Lam.2.7

GOD abandoned his altar, walked away from his holy Temple and turned the fortifications over to the enemy. As they cheered in GOD's Temple, you'd have thought it was a feast day!

Lam.2.7

The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has handed over to the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.

Lam.2.7

The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the LORD As on the day of a set feast.

Lam.2.7

The Lord has rejected his own altar; he despises his own sanctuary. He has given Jerusalem's palaces to her enemies. They shout in the LORD's Temple as though it were a day of celebration.

Lam.2.8

GOD drew up plans to tear down the walls of Daughter Zion. He assembled his crew, set to work and went at it. Total demolition! The stones wept!

Lam.2.8

The LORD determined to tear down the wall around the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.

Lam.2.8

The LORD has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together.

Lam.2.8

The LORD was determined to destroy the walls of Jerusalem. He made careful plans for their destruction, then he went ahead and did it. Therefore, the ramparts and walls have fallen down before him.

Lam.2.9

Her city gates, iron bars and all, disappeared in the rubble: her kings and princes off to exile--no one left to instruct or lead; her prophets useless--they neither saw nor heard anything from GOD.

Lam.2.9

Her gates have sunk into the ground; their bars he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the LORD.

Lam.2.9

Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Lam.2.9

Jerusalem's gates have sunk into the ground. All their locks and bars are destroyed, for he has smashed them. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; the law is no more. Her prophets receive no more visions from the LORD.

Lam.2.10

The elders of Daughter Zion sit silent on the ground. They throw dust on their heads, dress in rough penitential burlap--the young virgins of Jerusalem, their faces creased with the dirt.

Lam.2.10

The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Lam.2.10

The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.

Lam.2.10

The leaders of Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence, clothed in sackcloth. They throw dust on their heads in sorrow and despair. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.

Lam.2.11

My eyes are blind with tears, my stomach in a knot. My insides have turned to jelly over my people's fate. Babies and children are fainting all over the place,

Lam.2.11

My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within, my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Lam.2.11

My eyes fail with tears, My heart is troubled; My bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.

Lam.2.11

I have cried until the tears no longer come. My heart is broken, my spirit poured out, as I see what has happened to my people. Little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.

Lam.2.12

Calling to their mothers, "I'm hungry! I'm thirsty!" then fainting like dying soldiers in the streets, breathing their last in their mothers' laps.

Lam.2.12

They say to their mothers, "Where is bread and wine?" as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mothers' arms.

Lam.2.12

They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers' bosom.

Lam.2.12

"Mama, we want food," they cry, and then collapse in their mothers' arms. Their lives ebb away like the life of a warrior wounded in battle.

Lam.2.13

How can I understand your plight, dear Jerusalem? What can I say to give you comfort, dear Zion? Who can put you together again? This bust-up is past understanding.

Lam.2.13

What can I say for you? With what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Lam.2.13

How shall I console you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?

Lam.2.13

In all the world has there ever been such sorrow? O daughter of Jerusalem, to what can I compare your anguish? O virgin daughter of Zion, how can I comfort you? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Lam.2.14

Your prophets courted you with sweet talk. They didn't face you with your sin so that you could repent. Their sermons were all wishful thinking, deceptive illusions.

Lam.2.14

The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading.

Lam.2.14

Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

Lam.2.14

Your "prophets" have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not try to hold you back from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead, they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope.

Lam.2.15

Astonished, passersby can't believe what they see. They rub their eyes, they shake their heads over Jerusalem. Is this the city voted "Most Beautiful" and "Best Place to Live"?

Lam.2.15

All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?"

Lam.2.15

All who pass by clap their hands at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that is called "The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth'?"

Lam.2.15

All who pass by jeer at you. They scoff and insult Jerusalem, saying, "Is this the city called `Most Beautiful in All the World' and `Joy of All the Earth'?"

Lam.2.16

But now your enemies gape, slack-jawed. Then they rub their hands in glee: "We've got them! We've been waiting for this! Here it is!"

Lam.2.16

All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it."

Lam.2.16

All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!|"

Lam.2.16

All your enemies deride you. They scoff and grind their teeth and say, "We have destroyed her at last! Long have we awaited this day, and it is finally here!"

Lam.2.17

GOD did carry out, item by item, exactly what he said he'd do. He always said he'd do this. Now he's done it--torn the place down. He's let your enemies walk all over you, declared them world champions!

Lam.2.17

The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes.

Lam.2.17

The LORD has done what He purposed; He has fulfilled His word Which He commanded in days of old. He has thrown down and has not pitied, And He has caused an enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

Lam.2.17

But it is the LORD who did it just as he warned. He has fulfilled the promises of disaster he made long ago. He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy and caused her enemies to rejoice over her and boast of their power.

Lam.2.18

Give out heart-cries to the Master, dear repentant Zion. Let the tears roll like a river, day and night, and keep at it--no time-outs. Keep those tears flowing!

Lam.2.18

The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.

Lam.2.18

Their heart cried out to the Lord, "O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief; Give your eyes no rest.

Lam.2.18

Cry aloud before the Lord, O walls of Jerusalem! Let your tears flow like a river. Give yourselves no rest from weeping day or night.

Lam.2.19

As each night watch begins, get up and cry out in prayer. Pour your heart out face to face with the Master. Lift high your hands. Beg for the lives of your children who are starving to death out on the streets.

Lam.2.19

Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.

Lam.2.19

"Arise, cry out in the night, At the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands toward Him For the life of your young children, Who faint from hunger at the head of every street."

Lam.2.19

Rise during the night and cry out. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord. Lift up your hands to him in prayer. Plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets.

Lam.2.20

"Look at us, GOD. Think it over. Have you ever treated anyone like this? Should women eat their own babies, the very children they raised? Should priests and prophets be murdered in the Master's own Sanctuary?

Lam.2.20

"Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lam.2.20

"See, O LORD, and consider! To whom have You done this? Should the women eat their offspring, The children they have cuddled? Should the priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Lam.2.20

"O LORD, think about this!" Jerusalem cries. "You are doing this to your own people! Should mothers eat their little children, those they once bounced on their knees? Should priests and prophets die within the Lord's Temple?

Lam.2.21

"Boys and old men lie in the gutters of the streets, my young men and women killed in their prime. Angry, you killed them in cold blood, cut them down without mercy.

Lam.2.21

"Young and old lie together in the dust of the streets; my young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.

Lam.2.21

"Young and old lie On the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered and not pitied.

Lam.2.21

"See them lying in the streets--young and old, boys and girls, killed by the swords of the enemy. You have killed them in your anger, slaughtering them without mercy.

Lam.2.22

"You invited, like friends to a party, men to swoop down in attack so that on the big day of GOD's wrath no one would get away. The children I loved and reared--gone, gone, gone."

Lam.2.22

"As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the LORD's anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared, my enemy has destroyed."

Lam.2.22

"You have invited as to a feast day The terrors that surround me. In the day of the LORD's anger There was no refugee or survivor. Those whom I have borne and brought up My enemies have destroyed."

Lam.2.22

"You have invited terrors from all around as though you were calling them to a day of feasting. In the day of the LORD's anger, no one has escaped or survived. The enemy has killed all the children I bore and raised."

Lam.3.1

I'm the man who has seen trouble, trouble coming from the lash of GOD's anger.

Lam.3.1

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

Lam.3.1

I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

Lam.3.1

I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the LORD's anger.

Lam.3.2

He took me by the hand and walked me into pitch-black darkness.

Lam.3.2

He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;

Lam.3.2

He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

Lam.3.2

He has brought me into deep darkness, shutting out all light.

Lam.3.3

Yes, he's given me the back of his hand over and over and over again.

Lam.3.3

indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.

Lam.3.3

Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.

Lam.3.3

He has turned against me. Day and night his hand is heavy upon me.

Lam.3.4

He turned me into a scarecrow of skin and bones, then broke the bones.

Lam.3.4

He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.

Lam.3.4

He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

Lam.3.4

He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones.

Lam.3.5

He hemmed me in, ganged up on me, poured on the trouble and hard times.

Lam.3.5

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.

Lam.3.5

He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

Lam.3.5

He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress.

Lam.3.6

He locked me up in deep darkness, like a corpse nailed inside a coffin.

Lam.3.6

He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.

Lam.3.6

He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

Lam.3.6

He has buried me in a dark place, like a person long dead.

Lam.3.7

He shuts me in so I'll never get out, manacles my hands, shackles my feet.

Lam.3.7

He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.

Lam.3.7

He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

Lam.3.7

He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains.

Lam.3.8

Even when I cry out and plead for help, he locks up my prayers and throws away the key.

Lam.3.8

Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.

Lam.3.8

Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

Lam.3.8

And though I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayers.

Lam.3.9

He sets up blockades with quarried limestone. He's got me cornered.

Lam.3.9

He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.

Lam.3.9

He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

Lam.3.9

He has blocked my path with a high stone wall. He has twisted the road before me with many detours.

Lam.3.10

He's a prowling bear tracking me down, a lion in hiding ready to pounce.

Lam.3.10

Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,

Lam.3.10

He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

Lam.3.10

He hid like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me.

Lam.3.11

He knocked me from the path and ripped me to pieces. When he finished, there was nothing left of me.

Lam.3.11

he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.

Lam.3.11

He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

Lam.3.11

He dragged me off the path and tore me with his claws, leaving me helpless and desolate.

Lam.3.12

He took out his bow and arrows and used me for target practice.

Lam.3.12

He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.

Lam.3.12

He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.

Lam.3.12

He bent his bow and aimed it squarely at me.

Lam.3.13

He shot me in the stomach with arrows from his quiver.

Lam.3.13

He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.

Lam.3.13

He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.

Lam.3.13

He shot his arrows deep into my heart.

Lam.3.14

Everyone took me for a joke, made me the butt of their mocking ballads.

Lam.3.14

I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

Lam.3.14

I have become the ridicule of all my people-- Their taunting song all the day.

Lam.3.14

My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs.

Lam.3.15

He forced rotten, stinking food down my throat, bloated me with vile drinks.

Lam.3.15

He has filled me with bitter herbs and sated me with gall.

Lam.3.15

He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.

Lam.3.15

He has filled me with bitterness. He has given me a cup of deep sorrow to drink.

Lam.3.16

He ground my face into the gravel. He pounded me into the mud.

Lam.3.16

He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.

Lam.3.16

He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.

Lam.3.16

He has made me grind my teeth on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust.

Lam.3.17

I gave up on life altogether. I've forgotten what the good life is like.

Lam.3.17

I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Lam.3.17

You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

Lam.3.17

Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Lam.3.18

I said to myself, "This is it. I'm finished. GOD is a lost cause."

Lam.3.18

So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD."

Lam.3.18

And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD."

Lam.3.18

I cry out, "My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!"

Lam.3.19

I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness, the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.

Lam.3.19

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.

Lam.3.19

Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

Lam.3.19

The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.

Lam.3.20

I remember it all--oh, how well I remember--the feeling of hitting the bottom.

Lam.3.20

I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.

Lam.3.20

My soul still remembers And sinks within me.

Lam.3.20

I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.

Lam.3.21

But there's one other thing I remember, and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:

Lam.3.21

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:

Lam.3.21

This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

Lam.3.21

Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this:

Lam.3.22

GOD's loyal love couldn't have run out, his merciful love couldn't have dried up.

Lam.3.22

Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.

Lam.3.22

Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

Lam.3.22

The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction.

Lam.3.23

They're created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

Lam.3.23

They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Lam.3.23

They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

Lam.3.23

Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day.

Lam.3.24

I'm sticking with GOD (I say it over and over). He's all I've got left.

Lam.3.24

I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

Lam.3.24

"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!"

Lam.3.24

I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!"

Lam.3.25

GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.

Lam.3.25

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

Lam.3.25

The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

Lam.3.25

The LORD is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.

Lam.3.26

It's a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD.

Lam.3.26

it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

Lam.3.26

It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.

Lam.3.26

So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD.

Lam.3.27

It's a good thing when you're young to stick it out through the hard times.

Lam.3.27

It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.

Lam.3.27

It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

Lam.3.27

And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline.

Lam.3.28

When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.

Lam.3.28

Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.

Lam.3.28

Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

Lam.3.28

Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD's demands.

Lam.3.29

Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.

Lam.3.29

Let him bury his face in the dust- there may yet be hope.

Lam.3.29

Let him put his mouth in the dust-- There may yet be hope.

Lam.3.29

Let them lie face down in the dust; then at last there is hope for them.

Lam.3.30

Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face. The "worst" is never the worst.

Lam.3.30

Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.

Lam.3.30

Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.

Lam.3.30

Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them. Let them accept the insults of their enemies.

Lam.3.31

Why? Because the Master won't ever walk out and fail to return.

Lam.3.31

For men are not cast off by the Lord forever.

Lam.3.31

For the Lord will not cast off forever.

Lam.3.31

For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever.

Lam.3.32

If he works severely, he also works tenderly. His stockpiles of loyal love are immense.

Lam.3.32

Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.

Lam.3.32

Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

Lam.3.32

Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love.

Lam.3.33

He takes no pleasure in making life hard, in throwing roadblocks in the way:

Lam.3.33

For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men.

Lam.3.33

For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.

Lam.3.33

For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.

Lam.3.34

Stomping down hard on luckless prisoners,

Lam.3.34

To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,

Lam.3.34

To crush under one's feet All the prisoners of the earth,

Lam.3.34

But the leaders of his people trampled prisoners underfoot.

Lam.3.35

Refusing justice to victims in the court of High God,

Lam.3.35

to deny a man his rights before the Most High,

Lam.3.35

To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,

Lam.3.35

They deprived people of their God-given rights in defiance of the Most High.

Lam.3.36

Tampering with evidence--the Master does not approve of such things.

Lam.3.36

to deprive a man of justice- would not the Lord see such things?

Lam.3.36

Or subvert a man in his cause-- The Lord does not approve.

Lam.3.36

They perverted justice in the courts. Do they think the Lord didn't see it?

Lam.3.37

Who do you think "spoke and it happened"? It's the Master who gives such orders.

Lam.3.37

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?

Lam.3.37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?

Lam.3.37

Can anything happen without the Lord's permission?

Lam.3.38

Doesn't the High God speak everything, good things and hard things alike, into being?

Lam.3.38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

Lam.3.38

Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

Lam.3.38

Is it not the Most High who helps one and harms another?

Lam.3.39

And why would anyone gifted with life complain when punished for sin?

Lam.3.39

Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins?

Lam.3.39

Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

Lam.3.39

Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?

Phlm.1.1

I, Paul, am a prisoner for the sake of Christ, here with my brother Timothy. I write this letter to you, Philemon, my good friend and companion in this work--

Phlm.1.1

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,

Phlm.1.1

Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer,

Phlm.1.1

This letter is from Paul, in prison for preaching the Good News about Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. It is written to Philemon, our much loved co-worker,

Phlm.1.2

also to our sister Apphia, to Archippus, a real trooper, and to the church that meets in your house.

Phlm.1.2

To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home:

Phlm.1.2

to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

Phlm.1.2

and to our sister Apphia and to Archippus, a fellow soldier of the cross. I am also writing to the church that meets in your house.

Phlm.1.3

God's best to you! Christ's blessings on you!

Phlm.1.3

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Phlm.1.3

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Phlm.1.3

May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.

Phlm.1.4

Every time your name comes up in my prayers, I say, "Oh, thank you, God!

Phlm.1.4

I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers,

Phlm.1.4

I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers,

Phlm.1.4

I always thank God when I pray for you, Philemon,

Phlm.1.5

" I keep hearing of the love and faith you have for the Master Jesus, which brims over to other Christians.

Phlm.1.5

because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.

Phlm.1.5

hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

Phlm.1.5

because I keep hearing of your trust in the Lord Jesus and your love for all of God's people.

Phlm.1.6

And I keep praying that this faith we hold in common keeps showing up in the good things we do, and that people recognize Christ in all of it.

Phlm.1.6

I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Phlm.1.6

that the sharing of your faith may become effective by the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

Phlm.1.6

You are generous because of your faith. And I am praying that you will really put your generosity to work, for in so doing you will come to an understanding of all the good things we can do for Christ.

Phlm.1.7

Friend, you have no idea how good your love makes me feel, doubly so when I see your hospitality to fellow believers.

Phlm.1.7

Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.

Phlm.1.7

For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

Phlm.1.7

I myself have gained much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because your kindness has so often refreshed the hearts of God's people.

Phlm.1.8

In line with all this I have a favor to ask of you. As Christ's ambassador and now a prisoner for him, I wouldn't hesitate to command this if I thought it necessary,

Phlm.1.8

Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do,

Phlm.1.8

Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting,

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That is why I am boldly asking a favor of you. I could demand it in the name of Christ because it is the right thing for you to do,

Phlm.1.9

but I'd rather make it a personal request.

Phlm.1.9

yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul--an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus--

Phlm.1.9

yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you--being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ--

Phlm.1.9

but because of our love, I prefer just to ask you. So take this as a request from your friend Paul, an old man, now in prison for the sake of Christ Jesus.

Phlm.1.10

While here in jail, I've fathered a child, so to speak. And here he is, hand-carrying this letter--Onesimus!

Phlm.1.10

I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains.

Phlm.1.10

I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains,

Phlm.1.10

My plea is that you show kindness to Onesimus. I think of him as my own son because he became a believer as a result of my ministry here in prison.

Phlm.1.11

He was useless to you before; now he's useful to both of us.

Phlm.1.11

Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me.

Phlm.1.11

Onesimus hasn't been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us.

Phlm.1.12

I'm sending him back to you, but it feels like I'm cutting off my right arm in doing so.

Phlm.1.12

I am sending him--who is my very heart--back to you.

Phlm.1.12

I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart,

Phlm.1.12

I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.

Phlm.1.13

I wanted in the worst way to keep him here as your stand-in to help out while I'm in jail for the Message.

Phlm.1.13

I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.

Phlm.1.13

whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

Phlm.1.13

I really wanted to keep him here with me while I am in these chains for preaching the Good News, and he would have helped me on your behalf.

Phlm.1.14

But I didn't want to do anything behind your back, make you do a good deed that you hadn't willingly agreed to.

Phlm.1.14

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced.

Phlm.1.14

But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary.

Phlm.1.14

But I didn't want to do anything without your consent. And I didn't want you to help because you were forced to do it but because you wanted to.

Phlm.1.15

Maybe it's all for the best that you lost him for a while. You're getting him back now for good--

Phlm.1.15

Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good--

Phlm.1.15

For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever,

Phlm.1.15

Perhaps you could think of it this way: Onesimus ran away for a little while so you could have him back forever.

Phlm.1.16

and no mere slave this time, but a true Christian brother! That's what he was to me--he'll be even more than that to you.

Phlm.1.16

no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.

Phlm.1.16

no longer as a slave but more than a slave--a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

Phlm.1.16

He is no longer just a slave; he is a beloved brother, especially to me. Now he will mean much more to you, both as a slave and as a brother in the Lord.

Phlm.1.17

So if you still consider me a comrade-in-arms, welcome him back as you would me.

Phlm.1.17

So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me.

Phlm.1.17

If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.

Phlm.1.17

So if you consider me your partner, give him the same welcome you would give me if I were coming.

Phlm.1.18

If he damaged anything or owes you anything, chalk it up to my account.

Phlm.1.18

If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me.

Phlm.1.18

But if he has wronged you or owes anything, put that on my account.

Phlm.1.18

If he has harmed you in any way or stolen anything from you, charge me for it.

Phlm.1.19

This is my personal signature--Paul-and I stand behind it. (I don't need to remind you, do I, that you owe your very life to me?)

Phlm.1.19

I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back--not to mention that you owe me your very self.

Phlm.1.19

I, Paul, am writing with my own hand. I will repay--not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self besides.

Phlm.1.19

I, Paul, write this in my own handwriting: "I will repay it." And I won't mention that you owe me your very soul!

Phlm.1.20

Do me this big favor, friend. You'll be doing it for Christ, but it will also do my heart good.

Phlm.1.20

I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ.

Phlm.1.20

Yes, brother, let me have joy from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in the Lord.

Phlm.1.20

Yes, dear brother, please do me this favor for the Lord's sake. Give me this encouragement in Christ.

Phlm.1.21

I know you well enough to know you will. You'll probably go far beyond what I've written.

Phlm.1.21

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.

Phlm.1.21

Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

Phlm.1.21

I am confident as I write this letter that you will do what I ask and even more!

Phlm.1.22

And by the way, get a room ready for me. Because of your prayers, I fully expect to be your guest again.

Phlm.1.22

And one thing more: Prepare a guest room for me, because I hope to be restored to you in answer to your prayers.

Phlm.1.22

But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you.

Phlm.1.22

Please keep a guest room ready for me, for I am hoping that God will answer your prayers and let me return to you soon.

Phlm.1.23

Epaphras, my cellmate in the cause of Christ, says hello.

Phlm.1.23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.

Phlm.1.23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

Phlm.1.23

Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings.

Phlm.1.24

Also my coworkers Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke.

Phlm.1.24

And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.

Phlm.1.24

as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.

Phlm.1.24

So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers.

Phlm.1.25

All the best to you from the Master, Jesus Christ!

Phlm.1.25

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Phlm.1.25

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

Phlm.1.25

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

Ps.119.121

I stood up for justice and the right; don't leave me to the mercy of my oppressors.

Ps.119.121

I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.

Ps.119.121

I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors.

Ps.119.121

Don't leave me to the mercy of my enemies, for I have done what is just and right.

Ps.119.122

Take the side of your servant, good God; don't let the godless take advantage of me.

Ps.119.122

Ensure your servant's well-being; let not the arrogant oppress me.

Ps.119.122

Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the proud oppress me.

Ps.119.122

Please guarantee a blessing for me. Don't let those who are arrogant oppress me!

Ps.119.123

I can't keep my eyes open any longer, waiting for you to keep your promise to set everything right.

Ps.119.123

My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.

Ps.119.123

My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word.

Ps.119.123

My eyes strain to see your deliverance, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

Ps.119.124

Let your love dictate how you deal with me; teach me from your textbook on life.

Ps.119.124

Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.

Ps.119.124

Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, And teach me Your statutes.

Ps.119.124

I am your servant; deal with me in unfailing love, and teach me your principles.

Ps.119.125

I'm your servant--help me understand what that means, the inner meaning of your instructions.

Ps.119.125

I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.

Ps.119.125

I am Your servant; Give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies.

Ps.119.125

Give discernment to me, your servant; then I will understand your decrees.

Ps.119.126

It's time to act, GOD; they've made a shambles of your revelation!

Ps.119.126

It is time for you to act, O LORD; your law is being broken.

Ps.119.126

It is time for You to act, O LORD, For they have regarded Your law as void.

Ps.119.126

LORD, it is time for you to act, for these evil people have broken your law.

Ps.119.127

Yea-Saying God, I love what you command, I love it better than gold and gemstones;

Ps.119.127

Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,

Ps.119.127

Therefore I love Your commandments More than gold, yes, than fine gold!

Ps.119.127

Truly, I love your commands more than gold, even the finest gold.

Ps.119.128

Yea-Saying God, I honor everything you tell me, I despise every deceitful detour. [JC]

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and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

Ps.119.128

Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way.

Ps.119.128

Truly, each of your commandments is right. That is why I hate every false way.