30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, maimed, the lame, the blind:
and there are first which shall be last. 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot
31 ¶ The same day there came certain of the recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at
Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart the resurrection of the just.
hence: for Herod will kill thee. 15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is
Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a
33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, great supper, and bade many:
and the day following: for it cannot be that a 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them
prophet perish out of Jerusalem. that were bidden, Come; for all things are now
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ready. 3 ¶ And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
18 And they all with one consent began to make 4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he
excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine
piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost,
pray thee have me excused. until he find it?
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of 5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his
oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me shoulders, rejoicing.
excused. 6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice
therefore I cannot come. with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these 7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven
things. Then the master of the house being angry over one sinner that repenteth, more than over
said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets ninety and nine just persons, which need no
and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, repentance.
and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 8 ¶ Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and
commanded, and yet there is room. sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into 9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends
the highways and hedges, and compel them to come and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with
in, that my house may be filled. me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
24 For I say unto you, That none of those men 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
which were bidden shall taste of my supper. presence of the angels of God over one sinner that
25 ¶ And there went great multitudes with him: and repenteth.
he turned, and said unto them, 11 ¶ And he said, A certain man had two sons:
26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, 12 And the younger of them said to his father,
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to
and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be me. And he divided unto them his living.
my disciple. 13 And not many days after the younger son
27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come gathered all together, and took his journey into a far
after me, cannot be my disciple. country, and there wasted his substance with riotous
28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, living.
sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty
whether he have sufficient to finish it? famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of
is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed
mock him, swine.
30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the
able to finish. husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto
31 Or what king, going to make war against another him.
king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How
he be able with ten thousand to meet him that many hired servants of my father’s have bread
cometh against him with twenty thousand? enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and
peace. before thee,
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son:
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my make me as one of thy hired servants.
disciple. 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when
34 ¶ Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and
wherewith shall it be seasoned? had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the kissed him.
dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to 21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned
hear, let him hear. against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son.
CHAPTER 15 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the
T HEN drew near unto him all the publicans and best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his
sinners for to hear him. hand, and shoes on his feet:
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let
This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. us eat, and be merry:
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24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he unjust also in much.
was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your
and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and trust the true riches?
dancing. 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what another man’s, who shall give you that which is your
these things meant. own?
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and 13 ¶ No servant can serve two masters: for either he
thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will
received him safe and sound. hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore serve God and mammon.
came his father out, and intreated him. 14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these all these things: and they derided him.
many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at 15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify
any time thy commandment: and yet thou never yourselves before men; but God knoweth your
gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men
friends: is abomination in the sight of God.
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath 16 The law and the prophets were until John: since
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every
him the fatted calf. man presseth into it.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with 17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than
me, and all that I have is thine. one tittle of the law to fail.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth
glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; another, committeth adultery: and whosoever
and was lost, and is found. marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
CHAPTER 16 19 ¶ There was a certain rich man, which was
A ND he said also unto his disciples, There was a clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
certain rich man, which had a steward; and the sumptuously every day:
same was accused unto him that he had wasted his 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
goods. which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell
that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came
stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. and licked his sores.
3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was
do? for my lord taketh away from me the carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich
stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. man also died, and was buried;
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
of the stewardship, they may receive me into their and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his
houses. bosom.
5 So he called every one of his lord’s debtors unto 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have
him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the
unto my lord? tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he am tormented in this flame.
said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in
and write fifty. thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise
7 Then said he to another, And how much owest Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and
thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. thou art tormented.
And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write 26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a
fourscore. great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from
8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that
because he had done wisely: for the children of this would come from thence.
world are in their generation wiser than the children 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that
of light. thou wouldest send him to my father’s house:
9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto
the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
they may receive you into everlasting habitations. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful the prophets; let them hear them.
also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is 30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one
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went unto them from the dead, they will repent. when the kingdom of God should come, he
31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and answered them and said, The kingdom of God
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though cometh not with observation:
one rose from the dead. 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
CHAPTER 17 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will
T HEN said he unto the disciples, It is impossible come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of
but that offences will come: but woe unto him, the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
through whom they come! 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there:
2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged go not after them, nor follow them.
about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he 24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one
should offend one of these little ones. part under heaven, shineth unto the other part
3 ¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his
against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive day.
him. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and be
4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, rejected of this generation.
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also
repent; thou shalt forgive him. in the days of the Son of man.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they
faith. were given in marriage, until the day that Noe
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of entered into the ark, and the flood came, and
mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, destroyed them all.
Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did
in the sea; and it should obey you. eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted,
7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or they builded;
feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it
is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and
8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready destroyed them all.
wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of
till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou man is revealed.
shalt eat and drink? 31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop,
9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to
things that were commanded him? I trow not. take it away: and he that is in the field, let him
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those likewise not return back.
things which are commanded you, say, We are 32 Remember Lot’s wife.
unprofitable servants: we have done that which was 33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it;
our duty to do. and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
11 ¶ And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, 34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in
that he passed through the midst of Samaria and one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall
Galilee. be left.
12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one
him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: shall be taken, and the other left.
13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be
Master, have mercy on us. taken, and the other left.
14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go 37 And they answered and said unto him, Where,
shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body
pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was
healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified CHAPTER 18
God,
16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him
thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
A ND he spake a parable unto them to this end,
that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten not God, neither regarded man:
cleansed? but where are the nine? 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came
18 There are not found that returned to give glory to unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
God, save this stranger. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor
hath made thee whole. regard man;
20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge
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her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. saved?
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge 27 And he said, The things which are impossible
saith. with men are possible with God.
7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed
day and night unto him, though he bear long with thee.
them? 29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of
find faith on the earth? God’s sake,
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and present time, and in the world to come life
despised others: everlasting.
10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the 31 ¶ Then he took unto him the twelve, and said
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, things that are written by the prophets concerning
God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, the Son of man shall be accomplished.
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and
publican. shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I spitted on:
possess. 33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift death: and the third day he shall rise again.
up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 34 And they understood none of these things: and
his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house things which were spoken.
justified rather than the other: for every one that 35 ¶ And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh
exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side
humbleth himself shall be exalted. begging:
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he 36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what
would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, it meant.
they rebuked them. 37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth
16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer by.
little children to come unto me, and forbid them 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David,
not: for of such is the kingdom of God. have mercy on me.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not 39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he
receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in should hold his peace: but he cried so much the
no wise enter therein. more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? brought unto him: and when he was come near, he
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me asked him,
good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy
bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy faith hath saved thee.
mother. 43 And immediately he received his sight, and
21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth followed him, glorifying God: and all the people,
up. when they saw it, gave praise unto God.
22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto
him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou CHAPTER 19
hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. A ND Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2 And, behold, there was a man named
23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans,
for he was very rich. and he was rich.
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could
he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter not for the press, because he was little of stature.
into the kingdom of God! 4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a
25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that
needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the way.
kingdom of God. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up,
26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchæus, make
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haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which
house. hath shall be given; and from him that hath not,
6 And he made haste, and came down, and received even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
him joyfully. 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I
7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them
That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a before me.
sinner. 28 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, he went before,
8 And Zacchæus stood, and said unto the Lord; ascending up to Jerusalem.
Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the 29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to
poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the
false accusation, I restore him fourfold. mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation 30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in
come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied,
Abraham. whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save him hither.
that which was lost. 31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him?
11 And as they heard these things, he added and thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath
spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, need of him.
and because they thought that the kingdom of God 32 And they that were sent went their way, and
should immediately appear. found even as he had said unto them.
12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into 33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners
a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
to return. 34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast
ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message thereon.
after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the
over us. way.
15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, 37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the
having received the kingdom, then he commanded descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude
these servants to be called unto him, to whom he of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with
had given the money, that he might know how much a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
every man had gained by trading. seen;
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath 38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the
gained ten pounds. name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: highest.
because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the
thou authority over ten cities. multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy
18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound disciples.
hath gained five pounds. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over that, if these should hold their peace, the stones
five cities. would immediately cry out.
20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is 41 ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city,
thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: and wept over it,
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in
man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace!
reapest that thou didst not sow. but now they are hid from thine eyes.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine
will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass
that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
down, and reaping that I did not sow: 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee
the bank, that at my coming I might have required one stone upon another; because thou knewest not
mine own with usury? the time of thy visitation.
24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast
him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
pounds. 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
pounds.) 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief
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priests and the scribes and the chief of the people hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared
sought to destroy him, the people: for they perceived that he had spoken
48 And could not find what they might do: for all this parable against them.
the people were very attentive to hear him. 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies,
which should feign themselves just men, that they
CHAPTER 20 might take hold of his words, that so they might
A ND it came to pass, that on one of those days, as deliver him unto the power and authority of the
he taught the people in the temple, and governor.
preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know
came upon him with the elders, that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the
authority doest thou these things? or who is he that way of God truly:
gave thee this authority? 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cæsar, or
3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also no?
ask you one thing; and answer me: 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto
4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of them, Why tempt ye me?
men? 24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we superscription hath it? They answered and said,
shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then Cæsar’s.
believed ye him not? 25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto
6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone Cæsar the things which be Cæsar’s, and unto God
us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. the things which be God’s.
7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence 26 And they could not take hold of his words before
it was. the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by held their peace.
what authority I do these things. 27 ¶ Then came to him certain of the Sadducees,
9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; which deny that there is any resurrection; and they
A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to asked him,
husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any
time. man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without
10 And at the season he sent a servant to the children, that his brother should take his wife, and
husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit raise up seed unto his brother.
of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first
sent him away empty. took a wife, and died without children.
11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died
him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent childless.
him away empty. 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the
12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him seven also: and they left no children, and died.
also, and cast him out. 32 Last of all the woman died also.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them
do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will is she? for seven had her to wife.
reverence him when they see him. 34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The
14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they children of this world marry, and are given in
reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: marriage:
come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be 35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to
ours. obtain that world, and the resurrection from the
15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do 36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal
unto them? unto the angels; and are the children of God, being
16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, the children of the resurrection.
and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they 37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed
heard it, they said, God forbid. at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of
17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
that is written, The stone which the builders Jacob.
rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? 38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living:
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be for all live unto him.
broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind 39 ¶ Then certain of the scribes answering said,
him to powder. Master, thou hast well said.
19 ¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same 40 And after that they durst not ask him any question
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at all. 16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and
41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you
is David’s son? shall they cause to be put to death.
42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right sake.
hand, 18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with
his son? armies, then know that the desolation thereof is
45 ¶ Then in the audience of all the people he said nigh.
unto his disciples, 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it
long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and depart out; and let not them that are in the countries
the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief enter thereinto.
rooms at feasts; 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things
47 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew which are written may be fulfilled.
make long prayers: the same shall receive greater 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to
damnation. them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be
great distress in the land, and wrath upon this
CHAPTER 21 people.
A ND he looked up, and saw the rich men casting 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and
their gifts into the treasury. shall be led away captive into all nations: and
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles,
thither two mites. until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this 25 ¶ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the
poor widow hath cast in more than they all: moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress
4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves
the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast roaring;
in all the living that she had. 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for
5 ¶ And as some spake of the temple, how it was looking after those things which are coming on the
adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in
come, in the which there shall not be left one stone a cloud with power and great glory.
upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 28 And when these things begin to come to pass,
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when then look up, and lift up your heads; for your
shall these things be? and what sign will there be redemption draweth nigh.
when these things shall come to pass? 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for tree, and all the trees;
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of
and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
them. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at
be not terrified: for these things must first come to hand.
pass; but the end is not by and by. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against pass away, till all be fulfilled.
nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, shall not pass away.
and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and 34 ¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time
great signs shall there be from heaven. your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and
12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day
you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the come upon you unawares.
synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell
kings and rulers for my name’s sake. on the face of the whole earth.
13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may
14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate be accounted worthy to escape all these things that
before what ye shall answer: shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which man.
all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor 37 And in the day time he was teaching in the
resist. temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the
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mount that is called the mount of Olives. 23 And they began to inquire among themselves,
38 And all the people came early in the morning to which of them it was that should do this thing.
him in the temple, for to hear him. 24 ¶ And there was also a strife among them, which
of them should be accounted the greatest.
CHAPTER 22 25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles
N OW the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise
which is called the Passover. authority upon them are called benefactors.
2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they 26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest
might kill him; for they feared the people. among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is
3 ¶ Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed chief, as he that doth serve.
Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. 27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or
4 And he went his way, and communed with the he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I
chief priests and captains, how he might betray him am among you as he that serveth.
unto them. 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him temptations.
money. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father
6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to hath appointed unto me;
betray him unto them in the absence of the 30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my
multitude. kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve
7 ¶ Then came the day of unleavened bread, when tribes of Israel.
the passover must be killed. 31 ¶ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold,
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you
prepare us the passover, that we may eat. as wheat:
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:
prepare? and when thou art converted, strengthen thy
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are brethren.
entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go
bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house with thee, both into prison, and to death.
where he entereth in. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that
The Master saith unto thee, Where is the thou knowest me.
guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without
disciples? purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And
12 And he shall shew you a large upper room they said, Nothing.
furnished: there make ready. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a
13 And they went, and found as he had said unto purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he
them: and they made ready the passover. that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and one.
the twelve apostles with him. 37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must
15 And he said unto them, With desire I have yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned
desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: among the transgressors: for the things concerning
16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat me have an end.
thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords.
17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, And he said unto them, It is enough.
Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 39 ¶ And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed
the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. him.
19 ¶ And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them,
it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
which is given for you: this do in remembrance of 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s
me. cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup
cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be
for you. done.
21 ¶ But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from
is with me on the table. heaven, strengthening him.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly:
determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood
betrayed! falling down to the ground.
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45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 68 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, let me go.
lest ye enter into temptation. 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right
47 ¶ And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and hand of the power of God.
he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went 70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God?
before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the 71 And they said, What need we any further witness?
Son of man with a kiss? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
49 When they which were about him saw what
would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we CHAPTER 23
smite with the sword?
50 ¶ And one of them smote the servant of the high
priest, and cut off his right ear.
A ND the whole multitude of them arose, and led
him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found
51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to
And he touched his ear, and healed him. give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ
52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and a King.
captains of the temple, and the elders, which were 3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of
come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou
swords and staves? sayest it.
53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye 4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the
stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your people, I find no fault in this man.
hour, and the power of darkness. 5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth
54 ¶ Then took they him, and led him, and brought up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry,
him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed beginning from Galilee to this place.
afar off. 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of man were a Galilæan.
the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down 7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto
among them. Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who
56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This 8 ¶ And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding
man was also with him. glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season,
57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him because he had heard many things of him; and he
not. hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, 9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but
Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am he answered him nothing.
not. 10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and
59 And about the space of one hour after another vehemently accused him.
confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow 11 And Herod with his men of war set him at
also was with him: for he is a Galilæan. nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the 12 ¶ And the same day Pilate and Herod were made
cock crew. friends together: for before they were at enmity
61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. between themselves.
And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how 13 ¶ And Pilate, when he had called together the
he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou chief priests and the rulers and the people,
shalt deny me thrice. 14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I,
63 ¶ And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and having examined him before you, have found no
smote him. fault in this man touching those things whereof ye
64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck accuse him:
him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, 15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo,
who is it that smote thee? nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
65 And many other things blasphemously spake they 16 I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
against him. 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them
66 ¶ And as soon as it was day, the elders of the at the feast.)
people and the chief priests and the scribes came 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with
together, and led him into their council, saying, this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto 19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and
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for murder, was cast into prison.) reward of our deeds: but this man hath done
20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake nothing amiss.
again to them. 42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. when thou comest into thy kingdom.
22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what 43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee,
evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
that he might be crucified. And the voices of them 45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the
and of the chief priests prevailed. temple was rent in the midst.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they 46 ¶ And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he
required. said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit:
25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
and murder was cast into prison, whom they had 47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he
desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous
26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon man.
one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, 48 And all the people that came together to that
and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it sight, beholding the things which were done, smote
after Jesus. their breasts, and returned.
27 ¶ And there followed him a great company of 49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that
people, and of women, which also bewailed and followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding
lamented him. these things.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of 50 ¶ And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a
Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, counseller; and he was a good man, and a just:
and for your children. 51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which deed of them;) he was of Arimathæa, a city of the
they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of
that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. God.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body
Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. of Jesus.
31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what 53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen,
shall be done in the dry? and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone,
32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led wherein never man before was laid.
with him to be put to death. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the
33 And when they were come to the place, which is sabbath drew on.
called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the 55 And the women also, which came with him from
malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and
the left. how his body was laid.
34 ¶ Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and
know not what they do. And they parted his ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to
raiment, and cast lots. the commandment.
35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers
also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; CHAPTER 24
let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of
God. N OW upon the first day of the week, very early in
the morning, they came unto the sepulchre,
36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to bringing the spices which they had prepared, and
him, and offering him vinegar, certain others with them.
37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save 2 And they found the stone rolled away from the
thyself. sepulchre.
38 And a superscription also was written over him in 3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS Lord Jesus.
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
39 ¶ And one of the malefactors which were hanged thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in
railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself shining garments:
and us. 5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same the living among the dead?
condemnation? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
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7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the went: and he made as though he would have gone
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third further.
day rise again. 29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us:
8 And they remembered his words, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And
9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all he went in to tarry with them.
these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. 30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,
10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to
the mother of James, and other women that were with them.
them, which told these things unto the apostles. 31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him;
11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and and he vanished out of their sight.
they believed them not. 32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart
12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and burn within us, while he talked with us by the way,
stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by and while he opened to us the scriptures?
themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at 33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to
that which was come to pass. Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together,
13 ¶ And, behold, two of them went that same day to and them that were with them,
a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem 34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath
about threescore furlongs. appeared to Simon.
14 And they talked together of all these things which 35 And they told what things were done in the way,
had happened. and how he was known of them in breaking of
15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed bread.
together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and 36 ¶ And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in
went with them. the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be
16 But their eyes were holden that they should not unto you.
know him. 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and
17 And he said unto them, What manner of supposed that they had seen a spirit.
communications are these that ye have one to 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and
another, as ye walk, and are sad? why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, 39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself:
answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and
Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are bones, as ye see me have.
come to pass there in these days? 40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them
19 And he said unto them, What things? And they his hands and his feet.
said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which 41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and
was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any
and all the people: meat?
20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered 42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of
him to be condemned to death, and have crucified an honeycomb.
him. 43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
21 But we trusted that it had been he which should 44 And he said unto them, These are the words
have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
the third day since these things were done. that all things must be fulfilled, which were written
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
made us astonished, which were early at the psalms, concerning me.
sepulchre; 45 Then opened he their understanding, that they
23 And when they found not his body, they came, might understand the scriptures,
saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, 46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus
which said that he was alive. it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead
24 And certain of them which were with us went to the third day:
the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should
had said: but him they saw not. be preached in his name among all nations,
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of beginning at Jerusalem.
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: 48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, 49 ¶ And, behold, I send the promise of my Father
and to enter into his glory? upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until
27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he ye be endued with power from on high.
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things 50 ¶ And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and
concerning himself. he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he
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was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and
52 And they worshipped him, and returned to blessing God. Amen.
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ST JOHN
CHAPTER 1 Elias, neither that prophet?

I N the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water:
with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
but there standeth one among you, whom ye know
not;
3 All things were made by him; and without him was 27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before
not any thing made that was made. me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. unloose.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness 28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond
comprehended it not. Jordan, where John was baptizing.
6 ¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name 29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
was John. him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the taketh away the sin of the world.
Light, that all men through him might believe. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
of that Light. 31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing
that cometh into the world. with water.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by 32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit
him, and the world knew him not. descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him upon him.
not. 33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon
power to become the sons of God, even to them that whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and
believe on his name: remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of with the Holy Ghost.
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among God.
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only 35 ¶ Again the next day after John stood, and two of
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. his disciples;
15 ¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, 36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith,
This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after Behold the Lamb of God!
me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace followed Jesus.
for grace. 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him,
truth came by Jesus Christ. Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,)
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only where dwellest thou?
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, 39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came
he hath declared him. and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that
19 ¶ And this is the record of John, when the Jews day: for it was about the tenth hour.
sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 40 One of the two which heard John speak, and
Who art thou? followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith
I am not the Christ. unto him, We have found the Messias, which is,
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? being interpreted, the Christ.
And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And 42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus
he answered, No. beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona:
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by
may give an answer to them that sent us. What interpretation, A stone.
sayest thou of thyself? 43 ¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him,
wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as Follow me.
said the prophet Esaias. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. and Peter.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We
baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the
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prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money,
Joseph. and overthrew the tables;
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these
good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto things hence; make not my Father’s house an house
him, Come and see. of merchandise.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of 17 And his disciples remembered that it was written,
him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou 18 ¶ Then answered the Jews and said unto him,
me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou
Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, doest these things?
I saw thee. 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three
unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest days?
thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. 21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his
you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the disciples remembered that he had said this unto
angels of God ascending and descending upon the them; and they believed the scripture, and the word
Son of man. which Jesus had said.
23 ¶ Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover,
CHAPTER 2 in the feast day, many believed in his name, when
A ND the third day there was a marriage in Cana they saw the miracles which he did.
of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them,
2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the because he knew all men,
marriage. 25 And needed not that any should testify of man:
3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus for he knew what was in man.
saith unto him, They have no wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do CHAPTER 3
with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he
saith unto you, do it.
T HERE was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto
6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, from God: for no man can do these miracles that
containing two or three firkins apiece. thou doest, except God be with him.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
water. And they filled them up to the brim. say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear cannot see the kingdom of God.
unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be
9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water born when he is old? can he enter the second time
that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: into his mother’s womb, and be born?
(but the servants which drew the water knew;) the 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
governor of the feast called the bridegroom, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
doth set forth good wine; and when men have well 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that
drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
the good wine until now. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of again.
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou
disciples believed on him. hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence
12 ¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that
his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and is born of the Spirit.
they continued there not many days. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can
13 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus these things be?
went up to Jerusalem, 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a
14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we
15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye
he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, receive not our witness.
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12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words
not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure
things? unto him.
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man things into his hand.
which is in heaven. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
14 ¶ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted but the wrath of God abideth on him.
up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not CHAPTER 4
perish, but have eternal life.
16 ¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his W HEN therefore the Lord knew how the
Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him baptized more disciples than John,
should not perish, but have everlasting life. 2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to disciples,)
condemn the world; but that the world through him 3 He left Judæa, and departed again into Galilee.
might be saved. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
18 ¶ He that believeth on him is not condemned: but 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is
he that believeth not is condemned already, because called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob
he hath not believed in the name of the only gave to his son Joseph.
begotten Son of God. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than was about the sixth hour.
light, because their deeds were evil. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water:
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to
reproved. buy meat.)
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How
his deeds may be made manifest, that they are is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which
wrought in God. am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no
22 ¶ After these things came Jesus and his disciples dealings with the Samaritans.
into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest
them, and baptized. the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give
23 ¶ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and
Salim, because there was much water there: and they he would have given thee living water.
came, and were baptized. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast
24 For John was not yet cast into prison. nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from
25 ¶ Then there arose a question between some of whence then hast thou that living water?
John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his
Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to children, and his cattle?
whom thou barest witness, behold, the same 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever
baptizeth, and all men come to him. drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
27 John answered and said, A man can receive 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall
nothing, except it be given him from heaven. give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am give him shall be in him a well of water springing up
not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. into everlasting life.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this
friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and
bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. come hither.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I
of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he have no husband:
that cometh from heaven is above all. 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou
testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. truly.
33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that
seal that God is true. thou art a prophet.
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20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye 43 ¶ Now after two days he departed thence, and
say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought went into Galilee.
to worship. 44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the honour in his own country.
hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this 45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the
mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Galilæans received him, having seen all the things
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
worship: for salvation is of the Jews. went unto the feast.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true 46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where
worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in he made the water wine. And there was a certain
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judæa
worship him in spirit and in truth. into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him
25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias that he would come down, and heal his son: for he
cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he was at the point of death.
will tell us all things. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. wonders, ye will not believe.
27 ¶ And upon this came his disciples, and 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down
marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no ere my child die.
man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou 50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth.
with her? And the man believed the word that Jesus had
28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her spoken unto him, and he went his way.
way into the city, and saith to the men, 51 And as he was now going down, his servants met
29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
ever I did: is not this the Christ? 52 Then inquired he of them the hour when he
30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday
him. at the seventh hour the fever left him.
31 ¶ In the mean while his disciples prayed him, 53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in
saying, Master, eat. the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and
32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye himself believed, and his whole house.
know not of. 54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did,
33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee.
any man brought him ought to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will CHAPTER 5
of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then A FTER this there was a feast of the Jews; and
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
already to harvest. having five porches.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of
gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the
soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. water.
37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into
another reapeth. the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no first after the troubling of the water stepped in was
labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
their labours. 5 And a certain man was there, which had an
39 ¶ And many of the Samaritans of that city infirmity thirty and eight years.
believed on him for the saying of the woman, which 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had
testified, He told me all that ever I did. been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him,
40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
they besought him that he would tarry with them: 7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no
and he abode there two days. man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the
41 And many more believed because of his own pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down
word; before me.
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and
because of thy saying: for we have heard him walk.
ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and
the Saviour of the world. took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day
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was the sabbath. mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath
10 ¶ The Jews therefore said unto him that was sent me.
cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee 31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
to carry thy bed. 32 ¶ There is another that beareth witness of me;
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of
same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. me is true.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the
said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? truth.
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these
Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being things I say, that ye might be saved.
in that place. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no 36 ¶ But I have greater witness than that of John: for
more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. the works which the Father hath given me to finish,
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that
Jesus, which had made him whole. the Father hath sent me.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and 37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath
sought to slay him, because he had done these things borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice
on the sabbath day. at any time, nor seen his shape.
17 ¶ But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for
hitherto, and I work. whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, 39 ¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye
because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said have eternal life: and they are they which testify of
also that God was his Father, making himself equal me.
with God. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, life.
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of 41 I receive not honour from men.
himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God
things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son in you.
likewise. 43 I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him me not: if another shall come in his own name, him
all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him ye will receive.
greater works than these, that ye may marvel. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and another, and seek not the honour that cometh from
quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom God only?
he will. 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father:
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom
committed all judgment unto the Son: ye trust.
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they 46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son believed me: for he wrote of me.
honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my believe my words?
word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath
everlasting life, and shall not come into CHAPTER 6
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, A FTER these things Jesus went over the sea of
Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they
Son of God: and they that hear shall live. saw his miracles which he did on them that were
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he diseased.
given to the Son to have life in himself; 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he
27 And hath given him authority to execute sat with his disciples.
judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the 5 ¶ When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done 6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew
evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. what he would do.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of
judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of
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them may take a little. were filled.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for
brother, saith unto him, that meat which endureth unto everlasting life,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him
and two small fishes: but what are they among so hath God the Father sealed.
many? 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now we might work the works of God?
there was much grass in the place. So the men sat 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the
down, in number about five thousand. work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given sent.
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest
disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what
the fishes as much as they would. dost thou work?
12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
be lost. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from
twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread
loaves, which remained over and above unto them from heaven.
that had eaten. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down
14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us
that should come into the world. this bread.
15 ¶ When Jesus therefore perceived that they would 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:
come and take him by force, to make him a king, he he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that
departed again into a mountain himself alone. believeth on me shall never thirst.
16 And when even was now come, his disciples went 36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me,
down unto the sea, and believe not.
17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me;
toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
was not come to them. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine
18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that own will, but the will of him that sent me.
blew. 39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me,
19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or that of all which he hath given me I should lose
thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were 40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every
afraid. one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may
20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the
21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: last day.
and immediately the ship was at the land whither 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said,
they went. I am the bread which came down from heaven.
22 ¶ The day following, when the people which 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph,
stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was whose father and mother we know? how is it then
none other boat there, save that one whereinto his that he saith, I came down from heaven?
disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were Murmur not among yourselves.
gone away alone; 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which
23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the
nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after last day.
that the Lord had given thanks:) 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard,
there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he
25 And when they had found him on the other side which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on
thou hither? me hath everlasting life.
26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say 48 I am that bread of life.
unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and
miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and are dead.
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50 This is the bread which cometh down from CHAPTER 7
heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from A FTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews
heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for sought to kill him.
ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which 2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
I will give for the life of the world. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may
saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? see the works that thou doest.
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret,
unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou
and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. do these things, shew thyself to the world.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, 5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet
day. come: but your time is alway ready.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
drink indeed. because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, 8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this
dwelleth in me, and I in him. feast; for my time is not yet full come.
57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by 9 When he had said these words unto them, he
the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by abode still in Galilee.
me. 10 ¶ But when his brethren were gone up, then went
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were
not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he in secret.
that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. 11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said,
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he Where is he?
taught in Capernaum. 12 And there was much murmuring among the
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had people concerning him: for some said, He is a good
heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
it? 13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples the Jews.
murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend 14 ¶ Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up
you? into the temple, and taught.
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth
where he was before? this man letters, having never learned?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are mine, but his that sent me.
spirit, and they are life. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of
Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that myself.
believed not, and who should betray him. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same
man can come unto me, except it were given unto is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
him of my Father. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of
66 ¶ From that time many of his disciples went back, you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
and walked no more with him. 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil:
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go who goeth about to kill thee?
away? 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom one work, and ye all marvel.
shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not
69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on
Christ, the Son of the living God. the sabbath day circumcise a man.
70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you 23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision,
twelve, and one of you is a devil? that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for angry at me, because I have made a man every whit
he it was that should betray him, being one of the whole on the sabbath day?
twelve. 24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment.
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this
he, whom they seek to kill?
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26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are
unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the cursed.
very Christ? 50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but Jesus by night, being one of them,)
when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him,
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, and know what he doeth?
saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: 52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also
and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee
true, whom ye know not. ariseth no prophet.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath 53 And every man went unto his own house.
sent me.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid CHAPTER 8
hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and
J ESUS went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the
said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat
than these which this man hath done? down, and taught them.
32 ¶ The Pharisees heard that the people murmured 3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a
such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her
the chief priests sent officers to take him. in the midst,
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I 4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken
with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. in adultery, in the very act.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such
where I am, thither ye cannot come. should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither 6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have
will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his
the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them
Gentiles? not.
36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye 7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin
thither ye cannot come? among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus 8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him ground.
come unto me, and drink. 9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost 10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none
was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are
glorified.) those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
40 ¶ Many of the people therefore, when they heard 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,
this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, 12 ¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am
Shall Christ come out of Galilee? the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
of the seed of David, and out of the town of 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou
Bethlehem, where David was? bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
43 So there was a division among the people because 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I
of him. bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye
man laid hands on him. cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
45 ¶ Then came the officers to the chief priests and 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am
brought him? not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this 17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of
man. two men is true.
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also 18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the
deceived? Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed 19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father?
on him? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father:
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if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father, even God.
Father also. 42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye
20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from
taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
for his hour was not yet come. 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, because ye cannot hear my word.
and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of
whither I go, ye cannot come. your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there
he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this it.
world. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your not.
sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say
your sins. the truth, why do ye not believe me?
25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye
Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
you from the beginning. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a
he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world devil?
those things which I have heard of him. 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour
27 They understood not that he spake to them of the my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
Father. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted seeketh and judgeth.
up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my
and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father saying, he shall never see death.
hath taught me, I speak these things. 52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that
29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the
not left me alone; for I do always those things that prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying,
please him. he shall never taste of death.
30 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest
him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my thou thyself?
disciples indeed; 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of
make you free. whom ye say, that he is your God:
33 ¶ They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, 55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and
and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like
thou, Ye shall be made free? unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and
you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. he saw it, and was glad.
35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet
but the Son abideth ever. fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
be free indeed. you, Before Abraham was, I am.
37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus
kill me, because my word hath no place in you. hid himself, and went out of the temple, going
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: through the midst of them, and so passed by.
and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is CHAPTER 9
our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were
Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of
Abraham.
A ND as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was
blind from his birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born
you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did blind?
not Abraham. 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to his parents: but that the works of God should be
him, We be not born of fornication; we have one made manifest in him.
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4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee?
it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. how opened he thine eyes?
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and
world. ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again?
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, will ye also be his disciples?
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his
eyes of the blind man with the clay, disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this
Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went fellow, we know not from whence he is.
his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why
8 ¶ The neighbours therefore, and they which before herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from
had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
that sat and begged? 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but
9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his
but he said, I am he. will, him he heareth.
10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine 32 Since the world began was it not heard that any
eyes opened? man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast
me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And
and washed, and I received sight. they cast him out.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when
know not. he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou
13 ¶ They brought to the Pharisees him that believe on the Son of God?
aforetime was blind. 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I
14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the might believe on him?
clay, and opened his eyes. 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen
15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
had received his sight. He said unto them, He put 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped
clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. him.
16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is 39 ¶ And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into
not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. this world, that they which see not might see; and
Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such that they which see might be made blind.
miracles? And there was a division among them. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him
17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind
thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He also?
said, He is a prophet. 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your
he had been blind, and received his sight, until they sin remaineth.
called the parents of him that had received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, CHAPTER 10
who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now
see? V ERILY, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth
not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth
20 His parents answered them and said, We know up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd
21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; of the sheep.
or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his
age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and
22 These words spake his parents, because they leadeth them out.
feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he
if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for
be put out of the synagogue. they know his voice.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee
24 Then again called they the man that was blind, from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they
that this man is a sinner. understood not what things they were which he
25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or spake unto them.
no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was 7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I
blind, now I see. say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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8 All that ever came before me are thieves and 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work
robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law,
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, I said, Ye are gods?
and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of
and that they might have it more abundantly. God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd 36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified,
giveth his life for the sheep. and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, I said, I am the Son of God?
whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me
and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf not.
catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. 38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and works: that ye may know, and believe, that the
careth not for the sheep. Father is in me, and I in him.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he
am known of mine. escaped out of their hand,
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the 40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the
Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. place where John at first baptized; and there he
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: abode.
them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did
and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. no miracle: but all things that John spake of this
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay man were true.
down my life, that I might take it again. 42 And many believed on him there.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of
myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have CHAPTER 11
power to take it again. This commandment have I
received of my Father. N OW a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of
Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister
19 ¶ There was a division therefore again among the Martha.
Jews for these sayings. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose
mad; why hear ye him? brother Lazarus was sick.)
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord,
hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
22 ¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the 4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not
dedication, and it was winter. unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s God might be glorified thereby.
porch. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said Lazarus.
unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If 6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. abode two days still in the same place where he was.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed 7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go
not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they into Judæa again.
bear witness of me. 8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
sheep, as I said unto you. 9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not,
they follow me: because he seeth the light of this world.
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall 10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth,
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out because there is no light in him.
of my hand. 11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I
all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my may awake him out of sleep.
Father’s hand. 12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall
30 I and my Father are one. do well.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
shewed you from my Father; for which of those 14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is
works do ye stone me? dead.
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15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four
to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go days.
unto him. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if
16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory
unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may of God?
die with him. 41 Then they took away the stone from the place
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes,
in the grave four days already. and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about me.
fifteen furlongs off: 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, because of the people which stand by I said it, that
to comfort them concerning their brother. they may believe that thou hast sent me.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a
coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
house. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound
been here, my brother had not died. about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose
22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt him, and let him go.
ask of God, God will give it thee. 45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise him.
again in the resurrection at the last day. 46 But some of them went their ways to the
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, 47 ¶ Then gathered the chief priests and the
yet shall he live: Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall man doeth many miracles.
never die. Believest thou this? 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou him: and the Romans shall come and take away both
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come our place and nation.
into the world. 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high
28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know
called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is nothing at all,
come, and calleth for thee. 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and man should die for the people, and that the whole
came unto him. nation perish not.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high
was in that place where Martha met him. priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die
31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, for that nation;
and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he
rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, should gather together in one the children of God
She goeth unto the grave to weep there. that were scattered abroad.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel
saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, together for to put him to death.
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among
died. the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the
33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there
Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned continued with his disciples.
in the spirit, and was troubled, 55 ¶ And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and
34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto many went out of the country up to Jerusalem
him, Lord, come and see. before the passover, to purify themselves.
35 Jesus wept. 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think
37 And some of them said, Could not this man, ye, that he will not come to the feast?
which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had
even this man should not have died? given a commandment, that, if any man knew where
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the
sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by
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CHAPTER 12 23 ¶ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is

T HEN Jesus six days before the passover came to come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of
dead, whom he raised from the dead. wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone:
2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that
with him. hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of eternal.
spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and
and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any
filled with the odour of the ointment. man serve me, him will my Father honour.
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say?
Simon’s son, which should betray him, Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred came I unto this hour.
pence, and given to the poor? 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will
because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare glorify it again.
what was put therein. 29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it,
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to
my burying hath she kept this. him.
8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye 30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not
have not always. because of me, but for your sakes.
9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the
was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, prince of this world be cast out.
but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had 32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw
raised from the dead. all men unto me.
10 ¶ But the chief priests consulted that they might 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
put Lazarus also to death; 34 The people answered him, We have heard out of
11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest
went away, and believed on Jesus. thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this
12 ¶ On the next day much people that were come to Son of man?
the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to 35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the
Jerusalem, light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest
13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in
meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat may be the children of light. These things spake
thereon; as it is written, Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King them.
cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. 37 ¶ But though he had done so many miracles
16 These things understood not his disciples at the before them, yet they believed not on him:
first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be
they that these things were written of him, and that fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed
they had done these things unto him. our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord
17 The people therefore that was with him when he been revealed?
called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from 39 Therefore they could not believe, because that
the dead, bare record. Esaias said again,
18 For this cause the people also met him, for that 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their
they heard that he had done this miracle. heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor
19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, understand with their heart, and be converted, and I
Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the should heal them.
world is gone after him. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory,
20 ¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that and spake of him.
came up to worship at the feast: 42 ¶ Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many
21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we did not confess him, lest they should be put out of
would see Jesus. the synagogue:
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again 43 For they loved the praise of men more than the
Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. praise of God.
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44 ¶ Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. than he that sent him.
46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever 17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do
believeth on me should not abide in darkness. them.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I 18 ¶ I speak not of you all: I know whom I have
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He
but to save the world. that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my against me.
words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is
have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
day. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that
which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
should say, and what I should speak. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in
50 And I know that his commandment is life spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Father said unto me, so I speak. 22 Then the disciples looked one on another,
doubting of whom he spake.
CHAPTER 13 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his
N OW before the feast of the passover, when Jesus disciples, whom Jesus loved.
knew that his hour was come that he should 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he
depart out of this world unto the Father, having should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
loved his own which were in the world, he loved 25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him,
them unto the end. Lord, who is it?
2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put 26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped
betray him; the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then
into his hands, and that he was come from God, and said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
went to God; 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; spake this unto him.
and took a towel, and girded himself. 29 For some of them thought, because Judas had the
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things
began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them that we have need of against the feast; or, that he
with the towel wherewith he was girded. should give something to the poor.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith 30 He then having received the sop went
unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? immediately out: and it was night.
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou 31 ¶ Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said,
knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my in him.
feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify
hast no part with me. him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye
only, but also my hands and my head. shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
are clean, but not all. love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore love one another.
said he, Ye are not all clean. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my
12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken disciples, if ye have love one to another.
his garments, and was set down again, he said unto 36 ¶ Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest
them, Know ye what I have done to you? thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me
so I am. afterwards.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
15 For I have given you an example, that ye should 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life
do as I have done to you. for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock
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shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love
me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love
CHAPTER 14 him, and we will come unto him, and make our
L ET not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, abode with him.
believe also in me. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings:
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place Father’s which sent me.
for you. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come present with you.
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
there ye may be also. whom the Father will send in my name, he shall
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. teach you all things, and bring all things to your
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your
the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away,
Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would
have seen him. rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, Father is greater than I.
and it sufficeth us. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass,
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the
he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in
sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? me.
10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the 31 But that the world may know that I love the
Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I Father; and as the Father gave me commandment,
speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father CHAPTER 15
in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on I AM the true vine, and my Father is the
husbandman.
me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh
works than these shall he do; because I go unto my away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth
Father. it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have
I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. spoken unto you.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot
15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments. bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you more can ye, except ye abide in me.
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth
ever; in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a
him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and
shall be in you. cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye
you. shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much
more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:
and ye in me, and I in you. continue ye in my love.
21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in
them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me my love; even as I have kept my Father’s
shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and commandments, and abide in his love.
will manifest myself to him. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it might remain in you, and that your joy might be
that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto full.
the world? 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one
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another, as I have loved you. 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
lay down his life for his friends. 6 But because I have said these things unto you,
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I sorrow hath filled your heart.
command you. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I
you friends; for all things that I have heard of my will send him unto you.
Father I have made known unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he ye see me no more;
may give it you. 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is
17 These things I command you, that ye love one judged.
another. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me cannot bear them now.
before it hated you. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world speak: and he will shew you things to come.
hateth you. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine,
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The and shall shew it unto you.
servant is not greater than his lord. If they have 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore
persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it
have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. unto you.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a
name’s sake, because they know not him that sent little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the
me. Father.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves,
had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and
their sin. ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
24 If I had not done among them the works which 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
none other man did, they had not had sin: but now little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
have they both seen and hated both me and my 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask
Father. him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among
25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall
fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see
without a cause. me?
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall
truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into
testify of me: joy.
27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow,
been with me from the beginning. because her hour is come: but as soon as she is
delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the
CHAPTER 16 anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
T HESE things have I spoken unto you, that ye 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see
should not be offended. you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the no man taketh from you.
time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily,
that he doeth God service. verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the
3 And these things will they do unto you, because Father in my name, he will give it you.
they have not known the Father, nor me. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask,
4 But these things have I told you, that when the and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs:
them. And these things I said not unto you at the but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak
beginning, because I was with you. unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of
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the Father. and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition;
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not that the scripture might be fulfilled.
unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in
have loved me, and have believed that I came out themselves.
from God. 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into hated them, because they are not of the world, even
the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the as I am not of the world.
Father. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from
thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. the evil.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we world.
believe that thou camest forth from God. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? truth.
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have
ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall I also sent them into the world.
leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they
Father is with me. also might be sanctified through the truth.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have which shall believe on me through their word;
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome 21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in
the world. me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us:
that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
CHAPTER 17 22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given
T HESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made
glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: perfect in one; and that the world may know that
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given loved me.
him. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee given me, be with me where I am; that they may
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
sent. lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known
the work which thou gavest me to do. thee: but I have known thee, and these have known
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine that thou hast sent me.
own self with the glory which I had with thee before 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and
the world was. will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which loved me may be in them, and I in them.
thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were,
and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy CHAPTER 18
word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever
thou hast given me are of thee.
W HEN Jesus had spoken these words, he went
forth with his disciples over the brook
Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou entered, and his disciples.
gavest me; and they have received them, and have 2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the
known surely that I came out from thee, and they place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his
have believed that thou didst send me. disciples.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for 3 Judas then, having received a band of men and
them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
am glorified in them. 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these come upon him, went forth, and said unto them,
are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, Whom seek ye?
keep through thine own name those whom thou 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them him, stood with them.
in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, 6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he,
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they went backward, and fell to the ground. cock crew.
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And 28 ¶ Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall
they said, Jesus of Nazareth. of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves
8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be
therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What
Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. accusation bring ye against this man?
10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not
smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up
ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. unto thee.
11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and
the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore
shall I not drink it? said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man
12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the to death:
Jews took Jesus, and bound him, 32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which
13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was he spake, signifying what death he should die.
father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest 33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again,
that same year. and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the King of the Jews?
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of
for the people. thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
15 ¶ And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation
another disciple: that disciple was known unto the and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me:
high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of what hast thou done?
the high priest. 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world:
16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went if my kingdom were of this world, then would my
out that other disciple, which was known unto the servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the
high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
and brought in Peter. 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king
17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
Peter, Art not thou also one of this man’s disciples? To this end was I born, and for this cause came I
He saith, I am not. into the world, that I should bear witness unto the
18 And the servants and officers stood there, who truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my
had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they voice.
warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and 38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when
warmed himself. he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews,
19 ¶ The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
and of his doctrine. 39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto
20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I
ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, release unto you the King of the Jews?
whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man,
said nothing. but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me,
what I have said unto them: behold, they know what CHAPTER 19
I said.
22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers T HEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged
him.
which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his 2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put
hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear 3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote
witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? him with their hands.
24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas 4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto
the high priest. them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may
25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. know that I find no fault in him.
They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of
of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto
26 One of the servants of the high priest, being his them, Behold the man!
kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see 6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw
thee in the garden with him? him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify
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him: for I find no fault in him. mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
law he ought to die, because he made himself the 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the
Son of God. disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto
8 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
the more afraid; 27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother!
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith And from that hour that disciple took her unto his
unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no own home.
answer. 28 ¶ After this, Jesus knowing that all things were
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not now accomplished, that the scripture might be
unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon
all against me, except it were given thee from above: hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the 30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he
greater sin. said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release up the ghost.
him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the
man go, thou art not Cæsar’s friend: whosoever preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon
maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar. the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day
13 ¶ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the
Hebrew, Gabbatha. first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was
about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, dead already, they brake not his legs:
Behold your King! 34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is
crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye
have no king but Cæsar. might believe.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be 36 For these things were done, that the scripture
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be
17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place broken.
called the place of a skull, which is called in the 37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look
Hebrew Golgotha: on him whom they pierced.
18 Where they crucified him, and two other with 38 ¶ And after this Joseph of Arimathæa, being a
him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews,
19 ¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. besought Pilate that he might take away the body of
And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore,
KING OF THE JEWS. and took the body of Jesus.
20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the
place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture
and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, 40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in
Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the
am King of the Jews. Jews is to bury.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have 41 Now in the place where he was crucified there
written. was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre,
23 ¶ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified wherein was never man yet laid.
Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the
every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at
was without seam, woven from the top throughout. hand.
24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not
rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the CHAPTER 20
scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted
my raiment among them, and for my vesture they T HE first day of the week cometh Mary
Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the
did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the
25 ¶ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his sepulchre.
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2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, 21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you:
and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them,
of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
laid him. 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are
and came to the sepulchre. retained.
4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple 24 ¶ But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus,
did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. was not with them when Jesus came.
5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the 25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We
linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put
went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my
lie, hand into his side, I will not believe.
7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying 26 ¶ And after eight days again his disciples were
with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the
place by itself. doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said,
8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came Peace be unto you.
first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand,
must rise again from the dead. and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but
10 Then the disciples went away again unto their believing.
own home. 28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My
11 ¶ But Mary stood without at the sepulchre Lord and my God.
weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and 29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast
looked into the sepulchre, seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at have not seen, and yet have believed.
the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of 30 ¶ And many other signs truly did Jesus in the
Jesus had lain. presence of his disciples, which are not written in
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest this book:
thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that
away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that
him. believing ye might have life through his name.
14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself
back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it CHAPTER 21
was Jesus.
15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? A FTER these things Jesus shewed himself again to
the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this
whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the wise shewed he himself.
gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee,
take him away. and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his
16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, disciples.
and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They
Master. say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth,
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not and entered into a ship immediately; and that night
yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, they caught nothing.
and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood
your Father; and to my God, and your God. on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that Jesus.
she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any
things unto her. meat? They answered him, No.
19 ¶ Then the same day at evening, being the first 6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast
disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for
Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, the multitude of fishes.
Peace be unto you. 7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith
20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter
his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat
when they saw the Lord. unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself
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into the sea. said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And
8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things;
they were not far from land, but as it were two thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,
hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. Feed my sheep.
9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast
fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither
10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou
have now caught. shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: 19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should
and for all there were so many, yet was not the net glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith
broken. unto him, Follow me.
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none 20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple
of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on
knowing that it was the Lord. his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth betrayeth thee?
them, and fish likewise. 21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed shall this man do?
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I
the dead. come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
15 ¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon 23 Then went this saying abroad among the
Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus
than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
lambs. 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things,
16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, and wrote these things: and we know that his
son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, testimony is true.
Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith 25 And there are also many other things which Jesus
unto him, Feed my sheep. did, the which, if they should be written every one, I
17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of suppose that even the world itself could not contain
Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he the books that should be written. Amen.

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ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
CHAPTER 1 17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained

T HE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, part of this ministry.

of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward
2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in
he through the Holy Ghost had given the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
commandments unto the apostles whom he had 19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at
chosen: Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their
3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of blood.
them forty days, and speaking of the things 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his
pertaining to the kingdom of God: habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein:
4 And, being assembled together with them, and his bishoprick let another take.
commanded them that they should not depart from 21 Wherefore of these men which have companied
Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and
which, saith he, ye have heard of me. out among us,
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be 22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. same day that he was taken up from us, must one be
6 When they therefore were come together, they ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time 23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas,
restore again the kingdom to Israel? who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know 24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which
the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these
in his own power. two thou hast chosen,
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy 25 That he may take part of this ministry and
Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell,
unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in that he might go to his own place.
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the
beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him eleven apostles.
out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven CHAPTER 2
as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in
white apparel; A ND when the day of Pentecost was fully come,
they were all with one accord in one place.
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as
gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house
taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like where they were sitting.
manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and
sabbath day’s journey. began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave
13 And when they were come in, they went up into them utterance.
an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, 5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout
and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, men, out of every nation under heaven.
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude
Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother came together, and were confounded, because that
of James. every man heard them speak in his own language.
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer 7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying
and supplication, with the women, and Mary the one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak
mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. Galilæans?
15 ¶ And in those days Peter stood up in the midst 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue,
of the disciples, and said, (the number of names wherein we were born?
together were about an hundred and twenty,) 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
David spake before concerning Judas, which was 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the
guide to them that took Jesus. parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome,
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Jews and proselytes, Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in flesh did see corruption.
our tongues the wonderful works of God. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, witnesses.
saying one to another, What meaneth this? 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new and having received of the Father the promise of the
wine. Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now
14 ¶ But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up see and hear.
his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judæa, and 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but
all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit
you, and hearken to my words: thou on my right hand,
15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
is but the third hour of the day. 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus,
Joel; whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith 37 ¶ Now when they heard this, they were pricked in
God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
your young men shall see visions, and your old men 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be
shall dream dreams: baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they the gift of the Holy Ghost.
shall prophesy: 39 For the promise is unto you, and to your
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as
signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and the Lord our God shall call.
vapour of smoke: 40 And with many other words did he testify and
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward
moon into blood, before that great and notable day generation.
of the Lord come: 41 ¶ Then they that gladly received his word were
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall baptized: and the same day there were added unto
call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. them about three thousand souls.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread,
miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by and in prayers.
him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many
23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by 44 And all that believed were together, and had all
wicked hands have crucified and slain: things common;
24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted
pains of death: because it was not possible that he them to all men, as every man had need.
should be holden of it. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the temple, and breaking bread from house to house,
Lord always before my face, for he is on my right did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of
hand, that I should not be moved: heart,
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the
was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: people. And the Lord added to the church daily such
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, as should be saved.
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption. CHAPTER 3
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;
thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. N OW Peter and John went up together into the
temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth
29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you hour.
of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb
buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them
had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of that entered into the temple;
his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the
Christ to sit on his throne; temple asked an alms.
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John,
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said, Look on us. will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive among the people.
something of them. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but that follow after, as many as have spoken, have
such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ likewise foretold of these days.
of Nazareth rise up and walk. 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him covenant which God made with our fathers, saying
up: and immediately his feet and ancle bones unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds
received strength. of the earth be blessed.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered 26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son
with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every
praising God. one of you from his iniquities.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising
God: CHAPTER 4
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms
at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were A ND as they spake unto the people, the priests,
and the captain of the temple, and the
filled with wonder and amazement at that which had Sadducees, came upon them,
happened unto him. 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter preached through Jesus the resurrection from the
and John, all the people ran together unto them in dead.
the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in
wondering. hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
12 ¶ And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word
people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or believed; and the number of the men was about five
why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our thousand.
own power or holiness we had made this man to 5 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their
walk? rulers, and elders, and scribes,
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and
the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the
whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at
presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Jerusalem.
him go. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye
desired a murderer to be granted unto you; done this?
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
16 And his name through faith in his name hath 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done
made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, to the impotent man, by what means he is made
the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect whole;
soundness in the presence of you all. 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
ye did it, as did also your rulers. whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
18 But those things, which God before had shewed even by him doth this man stand here before you
by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should whole.
suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you
19 ¶ Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that builders, which is become the head of the corner.
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; none other name under heaven given among men,
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was whereby we must be saved.
preached unto you: 13 ¶ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and
21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of John, and perceived that they were unlearned and
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took
the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
began. 14 And beholding the man which was healed
22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet standing with them, they could say nothing against
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your it.
brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside
whatsoever he shall say unto you. out of the council, they conferred among
23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which themselves,
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16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that were sold,
indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is 35 And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and
manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we distribution was made unto every man according as
cannot deny it. he had need.
17 But that it spread no further among the people, 36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed
let us straitly threaten them, that they speak Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of
henceforth to no man in this name. consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
18 And they called them, and commanded them not 37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and
to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. laid it at the apostles’ feet.
19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken CHAPTER 5
unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things which we
have seen and heard.
B UT a certain man named Ananias, with
Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being
21 So when they had further threatened them, they privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at
let them go, finding nothing how they might punish the apostles’ feet.
them, because of the people: for all men glorified 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
God for that which was done. heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part
22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom of the price of the land?
this miracle of healing was shewed. 4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after
23 ¶ And being let go, they went to their own it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast
company, and reported all that the chief priests and thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast
elders had said unto them. not lied unto men, but unto God.
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and
voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them
art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the that heard these things.
sea, and all that in them is: 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, carried him out, and buried him.
Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine 7 And it was about the space of three hours after,
vain things? when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye
were gathered together against the Lord, and against sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so
his Christ. much.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom 9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord?
with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were behold, the feet of them which have buried thy
gathered together, husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel 10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and
determined before to be done. yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in,
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried
grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they her by her husband.
may speak thy word, 11 And great fear came upon all the church, and
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that upon as many as heard these things.
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy 12 ¶ And by the hands of the apostles were many
holy child Jesus. signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and
31 ¶ And when they had prayed, the place was they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
shaken where they were assembled together; and 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to
they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they them: but the people magnified them.
spake the word of God with boldness. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord,
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of multitudes both of men and women.)
one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into
that ought of the things which he possessed was his the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that
own; but they had all things common. at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might
33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of overshadow some of them.
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace 16 There came also a multitude out of the cities
was upon them all. round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and
for as many as were possessors of lands or houses they were healed every one.
sold them, and brought the prices of the things that 17 ¶ Then the high priest rose up, and all they that
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were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days
and were filled with indignation, of the taxing, and drew away much people after him:
18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed
them in the common prison. him, were dispersed.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men,
prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people of men, it will come to nought:
all the words of this life. 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest
21 And when they heard that, they entered into the haply ye be found even to fight against God.
temple early in the morning, and taught. But the 40 And to him they agreed: and when they had
high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the apostles, and beaten them, they
called the council together, and all the senate of the commanded that they should not speak in the name
children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have of Jesus, and let them go.
them brought. 41 ¶ And they departed from the presence of the
22 But when the officers came, and found them not council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to
in the prison, they returned, and told, suffer shame for his name.
23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all 42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they
safety, and the keepers standing without before the ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
doors: but when we had opened, we found no man
within. CHAPTER 6
24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the
temple and the chief priests heard these things, they
doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
A ND in those days, when the number of the
disciples was multiplied, there arose a
murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews,
25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, because their widows were neglected in the daily
the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the ministration.
temple, and teaching the people. 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the
26 Then went the captain with the officers, and disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we
brought them without violence: for they feared the should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
people, lest they should have been stoned. 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven
27 And when they had brought them, they set them men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and
before the council: and the high priest asked them, wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer,
should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have and to the ministry of the word.
filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to 5 ¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and
bring this man’s blood upon us. they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the
29 ¶ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye proselyte of Antioch:
slew and hanged on a tree. 6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they
31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, 7 And the word of God increased; and the number
and forgiveness of sins. of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a
32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is great company of the priests were obedient to the
also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them faith.
that obey him. 8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
33 ¶ When they heard that, they were cut to the wonders and miracles among the people.
heart, and took counsel to slay them. 9 ¶ Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which
34 Then stood there up one in the council, a is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and
Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia
in reputation among all the people, and commanded and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
to put the apostles forth a little space; 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and
35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed the spirit by which he spake.
to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have
men. heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses,
36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting and against God.
himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders,
about four hundred, joined themselves: who was and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught
slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, him, and brought him to the council,
and brought to nought. 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man
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ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew
holy place, and the law: and multiplied in Egypt,
14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of 18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil
the customs which Moses delivered us. entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their
15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly young children, to the end they might not live.
on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an 20 In which time Moses was born, and was
angel. exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s
house three months:
CHAPTER 7 21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter
T HEN said the high priest, Are these things so? took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he 23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into
dwelt in Charran, his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended
and from thy kindred, and come into the land which him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and
I shall shew thee. smote the Egyptian:
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, 25 For he supposed his brethren would have
and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his understood how that God by his hand would deliver
father was dead, he removed him into this land, them: but they understood not.
wherein ye now dwell. 26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so they strove, and would have set them at one again,
much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to
would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed another?
after him, when as yet he had no child. 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge
sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring over us?
them into bondage, and entreat them evil four 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian
hundred years. yesterday?
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger
will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
forth, and serve me in this place. 30 And when forty years were expired, there
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an
and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob 31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and
begat the twelve patriarchs. as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph came unto him,
into Egypt: but God was with him, 32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from
and all his house. thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of ground.
Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our 34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my
fathers found no sustenance. people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And
Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known 35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who
to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God
known unto Pharaoh. send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to angel which appeared to him in the bush.
him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the
our fathers, Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in 37 ¶ This is that Moses, which said unto the children
the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up
money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, ye hear.
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38 This is he, that was in the church in the the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young
wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and
lively oracles to give unto us: saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud
him from them, and in their hearts turned back voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And
again into Egypt, when he had said this, he fell asleep.
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us:
for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the CHAPTER 8
land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered A ND Saul was consenting unto his death. And at
that time there was a great persecution against
sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all
their own hands. scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship and Samaria, except the apostles.
the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and
prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me made great lamentation over him.
slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church,
in the wilderness? entering into every house, and haling men and
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the women committed them to prison.
star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to 4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went
worship them: and I will carry you away beyond every where preaching the word.
Babylon. 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the preached Christ unto them.
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto
Moses, that he should make it according to the those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing
fashion that he had seen. the miracles which he did.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom out of many that were possessed with them: and
God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were
the days of David; healed.
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to 8 And there was great joy in that city.
find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which
47 But Solomon built him an house. beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that
made with hands; as saith the prophet, himself was some great one:
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the
what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
is the place of my rest? 11 And to him they had regard, because that of long
50 Hath not my hand made all these things? time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and 12 But when they believed Philip preaching the
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your things concerning the kingdom of God, and the
fathers did, so do ye. name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers and women.
persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed 13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he
before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye was baptized, he continued with Philip, and
have been now the betrayers and murderers: wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of were done.
angels, and have not kept it. 14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem
54 ¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to heard that Samaria had received the word of God,
the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. they sent unto them Peter and John:
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up 15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for
stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and received the Holy Ghost.
stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one 18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of
accord, the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and offered them money,
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19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on the eunuch; and he baptized him.
whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy 39 And when they were come up out of the water,
Ghost. the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way
thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God rejoicing.
may be purchased with money. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for through he preached in all the cities, till he came to
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Cæsarea.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray
God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be CHAPTER 9
forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of
bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
A ND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and
slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went
unto the high priest,
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the
Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether
spoken come upon me. they were men or women, he might bring them
25 And they, when they had testified and preached bound unto Jerusalem.
the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and
preached the gospel in many villages of the suddenly there shined round about him a light from
Samaritans. heaven:
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying
saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord
desert. said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of thee to kick against the pricks.
Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what
Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto
charge of all her treasure, and had come to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told
Jerusalem for to worship, thee what thou must do.
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood
Esaias the prophet. speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and 8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes
join thyself to this chariot. were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither
thou what thou readest? did eat nor drink.
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should 10 ¶ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus,
guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision,
up and sit with him. Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, 11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the
lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for,
mouth: behold, he prayeth,
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: 12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias
and who shall declare his generation? for his life is coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he
taken from the earth. might receive his sight.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by
thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, many of this man, how much evil he hath done to
or of some other man? thy saints at Jerusalem:
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests
same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. to bind all that call on thy name.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a 15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is
certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the
what doth hinder me to be baptized? Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine 16 For I will shew him how great things he must
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I suffer for my name’s sake.
believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother
they went down both into the water, both Philip and Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in
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the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou almsdeeds which she did.
mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the 37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was
Holy Ghost. sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they
18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had laid her in an upper chamber.
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and 38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and
arose, and was baptized. the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they
19 And when he had received meat, he was sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would
strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the not delay to come to them.
disciples which were at Damascus. 39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he
20 And straightway he preached Christ in the was come, they brought him into the upper
synagogues, that he is the Son of God. chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping,
21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas
not this he that destroyed them which called on this made, while she was with them.
name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, 40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down,
that he might bring them bound unto the chief and prayed; and turning him to the body said,
priests? Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when
22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and she saw Peter, she sat up.
confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, 41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and
proving that this is very Christ. when he had called the saints and widows, presented
23 ¶ And after that many days were fulfilled, the her alive.
Jews took counsel to kill him: 42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and
24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And many believed in the Lord.
they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in
25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
down by the wall in a basket.
26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he CHAPTER 10
assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were
all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a T HERE was a certain man in Cæsarea called
Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the
Italian band,
disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his
apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen house, which gave much alms to the people, and
the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, prayed to God alway.
and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour
name of Jesus. of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and
28 And he was with them coming in and going out saying unto him, Cornelius.
at Jerusalem. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy
Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial
went about to slay him. before God.
30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one
him down to Cæsarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. Simon, whose surname is Peter:
31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house
and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou
walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of oughtest to do.
the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius
32 ¶ And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout was departed, he called two of his household
all quarters, he came down also to the saints which servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on
dwelt at Lydda. him continually;
33 And there he found a certain man named Æneas, 8 And when he had declared all these things unto
which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of them, he sent them to Joppa.
the palsy. 9 ¶ On the morrow, as they went on their journey,
34 And Peter said unto him, Æneas, Jesus Christ and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the
maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
arose immediately. 10 And he became very hungry, and would have
35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a
and turned to the Lord. trance,
36 ¶ Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel
named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet
Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
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12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon,
the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of
fowls of the air. one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, cometh, shall speak unto thee.
and eat. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are
eaten any thing that is common or unclean. we all here present before God, to hear all things that
15 And the voice spake unto him again the second are commanded thee of God.
time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou 34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a
common. truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and
up again into heaven. worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this 36 The word which God sent unto the children of
vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of
men which were sent from Cornelius had made all:)
inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published
gate, throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after
18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was the baptism which John preached;
surnamed Peter, were lodged there. 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing
said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. good, and healing all that were oppressed of the
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with devil; for God was with him.
them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did
21 Then Peter went down to the men which were both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom
sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I they slew and hanged on a tree:
am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed
are come? him openly;
22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just 41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen
man, and one that feareth God, and of good report before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink
among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from with him after he rose from the dead.
God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the
and to hear words of thee. people, and to testify that it is he which was
23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through
brethren from Joppa accompanied him. his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive
24 And the morrow after they entered into Cæsarea. remission of sins.
And Cornelius waited for them, and had called 44 ¶ While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy
together his kinsmen and near friends. Ghost fell on all them which heard the word.
25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were
and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that
26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the
also am a man. Holy Ghost.
27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and
many that were come together. magnify God. Then answered Peter,
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not
unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as
company, or come unto one of another nation; but well as we?
God hath shewed me that I should not call any man 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the
common or unclean. name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry
29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as certain days.
soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent
ye have sent for me? CHAPTER 11
30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting
until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my A ND the apostles and brethren that were in
Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received
house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright the word of God.
clothing, 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they
31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and that were of the circumcision contended with him,
thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised,
God. and didst eat with them.
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4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, unto the Lord.
and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I Saul:
saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been 26 And when he had found him, he brought him
a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year
and it came even to me: they assembled themselves with the church, and
6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I taught much people. And the disciples were called
considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, Christians first in Antioch.
and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of 27 ¶ And in these days came prophets from
the air. Jerusalem unto Antioch.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus,
slay and eat. and signified by the spirit that there should be great
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass
unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. in the days of Claudius Cæsar.
9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his
What God hath cleansed, that call not thou ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren
common. which dwelt in Judæa:
10 And this was done three times: and all were 30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by
drawn up again into heaven. the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
11 And, behold, immediately there were three men
already come unto the house where I was, sent from CHAPTER 12
Cæsarea unto me.
12 And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing N OW about that time Herod the king stretched
forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the
me, and we entered into the man’s house: sword.
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he
his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the
to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is days of unleavened bread.)
Peter; 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of
thy house shall be saved. soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on him forth to the people.
them, as on us at the beginning. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was
16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how made without ceasing of the church unto God for
that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye him.
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth,
17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as the same night Peter was sleeping between two
he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers
Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? before the door kept the prison.
18 When they heard these things, they held their 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him,
peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter
to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up
19 ¶ Now they which were scattered abroad upon quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as 8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and
far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith
the word to none but unto the Jews only. unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow
20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and me.
Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, 9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not
spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. that it was true which was done by the angel; but
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a thought he saw a vision.
great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. 10 When they were past the first and the second
22 ¶ Then tidings of these things came unto the ears ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto
of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent the city; which opened to them of his own accord:
forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. and they went out, and passed on through one
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with 11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said,
purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his
24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of
Ghost and of faith: and much people was added Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of
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the Jews. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the
12 And when he had considered the thing, he came word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they
to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose had also John to their minister.
surname was Mark; where many were gathered 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto
together praying. Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. 7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius
14 And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and
the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
stood before the gate. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said away the deputy from the faith.
they, It is his angel. 9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
had opened the door, and saw him, they were 10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief,
astonished. thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the
hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord right ways of the Lord?
had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon
shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for
And he departed, and went into another place. a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to
among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. lead him by the hand.
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done,
him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the
that they should be put to death. And he went down Lord.
from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode. 13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from
20 ¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John
Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
him, and, having made Blastus the king’s 14 ¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came
chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue
their country was nourished by the king’s country. on the sabbath day, and sat down.
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets
apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying,
unto them. Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice exhortation for the people, say on.
of a god, and not of a man. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give
him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was audience.
eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers,
24 ¶ But the word of God grew and multiplied. and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought
when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with he them out of it.
them John, whose surname was Mark. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he
their manners in the wilderness.
CHAPTER 13 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the
N OW there were in the church that was at land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by
Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as lot.
Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the
Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel
brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. the prophet.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of
the work whereunto I have called them. Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up
their hands on them, they sent them away. unto them David to be their king; to whom also he
4 ¶ So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son
departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall
to Cyprus. fulfil all my will.
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23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his 44 ¶ And the next sabbath day came almost the
promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: whole city together to hear the word of God.
24 When John had first preached before his coming 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were
the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. filled with envy, and spake against those things
25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and
think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there blaspheming.
cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It
not worthy to loose. was necessary that the word of God should first have
26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you,
Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo,
to you is the word of this salvation sent. we turn to the Gentiles.
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, 47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I
because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou
prophets which are read every sabbath day, they shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
have fulfilled them in condemning him. 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad,
28 And though they found no cause of death in him, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as
yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. were ordained to eternal life believed.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of 49 And the word of the Lord was published
him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him throughout all the region.
in a sepulchre. 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and
30 But God raised him from the dead: honourable women, and the chief men of the city,
31 And he was seen many days of them which came and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas,
up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his and expelled them out of their coasts.
witnesses unto the people. 51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against
32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that them, and came unto Iconium.
the promise which was made unto the fathers, 52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their the Holy Ghost.
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is
also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, CHAPTER 14
this day have I begotten thee.
34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the A ND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went
both together into the synagogue of the Jews,
dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews
on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of and also of the Greeks believed.
David. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles,
35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou and made their minds evil affected against the
shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. brethren.
36 For David, after he had served his own generation 3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in
by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his
his fathers, and saw corruption: grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no their hands.
corruption. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part
38 ¶ Be it known unto you therefore, men and held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
brethren, that through this man is preached unto 5 And when there was an assault made both of the
you the forgiveness of sins: Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all them despitefully, and to stone them,
things, from which ye could not be justified by the 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and
law of Moses. Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that
40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which lieth round about:
is spoken of in the prophets; 7 And there they preached the gospel.
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for 8 ¶ And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent
I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in in his feet, being a cripple from his mother’s womb,
no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. who never had walked:
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the 9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to
might be preached to them the next sabbath. be healed,
43 Now when the congregation was broken up, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.
many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed And he leaped and walked.
Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, 11 And when the people saw what Paul had done,
persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of
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Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the saved.
likeness of men. 2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, dissension and disputation with them, they
Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and apostles and elders about this question.
would have done sacrifice with the people. 3 And being brought on their way by the church,
14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring
heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great
the people, crying out, joy unto all the brethren.
15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also 4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were
are men of like passions with you, and preach unto received of the church, and of the apostles and
you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the elders, and they declared all things that God had
living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the done with them.
sea, and all things that are therein: 5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the
16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful
their own ways. to circumcise them, and to command them to keep
17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, the law of Moses.
in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, 6 ¶ And the apostles and elders came together for to
and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and consider of this matter.
gladness. 7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter
18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye
people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. know how that a good while ago God made choice
19 ¶ And there came thither certain Jews from among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should
Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, 8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them
supposing he had been dead. witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, unto us;
he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day 9 And put no difference between us and them,
he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. purifying their hearts by faith.
21 And when they had preached the gospel to that 10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke
city, and had taught many, they returned again to upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our
Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, fathers nor we were able to bear?
22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
must through much tribulation enter into the 12 ¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave
kingdom of God. audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what
23 And when they had ordained them elders in every miracles and wonders God had wrought among the
church, and had prayed with fasting, they Gentiles by them.
commended them to the Lord, on whom they 13 ¶ And after they had held their peace, James
believed. answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto
24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, me:
they came to Pamphylia. 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did
25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his
they went down into Attalia: name.
26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it
had been recommended to the grace of God for the is written,
work which they fulfilled. 16 After this I will return, and will build again the
27 And when they were come, and had gathered the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will
church together, they rehearsed all that God had build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
done with them, and how he had opened the door of 17 That the residue of men might seek after the
faith unto the Gentiles. Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is
28 And there they abode long time with the called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
disciples. 18 Known unto God are all his works from the
beginning of the world.
CHAPTER 15 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not
A ND certain men which came down from Judæa them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to
taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be God:
circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain
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from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
from things strangled, and from blood. 40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being
21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them recommended by the brethren unto the grace of
that preach him, being read in the synagogues every God.
sabbath day. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia,
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the confirming the churches.
whole church, to send chosen men of their own
company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; CHAPTER 16
namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief
men among the brethren: T HEN came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold,
a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus,
23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and
The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting believed; but his father was a Greek:
unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in 2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that
Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: were at Lystra and Iconium.
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which 3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and
went out from us have troubled you with words, took and circumcised him because of the Jews which
subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be were in those quarters: for they knew all that his
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no father was a Greek.
such commandment: 4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered
25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of
one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
beloved Barnabas and Paul, 5 And so were the churches established in the faith,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name and increased in number daily.
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and
27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the
also tell you the same things by mouth. Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go
to lay upon you no greater burden than these into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
necessary things; 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There
from blood, and from things strangled, and from stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying,
fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
shall do well. Fare ye well. 10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly
Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach
together, they delivered the epistle: the gospel unto them.
31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the 11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a
consolation. straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also Neapolis;
themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, 12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief
and confirmed them. city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we
33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were were in that city abiding certain days.
let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. 13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and
still. we sat down, and spake unto the women which
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, resorted thither.
teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with 14 ¶ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of
many others also. purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped
36 ¶ And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that
Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city she attended unto the things which were spoken of
where we have preached the word of the Lord, and Paul.
see how they do. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household,
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be
John, whose surname was Mark. faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide
38 But Paul thought not good to take him with there. And she constrained us.
them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, 16 ¶ And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a
and went not with them to the work. certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination
39 And the contention was so sharp between them, met us, which brought her masters much gain by
that they departed asunder one from the other: and soothsaying:
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17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and
These men are the servants of the most high God, fetch us out.
which shew unto us the way of salvation. 38 And the serjeants told these words unto the
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command they were Romans.
thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. 39 And they came and besought them, and brought
And he came out the same hour. them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
19 ¶ And when her masters saw that the hope of 40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into
their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the
drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying,
These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our CHAPTER 17
city,
21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to N OW when they had passed through Amphipolis
and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,
where was a synagogue of the Jews:
receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them,
and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of
commanded to beat them. the scriptures,
23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have
they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this
keep them safely: Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with
into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great
stocks. multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
25 ¶ And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and 5 ¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with
sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the
them. baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason,
that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and and sought to bring them out to the people.
immediately all the doors were opened, and every 6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason
one’s bands were loosed. and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city,
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his crying, These that have turned the world upside
sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out down are come hither also;
his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing 7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do
that the prisoners had been fled. contrary to the decrees of Cæsar, saying that there is
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do another king, one Jesus.
thyself no harm: for we are all here. 8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and city, when they heard these things.
came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must the other, they let them go.
I do to be saved? 10 ¶ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. went into the synagogue of the Jews.
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, 11 These were more noble than those in
and to all that were in his house. Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily,
and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and whether those things were so.
all his, straightway. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of
34 And when he had brought them into his house, honourable women which were Greeks, and of men,
he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in not a few.
God with all his house. 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the knowledge that the word of God was preached of
serjeants, saying, Let those men go. Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to the people.
Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away
therefore depart, and go in peace. Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and
37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us Timotheus abode there still.
openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast 15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto
us into prison; and now do they thrust us out Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas
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and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, thee again of this matter.
they departed. 33 So Paul departed from among them.
16 ¶ Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his 34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and
spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly believed: among the which was Dionysius the
given to idolatry. Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and
17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the others with them.
Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the
market daily with them that met with him. CHAPTER 18
18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and
of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, A FTER these things Paul departed from Athens,
and came to Corinth;
What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth 2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in
to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife
preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all
19 And they took him, and brought him unto Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode
doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? with them, and wrought: for by their occupation
20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our they were tentmakers.
ears: we would know therefore what these things 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath,
mean. and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from
there spent their time in nothing else, but either to Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and
tell, or to hear some new thing.) testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
22 ¶ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill, and 6 And when they opposed themselves, and
said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto
ye are too superstitious. them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
found an altar with this inscription, TO THE 7 ¶ And he departed thence, and entered into a
UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly certain man’s house, named Justus, one that
worship, him declare I unto you. worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the
24 God that made the world and all things therein, synagogue.
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth 8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue,
not in temples made with hands; believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a
life, and breath, and all things; vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men peace:
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath 10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee
determined the times before appointed, and the to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
bounds of their habitation; 11 And he continued there a year and six months,
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they teaching the word of God among them.
might feel after him, and find him, though he be not 12 ¶ And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the
far from every one of us: Jews made insurrection with one accord against
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
being; as certain also of your own poets have said, 13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship
For we are also his offspring. God contrary to the law.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, 14 And when Paul was now about to open his
we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason
device. would that I should bear with you:
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; 15 But if it be a question of words and names, and of
but now commandeth all men every where to your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such
repent: matters.
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he 16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
will judge the world in righteousness by that man 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief
whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the
assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those
from the dead. things.
32 ¶ And when they heard of the resurrection of the 18 ¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good
dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and
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sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and for the space of three months, disputing and
Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he persuading the things concerning the kingdom of
had a vow. God.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but 9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not,
he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he
with the Jews. departed from them, and separated the disciples,
20 When they desired him to tarry longer time with disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
them, he consented not; 10 And this continued by the space of two years; so
21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of
means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands
from Ephesus. of Paul:
22 And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone 12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick
up, and saluted the church, he went down to handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed
Antioch. from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
23 And after he had spent some time there, he 13 ¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists,
departed, and went over all the country of Galatia took upon them to call over them which had evil
and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure
24 ¶ And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew,
scriptures, came to Ephesus. and chief of the priests, which did so.
25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I
and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped
baptism of John. on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against
26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: them, so that they fled out of that house naked and
whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they wounded.
took him unto them, and expounded unto him the 17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks
way of God more perfectly. also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all,
27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and
him: who, when he was come, helped them much shewed their deeds.
which had believed through grace: 19 Many of them also which used curious arts
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that brought their books together, and burned them
publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was before all men: and they counted the price of them,
Christ. and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
CHAPTER 19 21 ¶ After these things were ended, Paul purposed in
A ND it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia
Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have
coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain been there, I must also see Rome.
disciples, 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he
Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We himself stayed in Asia for a season.
have not so much as heard whether there be any 23 And the same time there arose no small stir about
Holy Ghost. that way.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye 24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a
baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism. silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana,
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;
baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of
they should believe on him which should come after like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this
him, that is, on Christ Jesus. craft we have our wealth.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the 26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at
name of the Lord Jesus. Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the hath persuaded and turned away much people,
Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with saying that they be no gods, which are made with
tongues, and prophesied. hands:
7 And all the men were about twelve. 27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be
8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly set at nought; but also that the temple of the great
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goddess Diana should be despised, and her 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of
magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and
and the world worshippeth. Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and
28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
Ephesians. 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of five days; where we abode seven days.
Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed 7 And upon the first day of the week, when the
with one accord into the theatre. disciples came together to break bread, Paul
30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow;
people, the disciples suffered him not. and continued his speech until midnight.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber,
friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would where they were gathered together.
not adventure himself into the theatre. 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and
another: for the assembly was confused; and the as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with
more part knew not wherefore they were come sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was
together. taken up dead.
33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and
the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his
beckoned with the hand, and would have made his life is in him.
defence unto the people. 11 When he therefore was come up again, and had
34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while,
one voice about the space of two hours cried out, even till break of day, so he departed.
Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 12 And they brought the young man alive, and were
35 And when the townclerk had appeased the not a little comforted.
people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is 13 ¶ And we went before to ship, and sailed unto
there that knoweth not how that the city of the Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he
Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
Diana, and of the image which fell down from 14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him
Jupiter? in, and came to Mitylene.
36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken 15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day over
against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos,
rashly. and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came
37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are to Miletus.
neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of 16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,
your goddess. because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem
are with him, have a matter against any man, the law the day of Pentecost.
is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one 17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and
another. called the elders of the church.
39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other 18 And when they were come to him, he said unto
matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into
40 For we are in danger to be called in question for Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all
this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we seasons,
may give an account of this concourse. 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and
41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the with many tears, and temptations, which befell me
assembly. by the lying in wait of the Jews:
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable
CHAPTER 20 unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you
A ND after the uproar was ceased, Paul called publickly, and from house to house,
unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and 21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the
departed for to go into Macedonia. Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward
2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had our Lord Jesus Christ.
given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
3 And there abode three months. And when the Jews Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall
laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, me there:
he purposed to return through Macedonia. 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
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saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 5 And when we had accomplished those days, we
24 But none of these things move me, neither count departed and went our way; and they all brought us
I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my on our way, with wives and children, till we were out
course with joy, and the ministry, which I have of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and
received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the prayed.
grace of God. 6 And when we had taken our leave one of another,
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among we took ship; and they returned home again.
whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, 7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre,
shall see my face no more. we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am abode with them one day.
pure from the blood of all men. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all departed, and came unto Cæsarea: and we entered
the counsel of God. into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was
28 ¶ Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all one of the seven; and abode with him.
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made 9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins,
you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he which did prophesy.
hath purchased with his own blood. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall down from Judæa a certain prophet, named Agabus.
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the 11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul’s
flock. girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said,
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
space of three years I ceased not to warn every one 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and
night and day with tears. they of that place, besought him not to go up to
32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and Jerusalem.
to the word of his grace, which is able to build you 13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and
up, and to give you an inheritance among all them to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound
which are sanctified. only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the
33 I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or Lord Jesus.
apparel. 14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have saying, The will of the Lord be done.
ministered unto my necessities, and to them that 15 And after those days we took up our carriages,
were with me. and went up to Jerusalem.
35 I have shewed you all things, how that so 16 There went with us also certain of the disciples of
labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to Cæsarea, and brought with them one Mnason of
remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
It is more blessed to give than to receive. 17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the
36 ¶ And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled brethren received us gladly.
down, and prayed with them all. 18 And the day following Paul went in with us unto
37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, James; and all the elders were present.
and kissed him, 19 And when he had saluted them, he declared
38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he particularly what things God had wrought among
spake, that they should see his face no more. And the Gentiles by his ministry.
they accompanied him unto the ship. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord,
and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many
CHAPTER 21 thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they
A ND it came to pass, that after we were gotten are all zealous of the law:
from them, and had launched, we came with a 21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest
straight course unto Coos, and the day following all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake
unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their
2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we children, neither to walk after the customs.
went aboard, and set forth. 22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs
3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at 23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have
Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. four men which have a vow on them;
4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: 24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be
who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should at charges with them, that they may shave their
not go up to Jerusalem. heads: and all may know that those things, whereof
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they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; people. And when there was made a great silence, he
but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
keepest the law.
25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have CHAPTER 22
written and concluded that they observe no such
thing, save only that they keep themselves from M EN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence
which I make now unto you.
things offered to idols, and from blood, and from 2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew
strangled, and from fornication. tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day saith,)
purifying himself with them entered into the temple, 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus,
to signify the accomplishment of the days of a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet
purification, until that an offering should be offered of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect
for every one of them. manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous
27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the toward God, as ye all are this day.
Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding
temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on and delivering into prisons both men and women.
him, 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received
that teacheth all men every where against the people, letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to
and the law, and this place: and further brought bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem,
Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this for to be punished.
holy place. 6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey,
29 (For they had seen before with him in the city and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon,
Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that suddenly there shone from heaven a great light
Paul had brought into the temple.) round about me.
30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice
together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou
the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. me?
31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came 8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said
unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou
was in an uproar. persecutest.
32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light,
and ran down unto them: and when they saw the and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him
chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of that spake to me.
Paul. 10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord
33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and
and commanded him to be bound with two chains; there it shall be told thee of all things which are
and demanded who he was, and what he had done. appointed for thee to do.
34 And some cried one thing, some another, among 11 And when I could not see for the glory of that
the multitude: and when he could not know the light, being led by the hand of them that were with
certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be me, I came into Damascus.
carried into the castle. 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt
he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the there,
people. 13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me,
36 For the multitude of the people followed after, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I
crying, Away with him. looked up upon him.
37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said 14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen
unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that
said, Canst thou speak Greek? Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what
days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the thou hast seen and heard.
wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the
Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: name of the Lord.
and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the 17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again
people. to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I
40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood was in a trance;
on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the 18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and
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get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the
receive thy testimony concerning me. son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned dead I am called in question.
and beat in every synagogue them that believed on 7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension
thee: between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was multitude was divided.
shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,
death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee both.
far hence unto the Gentiles. 9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying,
then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an
a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against
live. God.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, 10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
and threw dust into the air, captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down,
into the castle, and bade that he should be examined and to take him by force from among them, and to
by scourging; that he might know wherefore they bring him into the castle.
cried so against him. 11 And the night following the Lord stood by him,
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast
unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear
to scourge a man that is a Roman, and witness also at Rome.
uncondemned? 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told together, and bound themselves under a curse,
the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they
for this man is a Roman. had killed Paul.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, 13 And they were more than forty which had made
Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. this conspiracy.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and
obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse,
free born. that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the
should have examined him: and the chief captain chief captain that he bring him down unto you to
also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, morrow, as though ye would inquire something
and because he had bound him. more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he
30 On the morrow, because he would have known come near, are ready to kill him.
the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, 16 And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying
he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told
chief priests and all their council to appear, and Paul.
brought Paul down, and set him before them. 17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him,
and said, Bring this young man unto the chief
CHAPTER 23 captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
A ND Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, 18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief
Men and brethren, I have lived in all good captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto
conscience before God until this day. him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and
3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, went with him aside privately, and asked him, What
thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after is that thou hast to tell me?
the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary 20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee
to the law? that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into
4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God’s the council, as though they would inquire somewhat
high priest? of him more perfectly.
5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in
the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak wait for him of them more than forty men, which
evil of the ruler of thy people. have bound themselves with an oath, that they will
6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
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22 So the chief captain then let the young man whom we took, and would have judged according to
depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that our law.
thou hast shewed these things to me. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and
23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, with great violence took him away out of our hands,
Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, 8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by
and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge
hundred, at the third hour of the night; of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul 9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things
on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. were so.
25 And he wrote a letter after this manner: 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know
Felix sendeth greeting. that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this
27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
been killed of them: then came I with an army, and 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there
rescued him, having understood that he was a are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem
Roman. for to worship.
28 And when I would have known the cause 12 And they neither found me in the temple
wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth disputing with any man, neither raising up the
into their council: people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of 13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they
their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge now accuse me.
worthy of death or of bonds. 14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way
30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my
wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave fathers, believing all things which are written in the
commandment to his accusers also to say before thee law and in the prophets:
what they had against him. Farewell. 15 And have hope toward God, which they
31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, themselves also allow, that there shall be a
took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
him, and returned to the castle: conscience void of offence toward God, and toward
33 Who, when they came to Cæsarea, and delivered men.
the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also 17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my
before him. nation, and offerings.
34 And when the governor had read the letter, he 18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me
asked of what province he was. And when he purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor
understood that he was of Cilicia; with tumult.
35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are 19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and
also come. And he commanded him to be kept in object, if they had ought against me.
Herod’s judgment hall. 20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found
any evil doing in me, while I stood before the
CHAPTER 24 council,
A ND after five days Ananias the high priest 21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried
descended with the elders, and with a certain standing among them, Touching the resurrection of
orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor the dead I am called in question by you this day.
against Paul. 22 And when Felix heard these things, having more
2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them,
accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come
great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
unto this nation by thy providence, 23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul,
3 We accept it always, and in all places, most noble and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid
Felix, with all thankfulness. none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto
4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious him.
unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of 24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his
thy clemency a few words. wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul,
5 For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance,
the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and
Nazarenes: answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a
6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: convenient season, I will call for thee.
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26 He hoped also that money should have been which is accused have the accusers face to face, and
given him of Paul, that he might loose him: have licence to answer for himself concerning the
wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and crime laid against him.
communed with him. 17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without
27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat,
Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a and commanded the man to be brought forth.
pleasure, left Paul bound. 18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they
brought none accusation of such things as I
CHAPTER 25 supposed:
N OW when Festus was come into the province, 19 But had certain questions against him of their
after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead,
Jerusalem. whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews 20 And because I doubted of such manner of
informed him against Paul, and besought him, questions, I asked him whether he would go to
3 And desired favour against him, that he would Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to 21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto
kill him. the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at kept till I might send him to Cæsar.
Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly 22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear
thither. the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear
5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are him.
able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there 23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come,
be any wickedness in him. and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into
6 And when he had tarried among them more than the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and
ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment
day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to Paul was brought forth.
be brought. 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which
7 And when he was come, the Jews which came are here present with us, ye see this man, about
down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with
many and grievous complaints against Paul, which me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he
they could not prove. ought not to live any longer.
8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing
law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed
against Cæsar, have I offended any thing at all. to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, 26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto
answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before
Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that,
me? after examination had, I might have somewhat to
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cæsar’s judgment seat, write.
where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a
no wrong, as thou very well knowest. prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid
11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any against him.
thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there
be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no CHAPTER 26
man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto
Cæsar. T HEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art
permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall
unto Cæsar shalt thou go. answer for myself this day before thee touching all
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
came unto Cæsarea to salute Festus. 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all
14 And when they had been there many days, Festus customs and questions which are among the Jews:
declared Paul’s cause unto the king, saying, There is wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
a certain man left in bonds by Felix: 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know
priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, all the Jews;
desiring to have judgment against him. 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would
16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the testify, that after the most straitest sect of our
Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he religion I lived a Pharisee.
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6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of learning doth make thee mad.
the promise made of God unto our fathers: 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but
7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
serving God day and night, hope to come. For which 26 For the king knoweth of these things, before
hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that
8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with none of these things are hidden from him; for this
you, that God should raise the dead? thing was not done in a corner.
9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do 27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I
many things contrary to the name of Jesus of know that thou believest.
Nazareth. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou
10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of persuadest me to be a Christian.
the saints did I shut up in prison, having received 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only
authority from the chief priests; and when they were thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both
put to death, I gave my voice against them. almost, and altogether such as I am, except these
11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and bonds.
compelled them to blaspheme; and being 30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up,
exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat
even unto strange cities. with them:
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority 31 And when they were gone aside, they talked
and commission from the chief priests, between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from worthy of death or of bonds.
heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might
round about me and them which journeyed with have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto
me. Cæsar.
14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard
a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew CHAPTER 27
tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is
hard for thee to kick against the pricks. A ND when it was determined that we should sail
into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of
am Jesus whom thou persecutest. Augustus’ band.
16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we
appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one
minister and a witness both of these things which Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being
thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I with us.
will appear unto thee; 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius
17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, go unto his friends to refresh himself.
18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from 4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
faith that is in me. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
disobedient unto the heavenly vision: 7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and
20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not
Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against
and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and Salmone;
turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is
21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city
temple, and went about to kill me. of Lasea.
22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I 9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing
continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and was now dangerous, because the fast was now
great, saying none other things than those which the already past, Paul admonished them,
prophets and Moses did say should come: 10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only
the first that should rise from the dead, and should of the lading and ship, but also of our lives.
shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master
24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with and the owner of the ship, more than those things
a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much which were spoken by Paul.
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12 And because the haven was not commodious to 33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought
winter in, the more part advised to depart thence them all to take meat, saying, This day is the
also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued
and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and fasting, having taken nothing.
lieth toward the south west and north west. 34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this
13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall
that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, from the head of any of you.
they sailed close by Crete. 35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread,
14 But not long after there arose against it a and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and
tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. when he had broken it, he began to eat.
15 And when the ship was caught, and could not 36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also
bear up into the wind, we let her drive. took some meat.
16 And running under a certain island which is 37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred
called Clauda, we had much work to come by the threescore and sixteen souls.
boat: 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened
17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should 39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but
fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the
driven. which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, in the ship.
the next day they lightened the ship; 40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they
19 And the third day we cast out with our own committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the
hands the tackling of the ship. rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the
20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days wind, and made toward shore.
appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they
that we should be saved was then taken away. ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast,
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was
midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have broken with the violence of the waves.
hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, 42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners,
and to have gained this harm and loss. lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them
there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, from their purpose; and commanded that they
but of the ship. which could swim should cast themselves first into
23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, the sea, and get to land:
whose I am, and whom I serve, 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that
before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them they escaped all safe to land.
that sail with thee.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe CHAPTER 28
God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. A ND when they were escaped, then they knew
that the island was called Melita.
27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we 2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little
were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us
the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some every one, because of the present rain, and because
country; of the cold.
28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks,
when they had gone a little further, they sounded and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of
again, and found it fifteen fathoms. the heat, and fastened on his hand.
29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon 4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast
rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No
wished for the day. doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to
ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, live.
under colour as though they would have cast 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no
anchors out of the foreship, harm.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have
Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to
and let her fall off. him, they changed their minds, and said that he was
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a god. ought to accuse my nation of.
7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to
man of the island, whose name was Publius; who see you, and to speak with you: because that for the
received us, and lodged us three days courteously. hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay 21 And they said unto him, We neither received
sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul letters out of Judæa concerning thee, neither any of
entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of
and healed him. thee.
9 So when this was done, others also, which had 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest:
diseases in the island, came, and were healed: for as concerning this sect, we know that every
10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and where it is spoken against.
when we departed, they laded us with such things as 23 And when they had appointed him a day, there
were necessary. came many to him into his lodging; to whom he
11 And after three months we departed in a ship of expounded and testified the kingdom of God,
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the
sign was Castor and Pollux. law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning
12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three till evening.
days. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken,
13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came and some believed not.
to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, 25 And when they agreed not among themselves,
and we came the next day to Puteoli: they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word,
14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet
tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward unto our fathers,
Rome. 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye
15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye
they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The shall see, and not perceive:
three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and
God, and took courage. their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have
16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and
delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: hear with their ears, and understand with their heart,
but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a and should be converted, and I should heal them.
soldier that kept him. 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation
17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will
called the chief of the Jews together: and when they hear it.
were come together, he said unto them, Men and 29 And when he had said these words, the Jews
brethren, though I have committed nothing against departed, and had great reasoning among
the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I themselves.
delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired
the Romans. house, and received all that came in unto him,
18 Who, when they had examined me, would have 31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching
let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ,
19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
constrained to appeal unto Cæsar; not that I had

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TO THE
ROMANS
CHAPTER 1 vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart

P AUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an was darkened.

apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in fools,
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became

the holy scriptures,) 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
according to the spirit of holiness, by the through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour
resurrection from the dead: their own bodies between themselves:
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his worshipped and served the creature more than the
name: Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be affections: for even their women did change the
saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, natural use into that which is against nature:
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you of the woman, burned in their lust one toward
all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole another; men with men working that which is
world. unseemly, and receiving in themselves that
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my recompence of their error which was meet.
spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in
make mention of you always in my prayers; their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
10 Making request, if by any means now at length I mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
might have a prosperous journey by the will of God 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
to come unto you. wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of
11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
12 That is, that I may be comforted together with boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to
you by the mutual faith both of you and me. parents,
13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, 31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers,
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
among you also, even as among other Gentiles. which commit such things are worthy of death, not
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do
Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. them.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the
gospel to you that are at Rome also. CHAPTER 2
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one T HEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man,
whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein
that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed thou that judgest doest the same things.
from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is
by faith. according to truth against them which commit such
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven things.
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, 3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them
who hold the truth in unrighteousness; which do such things, and doest the same, that thou
19 Because that which may be known of God is shalt escape the judgment of God?
manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
the things that are made, even his eternal power and 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart
Godhead; so that they are without excuse: treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of
him not as God, neither were thankful; but became God;
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6 Who will render to every man according to his neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the
deeds: flesh:
7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and
seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and
life: not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not God.
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
indignation and wrath, CHAPTER 3
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man
that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the
Gentile;
W HAT advantage then hath the Jew? or what
profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that were committed the oracles of God.
worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their
Gentile: unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
11 For there is no respect of persons with God. 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a
12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified
perish without law: and as many as have sinned in in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art
the law shall be judged by the law; judged.
13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the
God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God
14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a
by nature the things contained in the law, these, man)
having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the
15 Which shew the work of the law written in their world?
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded
their thoughts the mean while accusing or else through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also
excusing one another;) judged as a sinner?
16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of 8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported,
men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the good may come? whose damnation is just.
law, and makest thy boast of God, 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise:
18 And knowest his will, and approvest the things for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles,
that are more excellent, being instructed out of the that they are all under sin;
law; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of one:
the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none
20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, that seeketh after God.
which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together
in the law. become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good,
21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest no, not one.
thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their
not steal, dost thou steal? tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is
22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit under their lips:
adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 17 And the way of peace have they not known:
24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Gentiles through you, as it is written. 19 Now we know that what things soever the law
25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that
law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may
circumcision is made uncircumcision. become guilty before God.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no
righteousness of the law, shall not his flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the
uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? knowledge of sin.
27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, 21 But now the righteousness of God without the
if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the
circumcision dost transgress the law? prophets;
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of
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Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: he had being yet uncircumcised.
for there is no difference: 13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through
of God; the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the 14 For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is
redemption that is in Christ Jesus: made void, and the promise made of none effect:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law
through faith in his blood, to declare his is, there is no transgression.
righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to
through the forbearance of God; the end the promise might be sure to all the seed;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: not to that only which is of the law, but to that also
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of
believeth in Jesus. us all,
27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of
law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. many nations,) before him whom he believed, even
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those
faith without the deeds of the law. things which be not as though they were.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might
Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: become the father of many nations; according to
30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not
faith. his own body now dead, when he was about an
31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s
forbid: yea, we establish the law. womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through
CHAPTER 4 unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
W HAT shall we say then that Abraham our 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had
father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? promised, he was able also to perform.
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath 22 And therefore it was imputed to him for
whereof to glory; but not before God. righteousness.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed 23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it
God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. was imputed to him;
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not 24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we
reckoned of grace, but of debt. believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him the dead;
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was
righteousness. raised again for our justification.
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of
the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness CHAPTER 5
without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are
forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
T HEREFORE being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the
impute sin. glory of God.
9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
righteousness. 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love
10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in Ghost which is given unto us.
circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of time Christ died for the ungodly.
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all peradventure for a good man some would even dare
them that believe, though they be not circumcised; to die.
that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
12 And the father of circumcision to them who are while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood,
the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
to God by the death of his Son, much more, being shall also live with him:
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now him.
received the atonement. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
all men, for that all have sinned: indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is Christ our Lord.
not imputed when there is no law. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
even over them that had not sinned after the 13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of
similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
of him that was to come. God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
if through the offence of one many be dead, much 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye
more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is are not under the law, but under grace.
by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under
many. the law, but under grace? God forbid.
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye
the free gift is of many offences unto justification. obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience
17 For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; unto righteousness?
much more they which receive abundance of grace 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of
and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of
one, Jesus Christ.) doctrine which was delivered you.
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came 18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the
upon all men to condemnation; even so by the servants of righteousness.
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the
unto justification of life. infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your
19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity
made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
be made righteous. servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free
abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much from righteousness.
more abound: 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so are now ashamed? for the end of those things is
might grace reign through righteousness unto death.
eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness,
CHAPTER 6 and the end everlasting life.
W HAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
any longer therein? CHAPTER 7
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? K NOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that
know the law,) how that the law hath dominion
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into over a man as long as he liveth?
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead 2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound
by the glory of the Father, even so we also should by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if
walk in newness of life. the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness her husband.
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his 3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married
resurrection: to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that that she is no adulteress, though she be married to
henceforth we should not serve sin. another man.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead
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to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be CHAPTER 8
married to another, even to him who is raised from
the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. T HERE is therefore now no condemnation to
them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
which were by the law, did work in our members to 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
bring forth fruit unto death. made me free from the law of sin and death.
6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the
newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. the flesh:
Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
not covet. Spirit.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things
wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the
without the law sin was dead. things of the Spirit.
9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
commandment came, sin revived, and I died. spiritually minded is life and peace.
10 And the commandment, which was ordained to 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for
life, I found to be unto death. it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can
11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, be.
deceived me, and by it slew me. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please
12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the God.
commandment holy, and just, and good. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
13 Was then that which is good made death unto that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
working death in me by that which is good; that sin 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because
by the commandment might become exceeding of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
sinful. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from
carnal, sold under sin. the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his
15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, Spirit that dwelleth in you.
that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the
16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent flesh, to live after the flesh.
unto the law that it is good. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye
17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,
dwelleth in me. ye shall live.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with are the sons of God.
me; but how to perform that which is good I find 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
not. again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
which I would not, that I do. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that that we are the children of God:
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
is present with me. him, that we may be also glorified together.
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present
man: time are not worthy to be compared with the glory
23 But I see another law in my members, warring which shall be revealed in us.
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature
captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not
from the body of this death? willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So the same in hope,
then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered
but with the flesh the law of sin. from the bondage of corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth
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and travaileth in pain together until now. in my heart.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from
the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the the flesh:
redemption of our body. 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the
not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet giving of the law, and the service of God, and the
hope for? promises;
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we 5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning
with patience wait for it. the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for ever. Amen.
for we know not what we should pray for as we 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none
ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
with groanings which cannot be uttered. 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are
27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be
the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh called.
intercession for the saints according to the will of 8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
God. these are not the children of God: but the children of
28 And we know that all things work together for the promise are counted for the seed.
good to them that love God, to them who are the 9 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I
called according to his purpose. come, and Sara shall have a son.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did 10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had
predestinate to be conformed to the image of his conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
Son, that he might be the firstborn among many 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither
brethren. having done any good or evil, that the purpose of
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he God according to election might stand, not of works,
also called: and whom he called, them he also but of him that calleth;)
justified: and whom he justified, them he also 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
glorified. younger.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have
for us, who can be against us? I hated.
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered 14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also with God? God forbid.
freely give us all things? 15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on
elect? It is God that justifieth. whom I will have compassion.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him
yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for
us. this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shew my power in thee, and that my name might be
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or declared throughout all the earth.
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
day long; we are accounted as sheep for the 19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet
slaughter. find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest
conquerors through him that loved us. against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the
present, nor things to come, same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, another unto dishonour?
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. make his power known, endured with much
longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to
CHAPTER 9 destruction:
I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience 23 And that he might make known the riches of his
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore
2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow prepared unto glory,
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24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews made unto salvation.
only, but also of the Gentiles? 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my him shall not be ashamed.
people, which were not my people; and her beloved, 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the
which was not beloved. Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that
26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where call upon him.
it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the
shall they be called the children of the living God. Lord shall be saved.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they
number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the have not believed? and how shall they believe in him
sea, a remnant shall be saved: of whom they have not heard? and how shall they
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in hear without a preacher?
righteousness: because a short work will the Lord 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as
make upon the earth. it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of
Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, good things!
and been made like unto Gomorrha. 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
followed not after righteousness, have attained to 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
righteousness, even the righteousness which is of the word of God.
faith. 18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their
31 But Israel, which followed after the law of sound went into all the earth, and their words unto
righteousness, hath not attained to the law of the ends of the world.
righteousness. 19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith,
32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no
but as it were by the works of the law. For they people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
stumbled at that stumblingstone; 20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto
stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever them that asked not after me.
believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have
stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and
CHAPTER 10 gainsaying people.
B RETHREN, my heart’s desire and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they might be saved. CHAPTER 11
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of
God, but not according to knowledge. I SAY then, Hath God cast away his people? God
forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of
3 For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
and going about to establish their own 2 God hath not cast away his people which he
righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of
the righteousness of God. Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to Israel, saying,
every one that believeth. 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged
5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek
the law, That the man which doeth those things shall my life.
live by them. 4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have
6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have
this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a
above:) remnant according to the election of grace.
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works:
bring up Christ again from the dead.) otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no
thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of more work.
faith, which we preach; 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath rest were blinded
raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 8 (According as it is written, God hath given them
10 For with the heart man believeth unto the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see,
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
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9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without
and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence repentance.
unto them: 30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
and bow down their back alway. 31 Even so have these also now not believed, that
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke he might have mercy upon all.
them to jealousy. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his
and the diminishing of them the riches of the judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Gentiles; how much more their fulness? 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the who hath been his counseller?
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them recompensed unto him again?
which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but
life from the dead? CHAPTER 12
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches. I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies
of God, that ye present your bodies a living
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your
thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among reasonable service.
them, and with them partakest of the root and 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
fatness of the olive tree; transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. perfect, will of God.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
off, that I might be graffed in. every man that is among you, not to think of himself
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, more highly than he ought to think; but to think
and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man
fear: the measure of faith.
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take 4 For as we have many members in one body, and all
heed lest he also spare not thee. members have not the same office:
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, every one members one of another.
goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, according to the proportion of faith;
shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he
again. that teacheth, on teaching;
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that
wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth,
into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
which be the natural branches, be graffed into their cheerfulness.
own olive tree? 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with
your own conceits; that blindness in part is brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving
be come in. the Lord;
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall continuing instant in prayer;
turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall hospitality.
take away their sins. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for not.
your sakes: but as touching the election, they are 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with
beloved for the fathers’ sakes. them that weep.
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16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make
not high things, but condescend to men of low not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide CHAPTER 14
things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
H IM that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not
to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all things:
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not;
mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. and let not him which eateth not judge him that
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he eateth: for God hath received him.
thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt 4 Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant?
heap coals of fire on his head. to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with shall be holden up: for God is able to make him
good. stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another:
CHAPTER 13 another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be

L ET every soul be subject unto the higher powers. fully persuaded in his own mind.
For there is no power but of God: the powers 6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the
that be are ordained of God. Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the
the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth
receive to themselves damnation. not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to thanks.
the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth
do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of to himself.
the same: 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and
a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and
evil. living.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
wrath, but also for conscience sake. thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are before the judgment seat of Christ.
God’s ministers, attending continually upon this 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every
very thing. knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom to God.
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to 12 So then every one of us shall give account of
whom fear; honour to whom honour. himself to God.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more:
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. but judge this rather, that no man put a
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s
shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not way.
bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there 14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
be any other commandment, it is briefly there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is
love thy neighbour as thyself. unclean.
10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore 15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now
love is the fulfilling of the law. walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high thy meat, for whom Christ died.
time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
nearer than when we believed. 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink;
12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us Ghost.
put on the armour of light. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting acceptable to God, and approved of men.
and drunkenness, not in chambering and 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which
wantonness, not in strife and envying. make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify
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another. being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things 17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through
indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
eateth with offence. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things
21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
offended, or is made weak. 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power
22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and
Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached
thing which he alloweth. the gospel of Christ.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not
he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is where Christ was named, lest I should build upon
sin. another man’s foundation:
21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken
CHAPTER 15 of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall
W E then that are strong ought to bear the understand.
infirmities of the weak, and not to please 22 For which cause also I have been much hindered
ourselves. from coming to you.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his 23 But now having no more place in these parts, and
good to edification. having a great desire these many years to come unto
3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is you;
written, The reproaches of them that reproached 24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will
thee fell on me. come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey,
4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if
written for our learning, that we through patience first I be somewhat filled with your company.
and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the
5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant saints.
you to be likeminded one toward another according 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and
to Christ Jesus: Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor
6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify saints which are at Jerusalem.
God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of
received us to the glory of God. their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the unto them in carnal things.
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the 28 When therefore I have performed this, and have
promises made unto the fathers: sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his Spain.
mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall
thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his Christ.
people. 30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye
laud him, all ye people. strive together with me in your prayers to God for
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of me;
Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; 31 That I may be delivered from them that do not
in him shall the Gentiles trust. believe in Judæa; and that my service which I have
13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, 32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of
through the power of the Holy Ghost. God, and may with you be refreshed.
14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my 33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.
brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with
all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. CHAPTER 16
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more
boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in I COMMEND unto you Phebe our sister, which is
a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
mind, because of the grace that is given to me of 2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints,
God, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she
16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of
the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the many, and of myself also.
offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ
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Jesus: which ye have learned; and avoid them.
4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus
unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and
churches of the Gentiles. fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. 19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all men.
Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would
firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. have you wise unto that which is good, and simple
6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. concerning evil.
7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under
fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
who also were in Christ before me. be with you. Amen.
8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. 21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
my beloved. 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the
10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them Lord.
which are of Aristobulus’ household. 23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church,
11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city
of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured Amen.
much in the Lord. 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you
13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus
and mine. Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery,
14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, which was kept secret since the world began,
Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures
15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his of the prophets, according to the commandment of
sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with the everlasting God, made known to all nations for
them. the obedience of faith:
16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The 27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ
churches of Christ salute you. for ever. Amen.
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which ¶ Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe
servant of the church at Cenchrea.
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FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 1 wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the

P AUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
through the will of God, and Sosthenes our 22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek
brother, after wisdom:
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to 23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
saints, with all that in every place call upon the name 24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and
of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of
3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our God.
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
utterance, and in all knowledge; many noble, are called:
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the
you: world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the the weak things of the world to confound the things
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: which are mighty;
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye 28 And base things of the world, and things which
may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
and that there be no divisions among you; but that sanctification, and redemption:
ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
in the same judgment. let him glory in the Lord.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, CHAPTER 2
that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am A ND I, brethren, when I came to you, came not
with excellency of speech or of wisdom,
of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of declaring unto you the testimony of God.
Christ. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but in much trembling.
Crispus and Gaius; 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in
own name. demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: 5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of
besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. men, but in the power of God.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are
the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the
of Christ should be made of none effect. princes of this world, that come to nought:
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the
the power of God. world unto our glory:
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for
wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of had they known it, they would not have crucified the
the prudent. Lord of glory.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
the disputer of this world? hath not God made heard, neither have entered into the heart of man,
foolish the wisdom of this world? the things which God hath prepared for them that
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by love him.
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10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: sort it is.
for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep 14 If any man’s work abide which he hath built
things of God. thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save 15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer
the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
but the spirit which is of God; that we might know 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall
the things that are freely given to us of God. God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words temple ye are.
which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among
Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become
spiritual. a fool, that he may be wise.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with
the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their
neither can he know them, because they are own craftiness.
spiritually discerned. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he wise, that they are vain.
himself is judged of no man. 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that are yours;
he may instruct him? But we have the mind of 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the
Christ. world, or life, or death, or things present, or things
to come; all are yours;
CHAPTER 3 23 And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.
A ND I, brethren, could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto CHAPTER 4
babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for L ET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of
Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be
are ye able. found faithful.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be
you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge
carnal, and walk as men? not mine own self.
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I 4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby
am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden
gave to every man? things of darkness, and will make manifest the
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have
increase. praise of God.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, 6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes;
increase. that ye might learn in us not to think of men above
8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: that which is written, that no one of you be puffed
and every man shall receive his own reward up for one against another.
according to his own labour. 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if
God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou
10 According to the grace of God which is given hadst not received it?
unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as
foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign,
every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. that we also might reign with you.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles
laid, which is Jesus Christ. last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a
12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in
13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are
day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by honourable, but we are despised.
fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and
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thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or
certain dwellingplace; a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no
12 And labour, working with our own hands: being not to eat.
reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the without? do not ye judge them that are within?
filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all 13 But them that are without God judgeth.
things unto this day. Therefore put away from among yourselves that
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my wicked person.
beloved sons I warn you.
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in CHAPTER 6
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ
Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
D ARE any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unjust, and not
before the saints?
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the
who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye
shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not more things that pertain to this life?
come to you. 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in
and will know, not the speech of them which are the church.
puffed up, but the power. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a
20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able
power. to judge between his brethren?
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or 6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that
in love, and in the spirit of meekness? before the unbelievers.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you,
CHAPTER 5 because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye

I T is reported commonly that there is fornication not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer
among you, and such fornication as is not so yourselves to be defrauded?
much as named among the Gentiles, that one should 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your
have his father’s wife. brethren.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
taken away from among you. fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
have judged already, as though I were present, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
concerning him that hath so done this deed, revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are of God.
gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
our Lord Jesus Christ, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are
in the day of the Lord Jesus. not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little not be brought under the power of any.
leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is
a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord
our passover is sacrificed for us: for the body.
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, 14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; also raise up us by his own power.
but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and
fornicators: make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an
world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one
idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. flesh.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
company, if any man that is called a brother be a 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is
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without the body; but he that committeth 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not
fornication sinneth against his own body. become uncircumcised. Is any called in
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
God, and ye are not your own? nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God.
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein
God’s. he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but
CHAPTER 7 if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
N
woman.
OW concerning the things whereof ye wrote 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is
unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called,
being free, is Christ’s servant.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants
have his own wife, and let every woman have her of men.
own husband. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called,
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due therein abide with God.
benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment
husband. of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath
4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
husband: and likewise also the husband hath not 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the
power of his own body, but the wife. present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with be.
consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be
fasting and prayer; and come together again, that loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless
commandment. such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it
every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this remaineth, that both they that have wives be as
manner, and another after that. though they had none;
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and
good for them if they abide even as I. they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and
9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is they that buy, as though they possessed not;
better to marry than to burn. 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the fashion of this world passeth away.
the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 32 But I would have you without carefulness. He
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to
or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
husband put away his wife. 33 But he that is married careth for the things that
12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any are of the world, how he may please his wife.
brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be 34 There is difference also between a wife and a
pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things
13 And the woman which hath an husband that of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and
believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things
let her not leave him. of the world, how she may please her husband.
14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the 35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I
wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is
husband: else were your children unclean; but now comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord
are they holy. without distraction.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A 36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself
brother or a sister is not under bondage in such uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of
cases: but God hath called us to peace. her age, and need so require, let him do what he will,
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou he sinneth not: let them marry.
shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O 37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart,
man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? having no necessity, but hath power over his own
17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will
Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so keep his virgin, doeth well.
ordain I in all churches. 38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well;
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but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. Lord, and Cephas?
39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to
husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at forbear working?
liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?
Lord. who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit
40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the
judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of milk of the flock?
God. 8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the
same also?
CHAPTER 8 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt
N OW as touching things offered unto idols, we not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the
know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth
he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of hope should be partaker of his hope.
him. 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a
4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that 12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are
an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this
other God but one. power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether the gospel of Christ.
in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and 13 Do ye not know that they which minister about
lords many,) holy things live of the things of the temple? and they
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which
Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
7 Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have
for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour I written these things, that it should be so done unto
eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their me: for it were better for me to die, than that any
conscience being weak is defiled. man should make my glorying void.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, 16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to
if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is
we the worse. unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of 17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:
yours become a stumblingblock to them that are but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is
weak. committed unto me.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit 18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I
at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ
of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those without charge, that I abuse not my power in the
things which are offered to idols; gospel.
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I
brother perish, for whom Christ died? made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and more.
wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as
will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make under the law, that I might gain them that are under
my brother to offend. the law;
CHAPTER 9 21 To them that are without law, as without law,
M I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not (being not without law to God, but under the law to
A seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
in the Lord? 22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I
am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in might by all means save some.
the Lord. 23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be
3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, partaker thereof with you.
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may
well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the obtain.
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25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is devils.
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table,
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, and of the table of devils.
not as one that beateth the air: 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into stronger than he?
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not
preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things
edify not.
CHAPTER 10 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man
M OREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye another’s wealth.
should be ignorant, how that all our fathers 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat,
were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; asking no question for conscience sake:
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and 26 For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness
in the sea; thereof.
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast,
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
that Rock was Christ. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed
for they were overthrown in the wilderness. it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
we should not lust after evil things, as they also 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other:
lusted. for why is my liberty judged of another man’s
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it conscience?
is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and 30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil
rose up to play. spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty ye do, do all to the glory of God.
thousand. 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they
murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. may be saved.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for
ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, CHAPTER 11
upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.
B E ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember
me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as delivered them to you.
is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every
suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the
will with the temptation also make a way to escape, man; and the head of Christ is God.
that ye may be able to bear it. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. head covered, dishonoureth his head.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which is even all one as if she were shaven.
we break, is it not the communion of the body of 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
Christ? shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn
17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: or shaven, let her be covered.
for we are all partakers of that one bread. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head,
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but
eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? the woman is the glory of the man.
19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that 8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman
which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? of the man.
20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but
sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and the woman for the man.
I would not that ye should have fellowship with 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on
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her head because of the angels. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the to eat, tarry one for another.
woman, neither the woman without the man, in the 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that
Lord. ye come not together unto condemnation. And the
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the rest will I set in order when I come.
man also by the woman; but all things of God.
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman CHAPTER 12
pray unto God uncovered?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a N OW concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I
would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto
man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
for her hair is given her for a covering. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man
16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed:
no such custom, neither the churches of God. and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you by the Holy Ghost.
not, that ye come together not for the better, but for 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
the worse. Spirit.
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the 5 And there are differences of administrations, but
church, I hear that there be divisions among you; the same Lord.
and I partly believe it. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the
19 For there must be also heresies among you, that same God which worketh all in all.
they which are approved may be made manifest 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every
among you. man to profit withal.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his same Spirit;
own supper: and one is hungry, and another is 9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
drunken. gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? 10 To another the working of miracles; to another
or despise ye the church of God, and shame them prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to
that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise another divers kinds of tongues; to another the
you in this? I praise you not. interpretation of tongues:
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I 11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
night in which he was betrayed took bread: 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members,
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and and all the members of that one body, being many,
said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for are one body: so also is Christ.
you: this do in remembrance of me. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be
he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament bond or free; and have been all made to drink into
in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in one Spirit.
remembrance of me. 14 For the body is not one member, but many.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I
cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye,
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
of the body and blood of the Lord. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the
28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the
of that bread, and drink of that cup. smelling?
29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, 18 But now hath God set the members every one of
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
discerning the Lord’s body. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among body?
you, and many sleep. 20 But now are they many members, yet but one
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be body.
judged. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no
32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the need of you.
world. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body,
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which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: but the greatest of these is charity.
23 And those members of the body, which we think
to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more CHAPTER 14
abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness. F OLLOW after charity, and desire spiritual gifts,
but rather that ye may prophesy.
24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
tempered the body together, having given more speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man
abundant honour to that part which lacked: understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
25 That there should be no schism in the body; but mysteries.
that the members should have the same care one for 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to
another. edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
26 And whether one member suffer, all the members 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth
suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
members rejoice with it. 5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth
particular. than he that speaketh with tongues, except he
28 And God hath set some in the church, first interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after 6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak
governments, diversities of tongues. to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? prophesying, or by doctrine?
are all workers of miracles? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the
tongues? do all interpret? sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I harped?
unto you a more excellent way. 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself to the battle?
CHAPTER 13 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words

T HOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is
angels, and have not charity, I am become as spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and the world, and none of them is without signification.
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice,
though I have all faith, so that I could remove I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he
mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of
and though I give my body to be burned, and have spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying
not charity, it profiteth me nothing. of the church.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown
not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, tongue pray that he may interpret.
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all will pray with the understanding also: I will sing
things, endureth all things. with the spirit, and I will sing with the
8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be understanding also.
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, 16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned
vanish away. say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. understandeth not what thou sayest?
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is
which is in part shall be done away. not edified.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when ye all:
I became a man, I put away childish things. 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words
12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then with my understanding, that by my voice I might
face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I teach others also, than ten thousand words in an
know even as also I am known. unknown tongue.
13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
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howbeit in malice be ye children, but in CHAPTER 15
understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues M OREOVER, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also
and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in
that believe, but to them that believe not: but vain.
prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
but for them which believe. also received, how that Christ died for our sins
23 If therefore the whole church be come together according to the scriptures;
into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will third day according to the scriptures:
they not say that ye are mad? 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred
believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain
all, he is judged of all: unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
manifest; and so falling down on his face he will apostles.
worship God, and report that God is in you of a 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one
truth. born out of due time.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, 9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet
every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. church of God.
Let all things be done unto edifying. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his
27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain;
by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet
and let one interpret. not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach,
in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to and so ye believed.
God. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the
29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the dead, how say some among you that there is no
other judge. resurrection of the dead?
30 If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is
let the first hold his peace. Christ not risen:
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching
learn, and all may be comforted. vain, and your faith is also vain.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
prophets. because we have testified of God that he raised up
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead
peace, as in all churches of the saints. rise not.
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye
commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the are yet in your sins.
law. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their are perished.
husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are
speak in the church. of all men most miserable.
36 What? came the word of God out from you? or 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and
came it unto you only? become the firstfruits of them that slept.
37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or 21 For since by man came death, by man came also
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I the resurrection of the dead.
write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. be made alive.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
forbid not to speak with tongues. firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his
40 Let all things be done decently and in order. coming.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have
delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father;
when he shall have put down all rule and all
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authority and power. man is the Lord from heaven.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies 48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy:
under his feet. and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are
26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. heavenly.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we
when he saith, all things are put under him, it is shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things 50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
under him. cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth
28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, corruption inherit incorruption.
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all
that put all things under him, that God may be all in sleep, but we shall all be changed,
all. 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the
dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
baptized for the dead? changed.
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ and this mortal must put on immortality.
Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on
32 If after the manner of men I have fought with incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying
dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
die. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt victory?
good manners. 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some the law.
have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your 57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory
shame. through our Lord Jesus Christ.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
up? and with what body do they come? unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the
36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not
quickened, except it die: in vain in the Lord.
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that
body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of CHAPTER 16
wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, N OW concerning the collection for the saints, as
I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye.
and to every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you
kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that
of fishes, and another of birds. there be no gatherings when I come.
40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies 3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and by your letters, them will I send to bring your
the glory of the terrestrial is another. liberality unto Jerusalem.
41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with
the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star me.
differeth from another star in glory. 5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown through Macedonia: for I do pass through
in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: Macedonia.
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is 6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter
sown in weakness; it is raised in power: with you, that ye may bring me on my journey
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual whithersoever I go.
body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to
body. tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
made a living soul; the last Adam was made a 9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me,
quickening spirit. and there are many adversaries.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but 10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with
that which is natural; and afterward that which is you without fear: for he worketh the work of the
spiritual. Lord, as I also do.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second 11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct
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him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking
look for him with the brethren. on your part they have supplied.
12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours:
him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
was not at all to come at this time; but he will come 19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and
when he shall have convenient time. Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the
13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like church that is in their house.
men, be strong. 20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another
14 Let all your things be done with charity. with an holy kiss.
15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him
they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the be Anathema Maran-atha.
saints,) 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. ¶ The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi
by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.
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CHAPTER 1 lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose

P AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of according to the flesh, that with me there should be
God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church yea yea, and nay nay?
of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not
are in all Achaia: yea and nay.
2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all yea.
comfort; 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
may be able to comfort them which are in any 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ,
trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are and hath anointed us, is God;
comforted of God. 22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our the Spirit in our hearts.
consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul,
6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith,
enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
or whether we be comforted, it is for your
consolation and salvation. CHAPTER 2
7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as
ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also
of the consolation.
B UT I determined this with myself, that I would
not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that
8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry
our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were by me?
pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came,
that we despaired even of life: I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to
9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which the joy of you all.
raiseth the dead: 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I
10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should
deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I
11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for have more abundantly unto you.
the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many 5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved
persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which
conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, was inflicted of many.
not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him,
have had our conversation in the world, and more and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be
abundantly to you-ward. swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
13 For we write none other things unto you, than 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm
what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall your love toward him.
acknowledge even to the end; 9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know
14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all
are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day things.
of the Lord Jesus. 10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your
unto you before, that ye might have a second sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
benefit; 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come are not ignorant of his devices.
again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be 12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach
brought on my way toward Judæa. Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use the Lord,
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13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the
Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I vail shall be taken away.
went from thence into Macedonia. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit
14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth of the Lord is, there is liberty.
us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass
savour of his knowledge by us in every place. the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
them that are saved, and in them that perish: Lord.
16 To the one we are the savour of death unto death;
and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who CHAPTER 4
is sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word T HEREFORE seeing we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we faint not;
of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight 2 But have renounced the hidden things of
of God speak we in Christ. dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling
the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of
CHAPTER 3 the truth commending ourselves to every man’s

D O we begin again to commend ourselves? or conscience in the sight of God.

need we, as some others, epistles of 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
commendation to you, or letters of commendation lost:
from you? 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the
2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the
read of all men: glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the should shine unto them.
epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
4 And such trust have we through Christ to God- darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light
ward: of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any Jesus Christ.
thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that
6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new the excellency of the power may be of God, and not
testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the of us.
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
7 But if the ministration of death, written and we are perplexed, but not in despair;
engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of destroyed;
Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory 10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the
was to be done away: Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made
8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be manifest in our body.
rather glorious? 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death
9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be
much more doth the ministration of righteousness made manifest in our mortal flesh.
exceed in glory. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
10 For even that which was made glorious had no 13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it
glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken;
excelleth. we also believe, and therefore speak;
11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much 14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus
more that which remaineth is glorious. shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us
12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great with you.
plainness of speech: 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the
13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of
that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to many redound to the glory of God.
the end of that which is abolished: 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed
remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading day by day.
of the old testament; which vail is done away in 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
Christ. moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and
15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the eternal weight of glory;
vail is upon their heart. 18 While we look not at the things which are seen,
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but at the things which are not seen: for the things world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses
which are seen are temporal; but the things which unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of
are not seen are eternal. reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as
CHAPTER 5 though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in
F OR we know that if our earthly house of this Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew
God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
heavens. God in him.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: CHAPTER 6
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found
naked. W E then, as workers together with him, beseech
you also that ye receive not the grace of God
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being in vain.
burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted,
clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee:
of life. behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame day of salvation.)
thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry
of the Spirit. be not blamed:
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the
whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
from the Lord: necessities, in distresses,
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be labours, in watchings, in fastings;
absent from the body, and to be present with the 6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by
Lord. kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or 7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
absent, we may be accepted of him. armour of righteousness on the right hand and on
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat the left,
of Christ; that every one may receive the things done 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good
in his body, according to that he hath done, whether report: as deceivers, and yet true;
it be good or bad. 9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and,
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; 10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet
and I trust also are made manifest in your making many rich; as having nothing, and yet
consciences. possessing all things.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, 11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you,
but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye our heart is enlarged.
may have somewhat to answer them which glory in 12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened
appearance, and not in heart. in your own bowels.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: 13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as
or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
dead: with unrighteousness? and what communion hath
15 And that he died for all, that they which live light with darkness?
should not henceforth live unto themselves, but 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
unto him which died for them, and rose again. what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with
flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God
flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be
things are become new. ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us unclean thing; and I will receive you,
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my
ministry of reconciliation; sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the
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CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8

H AVING therefore these promises, dearly

beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all M OREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the
grace of God bestowed on the churches of
filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness Macedonia;
in the fear of God. 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have abundance of their joy and their deep poverty
corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said 3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond
before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with their power they were willing of themselves;
you. 4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would
4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of
my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am the ministering to the saints.
exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. 5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave
5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will
had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; of God.
without were fightings, within were fears. 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had
6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace
cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; also.
7 And not by his coming only, but by the 7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith,
consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence,
when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this
your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the grace also.
more. 8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of
8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity
repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the of your love.
same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
for a season. that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he
9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but became poor, that ye through his poverty might be
that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made rich.
sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive 10 And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient
damage by us in nothing. for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation also to be forward a year ago.
not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world 11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as
worketh death. there was a readiness to will, so there may be a
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed performance also out of that which ye have.
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted
you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what according to that a man hath, and not according to
indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement that he hath not.
desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye
ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this burdened:
matter. 14 But by an equality, that now at this time your
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not abundance may be a supply for their want, that their
for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his abundance also may be a supply for your want: that
cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you there may be equality:
in the sight of God might appear unto you. 15 As it is written, He that had gathered much had
13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no
yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of lack.
Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. 16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest
14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I care into the heart of Titus for you.
am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being
truth, even so our boasting, which I made before more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
Titus, is found a truth. 18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose
15 And his inward affection is more abundant praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of 19 And not that only, but who was also chosen of the
you all, how with fear and trembling ye received churches to travel with us with this grace, which is
him. administered by us to the glory of the same Lord,
16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you and declaration of your ready mind:
in all things. 20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in
this abundance which is administered by us:
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21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight CHAPTER 10
of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom N OW I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness
and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am
we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, base among you, but being absent am bold toward
but now much more diligent, upon the great you:
confidence which I have in you. 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I
23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner am present with that confidence, wherewith I think
and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be to be bold against some, which think of us as if we
inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, walked according to the flesh.
and the glory of Christ. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the after the flesh:
churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
on your behalf. mighty through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)
CHAPTER 9 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
F OR as touching the ministering to the saints, it is that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
superfluous for me to write to you: bringing into captivity every thought to the
2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for obedience of Christ;
which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all
Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
provoked very many. 7 Do ye look on things after the outward
3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is
you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as
may be ready: he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our
find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should authority, which the Lord hath given us for
be ashamed in this same confident boasting. edification, and not for your destruction, I should
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the not be ashamed:
brethren, that they would go before unto you, and 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by
make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had letters.
notice before, that the same might be ready, as a 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful;
matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap contemptible.
also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall 11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in
reap also bountifully. word by letters when we are absent, such will we be
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, also in deed when we are present.
so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or
God loveth a cheerful giver. compare ourselves with some that commend
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward themselves: but they measuring themselves by
you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all themselves, and comparing themselves among
things, may abound to every good work: themselves, are not wise.
9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath 13 But we will not boast of things without our
given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for measure, but according to the measure of the rule
ever. which God hath distributed to us, a measure to
10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both reach even unto you.
minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed 14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure,
sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) as though we reached not unto you: for we are come
11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that
12 For the administration of this service not only is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when
supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by
by many thanksgivings unto God; you according to our rule abundantly,
13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration 16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you,
they glorify God for your professed subjection unto and not to boast in another man’s line of things
the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution made ready to our hand.
unto them, and unto all men; 17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved,
for the exceeding grace of God in you. but whom the Lord commendeth.
15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
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CHAPTER 11 been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I

W OULD to God ye could bear with me a little in speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
my folly: and indeed bear with me. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
have espoused you to one husband, that I may 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I
present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths
beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds oft.
should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save
Christ. one.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned,
whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have
spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, been in the deep;
which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils
him. of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in
chiefest apostles. the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among
6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in false brethren;
knowledge; but we have been throughly made 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often,
manifest among you in all things. in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself nakedness.
that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to 28 Beside those things that are without, that which
you the gospel of God freely? cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is
do you service. offended, and I burn not?
9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I 30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things
was chargeable to no man: for that which was which concern mine infirmities.
lacking to me the brethren which came from 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king
I keep myself. kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison,
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop desirous to apprehend me:
me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down
11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God by the wall, and escaped his hands.
knoweth.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off CHAPTER 12
occasion from them which desire occasion; that
wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. I T is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will
come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one
into an angel of light. caught up to the third heaven.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
whose end shall be according to their works. 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and
16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a
otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast man to utter.
myself a little. 5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, glory, but in mine infirmities.
but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of 6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a
boasting. fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest
18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory any man should think of me above that which he
also. seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure
wise. through the abundance of the revelations, there was
20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of
a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above
exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. measure.
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it
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might depart from me. uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for which they have committed.
thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my CHAPTER 13
infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon
me. T HIS is the third time I am coming to you. In the
mouth of two or three witnesses shall every
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in word be established.
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in 2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were
distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then present, the second time; and being absent now I
am I strong. write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to
11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
compelled me: for I ought to have been commended 3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,
of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
apostles, though I be nothing. 4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak
you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and in him, but we shall live with him by the power of
mighty deeds. God toward you.
13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith;
churches, except it be that I myself was not prove your own selves. Know ye not your own
burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; reprobates?
and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not
yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up reprobates.
for the parents, but the parents for the children. 7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; should appear approved, but that ye should do that
though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
loved. 8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, the truth.
being crafty, I caught you with guile. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
sent unto you? 10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest
18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did being present I should use sharpness, according to
Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same the power which the Lord hath given me to
spirit? walked we not in the same steps? edification, and not to destruction.
19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God
things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. of love and peace shall be with you.
20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you 12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you 13 All the saints salute you.
such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be
tumults: with you all. Amen.
¶ The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from
21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
me among you, and that I shall bewail many which
have sinned already, and have not repented of the

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GALATIANS
CHAPTER 1 persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith

P AUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, which once he destroyed.

but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who 24 And they glorified God in me.
raised him from the dead;)
2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the CHAPTER 2
churches of Galatia:
3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, T HEN fourteen years after I went up again to
Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with
me also.
and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated
deliver us from this present evil world, according to unto them that gospel which I preach among the
the will of God and our Father: Gentiles, but privately to them which were of
5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him run, in vain.
that called you into the grace of Christ unto another 3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek,
gospel: was compelled to be circumcised:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that 4 And that because of false brethren unawares
trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. brought in, who came in privily to spy out our
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they
any other gospel unto you than that which we have might bring us into bondage:
preached unto you, let him be accursed. 5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue
preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have with you.
received, let him be accursed. 6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat,
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me:
to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who
be the servant of Christ. seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which to me:
was preached of me is not after man. 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past 8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the
in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I apostleship of the circumcision, the same was
persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my 9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed
equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto
zealous of the traditions of my fathers. me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and
my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, they unto the circumcision.
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him 10 Only they would that we should remember the
among the heathen; immediately I conferred not poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
with flesh and blood: 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and 12 For before that certain came from James, he did
returned again unto Damascus. eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which
see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. were of the circumcision.
19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him;
the Lord’s brother. insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with
20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, their dissimulation.
before God, I lie not. 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly
21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter
Cilicia; before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the
22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why
Judæa which were in Christ: compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
23 But they had heard only, That he which 15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the
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Gentiles, Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive
16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works the promise of the Spirit through faith.
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men;
have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be
justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh 16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises
be justified. made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as
17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was
the minister of sin? God forbid. confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot
make myself a transgressor. disannul, that it should make the promise of none
19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I effect.
might live unto God. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more
20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added
now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of because of transgressions, till the seed should come
God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if by angels in the hand of a mediator.
righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God
vain. is one.
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God
CHAPTER 3 forbid: for if there had been a law given which could
O FOOLISH Galatians, who hath bewitched you, have given life, verily righteousness should have
that ye should not obey the truth, before whose been by the law.
eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
crucified among you? that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be
2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the given to them that believe.
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the
faith? law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye be revealed.
now made perfect by the flesh? 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring
4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
in vain. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer
5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and under a schoolmaster.
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Christ Jesus.
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
accounted to him for righteousness. Christ have put on Christ.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
same are the children of Abraham. bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
justify the heathen through faith, preached before 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed,
the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all and heirs according to the promise.
nations be blessed.
9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with CHAPTER 4
faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are N OW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,
differeth nothing from a servant, though he be
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one lord of all;
that continueth not in all things which are written in 2 But is under tutors and governors until the time
the book of the law to do them. appointed of the father.
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in
of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. bondage under the elements of the world:
12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God
doeth them shall live in them. sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the the law,
law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: might receive the adoption of sons.
14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
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Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out
Father. the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the
and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. freewoman.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the
service unto them which by nature are no gods. bondwoman, but of the free.
9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather
are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak CHAPTER 5
and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to
be in bondage? S TAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith
Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled
10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and again with the yoke of bondage.
years. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
labour in vain. 3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised,
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
are: ye have not injured me at all. 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from
preached the gospel unto you at the first. grace.
14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an righteousness by faith.
angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth
15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which
bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye worketh by love.
would have plucked out your own eyes, and have 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should
given them to me. not obey the truth?
16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell 8 This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
you the truth? 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that
would exclude you, that ye might affect them. ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that
18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he
good thing, and not only when I am present with be.
you. 11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why
19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the
until Christ be formed in you, cross ceased.
20 I desire to be present with you now, and to 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but
not hear the law? by love serve one another.
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in
one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed
the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. that ye be not consumed one of another.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall
two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the
answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that
bondage with her children. ye would.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the
mother of us all. law.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
the desolate hath many more children than she lasciviousness,
which hath an husband. 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
of promise. 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so told you in time past, that they which do such things
it is now. shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
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22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due
law. season we shall reap, if we faint not.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good
with the affections and lusts. unto all men, especially unto them who are of the
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the household of faith.
Spirit. 11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking with mine own hand.
one another, envying one another. 12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh,
they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they
CHAPTER 6 should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
B RETHREN, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye 13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised
which are spiritual, restore such an one in the keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised,
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also that they may glory in your flesh.
be tempted. 14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the
2 Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is
of Christ. crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
3 For if a man think himself to be something, when 15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth
he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
4 But let every man prove his own work, and then 16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
another. 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I
5 For every man shall bear his own burden. bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
unto him that teacheth in all good things. with your spirit. Amen.
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for ¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome.
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
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P AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him
God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in
the faithful in Christ Jesus: the heavenly places,
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, 21 Far above all principality, and power, and might,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ. and dominion, and every name that is named, not
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave
blessings in heavenly places in Christ: him to be the head over all things to the church,
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and all in all.
without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of CHAPTER 2
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the
good pleasure of his will, A ND you hath he quickened, who were dead in
trespasses and sins;
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
hath made us accepted in the beloved. course of this world, according to the prince of the
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his children of disobedience:
grace; 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the
wisdom and prudence; desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his nature the children of wrath, even as others.
will, according to his good pleasure which he hath 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
purposed in himself: wherewith he loved us,
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened
might gather together in one all things in Christ, us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit
even in him: together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the
being predestinated according to the purpose of him exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward
who worketh all things after the counsel of his own us through Christ Jesus.
will: 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
first trusted in Christ. 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that ordained that we should walk in them.
holy Spirit of promise, 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh
praise of his glory. made by hands;
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention strangers from the covenants of promise, having no
of you in my prayers; hope, and without God in the world:
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father 13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were
of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
revelation in the knowledge of him: 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one,
18 The eyes of your understanding being and hath broken down the middle wall of partition
enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of between us;
his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
inheritance in the saints, law of commandments contained in ordinances; for
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to make in himself of twain one new man, so making
to us-ward who believe, according to the working of peace;
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16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith;
one body by the cross, having slain the enmity that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
thereby: 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is
17 And came and preached peace to you which were the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
afar off, and to them that were nigh. 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
18 For through him we both have access by one knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness
Spirit unto the Father. of God.
19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of abundantly above all that we ask or think, according
the household of God; to the power that worketh in us,
20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
corner stone;
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together CHAPTER 4
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech
you that ye walk worthy of the vocation
wherewith ye are called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with
CHAPTER 3 longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

F OR this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
for you Gentiles, bond of peace.
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are
God which is given me to you-ward: called in one hope of your calling;
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my through all, and in you all.
knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the to the measure of the gift of Christ.
sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high,
apostles and prophets by the Spirit; he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
the gospel: 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
gift of the grace of God given unto me by the 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets;
effectual working of his power. and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is teachers;
this grace given, that I should preach among the 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of
Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of
the mystery, which from the beginning of the world the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness
Christ: of Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to
powers in heavenly places might be known by the and fro, and carried about with every wind of
church the manifold wisdom of God, doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning
11 According to the eternal purpose which he craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into
12 In whom we have boldness and access with him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
confidence by the faith of him. 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my and compacted by that which every joint supplieth,
tribulations for you, which is your glory. according to the effectual working in the measure of
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the
our Lord Jesus Christ, edifying of itself in love.
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
named, ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches vanity of their mind,
of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his 18 Having the understanding darkened, being
Spirit in the inner man; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance
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that is in them, because of the blindness of their 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
heart: 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works
19 Who being past feeling have given themselves of darkness, but rather reprove them.
over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things
with greediness. which are done of them in secret.
20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is
taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: light.
22 That ye put off concerning the former 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
conversation the old man, which is corrupt arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
according to the deceitful lusts; 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; but as wise,
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
is created in righteousness and true holiness. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man what the will of the Lord is.
truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess;
another. but be filled with the Spirit;
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and
upon your wrath: spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your
27 Neither give place to the devil. heart to the Lord;
28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and
him labour, working with his hands the thing which the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
is good, that he may have to give to him that 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear
needeth. of God.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
your mouth, but that which is good to the use of husbands, as unto the Lord.
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye Christ is the head of the church: and he is the
are sealed unto the day of redemption. saviour of the body.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so
clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
with all malice: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, loved the church, and gave himself for it;
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
hath forgiven you. washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious
CHAPTER 5 church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such
B E ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; thing; but that it should be holy and without
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, blemish.
and hath given himself for us an offering and a 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own
sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
covetousness, let it not be once named among you, nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the
as becometh saints; church:
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and
which are not convenient: but rather giving of of his bones.
thanks. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they
unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an two shall be one flesh.
idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and of God. Christ and the church.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so
because of these things cometh the wrath of God love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that
upon the children of disobedience. she reverence her husband.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye CHAPTER 6
light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth;)
C HILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for
this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first
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commandment with promise;) and having done all, to stand.
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
long on the earth. truth, and having on the breastplate of
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to righteousness;
wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the
admonition of the Lord. gospel of peace;
5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the
singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; wicked.
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
heart; 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in
7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
not to men: perseverance and supplication for all saints;
8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man 19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me,
doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known
he be bond or free. the mystery of the gospel,
9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, 20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that
forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons 21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I
with him. do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
in the power of his might. 22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he
able to stand against the wiles of the devil. might comfort your hearts.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith,
against principalities, against powers, against the from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus
wickedness in high places. Christ in sincerity. Amen.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of ¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.
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CHAPTER 1 labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.

P AUL and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our for you.
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, abide and continue with you all for your furtherance
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making and joy of faith;
request with joy, 26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.
until now; 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or
hath begun a good work in you will perform it until else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye
the day of Jesus Christ: stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving
7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, together for the faith of the gospel;
because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in 28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries:
my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of which is to them an evident token of perdition, but
the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. to you of salvation, and that of God.
8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ,
all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his
9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet sake;
more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and
10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; now hear to be in me.
that ye may be sincere and without offence till the
day of Christ; CHAPTER 2
11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise
of God.
I F there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if
any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit,
if any bowels and mercies,
12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the
the things which happened unto me have fallen out same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but
13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better
palace, and in all other places; than themselves.
14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every
confident by my bonds, are much more bold to man also on the things of others.
speak the word without fear. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and Jesus:
strife; and some also of good will: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
16 The one preach Christ of contention, not robbery to be equal with God:
sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon
17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for him the form of a servant, and was made in the
the defence of the gospel. likeness of men:
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I himself, and became obedient unto death, even the
therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. death of the cross.
19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of given him a name which is above every name:
Jesus Christ, 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
20 According to my earnest expectation and my of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that under the earth;
with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus
be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
death. 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. not as in my presence only, but now much more in
22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my my absence, work out your own salvation with fear
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and trembling. might trust in the flesh, I more:
13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,
and to do of his good pleasure. of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews;
14 Do all things without murmurings and as touching the law, a Pharisee;
disputings: 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted
and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights loss for Christ.
in the world; 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for
16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,
neither laboured in vain. and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and 9 And be found in him, not having mine own
service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is
18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which
with me. is of God by faith:
19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus 10 That I may know him, and the power of his
shortly unto you, that I also may be of good resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings,
comfort, when I know your state. being made conformable unto his death;
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally 11 If by any means I might attain unto the
care for your state. resurrection of the dead.
21 For all seek their own, not the things which are 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were
Jesus Christ’s. already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may
22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of
the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. Christ Jesus.
23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
as I shall see how it will go with me. apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall those things which are behind, and reaching forth
come shortly. unto those things which are before,
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in calling of God in Christ Jesus.
labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
he that ministered to my wants. minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded,
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of God shall reveal even this unto you.
heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained,
been sick. let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God thing.
had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark
also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often,
when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I and now tell you even weeping, that they are the
may be the less sorrowful. enemies of the cross of Christ:
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their
gladness; and hold such in reputation: belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind
30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto earthly things.)
death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of 20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence
service toward me. also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be
CHAPTER 3 fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to
F INALLY, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To the working whereby he is able even to subdue all
write the same things to you, to me indeed is not things unto himself.
grievous, but for you it is safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of CHAPTER 4
the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God T HEREFORE, my brethren dearly beloved and
longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in
in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no the Lord, my dearly beloved.
confidence in the flesh. 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they
4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. be of the same mind in the Lord.
If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he 3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
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women which laboured with me in the gospel, with instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to
Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, abound and to suffer need.
whose names are in the book of life. 13 I can do all things through Christ which
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. strengtheneth me.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did
Lord is at hand. communicate with my affliction.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer 15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests beginning of the gospel, when I departed from
be made known unto God. Macedonia, no church communicated with me as
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again
through Christ Jesus. unto my necessity.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are may abound to your account.
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having
are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
on these things. acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and 19 But my God shall supply all your need according
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
God of peace shall be with you. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the and ever. Amen.
last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein 21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren
ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. which are with me greet you.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have 22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be Cæsar’s household.
content. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how Amen.
to abound: every where and in all things I am ¶ It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.

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P AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of in heaven.

God, and Timotheus our brother, 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and
2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now
are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from hath he reconciled
God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his
Jesus Christ, praying always for you, sight:
4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
the love which ye have to all the saints, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel,
5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, which ye have heard, and which was preached to
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul
the gospel; am made a minister;
6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill
and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in
the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
truth: 25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the
7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to
fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of fulfil the word of God;
Christ; 26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages
8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. and from generations, but now is made manifest to
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do his saints:
not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might 27 To whom God would make known what is the
be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom riches of the glory of this mystery among the
and spiritual understanding; Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all 28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may
increasing in the knowledge of God; present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
11 Strengthened with all might, according to his 29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his
glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering working, which worketh in me mightily.
with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made CHAPTER 2
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light: F OR I would that ye knew what great conflict I
have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit
his dear Son: together in love, and unto all riches of the full
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, assurance of understanding, to the
even the forgiveness of sins: acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the Father, and of Christ;
firstborn of every creature: 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
16 For by him were all things created, that are in knowledge.
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, 4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you
whether they be thrones, or dominions, or with enticing words.
principalities, or powers: all things were created by 5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with
him, and for him: you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order,
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
consist. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is so walk ye in him:
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
things he might have the preeminence. faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all thanksgiving.
fulness dwell; 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead on the children of disobedience:
bodily. 7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of lived in them.
all principality and power: 8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath,
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the your mouth.
body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off
Christ: the old man with his deeds;
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are 10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed
risen with him through the faith of the operation of in knowledge after the image of him that created
God, who hath raised him from the dead. him:
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian,
together with him, having forgiven you all Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
trespasses; 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of
was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it mind, meekness, longsuffering;
out of the way, nailing it to his cross; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one
15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even
made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
in it. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in the bond of perfectness.
drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to
moon, or of the sabbath days: the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the thankful.
body is of Christ. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
intruding into those things which he hath not seen, grace in your hearts to the Lord.
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
body by joints and bands having nourishment and the Father by him.
ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
increase of God. husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter
rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the against them.
world, are ye subject to ordinances, 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not; is well pleasing unto the Lord.
22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
commandments and doctrines of men? they be discouraged.
23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters
will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as
body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the
CHAPTER 3 Lord, and not unto men;
I F ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things 24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the
which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord
hand of God. Christ.
2 Set your affection on things above, not on things 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the
on the earth. wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in of persons.
God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then CHAPTER 4
shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon M ASTERS, give unto your servants that which is
just and equal; knowing that ye also have a
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate Master in heaven.
affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
which is idolatry: thanksgiving;
6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh 3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open
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unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort
Christ, for which I am also in bonds: unto me.
4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ,
5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in
redeeming the time. prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in
6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with all the will of God.
salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for
man. you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in
7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is Hierapolis.
a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet
fellowservant in the Lord: you.
8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and
that he might know your estate, and comfort your Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
hearts; 16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause
9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans;
who is one of you. They shall make known unto you and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
all things which are done here. 17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry
10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil
Marcus, sister’s son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye it.
received commandments: if he come unto you, 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul.
receive him;) Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the ¶ Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and
Onesimus.
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TO THE
THESSALONIANS
CHAPTER 1
P AUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians which is in God the
Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto
you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making
mention of you in our prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith,
and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord
Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only,
but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in
much assurance; as ye know what manner of men
we were among you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord,
having received the word in much affliction, with joy
of the Holy Ghost:
7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in
Macedonia and Achaia.
8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord
not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every
place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so
that we need not to speak any thing.
9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of
entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to
God from idols to serve the living and true God;
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he
raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us
from the wrath to come.
CHAPTER 2
F OR yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in
unto you, that it was not in vain:
2 But even after that we had suffered before, and
were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi,
we were bold in our God to speak unto you the
gospel of God with much contention.
3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile:
4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust
with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing
men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as
ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor
yet of others, when we might have been
burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children:
8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of
God only, but also our own souls, because ye were
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dear unto us.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail:
for labouring night and day, because we would not
be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto
you the gospel of God.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and
justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among
you that believe:
11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged every one of you, as a father doth his
children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath
called you unto his kingdom and glory.
13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because, when ye received the word of God which ye
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men,
but as it is in truth, the word of God, which
effectually worketh also in you that believe.
14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the
churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus:
for ye also have suffered like things of your own
countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own
prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please
not God, and are contrary to all men:
16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they
might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the
wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a
short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured
the more abundantly to see your face with great
desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I
Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our
Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy.
CHAPTER 3
W HEREFORE when we could no longer
forbear, we thought it good to be left at
Athens alone;
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of
God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ,
to establish you, and to comfort you concerning
your faith:
3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions:
for yourselves know that we are appointed
thereunto.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you
before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it
came to pass, and ye know.
5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I
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sent to know your faith, lest by some means the 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant,
tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye
vain. sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
and brought us good tidings of your faith and even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God
charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us bring with him.
always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord,
you: that we which are alive and remain unto the coming
7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
in all our affliction and distress by your faith: 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and
9 For what thanks can we render to God again for with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall
you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes rise first:
before our God; 17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet
see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the
in your faith? Lord.
11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. words.
12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound
in love one toward another, and toward all men, CHAPTER 5
even as we do toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your hearts B UT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that I write unto you.
unblameable in holiness before God, even our 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
all his saints. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail
CHAPTER 4 upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

F URTHERMORE then we beseech you, brethren, 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have should overtake you as a thief.
received of us how ye ought to walk and to please 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of
God, so ye would abound more and more. the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us
the Lord Jesus. watch and be sober.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that
that ye should abstain from fornication: be drunken are drunken in the night.
4 That every one of you should know how to possess 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on
his vessel in sanctification and honour; the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet,
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the the hope of salvation.
Gentiles which know not God: 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep,
all such, as we also have forewarned you and we should live together with him.
testified. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but one another, even as also ye do.
unto holiness. 12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, which labour among you, and are over you in the
but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. Lord, and admonish you;
9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
to love one another. 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak,
are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, be patient toward all men.
that ye increase more and more; 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own but ever follow that which is good, both among
business, and to work with your own hands, as we yourselves, and to all men.
commanded you; 16 Rejoice evermore.
12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are 17 Pray without ceasing.
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
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God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
19 Quench not the Spirit. 25 Brethren, pray for us.
20 Despise not prophesyings. 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. unto all the holy brethren.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body Amen.
be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord ¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from
Athens.
Jesus Christ.

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SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
THESSALONIANS
CHAPTER 1
P AUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the
church of the Thessalonians in God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to thank God always for you,
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith
groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of
you all toward each other aboundeth;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches
of God for your patience and faith in all your
persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous
judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of
the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to
recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with everlasting
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from
the glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints,
and to be admired in all them that believe (because
our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our
God would count you worthy of this calling, and
fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the
work of faith with power:
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be
glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the
grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 2
N OW we beseech you, brethren, by the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering
together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be
troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter
as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day
shall not come, except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that
is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as
God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I
told you these things?
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6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might
be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only
he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of
the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and
shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of
Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love
of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not
the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath
from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the
traditions which ye have been taught, whether by
word, or our epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God,
even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given
us everlasting consolation and good hope through
grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every
good word and work.
CHAPTER 3
F INALLY, brethren, pray for us, that the word of
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified,
even as it is with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable
and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and
keep you from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you,
that ye both do and will do the things which we
command you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of
God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves
from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not
after the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for
we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought;
but wrought with labour and travail night and day,
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that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle,
9 Not because we have not power, but to make note that man, and have no company with him, that
ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. he may be ashamed.
10 For even when we were with you, this we 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish
commanded you, that if any would not work, him as a brother.
neither should he eat. 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace
11 For we hear that there are some which walk always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
among you disorderly, working not at all, but are 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand,
busybodies. which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they Amen.
work, and eat their own bread. ¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from
Athens.
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TIMOTHY
CHAPTER 1 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which

P AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the some having put away concerning faith have made
commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord shipwreck:
Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 20 Of whom is Hymenæus and Alexander; whom I
2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to
mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus blaspheme.
Christ our Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I CHAPTER 2
went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge
some that they teach no other doctrine, I EXHORT therefore, that, first of all,
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of
4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, thanks, be made for all men;
which minister questions, rather than godly edifying 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we
which is in faith: so do. may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out and honesty.
of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God
faith unfeigned: our Saviour;
6 From which some having swerved have turned 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come
aside unto vain jangling; unto the knowledge of the truth.
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified
lawfully; in due time.
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a
for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting
mothers, for manslayers, up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile 9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves
themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and
for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
that is contrary to sound doctrine; costly array;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed 10 But (which becometh women professing
God, which was committed to my trust. godliness) with good works.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp
me into the ministry; authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman
ignorantly in unbelief. being deceived was in the transgression.
14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in
abundant with faith and love which is in Christ childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity
Jesus. and holiness with sobriety.
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all CHAPTER 3
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to
save sinners; of whom I am chief. T HIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of
a bishop, he desireth a good work.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of
me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to
longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hospitality, apt to teach;
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his
ever. Amen. children in subjection with all gravity;
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
according to the prophecies which went before on how shall he take care of the church of God?)
thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
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6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall 12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
into the condemnation of the devil. example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the 13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to
snare of the devil. exhortation, to doctrine.
8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was
doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the
of filthy lucre; hands of the presbytery.
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to
conscience. them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, save thyself, and them that hear thee.
sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, CHAPTER 5
ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well R EBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a father;
and the younger men as brethren;
purchase to themselves a good degree, and great 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as
boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. sisters, with all purity.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come 3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
unto thee shortly: 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how them learn first to shew piety at home, and to
thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable
which is the church of the living God, the pillar and before God.
ground of the truth. 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate,
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in prayers night and day.
the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
believed on in the world, received up into glory. liveth.
7 And these things give in charge, that they may be
CHAPTER 4 blameless.

N OW the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially
latter times some shall depart from the faith, for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of and is worse than an infidel.
devils; 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience threescore years old, having been the wife of one
seared with a hot iron; man,
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have
from meats, which God hath created to be received brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if
with thanksgiving of them which believe and know she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved
the truth. the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to good work.
be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they
5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will
6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these marry;
things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off
nourished up in the words of faith and of good their first faith.
doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about
7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers
exercise thyself rather unto godliness. also and busybodies, speaking things which they
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is ought not.
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry,
that now is, and of that which is to come. bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to
9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all the adversary to speak reproachfully.
acceptation. 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, 16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows,
because we trust in the living God, who is the let them relieve them, and let not the church be
Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. charged; that it may relieve them that are widows
11 These things command and teach. indeed.
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17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of certain we can carry nothing out.
double honour, especially they who labour in the 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith
word and doctrine. content.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a
ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
worthy of his reward. drown men in destruction and perdition.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which
before two or three witnesses. while some coveted after, they have erred from the
20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also faith, and pierced themselves through with many
may fear. sorrows.
21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and
Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love,
things without preferring one before another, doing patience, meekness.
nothing by partiality. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast
partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. professed a good profession before many witnesses.
23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who
thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who
24 Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot,
25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus
beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be Christ:
hid. 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and
CHAPTER 6 Lord of lords;
L ET as many servants as are under the yoke count 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light
their own masters worthy of all honour, that the which no man can approach unto; whom no man
name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and
2 And they that have believing masters, let them not power everlasting. Amen.
despise them, because they are brethren; but rather 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they
do them service, because they are faithful and be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches,
beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things
and exhort. to enjoy;
3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good
godliness; foundation against the time to come, that they may
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about lay hold on eternal life.
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy
strife, railings, evil surmisings, trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is 21 Which some professing have erred concerning
godliness: from such withdraw thyself. the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. ¶ The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the
7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.

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EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO
TIMOTHY
CHAPTER 1 ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very

P AUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of well.

God, according to the promise of life which is in
Christ Jesus, CHAPTER 2
2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy,
and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our T HOU therefore, my son, be strong in the grace
that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among
Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful
with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have men, who shall be able to teach others also.
remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy of Jesus Christ.
tears, that I may be filled with joy; 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath
that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother chosen him to be a soldier.
Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not
that in thee also. crowned, except he strive lawfully.
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou 6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first
stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the partaker of the fruits.
putting on of my hands. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of understanding in all things.
power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto
partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
the power of God; 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes,
9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy that they may also obtain the salvation which is in
calling, not according to our works, but according to Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
his own purpose and grace, which was given us in 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him,
Christ Jesus before the world began, we shall also live with him:
10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and deny him, he also will deny us:
hath brought life and immortality to light through 13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he
the gospel: cannot deny himself.
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an 14 Of these things put them in remembrance,
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. charging them before the Lord that they strive not
12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I hearers.
have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
keep that which I have committed unto him against workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly
that day. dividing the word of truth.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ will increase unto more ungodliness.
Jesus. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of
14 That good thing which was committed unto thee whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that
15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the
be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and faith of some.
Hermogenes. 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that
Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of
ashamed of my chain: Christ depart from iniquity.
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of
diligently, and found me. gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and
18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy some to honour, and some to dishonour.
of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he
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shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good furnished unto all good works.
work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, CHAPTER 4
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord
out of a pure heart. I CHARGE thee therefore before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
knowing that they do gender strifes. 2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, longsuffering and doctrine.
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 3 For the time will come when they will not endure
themselves; if God peradventure will give them sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at and shall be turned unto fables.
his will. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy
CHAPTER 3 ministry.

T HIS know also, that in the last days perilous 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of
times shall come. my departure is at hand.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient course, I have kept the faith:
to parents, unthankful, unholy, 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge,
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but
are good, unto all them also that love his appearing.
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
more than lovers of God; 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica;
thereof: from such turn away. Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
away with divers lusts, 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when
knowledge of the truth. thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so especially the parchments.
do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the
reprobate concerning the faith. Lord reward him according to his works:
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly
shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. withstood our words.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner 16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all
of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid
patience, to their charge.
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be
endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear:
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
shall suffer persecution. 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly
worse, deceiving, and being deceived. kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom Onesiphorus.
thou hast learned them; 20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy left at Miletum sick.
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto 21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus
salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia,
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is and all the brethren.
profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be
for instruction in righteousness: with you. Amen.
¶ The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop
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TITUS
CHAPTER 1
P AUL, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus
Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and
the acknowledging of the truth which is after
godliness;
2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his word through
preaching, which is committed unto me according
to the commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith:
Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting,
and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed
thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife,
having faithful children not accused of riot or
unruly.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of
God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to
wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,
sober, just, holy, temperate;
9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been
taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both
to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and
deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert
whole houses, teaching things which they ought not,
for filthy lucre’s sake.
12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own,
said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow
bellies.
13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and
commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but
even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but in works
they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient,
and unto every good work reprobate.
CHAPTER 2
B UT speak thou the things which become sound
doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate,
sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers,
not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober,
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to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of
God be not blasphemed.
6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity,
8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he
that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having
no evil thing to say of you.
9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own
masters, and to please them well in all things; not
answering again;
10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in
all things.
11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously,
and godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with
all authority. Let no man despise thee.
CHAPTER 3
P UT them in mind to be subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to
every good work,
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but
gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,
disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and
pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and
hating one another.
4 But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus
Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be
made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that
thou affirm constantly, that they which have
believed in God might be careful to maintain good
works. These things are good and profitable unto
men.
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9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their
contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto
unprofitable and vain. them.
10 A man that is an heretick after the first and 14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works
second admonition reject; for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and 15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that
sinneth, being condemned of himself. love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or ¶ It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church
of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis:
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PHILEMON
P AUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy
our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved,
and fellowlabourer,
2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in
my prayers,
5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast
toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
6 That the communication of thy faith may become
effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing
which is in you in Christ Jesus.
7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love,
because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by
thee, brother.
8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ
to enjoin thee that which is convenient,
9 Yet for love’s sake I rather beseech thee, being such
an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of
Jesus Christ.
10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I
have begotten in my bonds:
11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but
now profitable to thee and to me:
12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive
him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy
stead he might have ministered unto me in the
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bonds of the gospel:
14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that
thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but
willingly.
15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season,
that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a
brother beloved, specially to me, but how much
more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him
as myself.
18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put
that on mine account;
19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will
repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest
unto me even thine own self besides.
20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord:
refresh my bowels in the Lord.
21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto
thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust
that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in
Christ Jesus;
24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my
fellowlabourers.
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your
spirit. Amen.
¶ Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE
HEBREWS
CHAPTER 1 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and

G OD, who at sundry times and in divers manners

spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the
Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, the world to come, whereof we speak.
whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom 6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is
also he made the worlds; man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the man, that thou visitest him?
express image of his person, and upholding all 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels;
things by the word of his power, when he had by thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and
himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand didst set him over the works of thy hands:
of the Majesty on high; 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his
4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him,
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name he left nothing that is not put under him. But now
than they. we see not yet all things put under him.
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with
again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me
glory and honour; that he by the grace of God
a Son? should taste death for every man.
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God
by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
worship him. glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect
7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels through sufferings.
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not
for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the ashamed to call them brethren,
sceptre of thy kingdom. 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren,
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee thee.
with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again,
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of
works of thine hands: flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they the same; that through death he might destroy him
all shall wax old as doth a garment; that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and 15 And deliver them who through fear of death were
they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thyall their lifetime subject to bondage.
years shall not fail. 16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be
footstool? made like unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people.
CHAPTER 2 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being
T HEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest tempted, he is able to succour them that are
heed to the things which we have heard, lest at tempted.
any time we should let them slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and CHAPTER 3
every transgression and disobedience received a just
recompence of reward; W HEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the
heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by 2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as
the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that also Moses was faithful in all his house.
heard him; 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory
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than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter
house hath more honour than the house. therein, and they to whom it was first preached
4 For every house is builded by some man; but he entered not in because of unbelief:
that built all things is God. 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David,
5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye
servant, for a testimony of those things which were will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
to be spoken after; 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose afterward have spoken of another day.
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of
rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. God.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath
will hear his voice, ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest
the day of temptation in the wilderness: any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
saw my works forty years. sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts
have not known my ways. and intents of the heart.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest
my rest.) in his sight: but all things are naked and opened
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that
God. is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To us hold fast our profession.
day; lest any of you be hardened through the 15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
deceitfulness of sin. touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was
14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
end; grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, help in time of need.
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: CHAPTER 5
howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it F OR every high priest taken from among men is
ordained for men in things pertaining to God,
not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
the wilderness? 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on
18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter them that are out of the way; for that he himself also
into his rest, but to them that believed not? is compassed with infirmity.
19 So we see that they could not enter in because of 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people,
unbelief. so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but
CHAPTER 4 he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

L ET us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my
to come short of it. Son, to day have I begotten thee.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as 6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest
unto them: but the word preached did not profit for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered
it. up prayers and supplications with strong crying and
3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as tears unto him that was able to save him from death,
he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall and was heard in that he feared;
enter into my rest: although the works were finished 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by
from the foundation of the world. the things which he suffered;
4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of
on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
all his works. 10 Called of God an high priest after the order of
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my Melchisedec.
rest. 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard
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to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong
have need that one teach you again which be the first consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold
principles of the oracles of God; and are become upon the hope set before us:
such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that
word of righteousness: for he is a babe. within the veil;
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even
age, even those who by reason of use have their Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of
senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Melchisedec.
CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7

T HEREFORE leaving the principles of the

doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection;
not laying again the foundation of repentance from
dead works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of
hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and
were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the
powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son
of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that
cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet
for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing
from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is
rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be
burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of
you, and things that accompany salvation, though
we thus speak.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work
and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his
name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and
do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the
end:
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them
who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made promise to Abraham,
because he could swear by no greater, he sware by
himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and
multiplying I will multiply thee.
15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he
obtained the promise.
16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath
for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew
unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his
counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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F OR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the
most high God, who met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all;
first being by interpretation King of righteousness,
and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of
peace;
3 Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but
made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest
continually.
4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom
even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the
spoils.
5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who
receive the office of the priesthood, have a
commandment to take tithes of the people according
to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they
come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 But he whose descent is not counted from them
received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that
had the promises.
7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of
the better.
8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes,
payed tithes in Abraham.
10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when
Melchisedec met him.
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the
law,) what further need was there that another priest
should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not
be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made
of necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken
pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave
attendance at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning
priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another
priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
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commandment, but after the power of an endless 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then
life. should no place have been sought for the second.
17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the
the order of Melchisedec. days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new
18 For there is verily a disannulling of the covenant with the house of Israel and with the house
commandment going before for the weakness and of Judah:
unprofitableness thereof. 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the their fathers in the day when I took them by the
bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because
draw nigh unto God. they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded
20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was them not, saith the Lord.
made priest: 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the
21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will
this with an oath by him that said unto him, The put my laws into their mind, and write them in their
Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be
ever after the order of Melchisedec:) to me a people:
22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better 11 And they shall not teach every man his
testament. neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know
23 And they truly were many priests, because they the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the
were not suffered to continue by reason of death: greatest.
24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,
unchangeable priesthood. and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the more.
uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made
ever liveth to make intercession for them. the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth
26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, old is ready to vanish away.
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and
made higher than the heavens; CHAPTER 9
27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then forT HEN verily the first covenant had also
ordinances of divine service, and a worldly
the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up sanctuary.
himself. 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein
28 For the law maketh men high priests which have was the candlestick, and the table, and the
infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is
evermore. called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the
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N OW of the things which we have spoken this is was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod
the sum: We have such an high priest, who is that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in 5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the
the heavens; mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true particularly.
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and priests went always into the first tabernacle,
sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man accomplishing the service of God.
have somewhat also to offer. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone once
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, every year, not without blood, which he offered for
seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according himself, and for the errors of the people:
to the law: 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as
heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God the first tabernacle was yet standing:
when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in
saith he, that thou make all things according to the which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that
pattern shewed to thee in the mount. could not make him that did the service perfect, as
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent pertaining to the conscience;
ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers
better covenant, which was established upon better washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them
promises. until the time of reformation.
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11 But Christ being come an high priest of good CHAPTER 10
things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not
of this building;
F OR the law having a shadow of good things to
come, and not the very image of the things, can
never with those sacrifices which they offered year by
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered?
having obtained eternal redemption for us. because that the worshippers once purged should
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the have had no more conscience of sins.
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again
to the purifying of the flesh: made of sins every year.
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without goats should take away sins.
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he
works to serve the living God? saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new body hast thou prepared me:
testament, that by means of death, for the 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast
redemption of the transgressions that were under the had no pleasure.
first testament, they which are called might receive 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book
the promise of eternal inheritance. it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
16 For where a testament is, there must also of 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and
necessity be the death of the testator. burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest
17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator by the law;
liveth. 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was taketh away the first, that he may establish the
dedicated without blood. second.
19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the
the people according to the law, he took the blood of offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can
people, never take away sins:
20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice
God hath enjoined unto you. for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the 13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. made his footstool.
22 And almost all things are by the law purged with 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever
blood; and without shedding of blood is no them that are sanctified.
remission. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of after that he had said before,
things in the heavens should be purified with these; 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them
but the heavenly things themselves with better after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws
sacrifices than these. into their hearts, and in their minds will I write
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places them;
made with hands, which are the figures of the true; 17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence more.
of God for us: 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the offering for sin.
high priest entereth into the holy place every year 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
with blood of others; the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
26 For then must he often have suffered since the 20 By a new and living way, which he hath
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his
the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the flesh;
sacrifice of himself. 21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full
after this the judgment: assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from
28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure
many; and unto them that look for him shall he water.
appear the second time without sin unto salvation. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith
without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
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24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto translated him: for before his translation he had this
love and to good works: testimony, that he pleased God.
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for
together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and
one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
approaching. him.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the
sacrifice for sins, saving of his house; by the which he condemned the
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and world, and became heir of the righteousness which is
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. by faith.
28 He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out
under two or three witnesses: into a place which he should after receive for an
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under whither he went.
foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in
the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
of grace? 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance whose builder and maker is God.
belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. 11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength
And again, The Lord shall judge his people. to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when
31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the she was past age, because she judged him faithful
living God. who had promised.
32 But call to remembrance the former days, in 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as
which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in
fight of afflictions; multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by innumerable.
reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye 13 These all died in faith, not having received the
became companions of them that were so used. promises, but having seen them afar off, and were
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and persuaded of them, and embraced them, and
took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on
yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an the earth.
enduring substance. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that
35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which they seek a country.
hath great recompence of reward. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have country from whence they came out, they might have
done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. had opportunity to have returned.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an
come, and will not tarry. heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered
perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of up his only begotten son,
the soul. 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed
be called:
CHAPTER 11 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up,
N OW faith is the substance of things hoped for, even from the dead; from whence also he received
the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were things to come.
framed by the word of God, so that things which are 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both
seen were not made of things which do appear. the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent the top of his staff.
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of
that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
by it he being dead yet speaketh. commandment concerning his bones.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three
see death; and was not found, because God had months of his parents, because they saw he was a
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proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
commandment. faith; who for the joy that was set before him
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; down at the right hand of the throne of God.
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction
people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and
a season; faint in your minds.
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving
than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto against sin.
the recompence of the reward. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise
of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
invisible. thou art rebuked of him:
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
firstborn should touch them. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry with sons; for what son is he whom the father
land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were chasteneth not?
drowned. 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
were compassed about seven days. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them which corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
that believed not, when she had received the spies shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the
with peace. Father of spirits, and live?
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after
me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we
and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of might be partakers of his holiness.
the prophets: 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
mouths of lions, them which are exercised thereby.
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down,
the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed and the feeble knees;
valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that
aliens. which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: rather be healed.
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without
that they might obtain a better resurrection: which no man shall see the Lord:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble
imprisonment: you, and thereby many be defiled;
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would
afflicted, tormented; have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they found no place of repentance, though he sought it
wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens carefully with tears.
and caves of the earth. 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might
39 And these all, having obtained a good report be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto
through faith, received not the promise: blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
40 God having provided some better thing for us, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
that they without us should not be made perfect. words; which voice they that heard intreated that the
word should not be spoken to them any more:
CHAPTER 12 20 (For they could not endure that which was
W HEREFORE seeing we also are compassed commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with
lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so a dart:
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I
that is set before us, exceedingly fear and quake:)
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22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be
city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to established with grace; not with meats, which have
an innumerable company of angels, not profited them that have been occupied therein.
23 To the general assembly and church of the 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to
firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God eat which serve the tabernacle.
the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is
perfect, brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, are burned without the camp.
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the
things than that of Abel. people with his own blood, suffered without the
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if gate.
they escaped not who refused him that spake on 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the
earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn camp, bearing his reproach.
away from him that speaketh from heaven: 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek
26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he one to come.
hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise
the earth only, but also heaven. to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving
27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the thanks to his name.
removing of those things that are shaken, as of 16 But to do good and to communicate forget not:
things that are made, that those things which cannot for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
be shaken may remain. 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as
be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve they that must give account, that they may do it with
God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for
29 For our God is a consuming fire. you.
18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good
CHAPTER 13 conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
L ET brotherly love continue. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may
2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for be restored to you the sooner.
thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the
them; and them which suffer adversity, as being sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
yourselves also in the body. covenant,
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his
will judge. sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for
5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and ever and ever. Amen.
be content with such things as ye have: for he hath 22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of
said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, few words.
and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and
faith follow, considering the end of their all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
conversation. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and ¶ Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy.
for ever.
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CHAPTER 1 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
J AMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a
Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered glass:
abroad, greeting. 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
divers temptations; 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful
patience. hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be
4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may blessed in his deed.
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart,
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it this man’s religion is vain.
shall be given him. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from
wind and tossed. the world.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any
thing of the Lord. CHAPTER 2
8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is
exalted:
M Y brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of
persons.
10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a
the flower of the grass he shall pass away. gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning a poor man in vile raiment;
heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay
thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good
perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit
ways. here under my footstool:
12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, become judges of evil thoughts?
which the Lord hath promised to them that love 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God
him. chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of the kingdom which he hath promised to them
of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither that love him?
tempteth he any man: 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men
14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away oppress you, and draw you before the judgment
of his own lust, and enticed. seats?
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the
sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. which ye are called?
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture,
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin,
with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
turning. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said
creatures. also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery,
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the
be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: law.
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be
righteousness of God. judged by the law of liberty.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against
engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. judgment.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man
deceiving your own selves. say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save
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him? therewith curse we men, which are made after the
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of similitude of God.
daily food, 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to
be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give be.
them not those things which are needful to the body; 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place
what doth it profit? sweet water and bitter?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
alone. either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have water and fresh.
works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge
will shew thee my faith by my works. among you? let him shew out of a good conversation
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest his works with meekness of wisdom.
well: the devils also believe, and tremble. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
without works is dead? 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is
21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, earthly, sensual, devilish.
when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and and every evil work.
by works was faith made perfect? 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full
Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and
him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend without hypocrisy.
of God. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of
24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, them that make peace.
and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified CHAPTER 4
by works, when she had received the messengers,
and had sent them out another way? F ROM whence come wars and fightings among
you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith war in your members?
without works is dead also. 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have,
and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not,
CHAPTER 3 because ye ask not.

M Y brethren, be not many masters, knowing 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that
that we shall receive the greater ye may consume it upon your lusts.
condemnation. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that
2 For in many things we offend all. If any man the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is
able also to bridle the whole body. the enemy of God.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The
they may obey us; and we turn about their whole spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
body. 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the
great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they humble.
turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
the governor listeth. devil, and he will flee from you.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your
kindleth! hearts, ye double minded.
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
the tongue among our members, that it defileth the laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to
whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; heaviness.
and it is set on fire of hell. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of he shall lift you up.
serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that
been tamed of mankind: speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother,
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if
evil, full of deadly poison. thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law,
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and but a judge.
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12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before
will go into such a city, and continue there a year, the door.
and buy and sell, and get gain: 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, suffering affliction, and of patience.
that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth 11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye
away. have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of
live, and do this, or that. tender mercy.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such 12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not,
rejoicing is evil. neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay,
doeth it not, to him it is sin. nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
CHAPTER 5 merry? let him sing psalms.
G O to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders
miseries that shall come upon you. of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are him with oil in the name of the Lord:
motheaten. 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed
them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat sins, they shall be forgiven him.
your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
together for the last days. for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are,
crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it
entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. rained not on the earth by the space of three years
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been and six months.
wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain,
slaughter. and the earth brought forth her fruit.
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he 19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and
doth not resist you. one convert him;
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the
the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul
precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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P ETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
scattered throughout
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Pontus, Galatia, lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before the
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto last times for you,
obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus 21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him
Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus faith and hope might be in God.
Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, heart fervently:
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
you, incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith abideth for ever.
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the
season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through flower thereof falleth away:
manifold temptations: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be you.
tried with fire, might be found unto praise and
honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: CHAPTER 2
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though
now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:
W HEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all
guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil
speakings,
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the
of your souls. word, that ye may grow thereby:
10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone,
that should come unto you: disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and
11 Searching what, or what manner of time the precious,
Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual
it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
the glory that should follow. sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect,
which are now reported unto you by them that have precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be
preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost confounded.
sent down from heaven; which things the angels 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious:
desire to look into. but unto them which be disobedient, the stone
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be which the builders disallowed, the same is made the
sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be head of the corner,
brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves even to them which stumble at the word, being
according to the former lusts in your ignorance: disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
holy in all manner of conversation; an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. shew forth the praises of him who hath called you
17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect out of darkness into his marvellous light:
of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are
pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: now the people of God: which had not obtained
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and
vain conversation received by tradition from your pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war
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against the soul; 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord:
12 Having your conversation honest among the whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are
Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as not afraid with any amazement.
evildoers, they may by your good works, which they 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according
shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the
the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
supreme; 8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be
him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the courteous:
praise of them that do well. 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let
maliciousness, but as the servants of God. him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that
17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear they speak no guile:
God. Honour the king. 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; peace, and ensue it.
not only to the good and gentle, but also to the 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
froward. and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience of the Lord is against them that do evil.
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be
20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for followers of that which is good?
your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy
do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be
acceptable with God. troubled;
21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ 15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be
also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye ready always to give an answer to every man that
should follow his steps: asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his meekness and fear:
mouth: 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be
when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation
himself to him that judgeth righteously: in Christ.
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body 17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye
on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the
souls. Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached unto the
CHAPTER 3 spirits in prison;
L IKEWISE, ye wives, be in subjection to your own 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once
husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah,
also may without the word be won by the while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is,
conversation of the wives; eight souls were saved by water.
2 While they behold your chaste conversation 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also
coupled with fear. now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the
3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
or of putting on of apparel; 22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand
4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that of God; angels and authorities and powers being
which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a made subject unto him.
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of
great price. CHAPTER 4
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy
women also, who trusted in God, adorned F ORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the
themselves, being in subjection unto their own same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh
husbands: hath ceased from sin;
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2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. the ungodly and the sinner appear?
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with CHAPTER 5
them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to T HE elders which are among you I exhort, who
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall
judge the quick and the dead.
6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to be revealed:
them that are dead, that they might be judged 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking
according to men in the flesh, but live according to the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly;
God in the spirit. not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore 3 Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but
sober, and watch unto prayer. being ensamples to the flock.
8 And above all things have fervent charity among 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
sins. 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and
10 As every man hath received the gift, even so be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the
minister the same one to another, as good stewards proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
of the manifold grace of God. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty
11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
ability which God giveth: that God in all things may you.
be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery whom he may devour:
trial which is to try you, as though some strange 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
thing happened unto you: same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of that are in the world.
Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,
are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon strengthen, settle you.
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
part he is glorified. Amen.
15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a 12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I
thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and
men’s matters. testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ye stand.
ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace
the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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CHAPTER 1 whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a

S IMON Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn,
Christ, to them that have obtained like precious and the day star arise in your hearts:
faith with us through the righteousness of God and 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
our Saviour Jesus Christ: scripture is of any private interpretation.
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, of man: but holy men of God spake as they were
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us moved by the Holy Ghost.
all things that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to CHAPTER 2
glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and B UT there were false prophets also among the
people, even as there shall be false teachers
precious promises: that by these ye might be among you, who privily shall bring in damnable
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them,
corruption that is in the world through lust. and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance of.
patience; and to patience godliness; 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to words make merchandise of you: whose judgment
brotherly kindness charity. now of a long time lingereth not, and their
8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they damnation slumbereth not.
make you that ye shall neither be barren nor 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the
purged from his old sins. eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
make your calling and election sure: for if ye do 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha
these things, ye shall never fall: into ashes condemned them with an overthrow,
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you making them an ensample unto those that after
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord should live ungodly;
and Saviour Jesus Christ. 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you conversation of the wicked:
always in remembrance of these things, though ye 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in
know them, and be established in the present truth. seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
remembrance; temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my of judgment to be punished:
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the
shewed me. lust of uncleanness, and despise government.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid
after my decease to have these things always in to speak evil of dignities.
remembrance. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised might, bring not railing accusation against them
fables, when we made known unto you the power before the Lord.
and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were 12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be
eyewitnesses of his majesty. taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that
17 For he received from God the Father honour and they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their
glory, when there came such a voice to him from the own corruption;
excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness,
am well pleased. as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves
heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot
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cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart standing out of the water and in the water:
they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed 6 Whereby the world that then was, being
children: overflowed with water, perished:
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by
astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire
who loved the wages of unrighteousness; against the day of judgment and perdition of
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass ungodly men.
speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
prophet. that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,
17 These are wells without water, clouds that are and a thousand years as one day.
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
darkness is reserved for ever. some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to
18 For when they speak great swelling words of us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, all should come to repentance.
through much wantonness, those that were clean 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
escaped from them who live in error. night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. therein shall be burned up.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved,
world through the knowledge of the Lord and what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy
Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled conversation and godliness,
therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the
them than the beginning. day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall
21 For it had been better for them not to have be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
known the way of righteousness, than, after they fervent heat?
have known it, to turn from the holy commandment 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look
delivered unto them. for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
22 But it is happened unto them according to the righteousness.
true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such
again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in
in the mire. peace, without spot, and blameless.
15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is
CHAPTER 3 salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also
T HIS second epistle, beloved, I now write unto according to the wisdom given unto him hath
you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by written unto you;
way of remembrance: 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were these things; in which are some things hard to be
spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the understood, which they that are unlearned and
commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures,
Saviour: unto their own destruction.
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things
days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our
they were from the beginning of the creation. Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the now and for ever. Amen.
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CHAPTER 1 10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,

T HAT which was from the beginning, which we

have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and
walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he
handled, of the Word of life; goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins
and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
life, which was with the Father, and was manifested 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known
unto us;) him that is from the beginning. I write unto you,
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we young men, because ye have overcome the wicked
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have
and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with known the Father.
his Son Jesus Christ. 14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy known him that is from the beginning. I have
may be full. written unto you, young men, because ye are strong,
5 This then is the message which we have heard of and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have
him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in overcome the wicked one.
him is no darkness at all. 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and the world. If any man love the world, the love of the
walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: Father is not in him.
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. the Father, but is of the world.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
and the truth is not in us. but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there
unrighteousness. many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a time.
liar, and his word is not in us. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us;
for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have
CHAPTER 2 continued with us: but they went out, that they might
M Y little children, these things write I unto you, be made manifest that they were not all of us.
that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and
advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ye know all things.
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for 21 I have not written unto you because ye know not
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we of the truth.
keep his commandments. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in the Son.
him. 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath
love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are the Father also.
in him. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also heard from the beginning. If that which ye have
so to walk, even as he walked. heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
but an old commandment which ye had from the 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us,
beginning. The old commandment is the word even eternal life.
which ye have heard from the beginning. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, them that seduce you.
which thing is true in him and in you: because the 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him
darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all
brother, is in darkness even until now. things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath
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taught you, ye shall abide in him. in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be shall assure our hearts before him.
ashamed before him at his coming. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that our heart, and knoweth all things.
every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have
we confidence toward God.
CHAPTER 3 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him,
B EHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath because we keep his commandments, and do those
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the things that are pleasing in his sight.
sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, 23 And this is his commandment, That we should
because it knew him not. believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth one another, as he gave us commandment.
not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he
shall see him as he is. abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure. CHAPTER 4
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the
law: for sin is the transgression of the law. B ELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are of God: because many
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away false prophets are gone out into the world.
our sins; and in him is no sin. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. God:
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus
doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is
righteous. that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil should come; and even now already is it in the
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the world.
Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
the works of the devil. them: because greater is he that is in you, than he
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; that is in the world.
for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the
because he is born of God. world, and the world heareth them.
10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us;
children of the devil: whosoever doeth not he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know
righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
not his brother. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God;
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the and every one that loveth is born of God, and
beginning, that we should love one another. knoweth God.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? love.
Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
righteous. because that God sent his only begotten Son into the
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. world, that we might live through him.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he
life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
his brother abideth in death. our sins.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love
ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding one another.
in him. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one
16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected
laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down in us.
our lives for the brethren. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in
17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father
compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
in him? 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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16 And we have known and believed the love that agree in one.
God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of
love dwelleth in God, and God in him. God is greater: for this is the witness of God which
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may he hath testified of his Son.
have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
is, so are we in this world. witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth made him a liar; because he believeth not the record
out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth that God gave of his Son.
is not made perfect in love. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us
19 We love him, because he first loved us. eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath
he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom not the Son of God hath not life.
he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath 13 These things have I written unto you that believe
not seen? on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know
21 And this commandment have we from him, That that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on
he who loveth God love his brother also. the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him,
CHAPTER 5 that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
W HOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the Christ heareth us:
is born of God: and every one that loveth him 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we
that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. ask, we know that we have the petitions that we
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, desired of him.
when we love God, and keep his commandments. 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for
commandments: and his commandments are not them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto
grievous. death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not
world: and this is the victory that overcometh the unto death.
world, even our faith. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? and that wicked one toucheth him not.
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole
Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. world lieth in wickedness.
And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and
Spirit is truth. hath given us an understanding, that we may know
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
three are one. eternal life.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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T HE elder unto the elect lady and her children,
whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but
also all they that have known the truth;
2 For the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall
be with us for ever.
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son
of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children
walking in truth, as we have received a
commandment from the Father.
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I
wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that we love one
another.
6 And this is love, that we walk after his
commandments. This is the commandment, That, as
ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in
it.
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world,
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who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full
reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in
the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and
the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither
bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of
his evil deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto you, I would
not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come
unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be
full.
13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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JOHN
T HE elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I
love in the truth.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth.
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and
testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou
walkest in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou
doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the
church: whom if thou bring forward on their
journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
7 Because that for his name’s sake they went forth,
taking nothing of the Gentiles.
8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might
be fellowhelpers to the truth.
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9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who
loveth to have the preeminence among them,
receiveth us not.
10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds
which he doeth, prating against us with malicious
words: and not content therewith, neither doth he
himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them
that would, and casteth them out of the church.
11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that
which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he
that doeth evil hath not seen God.
12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the
truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye
know that our record is true.
13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink
and pen write unto thee:
14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall
speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends
salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF
JUDE
J UDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of
James, to them that are sanctified by God the
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be
multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto
you of the common salvation, it was needful for me
to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith which was once
delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who
were before of old ordained to this condemnation,
ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and
our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though
ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved
the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward
destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment
of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities
about them in like manner, giving themselves over
to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of
eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh,
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with
the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst
not bring against him a railing accusation, but said,
The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they
know not: but what they know naturally, as brute
beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of
Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for
reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when
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they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear:
clouds they are without water, carried about of
winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit,
twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam,
prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince
all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of
all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have
spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after
their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great
swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration
because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were
spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers
in the last time, who should walk after their own
ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,
having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a
difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the
fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from
falling, and to present you faultless before the
presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.
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OF
ST JOHN THE DIVINE
CHAPTER 1 countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

T HE Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And
unto him, to shew unto his servants things he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear
which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and not; I am the first and the last:
signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of
testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he hell and of death.
saw. 19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the things which are, and the things which shall be
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which hereafter;
are written therein: for the time is at hand. 20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest
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4 OHN to the seven churches which are in Asia: in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.
Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches:
is, and which was, and which is to come; and from and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the
the seven Spirits which are before his throne; seven churches.
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of CHAPTER 2
the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, U NTO the angel of the church of Ephesus write;
These things saith he that holdeth the seven
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of
his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever the seven golden candlesticks;
and ever. Amen. 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall patience, and how thou canst not bear them which
see him, and they also which pierced him: and all are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
so, Amen. 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
which is to come, the Almighty. thou hast left thy first love.
9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen,
in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of and repent, and do the first works; or else I will
Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy
the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Christ. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh
last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto midst of the paradise of God.
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write;
unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto These things saith the first and the last, which was
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. dead, and is alive;
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are
like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment the synagogue of Satan.
down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:
golden girdle. behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison,
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten
white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned a crown of life.
in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many 11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
waters. saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out not be hurt of the second death.
of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his 12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write;
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These things saith he which hath the sharp sword CHAPTER 3
with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even A ND unto the angel of the church in Sardis write;
These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits
where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that
and hast not denied my faith, even in those days thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was 2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which
slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou thy works perfect before God.
hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and
who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and
and to commit fornication. thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of thee.
the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with
will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. me in white: for they are worthy.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit 5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in
saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out
will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give of the book of life, but I will confess his name before
him a white stone, and in the stone a new name my Father, and before his angels.
written, which no man knoweth saving he that 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
receiveth it. saith unto the churches.
18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira 7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia
write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is
his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth,
fine brass; and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and openeth;
faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to 8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an
be more than the first. open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not
because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which denied my name.
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of
my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do
sacrificed unto idols. lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
and she repented not. 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that also will keep thee from the hour of temptation,
commit adultery with her into great tribulation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them
except they repent of their deeds. that dwell upon the earth.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou
churches shall know that I am he which searcheth hast, that no man take thy crown.
the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the
you according to your works. temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, I will write upon him the name of my God, and the
as many as have not this doctrine, and which have name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem,
not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will which cometh down out of heaven from my God:
put upon you none other burden. and I will write upon him my new name.
25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
come. saith unto the churches.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works 14 And unto the angel of the church of the
unto the end, to him will I give power over the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the
nations: faithful and true witness, the beginning of the
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the creation of God;
vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor
even as I received of my Father. hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
28 And I will give him the morning star. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
saith unto the churches. 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with
goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not
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that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and CHAPTER 5
blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, A ND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on
the throne a book written within and on the
that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that backside, sealed with seven seals.
thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud
nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose
eyesalve, that thou mayest see. the seals thereof?
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under
zealous therefore, and repent. the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any thereon.
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come 4 And I wept much, because no man was found
in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with thereon.
me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not:
set down with my Father in his throne. behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose
saith unto the churches. the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne
CHAPTER 4 and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
A FTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven
opened in heaven: and the first voice which I horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; God sent forth into all the earth.
which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee 7 And he came and took the book out of the right
things which must be hereafter. hand of him that sat upon the throne.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. and four and twenty elders fell down before the
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden
a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
4 And round about the throne were four and twenty worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
on their heads crowns of gold. and people, and nation;
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and
thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
of fire burning before the throne, which are the 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many
seven Spirits of God. angels round about the throne and the beasts and
6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like the elders: and the number of them was ten
unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes thousands;
before and behind. 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the
about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing,
rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that
God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and and ever.
thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and
ever and ever, twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him liveth for ever and ever.
that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth
for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the CHAPTER 6
throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and A ND I saw when the Lamb opened one of the
seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of
honour and power: for thou hast created all things, thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and
and for thy pleasure they are and were created. see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that
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sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto CHAPTER 7
him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard
the second beast say, Come and see.
A ND after these things I saw four angels standing
on the four corners of the earth, holding the
four winds of the earth, that the wind should not
4 And there went out another horse that was red: blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
and power was given to him that sat thereon to take 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east,
peace from the earth, and that they should kill one having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a
another: and there was given unto him a great loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given
sword. to hurt the earth and the sea,
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in
black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of their foreheads.
balances in his hand. 4 And I heard the number of them which were
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt Israel.
not the oil and the wine. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand.
the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand.
name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve
with him. And power was given unto them over the thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed
fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with twelve thousand.
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve
earth. thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for thousand.
the word of God, and for the testimony which they 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve
held: thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed
long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and twelve thousand.
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude,
11 And white robes were given unto every one of which no man could number, of all nations, and
them; and it was said unto them, that they should kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the
rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white
also and their brethren, that should be killed as they robes, and palms in their hands;
were, should be fulfilled. 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto
and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun the Lamb.
became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne,
became as blood; and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even before the throne on their faces, and worshipped
as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is God,
shaken of a mighty wind. 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom,
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and
rolled together; and every mountain and island were might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
moved out of their places. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, What are these which are arrayed in white robes?
and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the and whence came they?
mighty men, and every bondman, and every free 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he
man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of said to me, These are they which came out of great
the mountains; tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, them white in the blood of the Lamb.
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: serve him day and night in his temple: and he that
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
shall be able to stand? 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat.
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17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living reason of the smoke of the pit.
fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the
tears from their eyes. earth: and unto them was given power, as the
scorpions of the earth have power.
CHAPTER 8 4 And it was commanded them that they should not
A
hour.
ND when he had opened the seventh seal, there hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing,
was silence in heaven about the space of half an neither any tree; but only those men which have not
the seal of God in their foreheads.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill
God; and to them were given seven trumpets. them, but that they should be tormented five
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, months: and their torment was as the torment of a
having a golden censer; and there was given unto scorpion, when he striketh a man.
him much incense, that he should offer it with the 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall
prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall
before the throne. flee from them.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it
the angel’s hand. were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with faces of men.
fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an teeth were as the teeth of lions.
earthquake. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates
6 And the seven angels which had the seven of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the
trumpets prepared themselves to sound. sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt
upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt men five months.
up, and all green grass was burnt up. 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew
great mountain burning with fire was cast into the tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his
sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; name Apollyon.
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two
the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the woes more hereafter.
ships were destroyed. 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice
10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a from the four horns of the golden altar which is
great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, before God,
and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
the fountains of waters; Loose the four angels which are bound in the great
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: river Euphrates.
and the third part of the waters became wormwood; 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were
and many men died of the waters, because they were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a
made bitter. year, for to slay the third part of men.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part 16 And the number of the army of the horsemen
of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard
moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third the number of them.
part of them was darkened, and the day shone not 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them
for a third part of it, and the night likewise. that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses
the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths
woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, 18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by
which are yet to sound! the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone,
CHAPTER 9 which issued out of their mouths.
ND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their
A from heaven unto the earth: and to him was tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had
given the key of the bottomless pit. heads, and with them they do hurt.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by
a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great these plagues yet repented not of the works of their
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hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two
wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if
thefts. any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be
killed.
CHAPTER 10 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
A ND I saw another mighty angel come down in the days of their prophecy: and have power over
from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it with all plagues, as often as they will.
were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony,
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit
set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the shall make war against them, and shall overcome
earth, them, and kill them.
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the
and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and
voices. Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from and nations shall see their dead bodies three days
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to
the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. be put in graves.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice
upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, to another; because these two prophets tormented
who created heaven, and the things that therein are, them that dwelt on the earth.
and the earth, and the things that therein are, and 11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life
the sea, and the things which are therein, that there from God entered into them, and they stood upon
should be time no longer: their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, them.
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying
should be finished, as he hath declared to his unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up
servants the prophets. to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the
which is open in the hand of the angel which earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and
standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, God of heaven.
Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take 14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third
it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but woe cometh quickly.
it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this
and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of
honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
bitter. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and
before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and worshipped God,
kings. 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God
CHAPTER 11 Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come;
ND there was given me a reed like unto a rod: because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and
A and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure hast reigned.
the temple of God, and the altar, and them that 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is
worship therein. come, and the time of the dead, that they should be
2 But the court which is without the temple leave judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto
out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and
Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under them that fear thy name, small and great; and
foot forty and two months. shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven,
they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and and there was seen in his temple the ark of his
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testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and
went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
CHAPTER 12 which keep the commandments of God, and have
A ND there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a the testimony of Jesus Christ.
woman clothed with the sun, and the moon
under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve CHAPTER 13
stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth,
and pained to be delivered.
A ND I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a
beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads
and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the power, and his seat, and great authority.
dragon stood before the woman which was ready to 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the
born. world wondered after the beast.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave
rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was power unto the beast: and they worshipped the
caught up unto God, and to his throne. beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she to make war with him?
hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
her there a thousand two hundred and threescore great things and blasphemies; and power was given
days. unto him to continue forty and two months.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and
fought and his angels, them that dwell in heaven.
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the
any more in heaven. saints, and to overcome them: and power was given
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and him, whose names are not written in the book of life
his angels were cast out with him. of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be
of our brethren is cast down, which accused them killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
before our God day and night. faith of the saints.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he
loved not their lives unto the death. spake as a dragon.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast
them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the before him, and causeth the earth and them which
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly
great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a wound was healed.
short time. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto fire come down from heaven on the earth in the
the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought sight of men,
forth the man child. 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a means of those miracles which he had power to do in
great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on
into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and the earth, that they should make an image to the
times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of
flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be the beast, that the image of the beast should both
carried away of the flood. speak, and cause that as many as would not worship
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth the image of the beast should be killed.
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and
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poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
hand, or in their foreheads: Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may
had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the rest from their labours; and their works do follow
number of his name. them.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding 14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and
count the number of the beast: for it is the number upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man,
of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand
and six. a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying
CHAPTER 14 with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,
A ND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come
mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
and four thousand, having his Father’s name written 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle
in their foreheads. on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of 17 And another angel came out of the temple which
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their 18 And another angel came out from the altar,
harps: which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of
and no man could learn that song but the hundred the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth,
from the earth. and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into
4 These are they which were not defiled with the great winepress of the wrath of God.
women; for they are virgins. These are they which 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,
follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the
redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six
unto God and to the Lamb. hundred furlongs.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they
are without fault before the throne of God. CHAPTER 15
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them A ND I saw another sign in heaven, great and
marvellous, seven angels having the seven last
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
kindred, and tongue, and people, 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and
worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the over the number of his name, stand on the sea of
sea, and the fountains of waters. glass, having the harps of God.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of
is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just
fornication. and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy
loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall
image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are
hand, made manifest.
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of 5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of
God, which is poured out without mixture into the the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was
cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented opened:
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy 6 And the seven angels came out of the temple,
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for linen, and having their breasts girded with golden
ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, girdles.
who worship the beast and his image, and 7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God,
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they who liveth for ever and ever.
that keep the commandments of God, and the faith 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the
of Jesus. glory of God, and from his power; and no man was
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able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
the seven angels were fulfilled. 18 And there were voices, and thunders, and
lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as
CHAPTER 16 was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty
A ND I heard a great voice out of the temple an earthquake, and so great.
saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and 19 And the great city was divided into three parts,
pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon
earth. came in remembrance before God, to give unto her
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains
upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and were not found.
upon them which worshipped his image. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and
sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the
every living soul died in the sea. hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the
rivers and fountains of waters; and they became CHAPTER 17
blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art A ND there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying
righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
because thou hast judged thus. judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many
6 For they have shed the blood of saints and waters:
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed
for they are worthy. fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the
judgments. wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having
sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men seven heads and ten horns.
with fire. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and colour, and decked with gold and precious stones
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of
over these plagues: and they repented not to give abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
him glory. 5 And upon her forehead was a name written,
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE
seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, OF THE EARTH.
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of
their pains and their sores, and repented not of their the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of
deeds. Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the admiration.
great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
be prepared. and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come seven heads and ten horns.
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into
prophet. perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working wonder, whose names were not written in the book
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth of life from the foundation of the world, when they
and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
of that great day of God Almighty. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that seven heads are seven mountains, on which the
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk woman sitteth.
naked, and they see his shame. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one
16 And he gathered them together into a place called is, and the other is not yet come; and when he
in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. cometh, he must continue a short space.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten mourn over her; for no man buyeth their
kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but merchandise any more:
receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and
and strength unto the beast. silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most
Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
and King of kings: and they that are with him are 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and
called, and chosen, and faithful. frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the departed from thee, and all things which were dainty
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt
desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn find them no more at all.
her with fire. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, torment, weeping and wailing,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and
city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.
CHAPTER 18 And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships,
A ND after these things I saw another angel come and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar
down from heaven, having great power; and the off,
earth was lightened with his glory. 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried,
the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great
spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have made desolate.
committed fornication with her, and the merchants 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy
of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on
of her delicacies. her.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with
of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God down, and shall be found no more at all.
hath remembered her iniquities. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all
unto her double according to her works: in the cup in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be,
which she hath filled fill to her double. shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at
for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of
widow, and shall see no sorrow. the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for
death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and
who judgeth her. of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed
fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall CHAPTER 19
bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see
the smoke of her burning, A ND after these things I heard a great voice of
much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia;
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto
saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that the Lord our God:
mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the
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earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the against him that sat on the horse, and against his
blood of his servants at her hand. army.
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose 20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false
up for ever and ever. prophet that wrought miracles before him, with
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts which he deceived them that had received the mark
fell down and worshipped God that sat on the of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.
throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise with brimstone.
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of
both small and great. him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with
multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as their flesh.
the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. CHAPTER 20
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him:
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife
hath made herself ready.
A ND I saw an angel come down from heaven,
having the key of the bottomless pit and a great
chain in his hand.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a
righteousness of saints. thousand years,
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him
which are called unto the marriage supper of the up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true the nations no more, till the thousand years should
sayings of God. be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said season.
unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls
worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus,
of prophecy. and for the word of God, and which had not
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had
horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their
and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a
make war. thousand years.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the
were many crowns; and he had a name written, that thousand years were finished. This is the first
no man knew, but he himself. resurrection.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
blood: and his name is called The Word of God. resurrection: on such the second death hath no
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ,
him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and shall reign with him a thousand years.
and clean. 7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that shall be loosed out of his prison,
with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are
them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to
winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty gather them together to battle: the number of whom
God. is as the sand of the sea.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and
name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF compassed the camp of the saints about, and the
LORDS. beloved city: and fire came down from God out of
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he heaven, and devoured them.
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into
in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and
together unto the supper of the great God; the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of and night for ever and ever.
captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat
of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. away; and there was found no place for them.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
and their armies, gathered together to make war God; and the books were opened: and another book
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was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
were judged out of those things which were written and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the
in the books, according to their works. Lamb.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
and death and hell delivered up the dead which were measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall
in them: and they were judged every man according thereof.
to their works. 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. large as the breadth: and he measured the city with
This is the second death. the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and
15 And whosoever was not found written in the the breadth and the height of it are equal.
book of life was cast into the lake of fire. 17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to the measure
CHAPTER 21 of a man, that is, of the angel.
A ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the 18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper:
first heaven and the first earth were passed and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
away; and there was no more sea. 19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, garnished with all manner of precious stones. The
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
bride adorned for her husband. third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, 20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a
and God himself shall be with them, and be their jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
God. 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
the former things are passed away. Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of
make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did
these words are true and faithful. lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and 24 And the nations of them which are saved shall
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do
him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life bring their glory and honour into it.
freely. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day:
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I for there shall be no night there.
will be his God, and he shall be my son. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the nations into it.
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing
and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
brimstone: which is the second death. written in the Lamb’s book of life.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last CHAPTER 22
plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I
will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife. A ND he shewed me a pure river of water of life,
clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great God and of the Lamb.
and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of
the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve
God, manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month:
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the
unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, nations.
clear as crystal; 3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his
gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names servants shall serve him:
written thereon, which are the names of the twelve 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in
tribes of the children of Israel: their foreheads.
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; 5 And there shall be no night there; and they need
on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God
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giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and end, the first and the last.
ever. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter
and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent in through the gates into the city.
his angel to shew unto his servants the things which 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
must shortly be done. whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And these things in the churches. I am the root and the
when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
before the feet of the angel which shewed me these 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let
things. him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the
thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, water of life freely.
and of them which keep the sayings of this book: 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the
worship God. words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the add unto these things, God shall add unto him the
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. plagues that are written in this book:
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his
righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city,
holy, let him be holy still. and from the things which are written in this book.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I
with me, to give every man according as his work come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
shall be. 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the Amen.

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